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1.1 KEY TAKE AWAYS SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX 2020
Scandinavia keeps topping: Sweden is leading the Sustainable Competitiveness Index – closely followed by Iceland, Denmark & Finland, while Norway is ranked 9 The top 20 are dominated by Northern European countries, including the Baltic states Of the top twenty nations only one is not European – New Zealand on 11, Germany ranks 15, the UK 17, The World’s largest economy, the US, is ranked 32. The US ranks particularly low in resource efficiency, but also social capital – potentially undermining the global status of the US in the future Of the large emerging economies (BRICs), China is ranked 37, Brazil 49, Russia 51, and India 130. Some of the least developed nations have a considerable higher GSCI ranking than their GDP would suggest (e.g. Nepal, Guyana, Laos, Belize, …) Asian nations (South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and China) lead the Intellectual Capital Index – the fundament of innovation. However, achieving sustained prosperity in these countries might be compromised by Natural Capital constraints and current low resource efficiency The Social Capital Index ranking is headed by Northern European (Scandinavian) countries, indicating that Social Cohesion is the result of economic growth combined with a country-wide social consensus
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T h e S u s t a i n a b l e C om p e t i t i v e n es s W o r l d M a p 2 02 0
The Sustainable Competitiveness World Map. Dark areas indicate high competitiveness, light areas low competitiveness
