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1: The Global Competitiveness Index 20122013

Table 3: The Global Competitiveness Index 20122013 rankings and 20112012 comparisons
GCI 20122013

Country/Economy

Switzerland
Singapore
Finland
Sweden
Netherlands
Germany
United States
United Kingdom
Hong Kong SAR
Japan
Qatar
Denmark
Taiwan, China
Canada
Norway
Austria
Belgium
Saudi Arabia
Korea, Rep.
Australia
France
Luxembourg
New Zealand
United Arab Emirates
Malaysia
Israel
Ireland
Brunei Darussalam
China
Iceland
Puerto Rico
Oman
Chile
Estonia
Bahrain
Spain
Kuwait
Thailand
Czech Republic
Panama
Poland
Italy
Turkey
Barbados
Lithuania
Azerbaijan
Malta
Brazil
Portugal
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
South Africa
Mexico
Mauritius
Latvia
Slovenia
Costa Rica
Cyprus
India
Hungary
Peru
Bulgaria
Rwanda
Jordan
Philippines
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Russian Federation
Sri Lanka
Colombia
Morocco
Slovak Republic
Montenegro

Rank/144

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72

GCI 20122013

Rank among
Score GCI 20112012
(17)
sample

5.72
5.67
5.55
5.53
5.50
5.48
5.47
5.45
5.41
5.40
5.38
5.29
5.28
5.27
5.27
5.22
5.21
5.19
5.12
5.12
5.11
5.09
5.09
5.07
5.06
5.02
4.91
4.87
4.83
4.74
4.67
4.65
4.65
4.64
4.63
4.60
4.56
4.52
4.51
4.49
4.46
4.46
4.45
4.42
4.41
4.41
4.41
4.40
4.40
4.40
4.38
4.37
4.36
4.35
4.35
4.34
4.34
4.32
4.32
4.30
4.28
4.27
4.24
4.23
4.23
4.22
4.20
4.19
4.18
4.15
4.14
4.14

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72

GCI 20112012
rank

1
2
4
3
7
6
5
10
11
9
14
8
13
12
16
19
15
17
24
20
18
23
25
27
21
22
29
28
26
30
35
32
31
33
37
36
34
39
38
49
41
43
59
42
44
55
51
53
45
46
72
50
58
54
64
57
61
47
56
48
67
74
70
71
75
62
66
52
68
73
69
60

Country/Economy

Ukraine
Uruguay
Vietnam
Seychelles
Georgia
Romania
Botswana
Macedonia, FYR
Croatia
Armenia
Guatemala
Trinidad and Tobago
Cambodia
Ecuador
Moldova
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Albania
Honduras
Lebanon
Namibia
Mongolia
Argentina
Serbia
Greece
Jamaica
Gambia, The
Gabon
Tajikistan
El Salvador
Zambia
Ghana
Bolivia
Dominican Republic
Kenya
Egypt
Nicaragua
Guyana
Algeria
Liberia
Cameroon
Libya
Suriname
Nigeria
Paraguay
Senegal
Bangladesh
Benin
Tanzania
Ethiopia
Cape Verde
Uganda
Pakistan
Nepal
Venezuela
Kyrgyz Republic
Mali
Malawi
Madagascar
Cte dIvoire
Zimbabwe
Burkina Faso
Mauritania
Swaziland
Timor-Leste
Lesotho
Mozambique
Chad
Yemen
Guinea
Haiti
Sierra Leone
Burundi

Rank/144

73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144

Rank among
Score GCI 20112012
(17)
sample

4.14
4.13
4.11
4.10
4.07
4.07
4.06
4.04
4.04
4.02
4.01
4.01
4.01
3.94
3.94
3.93
3.91
3.88
3.88
3.88
3.87
3.87
3.87
3.86
3.84
3.83
3.82
3.80
3.80
3.80
3.79
3.78
3.77
3.75
3.73
3.73
3.73
3.72
3.71
3.69
3.68
3.68
3.67
3.67
3.66
3.65
3.61
3.60
3.55
3.55
3.53
3.52
3.49
3.46
3.44
3.43
3.38
3.38
3.36
3.34
3.34
3.32
3.28
3.27
3.19
3.17
3.05
2.97
2.90
2.90
2.82
2.78

73
74
75
n/a
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
n/a
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
n/a
109
n/a
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
n/a
137
n/a
138

GCI 20112012
rank

82
63
65
n/a
88
77
80
79
76
92
84
81
97
101
93
100
78
86
89
83
96
85
95
90
107
99
n/a
105
91
113
114
103
110
102
94
115
109
87
n/a
116
n/a
112
127
122
111
108
104
120
106
119
121
118
125
124
126
128
117
130
129
132
136
137
134
131
135
133
142
138
n/a
141
n/a
140

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