Insight Report
Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum
The Global
Competitiveness Report
2018
Insight Report
The Global
Competitiveness Report
2018
Professor Klaus Schwab
World Economic Forum
Editor
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Preface		 v
by Klaus Schwab
Summary of Key Findings	 vii
At a Glance:  The Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 Rankings	 xi
Introduction:  A New Economic Compass for the Fourth Industrial Revolution	 1
Chapter 1:	 Global Findings	 5
Chapter 2:	 Regional and Country Analysis	 23
Chapter 3:	 Benchmarking Competitiveness in the Fourth Industrial Revolution:	 37
Introducing the Global Competitiveness Index 4.0
Economy Profiles	 49
How to Read the Economy Profiles	 51
Index of Economy Profiles	 53
Economy Profiles	 55
Appendix A:	 Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 Pillar Rankings	 615
Appendix B:	 The Executive Opinion Survey: 	 623
The Voice of the Business Community
Appendix C:	 Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 Methodology and Technical Notes 	 631
Contributors and Acknowledgements	 649
Partner Institutes	 651
Contents
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With the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), humanity has
entered a new phase. The 4IR has become the lived
reality for millions of people around the world, and is
creating new opportunities for business, government
and individuals. Yet it also threatens a new divergence
and polarization within and between economies and
societies. This year also marks the tenth anniversary of
the beginning of the global financial crisis, which has
had social and economic consequences of a magnitude
unprecedented in recent generations. Combined with
a background of growing inequality and geopolitical
flashpoints, this has fuelled citizens’ concerns about
globalization and polarized the political debate. Although
global economic growth has been robust over the past
two years, it remains fragile in this changing economic
and political context.
These developments—the 4IR and the
consequences of the Great Recession—are redefining
the pathways to prosperity and, indeed, the very
notion of prosperity, with profound implications for
policy-making. Concerned leaders are grappling for
answers and solutions, aiming to go beyond short-term,
reactionary measures.
In this context, the World Economic Forum is
introducing the new Global Competitiveness Index 4.0,
a much-needed economic compass, building on 40
years of experience in benchmarking the drivers of longterm
competitiveness. After having conceptualized the
Fourth Industrial Revolution, the World Economic Forum
is contributing to global thinking and policy-making by
integrating the notion of the 4IR into the definition of
competitiveness.
The index integrates well-established aspects
with new and emerging levers that drive productivity
and growth. It emphasizes the role of human capital,
innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers
but also defining features of economic success in the
4IR. It calls for better use of technology for economic
leapfrogging—but also cautions that this is only possible
as part of a holistic approach with other factors of
competitiveness. Finally, it offers objective, data-driven
analysis for dispassionate, future-oriented, and rational
policy-making.
The results of the GCI 4.0 reveal the sobering
conclusion that most economies are far from the
competitiveness “frontier”—the aggregate ideal across
all factors of competitiveness. In fact, the global average
score of 60 suggests that many economies have yet to
implement the measures that would enhance their longterm
growth and resilience and broaden opportunities
for their populations. In addition, we find that countries
have a mixed performance across the twelve pillars
of the index and that long-standing developmental
issues—such as the lack of well-functioning institutions—
continue to be a source of friction for competitiveness.
Yet there are bright spots—in the form of economies
that outperform their peers and present valuable case
studies for learning more about methods to implement
the factors of competitiveness.
At the World Economic Forum’s Centre for the
New Economy and Society, the new home of the
Global Competitiveness Report, we provide a platform
for leaders to understand and anticipate emerging
economic and social trends, and to adapt policies and
practices to our rapidly evolving context. This report is
complemented by a range of other benchmarking tools
as well as frontier insights on the emerging contours of
the new economy and society. Importantly, the Centre
also aims to serve as an accelerator for newly emerging
solutions, experiments and pilots led by the public and
private sectors in areas such as designing new industrial
policy, closing skills gap, developing new standards
for business, and preparing for the future of work.
This combination allows policy-makers, business and
other stakeholders to combine insight and action into
accelerating change, and we invite leaders to engage
with our platform.
I want to express my gratitude to the core project
team involved in the production of this report: Thierry
Geiger, Roberto Crotti, Sophie Brown and Jean François
Trinh Tan. Additional thanks for the specific contributions
of Silja Baller, Attilio di Battista, Ciara Porawski, and our
former colleague Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz, and the
strategic guidance of Saadia Zahidi. My deep gratitude
goes to Professor Xavier Sala-i-Martin for his guidance
over the last 15 years, and to the more than 100 experts,
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KLAUS SCHWAB
Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
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practitioners and governments who were consulted
during the GCI 4.0 creation process. Finally, we thank
the 160 Partner Institutes, which help administer the
Executive Opinion Survey, the results of which provide
invaluable data for the GCI 4.0 and other benchmarks.
The Global Competitiveness Report is designed
to help policy-makers, business leaders and other
stakeholders around the world shape their economic
strategies in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
We hope it will also serve as a call to action to engage
in the long-term, holistic, agile and far-sighted leadership
required to build the competitive economies of the
future, lift living standards and provide opportunities for
all members of society.
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In the midst of rapid technological change, political
polarization and a fragile economic recovery, it is critical
that we define, assess and implement new pathways
to growth and prosperity. With productivity the most
important determinant of long-term growth and income,
the new Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 featured in
this report sheds light on a newly emerging set of factors
critical for productivity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
(4IR) and provides a tool for assessing them. The key
findings below summarize the new tool as well as its
results as revealed by global, regional and country
level analysis.
A NEW TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING
AND ASSESSING COMPETITIVENESS
New concepts. With the inclusion of new concepts
and extensive new data gathering efforts, the GCI
4.0 provides novel and more nuanced insights on the
factors that will grow in significance as the 4IR gathers
pace: human capital, innovation, resilience and agility.
These qualities are captured through a number of new,
critically important concepts (e.g. entrepreneurial culture,
companies embracing disruptive ideas, multistakeholder
collaboration, critical thinking, meritocracy, social trust)
complementing more traditional components (e.g. ICT
and physical infrastructure, macroeconomic stability,
property rights, years of schooling).
New benchmarks. The GCI 4.0 introduces a new
progress score ranging from 0 to 100. The frontier
(100) corresponds to the goal post for each indicator
and typically represents a policy target. Each country
should aim to maximize its score on each indicator,
and the score indicates its current progress against
the frontier as well as its remaining distance. This
approach emphasizes that competitiveness is not
a not a zero-sum game between countries—it is
achievable for all countries.
Twelve pillars of competitiveness. There are a total of
98 indicators in the index, derived from a combination
of data from international organizations as well as
from the World Economic Forum’s Executive Opinion
Survey. These are organized into 12 pillars in the GCI
4.0, reflecting the extent and complexity of the drivers
of productivity and the competitiveness ecosystem.
These are: Institutions; Infrastructure; ICT adoption;
Macroeconomic stability; Health; Skills; Product market;
Labour market; Financial system; Market size; Business
dynamism; and Innovation capability.
A level playing field for all economies. For the second half
of the 20th century, the pathway to development seemed
relatively clear: lower-income economies would be
expected to develop through progressive industrialization
by leveraging low-skilled labour. In the context of the
4IR the sequence has become less clear, particularly
as the cost of technology and capital are lower than
ever but their successful use relies on a number
of other factors. The GCI 4.0 reflects this growing
complexity of policy prioritization by weighting pillars
equally rather than according to a country’s current
stage of development. In essence, the index offers
each economy a level playing field to define its path to
growth. While sequencing is dependent on the priority
of each economy, the index contends that economies
need to be holistic in their approach to competitiveness
rather than focusing on a particular factor alone. A
strong performance in one pillar cannot make up for a
weak performance in another. For instance, investing
in technology without investing in digital skills will not
yield meaningful productivity gains. In order to increase
competitiveness, no area can be neglected.
Summary of Key Findings
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REGIONAL AND COUNTRY RESULTS
Top ten economies. The United States is the closest
economy to the frontier, the ideal state, where a country
would obtain the perfect score on every component of
the index. With a competitiveness score of 85.6, it is 14
points away from the frontier mark of 100, implying that
even the top-ranked economy among the 140 has room
for improvement. It is followed by Singapore (83.5) and
Germany (82.8). Switzerland (82.6) comes in at 4th place,
followed by Japan (82.5), Netherlands (82.4), Hong Kong
SAR (82.3). The United Kingdom (82.0), Sweden (81.7)
and Denmark (80.6) round out the top ten.
Regional highlights. Globally, the median score is 60.0.
Between the US (85.6, 1st) and Chad (35.5, 140th) there
is a wide range of performance across regions and
countries. Europe and North America are, combined,
home to seven of the 10 most competitive economies.
East Asia and the Pacific region, home to the other three
top ten economies, achieves the highest median score
(72.6) among all regions, ahead of Europe and North
America (70.8). At the other end of the spectrum, 17
of the 34 sub-Saharan African economies studied are
among the bottom 20 globally, and the region’s median
is a low 45.2, less than halfway to the frontier. While
regional averages are helpful for global comparisons,
there are vast disparities within regions, implying that
economies are not necessarily hampered by geography
in their quest for competitiveness. The existence of
pockets of over- or under-performance within each
region suggests the need for proactive policies and
leadership. For example, in Europe, there are four
very distinct groups of countries with very different
competitiveness levels and, within the EU, Germany’s
overall competitiveness score (82.8, 3rd) is 20 points
higher than Greece (62.1, 57th). In Latin America, Chile’s
score (70.3, 33rd) is nearly twice that of Haiti (36.5,
138th). Mauritius (63.7, 49th), Sub-Saharan Africa’s best
performer, is nearly 30 points and over 91 places ahead
of Chad. In South-East Asia, Singapore (2nd, 83.5) is
34 points closer to the frontier than Lao PDR (49.3,
112th). In some cases, the score differential between two
neighbouring countries is large; there are approximately
20 points between the Dominican Republic (57.4) and
Haiti (36.5), between Colombia (61.6) and Venezuela
(43.2), and between Thailand (67.5) and Cambodia (50.2).
A mixed performance across the G20 and the BRICS.
Within the G20, almost 30 points and 80 ranks separate
the United States (85.6, 1st) from Argentina (57.5, 81st),
the best and worst performing economies of the group,
respectively. Of the BRICS grouping of large emerging
markets, China is the most competitive, ranking 28th
and with a score of 72.6. It is followed by the Russian
Federation, which is ranked 43rd. These are the only two
in the top 50. Next is India, which ranks 58th, up five
places from 2017: with a score of 62.0, it registers the
largest gain of any country in the G20. India is followed
by South Africa, which falls five places this year to 67th.
Last is Brazil, which slips three places to 72nd place.
Within the G20, on health, the clear leader is Japan,
which ranks first with a perfect score of 100, while South
Africa is 127th with a score of 43.2. Differences on the
Financial system pillar are small—there are fewer than 20
points between Canada (86.1, 11th) and Italy (64.3, 49th)
—but the same cannot be said when it comes
to the Macroeconomic stability pillar. While 11 of the
19 members obtain a score above 90 on this pillar, the
context in Turkey (67.3, 116th), Brazil (64.6, 122nd) and
Argentina (44.9, 136th) remains volatile. The Republic
of Korea is the world’s champion in terms of broadbased
ICT adoption, with a near perfect score of 91.3
on this pillar. By contrast, India is among the weakest
performers, with a score of 28.0 (117th), despite its
vibrant IT sector. There is also a physical infrastructure
gap among G20 economies (about 30 points between
Japan and Indonesia, the best and worst performers,
respectively). There are stark contrasts in terms of
innovation capabilities, too. While Germany (87.5), the
US (86.5), Japan (79.3), the United Kingdom (79.2)
and Korea (79.2) are beacons of innovation, other G20
countries are significantly lower. China’s innovation score
(64.4) is similar to Italy’s (65.8), not too far from Australia’s
(69.8), and more than 10 points above India’s (53.8) and
Russia’s (50.7).
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GLOBAL TRENDS AND IMPLICATIONS
All economies must invest in broader measures of
competitiveness today to sustain growth and income in
the future. The results demonstrate a strong correlation
between competitiveness and income level. For instance,
high-income economies make up the entire top 20
and only three non-high-income economies feature in
the top 40: Malaysia (25th), China (28th), and Thailand
(38th). However, some economies are over-performers
and others under-performers when it comes to putting
in place the building blocks of competitiveness at
their current level of income. Economies that underperform
in competitiveness given their current income
level may have difficulty sustaining that level without
improving their competitiveness. Most of these outlying
countries are mineral resource-rich—for example, Qatar,
Brunei Darussalam, Kuwait, Trinidad and Tobago, and
Venezuela. Despite having a similar level of income as
Chile, Venezuela’s GCI score is nearly 30 points lower.
Countries who want sustained growth and rising income
levels must invest beyond their current areas of strength.
Enhancing the fundamentals of competitiveness today
will improve resilience to shocks. Building economic
resilience through competitiveness is more important
than ever in today’s volatile context, with a wide range
of vulnerabilities, technological change, geopolitical
tensions and potential flash points around the world.
The results reveal that countries that optimize their
performance on the factors included in the GCI 4.0
are also more resilient to various shocks. Likewise,
more competitive countries are also better equipped to
address the challenges of the 4IR.
While openness is good for growth governments must
support those who lose out to globalization. At a time
of escalating trade tensions and backlash against
globalization, the report reveals the importance of
openness for competitiveness: more open economies
are more innovative and their markets more competitive.
However, while openness has been a ‘win-win’
between countries it is at times a ‘win-lose’ within
countries. Attempting to address inequality by reversing
globalization is counterproductive for sustained
economic growth. Policies should, therefore, focus on
improving the conditions of those specifically impacted
by globalization rather than favouring protectionism.
Combining GCI data with other sources suggests that
redistributive policies, safety nets, investments in human
capital, and more progressive taxation could help reduce
inequality without compromising a country’s level of
competitiveness. Additionally, the definition of openness
must look to concepts beyond trade, freedom of
people’s movement and ideas exchange. Using such a
definition, we find that Singapore, Germany, Netherlands,
Sweden, Finland and the United States are some of
the most open countries in the world, while the Islamic
Republic of Iran and Ethiopia are among the least open.
Brazil and India also emerge as relatively “closed”.
Technology-based leapfrogging remains elusive.
The promise of leveraging technology for economic
leapfrogging remains largely unfulfilled. There are,
at most, 4.5 billion smartphones in use in the world
and more than half of humanity has never gone
online. While the promise of ICTs for productivity is
high—and although ICTs can clearly be catalysts for
other drivers of productivity, such as innovation and
business dynamism—it would be misguided to rely on
technology alone to solve all problems, in education,
health, governance or transport infrastructure, for
example. For many of the least competitive economies,
the root causes of slow growth continue to be the ‘old’
developmental issues such as institutions, infrastructure
and skills. For technology-based leapfrogging to offer a
new path to development for low-income economies,
these issues cannot be ignored.
Agility and future-readiness are key in a changing
world. Amidst the transformations and disruptions
brought about by the 4IR, adaptability and agility
of all stakeholders—individuals, governments and
businesses—will be key features in successful
economies. These concepts are captured through
several indicators in the GCI 4.0. The results show,
for example, that Singapore’s government is the
most ‘future-ready’ (85.6), followed by Luxembourg’s
(79.0) and the United States’ (78.3). The United Arab
Emirates (76.7) and four other Gulf countries appear
in the top 10, which also features Malaysia (71.0, 9th).
The governments of Brazil (24.9, 129th), Greece (19.4,
135th) and Venezuela (7.8, 140th and last) are perceived
as among the least ‘future-ready’. The skillset of the
population is another criterion of adaptability. With
the right skills, workers can become the actors of the
economic transformation rather than becoming victims
of it. The results suggest that Sweden’s workforce is
the most technology-savvy (80.6), while vocational
training in Switzerland is by far the most advanced in the
world (92.3). Switzerland is also the most effective with
active labour market policies encouraging reskilling and
retraining, while American companies are the most ready
to embrace risk or disruptive business ideas (77.5).
Weak institutions continue to hamper competitiveness.
Weak institutions—defined as including security,
property rights, social capital, checks and balances,
transparency and ethics, public-sector performance
and corporate governance—continue to hinder
competitiveness, development and well-being in many
countries. The Institutions pillar is the second-lowest
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scoring pillar of the 12 GCI pillars (after the Innovation
capability pillar), with a median score of 53—just over
halfway to the frontier. For 117 of the 140 economies
studied, their Institutions pillar performance is a drag on
their overall competitiveness score. Governments must
pay attention to both traditional and emerging knowledge
about strengthening the institutional environment as
a factor of productivity. For example social capital—a
broad concept that captures the quality of personal and
social relationships, the strength of social norms and
the level of civic participation in society—creates more
cohesion within society and more trust among people,
thus reducing transaction costs. Australia (66.2) and New
Zealand (66.0) boast the highest levels of social capital,
China (41.0, 125th) and Russia (43.9, 117th) have lower
levels of social capital, and Burundi (35.2) and Yemen
(37.8) place last.
A formula for innovation remains obscure for most
economies. Once the preserve of the most advanced
economies, innovation has become an imperative for
all advanced economies and a priority for a growing
number of emerging countries. And yet the vast majority
of them are struggling to make innovation a meaningful
engine of growth. The results show that there are only
a few innovation powerhouses in the world, including
Germany, the United States and Switzerland. The global
median score on the Innovation capability pillar is 36,
by far the lowest score across the 12 pillars. For 77 of
the 140 economies studied, Innovation capability is the
weakest pillar. In the vast majority of countries, innovation
capacity remains extremely limited, very localized and/or
restricted to very few sectors. In order to help countries
crack the innovation conundrum, the GCI 4.0 sheds new
light on the drivers of the innovation process, from idea
generation to product commercialization. Many of these
factors are intangible, often underpinned by cultural
factors. For example, the index notably captures the
attitude towards entrepreneurial risk. The results show
that this attitude is most positive in Israel (83.1) and the
United States (79.4), and tends to be more negative in
most Asian societies, notably in Korea (47.5, 77th). As an
important enabler of creativity, diversity is also captured
in the index. Canada (81.5) has the most diverse
workforce, ahead of Singapore and the United States.
The right corporate culture can also promote creativity by
empowering employees and encouraging them to create,
challenge and experiment. Corporate culture is the least
hierarchical in Denmark (84.9), Sweden (83.8) and other
Nordic countries, whereas the patriarchal society of
several Asian economies translates into more hierarchical
structures, for instance in Korea (51.0, 88th) and China
(58.5, 50th).
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The financial system continues to be a source of
weakness in some economies. The GCI 4.0 introduces
a new measure of financial stability. Building on the
learning from the global financial crisis, this composite
indicator captures the sturdiness of the banking sector,
using measures such as the soundness of banks,
nonperforming loans, the difference between the credit
supply and its trend, and banks’ regulatory capital ratio.
According to this methodology, Finland, Hong Kong
SAR, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Norway have the
most stable financial markets (all scoring above 95),
while India, China, Russia and Italy—all with a score
of 84 or less—are among the G20 economies that
present specific vulnerabilities in their financial systems.
More specifically: India’s financial system stability (83.2)
is mainly held back by relatively low performance on
soundness of banks and regulatory capital ratios; China’s
stability (80.1, 113th) is threatened by the rapid growth
of private credit; Russia’s financial system stability (79.5)
is somewhat limited by the relative fragility of its banks;
and Italy’s performance (76.4) is mainly explained by
high share of non-performing loans on 2016 banks’
balance sheets.
Achieving equality, sustainability and growth
together is possible but needs proactive, far-sighted
leadership. There is a worldwide consensus on the
need for a more holistic model of economic progress
that promotes higher living standards for all, respects
planetary boundaries, and does not disadvantage
future generations. The results suggest that there is
no inherent trade-off between equality and growth: it
is possible to be both pro-growth and ‘pro-equity’, as
shown by the strong performance of several northern
European countries in terms of both competitiveness
and inclusion. The relationship between performance
on the GCI 4.0 and on environmental measures is less
conclusive. The most competitive economies have
the largest ecological footprints, but they are the most
efficient (their footprint per unit of GDP is the lowest). It
is therefore incumbent upon leaders to set longer-term
priorities and proactive efforts to create virtuous cycles
between equality, sustainability and growth.
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The Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 Rankings
2018 Diff. from 20172
Rank Economy Score1 Rank Score
1 United States 85.6 — +0.8
2 Singapore 83.5 — +0.5
3 Germany 82.8 — +0.2
4 Switzerland 82.6 — +0.2
5 Japan 82.5 +3 +0.9
6 Netherlands 82.4 –1 +0.2
7 Hong Kong SAR 82.3 — +0.3
8 United Kingdom 82.0 –2 –0.1
9 Sweden 81.7 — +0.1
10 Denmark 80.6 +1 +0.7
11 Finland 80.3 +1 +0.5
12 Canada 79.9 –2 –0.1
13 Taiwan, China 79.3 — +0.1
14 Australia 78.9 +1 +0.7
15 Korea, Rep. 78.8 +2 +0.8
16 Norway 78.2 –2 –0.8
17 France 78.0 +1 +0.6
18 New Zealand 77.5 –2 –0.6
19 Luxembourg 76.6 +3 +0.6
20 Israel 76.6 — +0.4
21 Belgium 76.6 –2 —
22 Austria 76.3 –1 +0.2
23 Ireland 75.7 — –0.3
24 Iceland 74.5 — –0.1
25 Malaysia 74.4 +1 +1.1
26 Spain 74.2 –1 +0.4
27 United Arab Emirates 73.4 — +1.1
28 China 72.6 — +0.9
29 Czech Republic 71.2 — +0.3
30 Qatar 71.0 +2 +0.6
31 Italy 70.8 — +0.3
32 Estonia 70.8 –2 —
33 Chile 70.3 +1 +0.9
34 Portugal 70.2 –1 +0.5
35 Slovenia 69.6 — +1.1
36 Malta 68.8 — +0.3
37 Poland 68.2 — +0.2
38 Thailand 67.5 +2 +1.3
39 Saudi Arabia 67.5 +2 +1.6
40 Lithuania 67.1 –2 +0.7
41 Slovak Republic 66.8 –2 +0.6
42 Latvia 66.2 — +1.4
43 Russian Federation 65.6 +2 +1.7
44 Cyprus 65.6 –1 +0.9
45 Indonesia 64.9 +2 +1.4
46 Mexico 64.6 –2 +0.5
47 Oman 64.4 +14 +3.4
2018 Diff. from 20172
Rank Economy Score1 Rank Score
48 Hungary 64.3 — +0.9
49 Mauritius 63.7 — +0.8
50 Bahrain 63.6 –4 –0.2
51 Bulgaria 63.6 — +1.2
52 Romania 63.5 — +1.3
53 Uruguay 62.7 –3 —
54 Kuwait 62.1 +2 +0.5
55 Costa Rica 62.1 –1 +0.4
56 Philippines 62.1 +12 +2.3
57 Greece 62.1 –4 +0.3
58 India 62.0 +5 +1.2
59 Kazakhstan 61.8 — +0.7
60 Colombia 61.6 –3 +0.1
61 Turkey 61.6 –3 +0.2
62 Brunei Darussalam 61.4 +2 +1
63 Peru 61.3 –3 +0.2
64 Panama 61.0 –9 –0.6
65 Serbia 60.9 +5 +1.7
66 Georgia 60.9 +1 +1.0
67 South Africa 60.8 –5 –0.1
68 Croatia 60.1 –2 —
69 Azerbaijan 60.0 –4 –0.2
70 Armenia 59.9 +2 +1.0
71 Montenegro 59.6 +2 +1.4
72 Brazil 59.5 –3 –0.2
73 Jordan 59.3 –2 +0.1
74 Seychelles 58.5 +10 +3.3
75 Morocco 58.5 +2 +0.8
76 Albania 58.1 +4 +0.8
77 Viet Nam 58.1 –3 +0.1
78 Trinidad and Tobago 57.9 –2 +0.1
79 Jamaica 57.9 –1 +0.5
80 Lebanon 57.7 –5 –0.1
81 Argentina 57.5 –2 +0.1
82 Dominican Republic 57.4 — +1.8
83 Ukraine 57.0 +6 +3.1
84 Macedonia, FYR 56.6 n/a n/a
85 Sri Lanka 56.0 –4 –0.4
86 Ecuador 55.8 –3 +0.4
87 Tunisia 55.6 –1 +1
88 Moldova 55.5 –1 +0.9
89 Iran, Islamic Rep. 54.9 –1 +0.4
90 Botswana 54.5 –5 –0.5
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 54.2 –1 +0.3
92 Algeria 53.8 — +0.3
93 Kenya 53.7 — +0.4
94 Egypt 53.6 — +0.4
2018 Diff. from 20172
Rank Economy Score1 Rank Score
95 Paraguay 53.4 +1 +0.5
96 Guatemala 53.4 –5 –0.1
97 Kyrgyz Republic 53.0 +3 +1.1
98 El Salvador 52.8 — +0.4
99 Mongolia 52.7 –4 –0.2
100 Namibia 52.7 –1 +0.3
101 Honduras 52.5 +2 +1.2
102 Tajikistan 52.2 –5 –0.6
103 Bangladesh 52.1 –1 +0.7
104 Nicaragua 51.5 –3 —
105 Bolivia 51.4 n/a n/a
106 Ghana 51.3 –2 +1.4
107 Pakistan 51.1 –1 +1.3
108 Rwanda 50.9 –1 +1.3
109 Nepal 50.8 –1 +1.3
110 Cambodia 50.2 –1 +0.8
111 Cape Verde 50.2 –6 +0.4
112 Lao PDR 49.3 –2 +0.7
113 Senegal 49.0 –2 +0.6
114 Côte d’Ivoire 47.6 n/a n/a
115 Nigeria 47.5 –3 –0.5
116 Tanzania 47.2 –2 +0.8
117 Uganda 46.8 –4 –0.2
118 Zambia 46.1 –3 +0.6
119 Gambia, The 45.5 — +0.8
120 Eswatini 45.3 –4 +0.2
121 Cameroon 45.1 –3 +0.2
122 Ethiopia 44.5 –2 +0.6
123 Benin 44.4 –1 +0.8
124 Burkina Faso 43.9 n/a n/a
125 Mali 43.6 –4 –0.1
126 Guinea 43.2 –3 +0.3
127 Venezuela 43.2 –10 –1.9
128 Zimbabwe 42.6 –4 +0.6
129 Malawi 42.4 — +1.8
130 Lesotho 42.3 –4 +0.9
131 Mauritania 40.8 –3 +0.1
132 Liberia 40.5 –2 +0.6
133 Mozambique 39.8 –8 –2.1
134 Sierra Leone 38.8 –3 +0.1
135 Congo, Democratic Rep. 38.2 –8 –2.6
136 Burundi 37.5 –4 –1.0
137 Angola 37.1 n/a n/a
138 Haiti 36.5 –5 +0.7
139 Yemen 36.4 –4 +0.9
140 Chad 35.5 –6 —
Covering 140 economies, the Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 measures national
competitiveness—defined as the set of institutions, policies and factors that determine
the level of productivity.
Note: The Global Competitiveness index 4.0 captures the determinants of long-term growth. Recent developments are reflected only insofar as they have an impact on data
measuring these determinants. Results should be interpreted in this context.
1  Scale ranges from 0 to 100.
2  Rank and score differences with 2017 index, calculated using the GCI 4.0 methodology. See Appendix C for details.
l East Asia and
the Pacific
l Eurasia l Europe and
North America
l Latin America
and the Caribbean
l Middle East and
North Africa
l South Asia l Sub-Saharan
Africa
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This year represents a milestone in the four-decade
history of the Global Competitiveness Report series, with
the introduction of the Global Competitiveness Index
4.0. Since 1979, when Klaus Schwab published the first
edition, the series has been providing policy-makers
and other stakeholders around the world with an annual
assessment of the drivers of long-term growth.
At the heart of the competitiveness agenda is the
recognition that economic growth is a core driver of
human development. There is overwhelming evidence
that growth has been the most effective way to lift
people out of poverty and improve their quality of life.
The importance and policy relevance of growth has been
re-affirmed through the United Nations’ Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). Goal 8 calls for “sustained,
inclusive and sustainable economic growth” and sets
an ambitious target of 7% growth for least-developed
countries.1
After a lost decade, economic recovery is well
underway, with the global economy projected to grow
almost 4% in 2018 and 2019.2
But delivering growth is
difficult even in the best of times, and today’s economic
environment is increasingly uncertain, challenging and
complex. Recovery remains vulnerable to a range of
risks and potential shocks.
Many productivity-enhancing reforms announced
in the wake of the crisis did not materialize or remain
incomplete, while other reforms are in danger of being
rolled back. The international governance system is
in crisis and in dire need of reform. Globalization, a
key driver of growth in the past 30 years, is facing a
popular and political backlash. Recent tariff increases
by the United States and retaliatory measures by
trading partners have increased the risk of a trade
war. Escalation in various other conflicts, crises and
geopolitical tensions could also impact the global
economy.
In addition, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is
disrupting economies and societies by redefining the
way we work, live and interact with each other. The 4IR
offers the potential to leapfrog stages of development—
but it also makes the pathway to development less
certain, notably for emerging economies betting on
industrialization and the demographic dividend.
Major economic challenges need long-term
solutions, but short-termism prevails in governments,
administrations and corporations around the world.
The new GCI 4.0 provides a much-needed compass
for policy-makers and other stakeholders to bridge this
chasm. It offers guidance on what matters for long-term
growth. It can inform policy debates and help shape
economic strategies and monitor progress.
Like its predecessor, the GCI 4.0 assesses
competitiveness through the factors that determine an
economy’s level of productivity—widely considered as
INTRODUCTION
A New Economic
Compass for the
Fourth Industrial
Revolution
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the most important determinant of long-term growth
and income. The causal link from productivity to growth
and income is firmly grounded in theory and has been
established empirically, as discussed in detail in Chapter
3. Performance on the GCI 4.0 explains over 80% of
the variation in income levels and 70% of the variation
in long-term growth across countries and economies.
Beyond income, competitiveness is generally associated
with better socioeconomic outcomes, including life
satisfaction (see Chapter 1, Figure 14).
The GCI 4.0 framework is organized into 12 main
drivers of productivity, or ‘pillars’ (Figure 1). It places a
premium on factors that will grow in significance as the
4IR gathers pace: human capital, agility, resilience, and
innovation.
Competitiveness is an important starting point
because it contributes to higher living standards
and generates the resources needed for wider
societal goals. There are, inevitably, tensions—social,
economic, and environmental—between the various
dimensions of economic progress. However, there are
no inherent trade-offs among them. We believe that
a competitiveness agenda is not just compatible but
integral to the pursuit of other developmental goals.
The report is organized as follows: Chapter 1
distils global findings from the inaugural edition of the
GCI 4.0, with four In Depth sections addressing the
following questions: “Is there a formula for innovation?”;
“Are institutions still important?”; “Are prosperity, people
and planet compatible?”; and “Should countries pursue
openness?”
Chapter 2 analyses GCI 4.0 performance results
by region and for selected economies. Chapter 3
presents the key features of the GCI 4.0 framework
and methodology, its theoretical underpinnings, and
a description of each pillar. Detailed scorecards for
all economies are presented in the Economy Profiles
section. Appendix A reports the GCI results at the pillar
level, Appendix B describes the Forum’s Executive
Opinion Survey and Appendix C provides additional
information on the GCI 4.0, including its detailed
structure. The Global Competitiveness Report website at
http://gcr.weforum.org/ is the essential companion of this
report. It features interactive scorecards and rankings,
with additional information on each index component, a
download section, shareable infographics and articles.
We hope the report will help policy-makers and
other stakeholders around the world shape their
economic strategies in the era of the 4IR. The Forum is
committed to contributing to these efforts through the
Centre for the New Economy and Society, the new home
of the Global Competitiveness Report.
Pillar 1
Institutions
Pillar 2
Infrastructure
Pillar 3
ICT adoption
Pillar 4
Macroeconomic stability
Human Capital
Markets
Pillar 7
Product market
Pillar 8
Labour market
Pillar 9
Financial system
Pillar 10
Market size
Innovation Ecosystem
Figure 1: The Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018
Pillar 5
Health
Pillar 6
Skills
Pillar 11
Business dynamism
Pillar 12
Innovation capability
Enabling Environment
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NOTES
	 1	 The target is for growth in GDP per capita, which makes it harder
to attain given population growth. The 7% mark was reached by
only a handful of least-developed countries over the period 2007–
2017: Myanmar, Timor-Leste, Ethiopia, Lao PDR and Rwanda. See
World Bank, 2018.
	 2	 IMF, 2018a.
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Development Indicators, 2018.
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How to sustain growth is a question that preoccupies
every government. By drawing a detailed map of the
competitiveness landscape of 140 economies, the new
GCI 4.0 can point towards lessons learned from global
analyses. It can also help respond to critical emerging
questions about competitiveness in today’s economic,
political, technological and social context.
This chapter distils global findings from the inaugural
edition of the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) 4.0,
featured below. It also includes four In Depth sections
on what the GCI 4.0 tells us are critical questions arising
around innovation, institutions, economic progress, and
openness.
Competitiveness is not a zero-sum game between
countries—it is achievable for all countries.
When competitiveness is equated to productivity,
it becomes clear that it is neither a competition nor
a zero-sum game. All countries can become more
productive at the same time. Improving education
standards in Country A does not lower standards in
Country B; tackling corruption in Country A does not
make Country B more corrupt. Hence, the pursuit
of national competitiveness does not undermine
global cooperation—indeed, openness contributes to
competitiveness (see the third In Depth section later
in this chapter). This finding is important to reassert at
a time when globalization and the global governance
system are being put to the test.
While competitiveness is not a zero-sum game
between countries, cross-country comparisons can
be instructive by pointing to benchmarks and best
practices. The GCI 4.0 therefore presents a ranking of
countries, as in previous years, but aims to focus the
debate instead on three fundamental questions: Which
areas should a country prioritize?; Is a country making
progress over time?; and ‘What can a country learn from
the highest performing countries?’
This index does this through a ‘distance to frontier’
approach, in which performance on each component
is evaluated against the ‘frontier’, or ideal state.
Stakeholders are encouraged to ask whether their
country is moving closer to the frontier in a given area,
where its distance to the frontier is the largest, and
what it can learn from those who are performing best in
selected areas.
There are deep divides between countries when it
comes to current competitiveness—and the risk of
further divergence
The United States is the closest economy to the frontier,
the ideal state, as described by the concepts included
in the index, where a country would obtain the perfect
score on every indicator. With a competitiveness score of
CHAPTER 1
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85.6, it is 14 points away from the frontier mark of 100,
slightly closer than Singapore and Germany (see the full
rankings on page xi). This implies that, even though
the United States is the top-ranked economy among the
140, there is still room for improvement.
Globally, the median score is 60. Twenty-one
countries, including 18 in sub-Saharan Africa, score
lower than 50. With a score of 35.5—fully 50 points
behind the United States—Chad is the furthest from the
frontier and therefore ranked last.
The competitiveness gap runs deep across regions
(Figure 1). Europe and North America (the two are
grouped together for the purpose of the analysis) are
home to seven of the 10 most competitive economies.
The three others in the top 10—Singapore, Japan
and Hong Kong SAR—are in the East Asia and the
Pacific region. Other regions lag significantly behind;
in particular Sub-Saharan Africa, where eight of the 10
least competitive economies are found. Additionally,
regional averages conceal vast disparities within them. In
Europe, there are four distinct groups of countries with
very different competitiveness levels. In Latin America,
Chile’s score (70.3, 33rd) is almost twice that of Haiti
(36.5, 138th). The existence of pockets of over- or underperformance
within each region suggests that there is
little determinism in competitiveness; it is instead the
result of proactive policies and leadership (see Chapter
2 for a longer discussion). The 4IR is likely to compound
these differences in competitiveness for countries that
are unprepared to leverage new opportunities. It may
result in a further segregated world, in which highly
competitive countries adapt and thrive, and the least
competitive countries stagnate or decline.1
Similarly,
within countries the 4IR could increasingly segregate
workforces into “low-skill/low-pay” and “high-skill/highpay”
groups, which could exacerbate inequalities and
increase social tensions.2
In the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution all
economies have the opportunity to carve a path
to competitiveness
For most of the 20th century, the pathway to
development seemed relatively clear: lower-income
countries would be expected to develop through
progressive industrialization by leveraging unskilled
labour. Today, the sequence has become less clear. For
example, robotics are making light manufacturing less
labour-intensive. However, the 4IR is also making it more
feasible for lower-income countries to leapfrog in certain
areas. ICTs, for instance, have been shown to facilitate
access to basic services and enable new business
models. ICTs and globalization enable the rapid transfer
of ideas and technologies and lower the barriers to
innovation, offering new ways to develop.
The GCI 4.0 reflects this growing complexity of
policy prioritization by no longer weighting the pillars
according to a country’s stage of development.
Instead, the overall score is simply the average of the
12 pillar scores. All competitiveness factors matter for
all countries, regardless of their stage of development,
and any pillar can be considered a potential priority.
The 4IR makes it reasonable to take this more
agnostic approach to income level and calls for a more
encompassing approach to policy prioritization. This
is supported by the GCI’s results: a country’s overall
competitiveness depends to a very large extent on that
country’s performance on the relatively basic drivers of
competitiveness (see Chapter 2).
The promise of leveraging technology for economic
leapfrogging remains largely unfulfilled
Analysis of the GCI pillars makes clear that in many
countries, the root causes of slow growth and
inability to leverage new opportunities offered by
technology continue to be the ‘old’ developmental
issues—institutions, infrastructure and skills. Notably,
the disappointing economic performance of most
Sub-Saharan African countries is more attributable to
weaknesses in these areas than in any others, and the
much-vaunted economic leapfrogging will not happen
unless these issues are addressed decisively.
While there is much hype around the potential of
information and communications technologies (ICTs),
and while ICTs can clearly be enablers of productivity
on some GCI pillars, such as innovation and business
dynamism, it would be misguided to rely on technology
Figure 1: The competitiveness gap
30
50
70
90
80
60
40
Singapore
Germany
Chad
United States
East Asia and the Pacific
Middle East and North Africa
Eurasia
Latin America
South Asia
Europe and North America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Economic Forum analysis.
GCI 4.0 2018 score/regional average (0–100 scale)
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to solve all problems.3
For example, evidence of
significant impact technology in areas such as education,
health and governance remains anecdotal.4
Additionally,
an enabler is not the same as a substitute. There is full
complementarity among the drivers of productivity, but
little compensability. ICTs cannot, for instance, replace
transport infrastructure.
Moreover, ubiquitous ICTs and universal internet
access remain aspirational: there are, at most, 4.5 billion
smartphones in use in the world and more than half of
humanity has never gone online.5
ICT adoption—which
often serves as a proxy for a country’s general level of
technological adoption—is either the weakest or second
weakest of the 12 pillars for 57 out of the 140 countries.
The second In Depth section later in this chapter
examines how institutions remain a fundamental building
block of competitiveness and therefore a prerequisite to
fulfilling the promise of leapfrogging.
Fostering innovation requires holistic strategies that
most economies have yet to master
Innovation is especially critical as a driver of productivity
growth and value creation in the 4IR. It is already at the
core of the growth agenda of most advanced economies
and a growing number of emerging economies. But
governments are struggling to understand what makes a
country innovative.
The new GCI adopts a broad approach guided
by three principles: first, a country’s capacity to
innovate depends on the quality of a vast and complex
ecosystem; second, innovation is a process through
which ideas become successful products; third,
innovation happens everywhere, not just in a laboratory,
and its outcomes take many forms, from products—
goods and services—to businesses and organizational
models. Since the GCI 4.0 aims to capture the
complexity of the innovation process and the breadth
of the ecosystem supporting it, the index includes
softer drivers of innovation—such as creativity and
entrepreneurship—that are difficult for stakeholders and
leaders to grasp, let alone to influence.
The results of the GCI 4.0 reveal there are only a
handful of innovation hubs in the world, for reasons we
unpack in the first In Depth section later in this chapter.
The global median score on the Innovation capability
pillar (pillar 12) is 36 out of 100, the lowest score across
the 12 pillars. For 77 of the 140 economies studied,
Innovation capability is the weakest pillar. Only four
‘super innovators’ score above 80: Germany, the United
States, Switzerland and Taiwan (China).
Enhancing the fundamentals of competitiveness
improves resilience to shocks
The results reveal that countries that optimize their
performance on the factors included in the GCI 4.0 are
on a higher long-term growth trajectory (see Chapter 3,
Box 3) and achieve higher levels of income (see Figure 2).
More competitive economies are also more resilient to
various shocks. As shown in previous editions, the more
competitive advanced economies rebounded from the
Great Recession much more quickly, returning to precrisis
levels of employment and growth by 2015, while
less competitive economies experienced protracted
stagnation or even long episodes of recession.6
Building
economic resilience through competitiveness is more
important than ever in today’s volatile context, with a
wide range of vulnerabilities, geopolitical tensions and
potential flash points around the world.
Likewise, more competitive countries are also
better equipped to address the challenges of the Fourth
Industrial Revolution (4IR)– and to seize the opportunities
it presents. In particular, competitive economies that
prioritize agile and innovative businesses and a skilled
workforce, combined with visionary governments,
are better able to handle the negative impacts of new
technologies while also being better prepared for the
benefits (see Chapter 3, Box 1 for a longer discussion).
The global economy is growing and the short-term
outlook looks favourable—but medium-term risks are
mounting. Tariff increases by the United States and
retaliatory measures by trading partners have increased
Figure 2: Competitiveness and income
Sources: World Economic Forum; World Bank, 2018; national sources.
Notes: GNI = gross national income (Atlas method), natural log
transformation. Data for Venezuela is from 2014, and data for Taiwan
(China) is from 2016. N=140, R2= 0.82.
l  East Asia and the Pacific
l  Eurasia
l  Europe and North America
l  Latin America and the Caribbean
l  Middle East and North Africa
l  South Asia
l  Sub-Saharan Africa
30 50 70 90
4
6
8
10
12
GCI 4.0 2018 score (0–100 scale)
GNI per capita (log scale, US$, 2017)
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the likelihood of escalating and sustained trade actions
that could derail the recovery and deter investment.
Financial market conditions remain accommodating to
advanced economies, but this could change rapidly
as levels of public, corporate and/or private debt are
very high in many advanced and emerging economies.
Should a shock occur, government capacity will be
limited and credit markets might seize up again. Now
is the time to make structural reforms and investment
to improve productivity. Given the volatile context, the
window might not be open for much longer.
Achieving equality, sustainability and growth
together needs proactive, far-sighted leadership
There is a worldwide consensus on the need for
a more holistic model of economic progress that
promotes higher living standards for all, respects
planetary boundaries, and does not disadvantage future
generations. Competitiveness is necessary but not
sufficient to meet these objectives.
In the third In Depth section, we show that more
competitive economies tend to do better on selected
socio-economic outcomes. Competitiveness, for
instance, has a close and positive relationship with
measures of poverty and life satisfaction. The relationship
with equality is looser: more competitiveness seems
neither to systematically reduce or increase inequality.
This implies there is no inherent trade-off between
equality and growth: it is possible to be both pro-growth
and ‘pro-equity’, as shown by the strong performance
of several northern European countries both in terms of
competitiveness and inclusion (Figure 3). The relationship
between competitiveness and the environment, however,
is less conclusive. The most competitive economies
have the largest ecological footprints, but they are the
most efficient (footprint per unit of GDP is the lowest). It
is therefore incumbent upon leaders to set longer-term
priorities to create virtuous cycles between equality,
sustainability and growth.
In Depth Sections
The In Depth sections below sift through the results
of the Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 to tackle four
important questions—and to debunk the assumptions
and myths surrounding them.
•	 Is there a formula for innovation? A critical driver
of productivity, innovation is bound to assume
increased significance in the 4IR. In this section,
we show the myriad factors that make for a fertile
innovation ecosystem. The difficulty of having all
these elements in place explains why there are so
few innovation hubs around the world.
•	 Are institutions still important? We show how
weak institutions continue to act as a drag on
competitiveness, and urge governments to not lose
sight of this long-standing governance issue.
•	 Are prosperity, people and the planet
compatible? We stress the importance of
competitiveness for overall economic progress. We
show that more competitive economies are on a
higher long-term growth trajectory (when accounting
for their level of development) and achieve better
socioeconomic outcomes than less competitiveness
economies.
•	 Should countries pursue openness? We examine
how openness is linked to competitiveness and
inclusion. We argue that being open is almost
always good for competitiveness, and not
necessarily bad for inclusion.
Figure 3: Competitiveness and inclusion
0
50
100
50
100 0
(perfect
equality)
Brazil
0
(perfect
inequality)
100
South Africa
Azerbaijan
United States
Germany
Viet Nam
Denmark
Sources: World Economic Forum analysis; World Bank, 2018.
GCI 4.0 2018 score Gini coefficient (inverted 0–100 scale)
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In Depth:
Is there a formula
for innovation?
Switzerland: 82.0
Germany: 87.5
United States: 86.5
0
20
40
60
80
100
Pillar 11:
Business dynamism
Pillar 12:
Innovation capability
75th pctl: 66.3
25th pctl: 52.7
Median: 58.3
75th pctl: 50.7
25th pctl: 30.1
Median: 36.2
Figure 4: The innovation ecosystem, descriptive statistics
Source: World Economic Forum analysis.
Note: Pctl = percentile.
Score (0–100 scale)
The 4IR is reshaping the economic landscape by
changing the drivers of growth and competitiveness. It is
no longer possible to rely solely on efficiency and costcutting
for economic success: innovation, flexibility and
adaptation to change are becoming the key ingredients.
When change is the only constant, economies that can
adopt new ideas, methods or products more quickly
will have an edge. That’s why embracing opportunities
and leveraging innovations can accelerate growth and
development for every economy.
However, the Innovation capability pillar has the
lowest performance on average of the 12 pillars on the
GCI 4.0, with a median score of just 36, and threequarters
of countries score 50 or lower, indicating they
are less than halfway to the frontier (Figure 4). The
distribution of scores is so skewed that the pillar’s three
best performing economies—Germany (87.5), United
States (86.5) and Switzerland (82.1)—are considered
statistical outliers.
Why are there so few innovation powerhouses in the
world? Innovation is a complex process. It starts with the
generation of ideas, some of which lead to inventions,
and only a few of which are ever commercialized.
Innovations enhance economic productivity only if they
reach the desired markets and achieve commercial
success. Innovation takes place within an ecosystem of
multiple factors. Any factor missing from the innovation
ecosystem can prevent new ideas from being generated
or evolving into viable commercial products.
The index is designed to capture this complexity
and assess countries against it. Both the Innovation
capability and Business dynamism pillars enable an
assessment of each economy’s innovation ecosystem.
Innovation capability is comprised of indicators on the
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‘softer’ and less tangible aspects of idea generation,
captured in the Interaction and diversity, as well as
Research and development (to develop inventions) and
Commercialization (the capacity to successfully bring
innovation to the market) sub-pillars. The Business
dynamism pillar captures broader factors, captured in
the two sub-pillars: Administrative requirements (the
extent to which the regulatory framework supports
creative destruction by making it easy to found and close
companies) and Entrepreneurial culture (a country’s
willingness to take risks and embrace disruptive ideas).
Other GCI components also play a critical role in
determining a country’s capability to innovate. These
include ICT adoption (pillar 3), quality of education
(captured in the Skills pillar), intensity of competition
(Domestic market pillar) and availability of financing
(Financial system pillar).
The results demonstrate that the countries with
the winning formulas for innovative ecosystems have
embraced a wide range of measures to achieve
success. On average, high-income economies achieve
significantly higher scores than those in lower-income
brackets on each of the five sub-pillars that make up
the Business dynamism and Innovation capability pillars,
demonstrating that their innovation ecosystems are more
developed. Nonetheless, they are still far from the frontier
on all dimensions—and all economies have potential for
further progress (Figure 5).
The most striking differences are found in the
Research and development sub-pillar, which includes
indicators on R&D spending, patents, publications
and research institutions.7
For 94 of the 140
economies featured in the report, this sub-pillar is the
lowest scoring of the five. Nonetheless, despite low
levels of research and development these economies
can still adopt technologies developed elsewhere
and adapt them for local needs. For example, in
some developing economies the diffusion of mobile
phones has become a platform for delivering financial
services.8
The gap between advanced and developing
economies is less prominent on the Administrative
requirements sub-pillar, but there is still room for
improvement. Further reducing administrative
burdens on starting or closing a business represents
a relatively achievable goal in terms of policy
intervention: accessible, low-cost and without
requiring cultural shifts.
The top performers in the upper- and lower
middle-income brackets, such as China and India,
are catching up with or even outperforming the
average among high-income economies. China, for
example, is already more advanced when it comes to
investing in research and development sub-pillar than
the average high-income economy, while India is
not far behind and let down only by its less-efficient
bureaucracy for business creation and insolvency.
The catch-up process is reflected in the emergence
of Chinese and Indian companies in technologyintensive
sectors. China is home to 33% of the
world’s ‘unicorns’ (private companies valued at over
1 billion) in 2017, up from 12% in 2014.9
Among low-income countries, however, even
the best performers are still lagging behind. Kenya,
for example, underperforms on most of the five
sub-pillars. This supports the widely-held idea
20
40
60
80
100
Entrepreneurial
culture
Administrative
requirements
Commercialization
Research and
development
Interaction and diversity
Figure 6: Innovation ecosystem performance
By top performer from each income group
  High income
  China
  India
  Guinea
Source: World Economic Forum analysis.
20
40
60
80
100
Entrepreneurial
culture
Administrative
requirements
Commercialization
Research and
development
Interaction and diversity
Figure 5: Innovation ecosystem performance
By income group
  High income
  Upper-middle income
  Lower-middle income
  Low income
Source: World Economic Forum analysis.
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that innovation requires stable conditions—such
as well-established institutions, extensive ICT
adoption, domestic market competition and a
favourable education system—and suggests these
factors should be priorities for governments in lowincome
economies that are looking to innovation for
employment growth.10
The exception to this performance gap is found
in the Entrepreneurial culture sub-pillar, which the
GCI results suggest is not a prerogative of advanced
economies. In Uganda, for example, 28.1% of the
population are self-described entrepreneurs, the
highest percentage in the world.11
Among the best performers, the so-called
‘softer’ drivers of innovation—represented by the
sub-pillars Entrepreneurial culture and Interaction
and diversity—distinguish the ‘super innovators’,
Germany and the United States from other innovation
hubs found in countries such as Japan and Korea
(Figure 7).
One reason why Korea and Japan lag slightly
behind their high-income peers on these sub-pillars
could be a tendency toward uncertainty avoidance.
As Figure 8 shows, despite some recent increases,
the appetite for entrepreneurial risk in Japan and
Korea is significantly lower than in the United States.
Possible explanations include perceived higher
opportunity costs to entrepreneurial risk and other
cultural factors that make it more difficult to embrace
disruptive ideas. In fact, many experts attribute
Japan’s ‘lost decade’ partly to companies’ reluctance
to be forward-looking and break away from the
status quo. A more vibrant innovation ecosystem
20
40
60
80
100
Entrepreneurial
culture
Administrative
requirements
Commercialization
Research and
development
Interaction and diversity
Figure 7: Innovation ecosystem performance
  Korea, Rep.
  Japan
  Germany
  United States
Source: World Economic Forum analysis.
Figure 8: Evolution in attitudes toward entrepreneurial
failure
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
20182017201620152014201320122011201020092008
Germany
United States
Korea, Rep.
Japan
Israel
China
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey (various editions).
Note: Response to the survey question: “In your country, to what extent do
people have an appetite for entrepreneurial risk?” (1 = not at all; 7 = to a
great extent). See Appendix C for more details.
Score (1–7)
would allow these economies to more fully translate
their research efforts into economic growth and
increase long-term resilience to technological shocks.
For success in the Fourth Industrial Revolution,
all economies—whether advanced or developing—
will need to embrace the opportunities offered by
innovation. The Global Competitiveness Index helps
them to identify which factors—from regulations to
cultural practices—each country’s government needs
to focus on to develop a balanced and dynamic
innovation ecosystem.
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Strong institutions are a fundamental driver of both
productivity and long-term growth. Their benefits extend
well beyond economics, affecting people’s well-being on a
daily basis. Adam Smith first highlighted this in 1776, and it
has been established as empirically sound time and again
ever since.12
Differences in institutional quality underlie
many of the reasons for differences between countries
in technology and physical and human capital, which
can explain a large part of cross-country differences in
income (see Figure 9).13
Further, ample empirical evidence
has shown the ongoing importance of stable, effective
institutions for economic productivity.14
It is because of the importance of these economic
building blocks that the first of the GCI 4.0’s 12 pillars
assesses the strength and quality of an economy’s
institutions. By shaping the ways in which individuals
organize themselves and their economic transactions,
institutions form the backbone of economic activity and
stable societies.
Weak institutions continue to hinder competitiveness,
development and well-being in many countries. The
Institutions pillar is the second-lowest scoring pillar of the
12 GCI pillars (after the Innovation capability pillar), with a
median score of 53—just over halfway to the frontier. For
117 of the 140 economies studied, their Institutions pillar
performance is a drag on their overall competitiveness
score (Figure 10).
In Depth:
Are institutions
still important?
Figure 9: Institutional strength and income
20 40 60 80 100
4
6
8
10
12
Venezuela
New Zealand
Rwanda
Switzerland
Sources: World Economic Forum analysis; World Bank, 2018; national
sources.
Note: N=140, R2= 0.63.
GNI per capita (log scale, US$, 2017)
Pillar 1: Institutions score (0–100 scale)
Figure 10: Institutions and other drivers of competitiveness
By region
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Sub-Saharan
Africa
SouthAsia
MiddleEast
andNorthAfrica
LatinAmerica
andtheCaribbean
Europeand
NorthAmerica
Eurasia
EastAsia
andthePacific
Source: World Economic Forum analysis.
Note: N=140.
n  Pillar 1: Institutions  n  Average of Pillars 2–12
Average score (0–100 scale)
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Economic agents will not invest if they fear they will need to
spend excessive amounts of time and money on protecting
their property and monitoring the fulfilment of contractual
obligations. Their expectations depend on the levels of trust in
society; on whether public institutions are capable of ensuring
a basic level of security and enforcing property rights, and
are characterized by transparency, efficiency, and checks
and balances; and on the strength of corporate governance
standards and prevailing business ethics.
The GCI 4.0 therefore conceptualizes institutions broadly
as including formal, legally binding constraints—rules, laws,
constitutions and associated enforcement mechanisms—and
informal constraints, such as norms of behavior, conventions
and self-imposed codes of conduct.1
Pillar 1: Institutions
comprises six sub-pillars and 20 indicators, as shown in
Table 1.1.
Table 1.1: Structure and composition of Pillar 1: Institutions
Component Worst performer Best performer
Security
1.01 Business costs of organized crime El Salvador Finland
1.02 Homicide rate El Salvador Japan
1.03 Terrorism incidence Pakistan Multiple
1.04 Reliability of police services Venezuela Finland
Social capital Burundi Australia
1.05 Social capital Burundi Australia
Checks and balances Chad Finland
1.06 Budget transparency Multiple Multiple
1.07 Judicial independence Bolivia Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations Venezuela Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press China Norway
Public-sector performance Venezuela Singapore
1.10 Burden of government regulation Brazil Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes Venezuela Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Lesotho Multiple
1.13 Future orientation of government Venezuela Singapore
Transparency Yemen New Zealand
1.14 Incidence of corruption Yemen New Zealand
Property rights Venezuela Singapore
1.15 Property rights Venezuela Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection Venezuela Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration Sri Lanka Singapore
Corporate governance Haiti Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and accounting standards Angola Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation Ethiopia Multiple
1.20 Shareholder governance Haiti Kazakhstan
Source: World Economic Forum analysis.
Note: See Appendix C for detailed methodology. Visit http://gcr.weforum.org for detailed results.
Box 1: Defining ‘institutions’
Notes
1	 The definition is loosely based on North, 1994. For a longer discussion on the impact of public and private institutions on productivity, and for a
full literature review, see World Economic Forum, 2015, Chapter 1.2.
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Greece, Italy and Belgium. With a score of 8, Venezuela is
by far the least future-prepared economy.
In summary, the results of the GCI are a reminder
not to lose sight of the fundamental need for strong
institutions, particularly as institutions have actually
worsened in some economies over the past year. The fact
that institutional strength as a driver of economic growth
is a perennial yet fundamental correlation and not a new
theory does not make it any less important.
Among the six sub-pillars of the Institutions pillar,
global performance is best on Security.15
Here, the median
score is 72 and half of all countries score 75 or above,
with Finland (97.5) coming closest to being free from
terrorism and crime. With equal scores of 33.8, El Salvador
and Venezuela are the worst performers, but crime and
violence extract a huge economic and human toll across
Latin America. The continent’s largest economies—Brazil
(45.8), Mexico (46.0) and Colombia (43.5)—are less than
halfway to the frontier. Nigeria, Yemen, South Africa,
Pakistan and the Philippines are other countries with
notable problems related to violence, crime or terrorism,
and where the police are considered unreliable. Across
all countries, the relationship between the prevalence of
organized crime and the perceived reliability of the police is
strikingly close.
Transparency is the weakest sub-pillar overall. Scores
are assessed using Transparency International’s Corruption
Perception Index (CPI), for which the World Economic
Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey is a source (see
Appendix B). On the CPI’s scale, ranging from 0 (“highly
corrupt”) to 100 (“very clean”), two-thirds of the 140 GCI
countries score lower than 50 and the median is just 43.
When advanced economies are excluded, the median
drops to 36. The worst-performing region is Eurasia but
Latin America and the Caribbean is home to the world’s
most corrupt country, Venezuela, which has a score of 18.
Public sector performance is the second weakest
sub-pillar. Unnecessarily burdensome regulation creates
delays, raises transaction costs, reduces accountability,
and disproportionately penalizes smaller businesses
and average citizens. It creates room for corruption
and arbitrary decisions, which is reflected in the close
association between the scores for this sub-pillar and
those of the Transparency sub-pillar.
The overall level of ‘future preparedness’—which will
become increasingly important in the 4IR—is very low.
The Public sector performance sub-pillar is made up of
indicators reflecting a government’s ability to prepare for
the future, and covers policy stability, responsiveness to
change, long-term vision and the adaptability of the legal
framework to technological change. The median score is
just 45, yet the most future-prepared governments are not
necessarily those of the most competitive economies. Only
three—Switzerland, the United States and Singapore—
feature in the top 10 of both lists. The East Asia and
the Pacific and Middle East and North Africa regions
outperform Europe and North America, with Singapore
(85.6) scoring highest followed by Luxembourg (79.0), the
United States (78.3), and the United Arab Emirates (76.7).
The relationship between future-preparedness and income
level is positive but extremely loose, with Malaysia and
Rwanda, for example, scoring significantly higher than
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Sustained economic growth has been the main policy
priority under the prevailing liberal international economic
order that gained ascendancy in the early twentieth
century.16
But too narrow a focus on growth has blinded
many governments to adverse distribution effects and
negative externalities as technological change and
globalization have gathered force. Slow progress in living
standards and widening inequality, exacerbated by the
Great Recession that began in 2007, have contributed
to political polarization and erosion of social cohesion in
many advanced and emerging economies.
There is now a worldwide consensus on the need
for a more holistic model of economic progress—a model
that acknowledges growth as necessary but recognizes
the need for additional measures to achieve higher
living standards for all, while ensuring environmental
sustainability and the interests of future generations.17
There are, inevitably, some tensions and trade-offs
among the various dimensions of economic progress.
But there is also potential for virtuous cycles. For
example, as growth raises the income of individuals,
it increases their ability to pay for services and goods
that improve their health, education and welfare. This
opens up new opportunities to improve their economic
prospects, while increasing their overall well-being.
Similarly, growth broadens a country’s tax base,
generating resources that the government can spend on
public services, such as security, infrastructure, health,
education and income redistribution—expenditures that
can, over time, improve economic prospects.18
Performance results on the GCI 4.0 add to ample
empirical evidence that more competitive economies on
average do in fact perform better on various measures
of economic progress—including poverty, inequality and
well-being; however, the evidence is more mixed in the
case of environmental sustainability.
Competitiveness and poverty
The incidence of extreme poverty is an important measure
of broad-based economic progress, and low productivity
is its proximate cause: the poor produce too little to earn
a wage to subsist let alone to invest in healthcare and
education.19
That’s why higher competitiveness scores are
typically associated with lower poverty (Figure 11). In fact,
only two countries in the top half of the GCI rankings—
South Africa and India—demonstrate what is considered
an extreme poverty incidence, in which the poverty rate
exceeds 10% of the total population.
Median household income is perhaps the most visible
signifier of the breadth of progress in living standards.20
Here, too, there is a close relationship
with competitiveness. Figure 12 suggests the
relationship between median household income and
competitiveness is non-linear: a unit increase in the
GCI 4.0 score is associated with an exponential
increase in median income. Moreover, the relationship is
In Depth:
Are prosperity,
people and planet
compatible?
Figure 11: Competitiveness and extreme poverty
30 50 70 90
0
20
40
60
80
South Africa
India
Mean
Mean
Source: Sources: World Economic Forum analysis; World Bank World
Development Indicators (WDI) database, retrieved 28 August 2018.
Notes: N=121. Poverty headcount ratio at PPP$ 1.90 a day (2011 constant
prices) in percentage of population (latest year available).
GCI 4.0 2018 score (0–100 scale)
Poverty incidence (%)
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Figure 13: Competitiveness and inequality
South Africa
Brazil
United States
30 50 70 90
0
20
40
60
80
100
Netherlands
Denmark Sweden
Azerbaijan
Chad
Viet Nam
Sources: World Economic Forum analysis; World Bank World Development
Indicators (WDI) database.
Note: N=128.
GCI 4.0 2018 score (0–100 scale)
Gini coefficient (0–100 scale, 100=perfect inequality, 0=perfect equality),
latest year available
Figure 12: Competitiveness and median income
Luxembourg
Belgium
Israel
Malaysia
30 50 70 90
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Sources: World Economic Forum analysis; World Bank PovcalNet.
Note: R2= 0.82.
GCI 4.0 2018 score (0–100 scale)
Monthly median income, US$ thousands (latest year available)
all the income). As shown in Figure 13, there appears to
be a relationship between the income Gini coefficient
and competitiveness. Yet it’s an extremely weak one. In
fact, the most equal and unequal countries, Azerbaijan
and South Africa, respectively, earned a similar overall
GCI score (60.0 and 60.8), whereas the most and least
competitive countries, United States and Chad, have
a similar Gini coefficient (42 and 43). Thus, it would be
inaccurate to conclude that more competitive countries
are reliably more inclusive.
Results of the GCI 4.0 are consistent with the general
consensus emerging from empirical studies that there is
no consistent relationship between equality and growth.22
This also implies that, contrary to widespread belief,
inequality is not caused by growth. There is no inherent
trade-off between equality and growth: it is possible to be
pro-growth and pro-equity. The Netherlands, Sweden and
Denmark feature in the top 10 of the GCI and are among
the world’s most equal countries. Governments need to
rebalance policy priorities to respond to both stagnating
growth and rising inequality, which, together, fuel
frustrations and erode trust in institutions, technological
progress and globalization.
Competitiveness and well-being
An individual’s overall well-being is arguably the ultimate
measure of human welfare. Figure 14 shows that GCI 4.0
scores explain over two-thirds of differences in so-called
‘life satisfaction’, as measured on Cantril’s Ladder of Life
Scale, which ranges from 0 (‘the worst possible life’)
to 10 (‘the best possible life’), for the 135 countries for
which data exists. This is remarkable, considering the
many cultural, historical and political idiosyncrasies that
can influence answers to the question: ‘How satisfied are
you with your life as a whole these days?’
Leisure time is another determinant of well-being.23
Contrary to popular belief, higher competitiveness is
typically associated with less working time and
therefore more leisure time: workers in the GCI 4.0’s
10 most competitive economies work, on average, 361
fewer hours per year—or eight fewer hours per week—
than in the 10 lowest-ranked economies for which
working time data exists.24
When excluding the United
States and Singapore, the weekly average decreases
by two additional hours. In Germany, the third-most
competitive economy, workers average just 1,371
hours per year or 29 hours per week—10 fewer than
the average across the 66 countries for which working
time exists. This suggests productivity is increased not
through more working hours, but by using working hours
more efficiently.
Competitiveness and environmental sustainability
The relationship between competitiveness and the
environment is multi-faceted and complex. In the
long term, economic activity must respect planetary
remarkably close: performance on the GCI 4.0 explains
82% of the variation in median income across countries.21
Yet the correlation between the two is not exact. For
example, although Malaysia and Belgium have a similar
GCI score, Belgium’s median income is three times higher
than Malaysia’s.
Competitiveness and inequality
Income Gini coefficient is the standard measure of
inequality used by most institutions and organizations
around the world. Values range from 0 (‘perfect equality’,
in which every individual receives the same income) to
100 (‘perfect inequality’, when one individual receives
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boundaries. Environmental damage in the form of
pollution, climate change, resource scarcity, ecosystem
destruction and biodiversity loss may undermine
future growth, and, ultimately, put humanity at risk. For
example, the Global Footprint Network’s estimates that
humanity uses the equivalent of 1.7 Earths to provide
the resources we use and absorb our waste.25
Figure 15
shows that there is a clear tension between economic
progress and environmental sustainability: more
competitive countries have a much bigger ecological
footprint. If everyone lived like the average resident of the
United States, the world’s most competitive economy, it
would take 4.9 planets to support humanity’s footprint.
The world’s heaviest footprint is Qatar, an economy in
the top 30 of the GCT and where 9.3 Earths is required.
Yet the tension can be eased: ‘green growth’—
facilitating economic growth while taking into account
environmental concerns—is possible, particularly with
new technologies.26
Policies that create incentives
for greater efficiency in the use of natural resources,
reducing waste and energy consumption, unlocking
opportunities for innovation and value creation, and
allocating resources to the highest-value use can
simultaneously reduce environmental impact and
increase productivity and growth. With greater wealth,
more competitive economies tend to have the
resources and the measures in place to use natural
resources more efficiently.27
As a result, even though
they have the largest ecological footprint per capita,
the most competitive economies have the smallest
ecological footprint per unit of output (Figure 16). Further,
data suggests that between 2004 and 2014, this ratio
has actually decreased globally.28
In addition, other
studies show that most countries have reached peak
carbon intensity, and are expecting downward trends
in carbon usage.29
These are positive developments, but overall efforts
to maintain efficient use of natural resources remain
insufficient. The hope of seeing (modest) international
commitments and targets designed to curb greenhouse
gas emissions is fading, and with it the probability—now
estimated at less than 5%—to keep global warming within
2ºC by 2100.30
In keeping with the long-term thinking
espoused by the GCI 4.0, it is critical that countries
commit to green growth, which indicates a promising
avenue for leveraging new technologies to foster both
sustainability and a strong growth and jobs agenda.
Figure 14: Competitiveness and life satisfaction
Burundi
United States
30 50 70 90
0
2
4
6
8
10
Denmark
Norway
Finland
Sources: World Economic Forum analysis; Helliwell et al., 2018.
Note: N=123, R2= 0.68.
GCI 4.0 2018 score (0–100 scale)
Life satisfaction (0=worst possible life, 10=best possible life), 2015–2017
Figure 15: Competitiveness and ecological footprint
30 50 70 90
0
6
12
18
Luxembourg
United States
Chad
Qatar
Sources: World Economic Forum analysis; Global Footprint Network.
Note: N=135; gha = global hectare. The consumption footprint includes the
area needed to produce the materials consumed and the area needed to
absorb carbon dioxide emissions.
GCI 4.0 2018 score (0–100 scale)
Ecological footprint of consumption (gha), 2014
Figure 16: Competitiveness and ecological footprint per
unit of output
30 50 70 90
0
5
10
15
20
25
Sources: World Economic Forum analysis; Global Footprint Network; IMF,
2018.
Note: N=135, R2= 0.63.
GCI 4.0 2018 score (0–100 scale)
Ecological footprint of production (sq. meters/US$ of GDP)
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The accelerated pace and intensity of trade liberalization,
openness and integration over recent decades has been
a ‘win-win’ between countries but at times a ‘win-lose’
within countries. While increasing prosperity overall,
free trade may bear partial responsibility for raising
inequality by reducing the income of relatively small and
concentrated social groups.
However, attempting to address inequality by
reversing globalization is counterproductive and
disastrous for sustained economic growth. GCI 4.0
results show that more open economies are more
innovative and tend to be characterized by more
competitive markets. Policies should, therefore, focus on
improving the conditions of those specifically impacted
by globalization rather than favouring protectionism.
Combining GCI data with other sources suggests that
redistributive policies, safety nets, investments in human
capital, and more progressive taxation could help reduce
inequality without compromising a country’s level of
competitiveness.
Globalization has contributed to reducing both
global poverty and between-countries inequality. Trade
has contributed to generating prosperity across all
countries in the past few decades.31
The benefits of
trade openness have been particularly remarkable in
South-East Asia and China, where export-led economic
growth has quickly raised the living standards of a
sizable portion of the population. In China, for example,
between 1996 and 2014 the number of people living on
less than US$3.20 per day collapsed from 890 million
to 129 million.32
In Viet Nam, evidence suggests that the
Figure 18: Domestic competition performance
By openess level
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Low openness
High openness
Emerging market
and developing economies
Advanced economies
Source: World Economic Forum analysis.
Note: See Figure 17 for country classifications and definition of openness.
n  High openness  n  Low openness
Domestic competition score, 0–100 scale
Figure 17: Innovation performance
By openness level
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Low openness
High openness
Emerging market
and developing economies
Advanced economies
Source: World Economic Forum analysis.
Note: Country groupings are based on IMF classification. Openness is
defined by the average of six indicators: Non-tariff measures; Tariffs;
Service trade restrictiveness index; Ease of hiring foreign labour;
International co-inventions; and Customs clearance (all values expressed
in scores). Innovation capability corresponds to the score of GCI pillar 12.
Domestic competition corresponds to the score of GCI
Sub-pillar 7A.
n  High openness  n  Low openness
Innovation capability score, 0–100 scale
In Depth:
Should countries
pursue openness?
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2001 US-Viet Nam bilateral trade agreement reduced
poverty by increasing wage premiums in export sectors,
reallocating labour from agriculture to manufacturing and
stimulating enterprise job growth.
Economies that participate the most in the global
economy are also the most competitive. The GCI
highlights the centrality of international openness for
productivity. It enables greater and faster diffusion
of ideas and technology, which boosts innovation
(Figure 17). Open countries also tend to have more
competitive markets, which compels domestic
companies to innovate and procure the latest
technologies to compete with the best international firms
(Figure 18).
Since 1980, within-country income inequalities
have increased in most economies. Over the past three
decades, the Gini coefficient increased in 17 out of the
22 OECD countries for which long-term data is available.
In the United States, where the increase is among the
highest, the share of income accruing to the richest 1%
of the population has more than doubled to about 20%
over the past 30 years, while the share attributed to the
middle class has fallen.33
Many emerging economies have also experienced an
increase in inequality. While distributional effects are often
attributed to declining manufacturing workforces, they
are also evident in many countries that have experienced
sustained economic growth and decreasing poverty. In
China, for example, between 1995 and 2015 the Gini
coefficient increased from 36.3 to 40.2,34
and the share
of income accruing to the top 10% of the population
increased from 33% to 41%.
Openness to international trade bears part of
the blame for rising inequality, but there are other
important factors. Evidence supports the idea
that international trade can drive down wages and
employment in the manufacturing sectors most exposed
to foreign competition.35
However, the expansion
of automation, the rise of the digital economy and
generalized reduction in taxation progressivity have also
had a significant impact.36
To reverse economic integration in an attempt to
curb income inequalities would be highly ineffective and
counterproductive. Protectionist policies will not address
the continuing impacts of factors such as automation
and digitization on the structure of economies and
distributional outcomes. They will, however, harm the
transfer of technologies, the innovation process and
economic growth. In the short term, protectionism could
also negatively affect workers engaged in global value
chains. Redistribution of economic gains would be better
achieved through well-designed international agreements
and national policies.
Countries have succeeded in lowering inequality
by making greater efforts to redistribute income. There
is evidence showing that the tax-benefit systems found
in most advanced economies have helped to attenuate
inequality37
and protect vulnerable households from
adverse economic shocks. Figure 19 shows that
economies that redistribute the most can attain lower
inequality levels while at the same time continuing to
maintain policies of openness. Although safety nets
are more common in advanced economies, some
emerging economies, too, have recently started to
successfully reduce inequality through public policies
and programs.38
Policies promoting more equal access to
human and financial capital are crucial in narrowing
inequalities. Measures such as income transfers
may mitigate some cyclical causes of inequality,
but to address structural inequalities requires
complementary measures aiming to level the playing
field for disadvantaged households. These can include
broadening access to quality education and healthcare,
greater financial inclusion, more progressive taxation and
efforts to curb tax evasion.
Active labour market policies also play a central role.
While safety nets are useful to smooth transitions across
jobs, structural changes in the labour market can make
it difficult for workers who lose their job to find another
at a comparable wage level in the short time. With the
current speed of technological disruption, workers
in the middle of their careers may see a significant
Figure 19: Openness, inequality and redistribution
Mean
Mean
20 40 60 80 100
20
30
40
50
60
ZAF
MEX
CHN
USA SGP
GBR
DEU
FRA
DNK NLD
Sources: Standardized World Income Inequality Database (SWIID) and World
Economic Forum analysis.
Note: N=45. The color of each data point reflects the level of redistribution.
The redistribution level corresponds to the SWIID’s relative redistribution
estimate (market-income inequality minus net-income inequality, divided
by market-income inequality). See Figure 11 for a definition of openness.
The following economies are referenced in the figure: SGP=Singapore;
DEU=Germany; NLD=The Netherlands; USA=United States;
DNK=Denmark; GBR=United Kingdom; FRA=France; MEX=Mexico;
ZAF=South Africa; and CHN=China.
Openness
Gini coefficient (0–100 scale)
Less redistribution More redistribution
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contraction of demand for their current skills.39
A recent
study suggests that over the next decade, in a set
of companies representing 15 million workers in total
today, 1 million jobs will disappear but 1.7 million new
jobs requiring new skills will be created.40
Further, by
2022 at least half of all current employees will require
significant reskilling and upskilling.41
Policies to address
this tremendous challenge are clearly needed—as is
investment in infrastructure, which has been shown to
sustain real income growth among the lower-skilled
and foster employment and re-qualification in deindustrialized
areas.
Market forces alone cannot be relied on to
address inequality. Policies that redistribute gains and
opportunities from winners to losers are required to
ensure that trade is inclusive. While a growth agenda is
central to achieving national prosperity, there is a need
for complementary policies—both passive (income
transfers) and active (e.g targeting education and
reskilling). Workers vulnerable to international trade need
to be resilient to income shocks—but should also be
encouraged to acquire the skills necessary to benefit
from the changing economic landscape.
NOTES
	 1	 Education deficits, for instance, have long been a cause of slow
development, and will have disastrous consequences in the 4IR
as the destruction of low-skilled jobs, through automation and
efficiency accelerates.
	 2	 Schwab, 2015.
	 3	 The term was coined by author Evgeny Morozov.
	 4	 See Juma, 2017, for a critique of leapfrogging.
	 5	 Authors’ calculations based on ITU, 2018.
	 6	 World Economic Forum, 2015.
	 7	 See Appendix C for details on the GCI structure.
	 8	 Parizat and Strubenhoff, 2018.
	 9	 Wu, 2017, and CB Insights, 2017.
	 10	 Cerera and Sabetti, 2016.
	 11	 Brinded, 2015.
	 12	 “Commerce and manufactures can seldom flourish long in any
state which does not enjoy a regular administration of justice, in
which the people do not feel themselves secure in the possession
of their property, in which the faith of contracts is not supported
by law, and in which the authority of the state is not supposed to
be regularly employed in enforcing the payment of debts from all
those who are able to pay. Commerce and manufactures, in short,
can seldom flourish in any state in which there is not a certain
degree of confidence in the justice of government”, Wealth of
Nations, 1776.
	 13	 See Acemoglu, 2009, for an exhaustive discussion on institutions
and the fundamental causes of economic growth.
	 14	 For example, North and Thomas, 1973, discuss a system of
property rights as the key to growth. Hall and Jones, 1998, find
that differences in capital accumulation and labour productivity
are driven by differences in institutions and government policies.
Acemoglu, et al, 2001, show that institutions are robustly related to
present-day differences in per-capita incomes. Rodrik, et al, 2002,
find that property rights are more important than either geography
or trade in determining income levels around the world.
	 15	 It must be noted that the countries covered by the GCI present
a level of security and stability sufficient for data to be collected.
In war-torn countries and failed states, it would be pointless and
impossible to carry out an assessment of competitiveness.
	 16	 Kundnani, 2017.
	 17	 In 2017, the World Economic Forum launched the Inclusive
Development Index (IDI) to evaluate countries’ success against this
broader notion of economic progress. The assessment is based
on 15 criteria: income; labour productivity; employment; healthy
life expectancy; median household income; poverty incidence;
wealth Gini; income Gini; adjusted net savings; dependency ratio;
public debt; and carbon Intensity. See World Economic Forum,
2017 and 2018b for details and results.
	 18	 See Bannister and Mourmouras 2017. They find that on average
a higher level of income is associated with higher life expectancy
and lower inequality.
	 19	 Rodrik, 2012.
	 20	 Median household income for a country is the amount that divides
the income distribution into two equal groups.
	 21	 R2
value based on a polynomial regression of degree two of
median income on GCI 4.0 score.
	 22	 DfID, 2008.
	 23	 OECD, 2009, Chapter 2.
	 24	 Authors’ calculations based on Penn World Tables data (Feenstra
et al., 2015). Working time corresponds to the average annual
hours worked by persons engaged. Working time data is available
for 66 of the 140 economies covered by the GCI 4.0. The 10
lowest-ranked economies in the GCI for which working time data
is available are: Trinidad and Tobago (75th, 1,583 hours), Viet
Nam (76th, 2,340 hours), Jamaica (77th, 1,868 hours), Argentina
(79th, 1,777 hours), Sri Lanka (84th, 2,075 hours), Ecuador (85th,
2,086 hours), Bangladesh (102th, 2,372 hours), Pakistan (107th,
2,283 hours), Cambodia (110th, 2,510 hours), and Venezuela
(127th, 1,795 hours). Annual hours worked were divided by 48 to
approximate working time per week.
	 25	 GFN, 2018. See also WWF, 2016.
	 26	 For more on the concept of green growth and its implementation,
see OECD, 2011.
	 27	 Yale and Columbia Universities, 2018.
	 28	 World Economic Forum’s calculations based on GFN, 2018.
	 29	 Raftery et al., 2017.
	 30	 Ibid.
	 31	 Frankel and Romer,1999.
	 32	 The World Bank, Poverty & Equity Data Portal, China, http://
povertydata.worldbank.org/poverty/country/CHN.
	 33	 World Inequality Lab, 2018, https://wir2018.wid.world.
	 34	 Solt, Standardized World Income Inequality Database.
	 35	 Autor et al., 2013.
	 36	 For studies on the effect of technology and trade on inequality
see, for instance, Good, et al., 2014, Karabounis et al., 2013,
and Autor, et al., 2018. The decline in progressivity of taxation is
documented by World Inequality Lab, 2018.
	 37	 Ravallion, 2018.
	 38	 Ibid.
	 39	 Mckinsey Global Instiitute, 2017.
	 40	 World Economic Forum, 2018a.
	 41	 Ibid.
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This chapter highlights global trends, regional highlights
and selected country results from the inaugural edition of
the Global Competitiveness Index 4.0.
The results demonstrate a strong correlation
between competitiveness and income level.1
Highincome
economies make up the entire top 20 (see
Table 1 on page 25). Conversely, only three non-highincome
economies feature in the top 40: Malaysia (25th),
China (28th), and Thailand (38th). While the GCI 4.0 is not
a proxy for current income, the index assesses the ability
of economies to sustain growth over time. It therefore
holds some predictive power. In Figure 1, economies that
land relatively far above the trend line may have difficulty
sustaining their current level of income without improving
their competitiveness. Most of these outlying countries
are mineral resource-rich. Qatar, Brunei Darussalam,
Kuwait, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela are the
most striking examples. For example, despite having
a similar level of income as Chile, Venezuela’s GCI
score is almost 30 points lower. Similarly, the lowestranked
high-income country, Argentina, lags almost 20
points behind Malaysia and China. As for economies
relatively far below the trend line—including Malaysia,
Mexico, Indonesia and India—the results suggest their
competitiveness performance, if maintained, will promote
higher and sustained levels of income in the future.
Looking at regional patterns, the top 20 of the
GCI 4.0 rankings is composed almost exclusively of
economies from Western Europe (10 economies),
North America (2), and East Asia and the Pacific (7).
In fact, East Asia and the Pacific achieves the highest
median score (72.6) among all regions, slightly higher
than Europe and North America (70.8). At the other
end of the spectrum, 17 of the 34 sub-Saharan African
economies studied are among the bottom 20 globally,
and the region’s median is a low 45.2, less than halfway
to the frontier. Yet the disparities within each region are
profound (Figure 2). Mauritius (63.7, 49th), sub-Saharan
Africa’s best performer, is nearly 30 points and over 90
places ahead of Chad (35.5, 140th). Across the seven
regions, the average score gap between the best and
worst performer is almost 30 points. Contrasts are
often stark within sub-regions. In the EU, Germany’s
overall competitiveness score (82.8, 3rd) is 20 points
higher than Greece (62.1, 57th). In South-East Asia,
Singapore (2nd, 83.5) is 34 points closer to the frontier
than Lao PDR (49.3, 112th). In some cases, the score
differential between two neighboring countries is
large: approximately 20 points between the Dominican
Republic (57.4) and Haiti (36.5), between Colombia (61.6)
and Venezuela (43.2), and between Thailand (67.5) and
Cambodia (50.2).
Finally, the breadth of the GCI 4.0 and its 12
pillars captures the extent and complexity of the
competitiveness ecosystem. The results suggest that
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Regional and
Country Analysis
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the quality of the overall ecosystem is as good as the
quality of its weakest component, which represents a
binding constraint: the lowest score among the 12 pillars
explains as much as 88% of the variation in the overall
GCI 4.0 score. It is therefore not surprising that the
most competitive economies tend to perform well on all
pillars, whereas the least competitive economies tend
to struggle in all areas. The lowest average pillar score
of the top 10 economies is 72.2 (Product market pillar),
while the highest average pillar score of the 10 least
competitive economies is 54.4 (Macroeconomic stability
pillar). These results reflect the need for holistic strategic
planning among policy-makers and their partners. In
order to increase competitiveness, no area can be
neglected, because there is very limited compensability
among them, although progress in one area is likely to
have positive spillovers into other areas.
As Table 1 shows, the most competitive regions
(Europe and North America and East Asia and the
Pacific) attain the highest score across all pillars, while
Sub-Saharan Africa attains the lowest scores in 10 of
the 12 pillars.
Figure 2: Competitiveness gap within regions
0
20
40
60
80
100
Sub-Saharan
Africa
South AsiaLatin America
and the Caribbean
Middle East
and North Africa
EurasiaEurope and
North America
East Asia
and the Pacific
Median
Best performer
Worst performer
Nepal
India
Haiti
Chile
Yemen
Israel
Tajikistan
Russian Federation
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
United States
Lao PDR
Singapore
Chad
Mauritius
Source: World Economic Forum analysis.
Note: See the At a Glance section on page xi for regional classification. Regions are arranged according to median scores.
Best, median and worst GCI 4.0 2018 scores (0–100), by region
Figure 1: Competitiveness and income
30 40 50 60 70 80 90
4
6
8
10
12
ChileArgentina
India
Malaysia
Indonesia
Qatar
Kuwait
Thailand
Venezuela
Trinidad and Tobago
Angola Mexico
Brunei Darussalam
Sources: World Economic Forum analysis; World Bank 2018; national
sources.
Note: GNI = gross national income (Atlas method), natural log transformation.
2014 data is presented for Venezuela, and 2016 data is presented for
Taiwan (China). N=140, R2= 0.82.
GNI per capita (log scale, US$, 2017)
GCI 4.0 2018 score (0–100 scale)
l  High income
l  Upper-middle income
l  Lower-middle income
l  Low income
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REGIONAL ANALYSIS
The following sections provide an overview of
the performance of each of the following regions
(organized in alphabetical order): East Asia and
the Pacific; Eurasia; Europe; Latin America and the
Caribbean; Middle East and North Africa; North
America, South Asia; and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Each section features a brief commentary about the
performance of selected economies, namely the region’s
best performer and members of the top 10 and G20
if any. Economies are in order of their GCI 4.0 rank
(see the At a Glance section on page xi for regional
classifications). Scores cited in the following sections
are on a 0–100 scale, unless mentioned otherwise.
Ranks are out of 140 economies, unless mentioned
otherwise. Any comparison to the past is against the
2017 ‘backcast’ edition, which was calculated using the
GCI 4.0 methodology (See Appendix C for details).
East Asia and the Pacific
Home to some 2.3 billion people, the East Asia and
the Pacific (EAP) region is characterized by profound
diversity with respect to size, development level,
political and economic system, geography, culture and
history. One feature common across most economies
in the region has been economic dynamism, which
has contributed to rapid industrialization, a rise in living
standards and a drastic reduction in extreme poverty,
which fell from 30% to less than 10% over just a decade.
In 2017, the EAP was the fastest-growing region in
the world and accounted for about one-third of global
growth, due primarily to China’s significant contribution.
The region’s developing economies grew at 6.6%,
owing to a favourable global economic context that
encouraged a rise in exports, strong consumption and
high investment.2
Nine of the region’s 10 developing
economies covered in the GCI 4.0 achieved at least 3%
growth in 2017, and in five—Cambodia, China, Lao PDR,
the Philippines, and Viet Nam—growth exceeded 6%.
The region’s seven advanced economies averaged a
healthy 2.9% growth.
The results of the GCI 4.0 paint a mostly positive
picture of the region’s competitive landscape, confirming
the widely shared view that overall growth momentum is
set to last. Yet some of the region’s economies continue
to suffer major competitiveness deficits. The region’s
seven advanced economies all feature in the top 20 of
the GCI 4.0 rankings and three of the world’s seven most
competitive economies—Singapore (83.5, 2nd), Japan
(82.5, 5th) and Hong Kong SAR (82.3, 7th)—stem from
the region. Most boast world-class physical and digital
infrastructure and connectivity, macroeconomic stability,
strong human capital and well-developed financial
systems. However, performance on the innovation
ecosystem is uneven. There is, for example, a 17-point
score gap between Republic of Korea (78.2, 8th) and
New Zealand (61.4, 27th) on the Innovation capability
pillar. Still, the region’s innovation hubs—Japan, Korea,
Table 1: Regional performance, by pillar
Average score (0–100)
Enabling environment Human capital Markets
Innovation
ecosystem
Region
Institutions`
Infastructure
ICTadoption
Macroeconomic
stability
Health
Skills
Productmarket
Labourmarket
Financialsystem
Marketsize
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
East Asia and the Pacific 61.6 74.3 67.3 88.9 84.3 66.9 62.2 65.9 72.8 67.2 65.7 52.9
Eurasia 53.0 66.3 57.1 71.7 73.4 65.6 57.1 61.6 50.8 49.8 60.1 34.8
Europe and North America 64.5 78.7 68.0 91.8 90.7 74.2 62.0 66.2 69.5 59.6 68.3 58.1
Latin America and the Caribbean 47.8 61.1 46.4 74.0 82.7 57.5 53.9 55.3 59.5 52.5 52.4 33.8
Middle East and North Africa 54.3 69.0 54.1 79.6 80.0 61.4 54.7 52.3 61.8 60.3 56.7 39.9
South Asia 50.1 59.6 33.0 74.1 68.4 49.7 47.3 51.7 59.0 66.9 56.5 36.4
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.5 46.3 29.6 66.9 48.0 43.4 50.4 53.8 50.4 38.8 51.1 28.4
Source: World Economic Forum analysis.
Note: See the At a Glance section on page xi for regional classification. Darker shades indicate better performance.
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and Taiwan (China)—could improve on the so-called
‘softer’ drivers of innovation to attain the level of “super
innovators” such as Germany, the United States and
Switzerland (see the In Depth section on innovation in
Chapter 1).
Among the region’s emerging markets, the picture is
more diverse, with three distinct groups. Malaysia (74.4,
25th) and China (72.6, 28th) are less than 30 points to
the competitiveness frontier (the highest score on the
GCI) and on par with many advanced economies. The
largest ASEAN economies—Indonesia, the Philippines,
Viet Nam and Thailand—as well as Brunei Darussalam
are 40 points or less to the frontier. Finally, Mongolia
(52.7, 99th), Cambodia (50.2, 110th) and Lao PDR
(49.3, 112th) are only halfway to the frontier, reflecting
major weaknesses that threaten sustained growth. This
makes them vulnerable to a sudden shock, such as a
faster-than-expected rise in interest rates in advanced
economies and escalating trade tensions, or, as in the
specific case of Mongolia, lower commodity prices.
The strengths of the region’s advanced economies are
often weaknesses for most of the developing ones:
infrastructure (average score on the Infrastructure pillar
of 65.4 compared with 87.0 for advanced economies),
ICT adoption (average pillar 3 score of 56.8 vs 82.4),
education and skills (average score on the Skills pillar
of 59.6 vs 77.2), financial system development (average
pillar 9 score of 64.1 vs 85.3), and innovation capability
(average pillar 12 score of 72.3 vs 39.3).
Singapore ranks second (score of 83.5) on the
overall rankings behind the United States as a result of
a very strong performance across the board. Singapore
features in the top 10 of seven pillars and in the top 20
of a further four. Openness is the defining feature of this
global trading hub and one of the main drivers of its
economic success. Singapore leads the Infrastructure
pillar with a near-perfect score of 95.7. In particular, it
boasts world-class transport infrastructure, services
and connectivity. It also tops the Product market pillar
(81.2), where it leads the trade openness component.
Singapore also punches well above its weight in terms
of market size, when taking into account imports (71.0,
27th globally). Singapore also achieves a perfect mark in
the Health pillar, thanks to a healthy life expectancy of 74
years, ahead of Japan. Singapore is a regional innovation
house, but in order to become a global powerhouse, it
will need to improve its ecosystem further: Skills (76.0,
20th), Business dynamism (74.7, 16th) and Innovation
capability (75.0, 14th) are the three pillars—besides
Market size—where Singapore scores below 80.
Japan ranks 5th overall (score of 82.5), and second
in the region. It is the most improved of the top 10
economies, rising three places compared with the 2017
backcast edition. Japan appears in the top 10 of seven
pillars. It ranks first in the Health pillar, and Japan’s digital
(87.4, 3rd) and physical infrastructures (91.5, 5th) are top
notch. It notably ranks first on air transport infrastructure
(92.5), while 93% of the adult population uses the
internet on a regular basis. Japan boasts the world’s
third-largest penetration rate of fiber-to-the-home internet
connections (23 per 100 population), a remarkable feat
given the size of the country. Japan’s two weakest pillars
are Institutions (71.1, 20th)—where its performance is
undermined by low levels of social capital (47.8, 95th)
and relatively weak corporate governance (65.8, 40th)—
and Skills (73.6, 26th), where it receives average marks
for the quality of the current (63.0, 26th) and future (73.2,
55th) workforces. Japan is already an innovation hub
(77.5, 6th), but it needs to nurture the ‘softer’ drivers of
the innovation ecosystem in order to become a ‘super
innovator’. For example, Japan scores low on several
measures of entrepreneurial culture, including risk
aversion (53.6, 47th) and creativity, as well as critical
thinking (39.0, 70th).
Hong Kong SAR ranks 7th overall (score of 82.3)
and third in Asia. Its competitiveness landscape is similar
to that of Singapore, although it does slightly less well in
terms of innovation and labour market efficiency. Hong
Kong features in the top 10 of seven of the 12 pillars of
the GCI 4.0. Remarkably, it ranks second in four pillars:
Infrastructure (94.0), where it ranks first in terms of sea
port infrastructure and connectivity; ICT adoption (87.9);
Financial system (90.1), where it ranks first for stock
market capitalization and second for stability (97.0); and
Product market (79.0), where it ranks second in terms
of trade openness (84.5). The main challenge for Hong
Kong is to develop its Innovation capability (pillar 12), the
weakest aspect of its performance (61.9, 26th).
Australia ranks 14th overall (78.9), up one spot
from the 2017 backcast edition, and places fifth in the
region, four places ahead of New Zealand. The country
appears in the top 10 of three pillars. Notably, it shares
the top spot of the Macroeconomic stability pillar (100.0).
It achieves a near perfect mark on the Health pillar
(98.5, 8th) and a very high score for the breadth, depth
and stability of its financial system (85.6, 13th). Outside
these areas, Australia’s performance shows room for
improvement. The functioning of its labour market
(68.5, 22nd) is notably affected by its rigidity: Australia’s
innovation capacity (69.8, 18th) is ranked 20 points lower
than the best performers in this category. The country
does well when it comes to research and development
(78.8) but struggles on the softer dimensions of the
innovation ecosystem, including on the Interaction
and diversity (60.8) and Entrepreneurial culture (61.6)
sub-pillars.
The Republic of Korea ranks 15th overall (78.8),
up two ranks compared with the 2017 backcast edition,
and sixth in the East Asia and the Pacific region. The
country leads the ICT adoption pillar, boasting some
of the world’s highest penetration rates of ICTs. A
global innovation powerhouse, Korea ranks 8th on
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the Innovation pillar. Notably, it spends the equivalent
of 4.2% of GDP on R&D spending, second only to
Israel (4.3%). But like some of its regional peers, Korea
struggles on the less tangible drivers of innovation:
critical thinking (35.5, 90th), interaction and diversity
(54.5, 80th) and entrepreneurial and corporate cultures
(51.3, 50th). Within this last component, Korea ranks 77th
for entrepreneurial risk-taking and 88th for employee
empowerment. Korea’s two weakest pillars are Product
market (56.2, 67th), mostly due to the lack of domestic
competition, and Labour market (62.4, 48th), due to its
rigidity and sub-optimal utilization of human capital.
China ranks 28th overall (score of 72.6), leading
the BRICS economies ahead of the Russian Federation
(65.6, 43rd), India (62.0, 58th), South Africa (60.8, 67th),
and Brazil (59.5, 72nd). As the world’s second largest
economy, the largest when taking trade into account,
China is now at a critical juncture as it transitions to
a new phase of its economic development—referred
to as the “new normal” by President Xi Jinping—in
which its economy is driven less by investments and
exports and more by consumption and services. In this
context, the country has been increasingly betting on
innovation. It has become a prominent player in some
specific areas, like artificial intelligence. With a score
of 64.4 (24th) it already stands above many advanced
economies, but still trails leaders like Germany, the
United States and Switzerland by some 20 points. In
order to catch up with these ‘super innovators’, China
would need to improve performance on softer drivers
of innovation, such as diversity, collaboration and
various aspects of openness. Other relative strengths
include the Infrastructure (78.1, 29th) and ICT adoption
(71.5, 26th) pillars, two remarkable achievements given
the sheer size of the country. On a less positive note,
China’s institutional framework (54.6, 65th) needs further
improvement. Policy-makers should also offer a more
level-playing field for companies by promoting domestic
and foreign competition (57.4, 55th), and addressing
various inefficiencies and rigidities in the labour market
(59.3, 69th).
Indonesia ranks 45th overall (64.9), a gain of
two places and 1.4 points compared with the 2017
backcast edition. South-East Asia’s largest economy,
Indonesia ranks 4th in the region behind Singapore
(2nd), Malaysia (25th), and Thailand (38th). Indonesia
benefits from the very large size of its market (81.6, 8th).
It is also one of the world’s most connected emerging
economies (61.1, 50th), on par with many richer and
much smaller economies, such as Chile and Georgia.
Indonesia’s score in that category is 20 points higher
than the average score of the lower-middle income
group to which it belongs. This factor, combined with
a quite vibrant entrepreneurial culture (61.1, 24th) and
overall business dynamism (69.0, 30th) bodes well for
the future. However, innovation capability remains limited
(37.1, 68th). In particular, research and development
activities remain extremely limited, with R&D spending
amounting to less than 0.1% of GDP (112th). Within the
other pillars of the index, performance is uneven. One
area of specific concern is public health. A newborn
in Indonesia can expect to live only 62 years in good
health, one of the lowest figures outside sub-Saharan
Africa.
Eurasia
Eurasia is growing at a moderate pace (slightly above
2%) and is expected to continue on this trend for
the next few years. Data indicates that the region is
firmly out of the 2015 recession and can look to the
future with more optimism compared to the recent
past. The Russian Federation, the largest economy in
the region, is expected to grow at 1.7% in 2018, and
China is strengthening its position as a key commercial
partner for the region. The positive outlook in these
two countries provides an anchor to the economic
development of the region for the next few years.
In addition, oil prices continuing to remain above
US$60 per barrel since the fourth quarter of 2017
have contributed to the growth of two other large
economies in the region (Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan).
These developments have backed the improvement
in macroeconomic stability of most oil-exporting
countries and provided additional space in public
budgets. However, the region should consider some
looming risks. Among them, the gradual normalization of
monetary policy in Europe and the United States is likely
to increase interest rates and tighten credit conditions.
In addition, the potential increase in protectionism
worldwide may indirectly reduce the growth prospects
of the region and increase uncertainty on commodity
prices.3
In this context, Eurasia has attained a moderate
competitiveness performance (58.4 out of 100). Most
countries in the region achieve a GCI score between 52
and 65, and all share strong performances on health
(pillar 5, 73.4), education and skills (pillar 6, 65.6) and
infrastructure (pillar 1, 66.3). Yet, to secure a stronger
competitiveness position, Eurasian countries should
diversify their economies and work to build upon these
strengths to increase their presence in higher segments
of the value chain. This will require improving their
financial systems and upgrading their capabilities for
innovation, the two main common areas of weakness
in the region. In some countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Georgia and Kazakhstan, for example) reforms in the
labour market can also contribute to improving the
allocation and retention of skilled talent, which is pivotal
for absorbing new technologies and increasing value
added and productivity across industries. In addition,
no country in the region achieves a score above 61
on the Institutions pillar. More specifically, all countries
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except Georgia score below 35 in terms of transparency.
More concerted efforts should be made to reinforce this
dimension across the region.
Despite sharing similar strengths and development
challenges, countries in Eurasia present significant
competitiveness disparities. The regional leader,
Russian Federation (43rd overall) ranks 59 places
ahead of Tajikistan (102nd), achieving a significantly
better performance on nine out of the 12 GCI pillars.
In particular, the country’s score on the ICT adoption
pillar is 39.2 points better than that of Tajikistan, which
translates into 83 places higher on the pillar ranking.
In fact, ICT adoption is, by far, the component of
the index that reveals the greatest differences across
the region. The performances of the region’s top three
countries (Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Georgia)
are approximately 20 points higher than those of the
least ICT-ready countries (Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan
and Ukraine). The GCI 4.0 also registers noteworthy
inequalities across the region in terms of macroeconomic
stability and infrastructure. With regard to the former,
Ukraine and Azerbaijan perform considerably lower than
the regional average, due to double-digit inflation and
increasing or high public debt. As for infrastructure, the
score of the most advanced countries in the region are
at least 15 points higher than those with less developed
infrastructures.
The best performer in Eurasia, the Russian
Federation ranks 43rd overall with a score of 65.6
out of 100. This is a slight increase from 2017. Its
competitiveness performance reflects better growth
prospects; the country is growing at 1.7% in 2018,
the highest in over five years. The stabilization of its
macroeconomic context has played a central role
in this process. Following 2014–2016, during which
inflation was in double digits and the economy was in
a recession, inflation is now slightly above 5.4%, while
government debt is low (17.7%). Relying on a more
stable macroeconomic environment (87.5, 55th), Russia
can better leverage its large market size (84.0, 6th), its
high level of ICT adoption (72.1, 25th) and its human
capital (66.3, 85th). As stated by its Strategy 2030, the
country plans to focus on structural change and work
to improve its export capacity and develop a stronger
financial system. The limited depth of the financial
system (35.0, 73rd) is one of the factors constraining the
investments necessary to achieve greater breadth and
sophistication of value chains. In addition, the skills of
the current workforce (54.0, 53rd) should be upgraded
and modernized. This will certainly benefit the country’s
innovation ecosystem, which is currently penalized by
a weak entrepreneurial culture (49.5, 64th) and limited
interaction and diversity (43.2). The second weakest
aspect of Russia’s performance after innovation is the
Institutions pillar (52.7, 72nd), in which Russia is only
halfway to the frontier. Among the many issues in this
area, the very low level of transparency (29.0, 113th) is of
particular concern and severely undermines the quality
of the business environment.
Europe
When it comes to competitiveness, Europe is a
story of contrasts, with four distinct groups: a very
competitive north-west, including Switzerland; a relatively
competitive south-west, led by France; a rising northeast
region, led by Poland, Czech Republic and the
Baltic countries, which rank on par with or higher than
several Western European economies on several aspects
of competitiveness; and the south-eastern region—in
particular, the Balkan countries—which lags behind the
other groups.
Real GDP growth was up for the majority of
European countries in 2017, with current growth
forecasts for the subset of euro area countries above
2% for 2018. While this looks like a continuation of the
recovery, the situation remains fragile, as uncertainty
over international cooperation and trade is dampening
2018’s growth outlook. As a result of both trade tensions
with the United States and rising energy prices, the
European Central Bank has recently downgraded growth
forecasts for the euro area for 2018 from 2.3% in May to
2.0% (vs growth of 2.4% in 2017).4
The consequences of the 2007-2010 financial crisis
still linger in the form of broken trust between a large
part of the European electorate and the continent’s
political elites—and more concretely in the form of
continued overleveraged government balance sheets.
Added fragility comes from continuing shifts in political
alignment and ideology, with the appearance of a
growing voter base for populist parties across Europe. In
addition, Brexit remains unresolved. However, a recent
positive milestone is Greece’s successful exit from the
IMF loan programmes.
While recent political shifts do give much reason for
concern, the continent still has basic competitiveness
factors firmly in place: Europe’s public health indicators
are strong across the board, including Spain at the
global frontier. Education and skills outcomes are also
solid. Finland tops this category globally, although these
outcomes differ across the region as a whole.
Technology-related headlines coming out of Europe
in the past year have mostly been related to efforts by
the competition authorities to come to terms with new
forms of market power exerted by platform companies
and about the lack of local “unicorns”. The greatest
disparities across the continent lie in national innovation
ecosystems, with countries in Eastern Europe and the
Balkans lacking basic innovation infrastructure while
countries such as Germany define the global frontier on
innovation ecosystems (Germany tops the innovation
rankings in this year’s GCI). This divide extends to
factors as varied as a country’s diversity of interaction
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(including cluster development, workforce diversity,
patent applications and multistakeholder collaboration),
research outcomes and commercialization opportunities.
The distribution of outcomes on technology readiness
is also relatively dispersed, and Europe is undeniably
behind the global leader Korea. On a positive note,
European economies on average fare relatively well on
technology adoption.
On other factors of competitiveness, Europe is
relatively far behind the global frontier when it comes to
product market competition (where Singapore tops the
global ranking) as well as business dynamism, where
the United States ranks highest. The size of its market
on the other hand represents a strong competitiveness
advantage for Europe, especially in an age where
economies of scale and network efficiencies are
becoming ever more important.
Germany emerges as the strongest European
performer in this year’s competitiveness rankings and the
third-strongest globally (overall score: 82.8). The country
stands out in particular for its innovation ecosystem.
It ranks first globally on the Innovation capability pillar
(87.5). This result is driven by a strong performance on
patents (5th, 100) and research publications (3rd, 100),
by top-ranked research institutions (4th, 100), and by
a very high degree of buyer sophistication (66.1, 5th),
leading to firms constantly being challenged by their
customers to innovate.
Innovators benefit from a vibrant business sector
to bring innovations to market (81.6, 2nd). Germany’s
strong overall competitiveness performance is further
explained by very solid fundamentals, such as a stable
macroeconomic environment and a healthy, welleducated
and highly-skilled population.
However, the country lags behind when it comes
to ICT adoption, ranking only 31st globally with a score
of 69.3. The gap is particularly marked on mobile
broadband subscriptions (53rd) and on the provision of
the latest ICT infrastructure in particular in terms of fiber
connectivity to the home (66th).
Switzerland ranks 4th (score of 82.6) globally
and second in Europe, behind Germany. It features
in the top 5 of seven pillars. Switzerland is one of the
world’s ‘super innovators’ (82.1, 3rd, behind Germany
and the United States). The country is home to large
multinationals that are often leaders in their sector, as
well as a dense network of SMEs with a reputation
for quality and innovation. In addition to research
excellence, intense collaboration between the academic
and business worlds yields innovative products with
commercial applications. An array of factors supports
the innovation process, including a conducive
institutional framework (77.1, 5th), top-notch transport
and utility infrastructure (3rd), a sophisticated and stable
financial system (89.4, 4th), and a well-functioning labour
market (80.4, 2nd). In this last category, Switzerland
ranks first for the soundness of its active labour market
policies and the quality of industrial relations, and
second for flexibility. Switzerland’s performance is
adversely affected, however, by its poor showing in
the trade openness category (60.5, 76th and worst
among advanced economies), owing to the complexity
of its tariff regime, for which it ranks last among the
140 economies studied. In terms of ICT adoption,
Switzerland lags far behind the best (77.0, 15 points
behind global leader Republic of Korea).
The Netherlands is the third-most competitive
European economy and the sixth-best globally (82.4).
The Netherlands performs particularly well on institutions
(77.9, 4th), especially when it comes to checks and
balances (including judicial independence, freedom of
the press and government openness), protection of
property rights, and ethics and transparency.
Its economy is particularly strong on openness,
which manifests itself in many dimensions. The country’s
open innovation environment is marked by forgiving
cultural attitudes towards entrepreneurial failure, a great
willingness to delegate authority, entrepreneurs who are
willing to embrace disruptive ideas, and fast-growing
innovative companies (71.5, 6th). In the Netherlands,
businesses are as easy to set up as they are to unravel.
Capitalizing on its high population density, the
Netherlands is very well-connected internally through
high-quality roads, railroads and waterways, as well
as externally through digital technologies and physical
infrastructure such as seaports and airports (92.4, 4th
on the Infrastructure pillar). All of these factors support
highly competitive product markets. A final contributing
factor to the country’s openness comes in terms of
the mindset fostered among students. The quality of
education offered is very high (84.5, 6th) and, evidently,
encourages critical thinking, where the Netherlands
ranks 7th globally (70.9).
The United Kingdom is the fourth-most competitive
economy in Europe and eighth-strongest globally (82.0).
The performance is largely explained by its traditional
strengths: very well-functioning markets (78.7, 4th),
a top innovation ecosystem (79.2, 7th) and vibrant
business dynamism (79.0, 7th). Notably, the country’s
performance is equally strong across product, labour
and financial markets. Independent of other effects of
Brexit, the event will, by definition, weaken the United
Kingdom’s markets component as integration with the
EU is rolled back. Other factors will need to compensate.
While the UK has a strong innovation ecosystem and a
vibrant business sector, it currently looks less prepared
than some of its peers to leverage ongoing rapid
technological change. ICT adoption is also one of the
weakest pillars compared to the other eleven drivers, with
the UK ranking only 28th globally (71.1). It also lags in
terms of its provision of fiber to the home (75th), mobile
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subscriptions (40th) as well as the digital skills of the
population (65.5, 32nd).
Sweden ranks ninth globally in this year’s index and
fifth within Europe (81.7). Its performance is even across
the twelve drivers of competitiveness, with high scores
and high rankings across all 12 pillars. Among its highperforming
European peers, Sweden seems best
prepared to leverage the opportunities brought by the
accelerating technological change. The country ranks
extremely high on ICT adoption (85.2, 5th), scoring highly
both on levels of internet use (89.7, 14th) as well as the
quality of its connectivity: 12th on mobile broadband
connections, 13th on fixed broadband connection and
5th for fiber connectivity to the home. Remarkably,
it ranks top globally in terms of the digital skills of its
population (80.6). These high levels of tech readiness—
combined with a strong performance on human
capital, including education and skills (84.2, 7th) and
public health (96.5, 17th)—provide a very good basis to
capitalize on Sweden’s strong innovation capacity (79.8,
5th).
Denmark, one of the smallest markets in Europe,
ranks tenth globally (80.6). It stands out in the region for
its very well-functioning labour markets (5th, 78.0), which
form the basis of a strong social contract. A pioneer of
flexicurity, the country manages to reconcile an effective
market economy with strong worker protection and
a welfare state, notably through active labor market
policies (71.4, 7th). The country provides high levels of
stability both for its citizens and the business sector. It
scores high on the strength of its institutions (10th, 75.9),
its infrastructure (86.3, 14th) as well as it’s the stability of
its macroeconomic environment (joint 1st with multiple
economies). According to the perception of Denmark’s
business executives, the country also has one of the
highest levels of social capital in the world (64.3, 4th).
Further, the labour force is extremely well educated
(84.9, 5th), with the educational system scoring high on
the quality of vocational as well as graduate education.
Digital skills among the population are strong, and both
the level and quality of connectivity are high, placing
the country among the top 10 tech-ready economies
globally (82.3, 8th).
Denmark’s business sector is one of the most
dynamic in the world, thanks to very little red tape (the
administrative burden of setting up and closing down
a business is minimal) and a business culture marked
by trust and collaboration as well as a willingness
to embrace new ideas. Furthermore, its innovation
outcomes in terms of the number of patents and
trademarks are remarkable given the small size of the
country.
France secures a place among the top twenty
economies globally (78.0, 17th), having recently taken
on an ambitious reform program that encompassed
overhauling labour laws, reforming public services (most
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notably the national railway operator) and making the
country more attractive as a destination for high-tech
investment.
As a host to world-class research institutions (3rd),
the country performs very well on innovation capability
(76.1, 11th), and ranks among the top countries in
the world in terms of the number and quality of its
research publications (5th). There is scope to boost
this performance further by adapting the system to
the digital age. This would entail focusing on ‘soft’
innovation factors, such as encouraging critical thinking
in students (44.9, 48th), embracing disruptive ideas (46.7,
45th) and developing its entrepreneurial culture. In fact,
France ranks a low 84th (46.2) on the GCI in terms of its
tolerance for entrepreneurial failure. Currently, France’s
performance on the Interaction and diversity sub-pillar is
also weaker than its peers.
In order to leverage this innovation strength,
further bottlenecks need to be addressed in the area
of market functioning. While labour market rigidities
are being addressed, there is still a long way to go as
the economy currently ranks 53rd on this dimension
(61.5). Furthermore, product market functioning can be
improved by reducing non-tariff barriers (53.2, 90th)
and reducing services trade restrictiveness (73.6, 55th).
The country’s regulatory burden is perceived to be very
high by the business sector, with France ranking 107th
on this indicator (31.8). The country’s performance on
ICT adoption is mixed (71.1, 29th), with a high level of
fixed broadband subscriptions, yet lagging on mobile
broadband and fiber to the home.
Italy ranks 31st overall and 17th in Europe. The
country’s GDP is growing at 1.5%, the fastest rate
since the 2008’s financial crisis. Yet Italy remains
the advanced economy that is growing the least. To
improve its prosperity, Italy should indeed prioritize
its competitiveness and growth agenda, building on
its strength and addressing its weaknesses. Among
Italy’s strengths, the GCI highlights excellent health
conditions (99.2, 6th), large market size (79.1, 12th), a
top-tier innovation capability (65.8, 22nd), and good
infrastructure (83.1, 21st). To further maximize its
innovation potential Italy could further expand its ICT
adoption (60.3), while the private sector should be more
open to new business models and disruptive ideas
(36.6) and assume a more positive risk-taking attitude
(49.6). On the other hand, the improvement of Italy’s
competitiveness depends primarily on the modernization
of its financial system (64.3, 49th) and public-sector
administration (39.9, 107th). Low performance in these
pillars translates, respectively, into insufficient resources
to finance innovative investments and a high degree
of red-tape that stifles business activity. In addition,
macroeconomic stability (85.0, 58th) will, no doubt, be
a key area of focus for policy-makers going forward.
Although public finance appears to be under control,
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overall, high public debt and uncertainties on the future
management of fiscal policy may further increase the
cost of access to capital for the public sector and for
private companies.
Turkey ranks 61st on the overall GCI 4.0, with
relative strengths on infrastructure (72.6), public
health (86.2) and the innovation ecosystem (50.6).
Grappling with near double-digit inflation and negative
debt dynamics, Turkey’s macroeconomic woes are
compounded by trade sanctions established by the
United States, which has triggered even higher inflation
and a currency crisis. Turkey is ranked 116th on the
Macroeconomic stability pillar, with a score of 67.4.
While its innovation performance is good, with
strong research institutions (34.7, 19th) and a good
publication record, ideas generated by Turkey’s research
community face many bottlenecks further down the
value chain in terms of barriers to entrepreneurship
and market functioning. Starting a business is relatively
costly (93.6, 87th) and the business sector is cautious
to embrace disruptive ideas (41.0, 74th). Further, the
labour market is hindered by rigidities in terms of workeremployer
relations (47.9, 113th), contracting (ranking
122st, with a score of 46.3 on the Redundancy costs
indicator) and meritocracy (50.5, 116th). In particular,
women’s participation in the labour market is very low.
For every 100 men, only 39 women are represented in
the labour market.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Economic growth in Latin America picked up modestly
in 2017. Commodity-exporting countries such as Brazil,
Argentina and Chile have benefited from high commodity
prices and high global demand. Inflation has been
kept in check in most countries, with the exceptions of
Argentina and, to a much larger extent, Venezuela.
The region’s economic recovery remains fragile
as multiple economic and geopolitical factors could
jeopardize growth. Some of these risks include a rise of
trade protectionism in the United States; a spillover of
Venezuela’s economic and humanitarian crisis; policy
uncertainty emerging from elections in the region’s
largest economies, Brazil and Mexico; and disruptions
from natural disasters threatening Caribbean economies
still recovering from the devastating impacts of the fall
2017 hurricanes.
Strengthening institutions across the region must
be a priority, as it can have far-reaching effects on
the performance of other pillars (see Chapter 1). The
region’s average performance on the Institutions pillar is
approximately the same as that of Sub-Saharan Africa.
In many countries, high levels of perceived corruption
reveal an important factor undermining the strength of
institutions. Security also poses a significant challenge
for the region, which includes countries that rank
among the least secure in the world: El Salvador (140th),
Venezuela (139th) and Honduras (136th). With eight
countries in the region holding presidential elections
between November 2017 and December 2018, it is
unclear whether this electoral cycle will lead to new
opportunities or greater challenges for the coming years.
Other notable competitiveness gaps in the
region are in ICT adoption and innovation. Though
several outliers stand out in each pillar, Uruguay is the
country with the highest level by far of ICT adoption
in the region, topping advanced economies such as
Taiwan (China) and Switzerland. Interestingly, however,
Uruguay’s performance on ICT has not translated to
more innovation, further reinforcing the argument that
innovation should be tackled with a multidimensional
perspective.
For most countries, the current favourable
macroeconomic conditions coupled with relatively
positive economic growth may provide a window of
opportunity to narrow performance gaps in other
pillars—especially those requiring additional investments
and popular support for competitiveness enhancing
policies.
Chile ranks 33rd overall with a score of 70.3. The
country is the most competitive in Latin America, ranking
1st among its peers in six out of 12 pillars. Chile’s
overall performance is driven by stable macroeconomic
conditions (ranking 1st with a score of 100) and a
relatively well-developed infrastructure (75.2, 41st).
Chile is among the top performers on the Product
market pillar (68.2, 13th), primarily as a result of lower
prevalence of non-tariff barriers and relatively low
measures of tariff complexity. The country is relatively
weaker on ICT adoption (61.3, 49th), but nonetheless
performs above the regional average. Like many of its
neighbors, Chile also lags behind on innovation capability
(41.3, 53rd) as a result of low performance on both
research and development and research collaboration
metrics.
Mexico ranks 46th globally, with a score of 64.6,
and is the second most competitive Latin American
economy behind Chile. The country’s competitiveness is
largely driven by a stable macroeconomic environment
(pillar 4 score of 99.4), and a large market size (80.6,
11th). There are other reasons to be optimistic about
Mexico’s growth trajectory: it outshines other Latin
American countries in terms of business dynamism
(65.5, 41st) due, in part, to the relatively favourable
administrative environment for businesses (82.0, 33rd).
Weaknesses in the labour market, where it ranks
100th (54.4)—in particular its rigidity (54.4, 91st) and the
difficulty in attracting and retaining a talented workforce
(54.8, 107th)—weigh on Mexico’s performance. The
country also gets low marks on the Institutions pillar
(47.7, 105th, 20 points lower than the OECD average),
partly driven by a deteriorating security situation (46.0,
127th), which is characterized by violence, a high
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homicide rate and low trust in law enforcement officials.
Recent corruption scandals have also contributed to the
very weak performance on the Transparency sub-pillar
(29.0, 113th).
Brazil ranks 72nd overall, down three places from
its 2017 score. As South America’s largest economy, its
score is driven by its relatively large market size (80.9,
10th) and performance on the Health pillar (79.6, 73rd).
Brazil leads the region on the Innovation capability pillar
(ranked 40th overall) yet remains below its potential. The
poor integration of policies and the lack of coordination
between the public and private sectors are among the
institutional factors inhibiting its performance.
Conversely, Brazil ranks 9th in the region and
108th overall on the Business dynamism pillar with
a score of 52.4. By promoting the inclusion of more
businesses and firms in the innovation ecosystem, Brazil
could further capitalize on its innovation potential and
stimulate productivity growth. The country also fares
poorly on the Product market pillar (48.9, 117th) as a
result of a lack of market competition, the presence
of distortive policies (subsidies), and Brazil’s poor
integration to global markets—reflected in very high
import tariffs (12.5% on average, 125th) and high
prevalence of NTBs (136th). Labour market performance
also remains one of the biggest challenges for Brazil,
and performance has declined over the last year. The
pillar 8 score fell from 52.8 (99th) in 2017 to 51.0 (114th) in
2018, indicating that the reforms passed in 2017 aiming
to enhance labour market flexibility have yet to produce
their desired effects.
Argentina ranks 81st with an overall
competitiveness score of 57.5, and ranks 11th among
Latin American and Caribbean economies. Argentina’s
overall score is mainly driven by its human capital factors
on the Health (85.1, 53rd) and Skills (68.4, 51st) pillars.
Argentina also scores its highest marks on the Market
size pillar (10) on which it ranks 34th overall, and 3rd in
the region with a score of 68.8. A high inflation rate in
2017 (ranking 137th) has had a negative effect on the
Macroeconomic stability pillar (44.9, 136th). Increased
stress on the peso in 2018 is adding pressure on inflation
and public debt, which may undermine the government’s
recent efforts to boost Argentina’s competitiveness.
Middle East and North Africa
In recent years the pace of economic reforms in the
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has accelerated,
after a combination of economic, social and political
factors increased the urgency to diversify the economy
and broaden the benefits of growth. A prolonged period
of low oil prices forced resource-rich countries to take
more concrete action to re-balance their economies.
Social tensions and persistently high unemployment
rates throughout the region turned the attention of
governments towards the creation of private sector jobs,
particularly for the youth. Some countries also faced a
large influx of refugees and displaced people who left
areas of conflict and instability.
After a slowdown in 2017, growth in the MENA
region is expected to bounce back this year. After facing
the peak of financial turmoil, oil-exporting countries are
continuing to reduce fiscal imbalances—but at a slower
pace. Some of them are already benefitting from reforms
introduced to structurally reduce expenses (especially
subsidies) and increase revenues (i.e. the introduction
of VAT in some countries). This is expected to improve
domestic demand and economic activity in non-oil
industries, while future trends for the oil sector remain
unsure due to uncertainty on both prices and production
levels. The rest of the region is currently benefitting from
an increase in foreign demand (in terms of both export
and tourism) particularly from Europe, where growth has
gained momentum in 2017.
In order to ensure the sustainability of fiscal budgets
and reduce distortions in the economy, most countries
have decreased subsidies on electricity, natural gas and
petroleum products. Yet, these remain significant and
could represent a sizeable share of public spending in
case of an increase in international prices for energy
products. Other reform efforts include the introduction of
VAT in the Gulf Cooperation Council members, improved
bankruptcy laws in the United Arab Emirates, and more
flexible visa regimes for foreign workers (such as the
Flexi-Permit introduced in Bahrain) or tourists (such as
the visa exemption scheme implemented in Qatar).
Today, the region remains quite diverse in terms of
competitiveness performance across all components of
the index. Israel and the United Arab Emirates are pulling
ahead, and on many dimensions outperform most of
the OECD countries. The region can generally count
on good transport infrastructure, but improvements
are necessary, especially in terms of intra-region
connectivity. With a few exceptions, macroeconomic
conditions are stable in most countries, which facilitates
good financing conditions for the private sector, although
these are mostly funneled to larger and well-established
companies. This, together with limited technological and
ICT readiness, hinders the region’s capacity to innovate,
currently its weakest spot on the GCI 4.0.
In spite of recent reforms, gaps remain also in terms
of business dynamism and labour market efficiency.
Weak insolvency frameworks are among the most
urgent areas of reform for the region, as they inhibit
businesses from entering the market, making appropriate
investment decisions and thriving through business
cycles. As a result, only five out of 15 MENA countries
appear in the top half of the rankings of the Business
dynamism sub-pillar: Israel (5th), United Arab Emirates
(33rd), Qatar (40th), Oman (52nd) and Bahrain (54th).
The segmentation of the labour market into different
groups of workers, with little mobility among them, adds
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to the rigidity of the economy in most countries in the
region and reduces the utilization of available talent. Only
four countries appear in the top half of the rankings of
the Labour market pillar: Israel (15th), the United Arab
Emirates (42nd), Bahrain (46th) and Qatar (54th). The
participation of women in the workforce remains low
throughout most of the region, in spite of improvements
in education levels, and youth unemployment is
untenably high, particularly in North Africa, with levels in
both Egypt and Tunisia well above 30%.
Israel leads the Middle East and North Africa with
a score of 76.6 (20th globally). The country has grown
to become one of the world’s innovation hubs thanks
to a very strong innovation ecosystem (10th best in the
world). Israel spends the most of any country in the index
on R&D (4.3% of GDP), and is where entrepreneurial
failure is most accepted and innovative companies grow
the fastest. It can also rely on an extremely educated
workforce, with an average of 13 years of schooling
(8th globally) and where people acquire the appropriate
skills that employers are looking for (2nd globally). This
pool of talent is well integrated into the job market
thanks to the low level of taxes on labour (5.9% of
companies’ profits), near-equal participation of women
(6th globally) and reliance on professional management
(19th). A well-developed financial sector (22nd), with the
second-best availability of venture capital in the world,
also supports a flourishing and innovative private sector.
However, the dynamism of domestic markets could be
hindered by the presence of large groups (51st globally
in terms of dominance of few large companies), although
competition within the service sector, particularly in
professional services, remains vibrant (31st).
Ranked 27th globally with a score of 73.4, the
United Arab Emirates is next in the region in terms of
competitiveness. The economy’s main strength lies in
the quality of its enabling environment, as companies
can operate under stable macroeconomic conditions
(1st), make use of good infrastructure (15th) and one of
the highest levels of ICT adoption in the world (6th). In all
of these areas, the UAE is either at the global frontier or
less than 20 points away from it. Sizeable investments
in technological readiness have yet to fully turn into
increased innovation capability (pillar 12), where the
country lags further behind, ranking 35th globally and
at only half the theoretical global frontier. The quality of
the country’s human capital remains a key constraining
factor, with the current workforce having on average less
than 10 years of schooling and the labour market still
characterized by inefficient use of the available pool of
talent (61st). To fully unlock the innovative potential of its
economy, the UAE should consider continuing the path
of reforms to spur business dynamism and increase
the efficiency of product markets, particularly in the
service sector. Recent improvements of the insolvency
framework represent a positive step in this direction.
Saudi Arabia ranks 39th overall with a score of
67.5 and can rely on a conducive macroeconomic
environment (1st) that has weathered well the turmoil
of the recent years, which have been characterized by
low oil prices. It boasts a modern infrastructure (75.5,
40th) and a large market size, MENA’s largest and the
17th globally. The ambitious set of reforms included
in its Vision 2030, once implemented, will increase
private sector dynamism and innovation capability in
the country, currently among its relative weaknesses.
In particular, insolvency frameworks are currently
penalizing business dynamism (51.2, 114th), while
research institutions and formal education will both
need to improve in order to spur the country’s level of
innovation. In past years, the country has significantly
increased participation in the education system and, with
a school-life-expectancy of 16.9 years (18th), its future
workforce is set to be one of the most educated globally.
However, it will be equally important for Saudi Arabia to
improve the quality of its education programs and their
correspondence to the needs of the economy to ensure
that graduates have the right set of skills. Finally, labour
market efficiency (102nd) is impaired by a number of
constraints and regulations that segment the market
and decrease the overall level of efficiency and talent
utilization.
North America
The region is home to the United States, the GCI 4.0’s
top performer, and Canada, ranked 12th.
With a score of 85.6 out of 100, the United States tops
the 2018 rankings of the GCI 4.0, confirming its status of
most competitive economy in the world (it also ranks first
in the 2017 backcast edition), although with a notable
gap to the frontier. The United States appears in the top
3 of seven pillars. It leads the Business dynamism pillar,
with a score of 94.1, thanks to its vibrant entrepreneurial
culture. It also ranks first on the Labour market (81.9) and
Financial system (92.1) pillars, due to its depth, breadth
and relative stability, and achieves a near pefect score
on the Market size pillar (99.2, second behind China).
All these factors contribute to the country’s vibrant
innovation ecosystem, making it a ‘super innovator’
(86.5, 2nd behind Germany). Although the country’s
institutional framework remains very conducive (74.6,
13th), there are indications of a weakening social fabric
(63.3, down from 65.5) and worsening security situation
(79.1, 56th)—the United States has a homicide rate
five times the average for advanced economies—as
well as relatively low checks and balances (76.3, 40th),
judicial independence (79.0, 15th), and transparency
(75.0, 16th). Aspects of corporate governance (70.0,
22nd) could also be improved. The country also lags
behind most advanced economies on the Health
pillar—a consequence of the country’s unequal access
to healthcare and broader socio-economic disparities.
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Healthy life expectancy is 67.7 years (46th), slightly
fewer than Sri Lanka and China, three years below the
average of advanced economies, and six years less than
Singapore and Japan. Finally, ICT adoption is relatively
low compared to other advanced economies. With a
score of 71.2, the United States trails Korea by a full
20 points. Only 76% of the adult population uses the
internet on a regular basis, 7% below the OECD average.
Canada ranks 12th overall with a score of 79.9,
behind three Scandinavian countries: Sweden (9th),
Denmark (10th) and Finland (11th). Canada’s performance
across the 12 pillars is generally strong. Canada features
in the top 10 of only two pillars: Macroeconomic stability,
where the country has a perfect mark of 100, along with
others, and Labour market (77.0, 6th). Canada’s labour
market is characterized by high flexibility, combined
with very strong workers’ protections and gender
parity for labour force participation. The country is
fairly innovative (75.0, 13th), but not yet an innovation
powerhouse. It trails its neighbor and other leaders,
Germany, Switzerland and Taiwan (China) by 10 points.
Among the causes is the relatively low spending on R&D
(1.6% of GDP, below the OECD average of 2%, and less
than half the share of the biggest spenders). As for the
softer drivers of innovation and competitiveness, Canada
ranks first in terms of diversity (81.7). Yet its level of ICT
adoption is very low (68.6, 34th) and represents the
weakest aspect of Canada’s performance. The cost of
mobile data and services is one of the highest among
advanced economies, which hinders adoption.
South Asia
South Asia continues to show strong economic growth
and an improved macroeconomic outlook on the back
of reforms in some of the world’s largest countries.
GDP growth is expected to pick up in 2018, reaching
an average of 7.1%, confirming the region as one of the
world’s fastest-growing. India remains the region’s main
driving force, but the acceleration is widespread and
encompasses all the countries in the region, with the
exception of Nepal where a slowdown is expected after
the fast recovery of 2017 when the country rebounded
from the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake. On average,
the region is burdened by both higher levels of public
debt than other emerging economies, and—in some
countries—large current account deficits. However,
lower commodity prices have contributed to keep
inflation low and international accounts more balanced
in recent years.
In spite of growing international flows, South Asia
remains the region with the lowest trade penetration in
the world, with imports and exports of both services and
merchandise goods amounting to approximately 39%
of regional GDP in 2017. It is not surprising, then, that
the country in the region that is most open to foreign
competition—Bangladesh—ranks only 125th on this
component of the GCI 4.0, while South Asian economies
apply an average tariff rate of 15% to imports from the
rest of the world. Investment flows and integration into
global value chains have also, so far, been rather limited.
While some countries in the region have managed
to localize segments of global industries—in terms of
both services and manufactured goods—all will need
to increase their innovation capacity and technological
readiness in order to move towards higher value-added
processes and productions. ICT adoption
and innovation capability are the two areas where the
region lags even further behind the rest of the world,
with the region’s median performance at only one-third
of the global theoretical frontier. Ranked 31st, India
punches significantly above its weight in terms
of innovation capability, and is an outlier in the region,
with the second-best country, Pakistan, following
far behind at 75th. Interestingly, these two countries
demonstrate the region’s lowest levels of technological
readiness, confirming the challenge for large emerging
economies to fully integrate their entire population—
especially those living in the most remote areas—into
modernization processes.
India leads the region in all other areas of
competitiveness except for health, education and
skills, where Sri Lanka boasts the highest healthy life
expectancy (67.8 years) and the workforce with the
highest amount of schooling (9.8 years). These two
countries are also the ones that can rely on the most
efficient infrastructure system. India has invested more
heavily on transport infrastructure and services, while Sri
Lanka has the most modern utility infrastructure.
India ranks 58th (62.0) and has demonstrated
sizeable improvements over the past year. Compared
with the 2017 backcast edition, India is up five places,
the largest gain among G20 economies. India is a
remarkable example of a country that has been able
to accelerate on the pathway to innovation (where it
now ranks 31st, with a score of 53.8), due, particularly,
to the quality of its research institutions. In spite of a
high degree of entrepreneurship (61.1, 23rd), business
dynamism is hampered by administrative hurdles. While
Indian companies can access the 3rd largest market
in the world (which translates into a perfect mark of
100.0 on the Market size pillar), the country would
benefit from increased trade openness (136th) to drive
productivity growth. More investments will be necessary
to spur innovation beyond hubs of excellence and
diffuse economic growth more broadly. This includes
continuing to widen the adoption of ICT technologies
(28.0, 117th) and improving the quality and conditions
of human capital across the country, taking advantage
of an extremely young population. India currently ranks
108th on the Health pillar and 96th on the Skills pillar of
the index.
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Sub-Saharan Africa
The economic prospects of Sub-Saharan Africa are at
crossing point. The average GDP growth of the region
has fallen below 5% since 2015 and is expected to
grow at 3.4% in 2018. After having benefitted from a
period of fast growth driven by strong foreign demand
and high commodity prices, economies in the region
need to strengthen their fundamentals to become more
resilient to commodity price shocks and to compete
successfully in the technology-driven global economy.
To date, Sub-Saharan Africa, with an average score of
46.2, has the lowest GCI score among all regions and
demonstrates the weakest average regional performance
on 10 out of the 12 pillars. In only five pillars does the
average score exceed 50, including in Labour market
(53.8), Product market (50.4) and Business dynamism
(51.1). These factors herald the possibility to leapfrog, by
more adeptly tapping into digital business models and
private sector development. However, to be able to do
so and to digitally-transform their economies, countries
in this region need to improve quickly on ICT adoption
(29.6) and human capital. For example, less than half
of the adult population has access to the internet, and
subscriptions to broadband telecommunication services
are extremely low in most of the region’s economies. On
the human capital side, the region still has the weakest
health conditions in the World (46.4 on the Health pillar)
while the skills of the population (43.4 on the Skills pillar)
need to be updated to transform into a better-trained
workforce. After successfully increasing participation in
education, the next challenge for the region’s economies
will be to improve the quality of teaching and provide
young people with the digital and cognitive skills required
by the economy of the future.
In addition, the issue of unsustainable levels of
public debt is returning as a source of concern following
the period 2004–2014 when public debt seemed to be
shrinking. After the end of the commodity super-cycle
in 2015, public revenues have decreased, but public
spending did not follow suit. On average, the public
debt-to-GDP ratio in Sub-Saharan Africa shot up from
32.4% in 2014 to 45.9% in 2018.5
For some countries
this trend has been particularly remarkable. For example,
public debt in Zambia doubled between 2014 and 2015
and is currently at 65.5% of GDP. Similarly, public debt
in Angola increased from 32.9% in 2013 to 79.8% in
2016, and in Mozambique it rose from 53.1% to 118.7%.
Some countries have managed to maintain control on
their public finance, showing that an alternative path
is possible. Notably, Botswana, with a public debt of
just 15.6% and inflation at just 3%, has maintained a
very stable macroeconomic environment over the past
decade. Nonetheless, the difficulty of most economies in
the region to adjust to lower revenues and manage fiscal
policy raises questions about the sustainability of public
debt, with impending consequences for the attraction
of private investments and the availability of public
capital necessary to develop infrastructure, improve the
education system and provide social services.
Within Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern African
countries have achieved a relatively higher
competitiveness performance (48.0) compared to East
Africa (46.8) and West Africa (44.5). Regional differences
are greater when looking at ICT adoption, Skills and
Financial System pillar scores, where Southern Africa
performs, on average, 8.3, 8.9 and 8.7 points higher
than West Africa. These differences are even more
prominent at country level. The score attained by the
regional leaders (Mauritius, 63.7, and South Africa, 60.8)
are almost twice as large as those of the two least
competitive economies. Some economies have emerged
as regional leaders on specific domains. Kenya, the
most competitive economy in East Africa, is developing
into one of the region’s strongest innovation hubs (36.5
on the Innovation capability pillar), comparable to South
Africa and Mauritius. Rwanda, with a score of 64.4,
leads Africa in terms of institutional quality, followed by
Mauritius (62.8), Namibia (57.2) and Ghana (55.7), the
most competitive economy in West Africa.
Mauritius ranks 49th globally. With a score of 63.7
out of 100 it achieves the best performance in SubSaharan
Africa, in line with 2017. Mauritius’s leading
position in the region is reflected in a GDP growth
consistently above 3% since 2006, and above 4% over
the past three years. The competitiveness performance
of Mauritius is relatively strong in eight of 12 GCI pillars,
where it ranks 67th or higher. Among these eight pillars
Mauritius has achieved its best score on the Product
market pillar (65.6, 19th), thanks to a high degree of
openness (6th) and a non-distortive fiscal policy (62.6,
16th). In addition, Mauritius is characterized by strong
business dynamism (66.5, 35th) and sustained by lean
administrative requirements (83.2) that enable companies
to open and close with relative ease. Finally, Mauritius
has achieved a strong performance on the Institutions
pillar (38th, 62.9), second only to Rwanda in the region.
This is a considerable competitive advantage in SubSaharan
Africa, where 65% of economies score below
50. On the other hand, the pillars where Mauritius
delivers a weaker performance are those related to
human capital: the Labour market (58.3, 74th), Skills
(61.0, 74th) and Health (77.7, 83rd) pillars. In particular,
Mauritius is penalized by high redundancy costs (73.6
weeks of salary, 136th) and limited participation in the
various levels of the educational system (6.8 mean years
of schooling, 106th).
South Africa ranks 67th globally—with a score
of 60.8—and attains the second spot in Sub-Saharan
Africa. Among its strengths, South Africa is home to a
large market size (68.4), good infrastructure (68.6) and
a well-developed financial system (82.1, 18th). More
specifically, South Africa’s financial sector offers a
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relatively balanced access to various sources of finance,
including credit (100.0, 11th), venture capital (33.0,
63rd), equity (100.0, 2nd) and insurance (100.0, 3rd). In
addition, South Africa’s innovation capability is relatively
advanced (44.3, 46th), although limited by insufficient
research and development (37.5).
Among its weaknesses, South Africa’s
performances on the Health pillar (43.2, 125th) and
Security (43.7, 132nd) sub-pillar are among the worst in
the world. Driven by high incidence of communicable
diseases and high rate of homicides (34 per hundred
population, 135th), these factors are major challenges for
the economic and human development of the country.
Low ICT adoption (46.1, 85th) is another important
restraint on South Africa’s competitiveness. Only 54%
of the adult population has access to the internet,
and only 70 out of 100 people have subscribed to
mobile-broadband services (66th). Similarly, the digital
skills (116th) and critical thinking skills (78th) of the
current workforce are inadequate for the progress of a
successful economy in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
NOTES
	 1	 Income level corresponds to gross national income (GNI) per
capita, as established by the World Bank for the period 2018–
2019.
	 2	 World Bank, 2018.
	 3	 IMF, 2018b.
	 4	 See European Central Bank.
	 5	 IMF, 2018b.
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This chapter presents the new Global Competitiveness
Index 4.0 methodology. Building on the original idea of
Professor Klaus Schwab and the guidance of Professor
Xavier Sala-i-Martin of Columbia University, the GCI
4.0 is the culmination of a rigorous process initiated
in 2015 involving extensive review of the empirical
literature and numerous workshops and consultations.
Dozens of experts and practitioners from academia,
international organizations, NGOs, think tanks, central
banks and governments provided input and feedback
on conceptual and technical aspects to incorporate the
newest theories and indicators into the index.1
The need to update the competitiveness index was
made clear by the combination of the ongoing effects
of the 2008’s Great Recession and the gathering pace
of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The Great
Recession has taught us that financial crises can have
long-lasting effects on productivity. Prolonged periods
of under-investment caused by a financial meltdown
can lower the long-run growth trajectory, setting the
economic system on to a less prosperous path, even
after the financial sector eventually rebounds.2
At the
same time, the advent of the 4IR is producing, among
other effects, an acceleration of the innovation cycle
and causing business models to become obsolete at a
faster rate. This process of constant creative destruction
generates opportunities for new entrants and reduces
the barriers to transfer technology or innovate, but also
requires managing frequent industry disruptions. To
respond to these challenges prosperous economies
need to put in place appropriate mechanisms to reduce
the risk of new financial crises and to govern the
socio-economic effects of innovation. In other words,
successful economies in the 4IR era need to:
•	 Be resilient, building buffers and economic
mechanisms to prevent financial crises or mass
unemployment and to respond to external shocks.
•	 Be agile, embracing change rather than resisting
it. Companies, public policy-makers and workers
should be able to quickly adapt how they operate
and to take advantage of the opportunities to
produce goods or provide services in new ways.
•	 Build an innovation ecosystem where innovation
is incentivized at all levels and all stakeholders
contribute to create the best conditions for new
ideas to emerge, to be financed and commercialized
as new products and services.
•	 Adopt a human-centric approach to economic
development. This means recognizing that human
capital is essential for generating prosperity and
that any policy that adversely affects human
factors’ potential will reduce economic growth in
the long run. As a consequence, policy-making will
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Competitiveness
in the Fourth
Industrial Revolution:
Introducing the Global
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have to ensure that the speed of change and the
introduction of new technologies ultimately translate
into better living conditions.
Box 1 shows how to interpret the GCI 4.0 in light of
these concepts.
THE GCI 4.0 FRAMEWORK
The review process not only updated concepts and
statistics, but also offered an opportunity to reflect
on the scope of the GCI. The GCI 4.0 is focused on
the institutions, policies and other factors that drive
productivity.3
For, as explored in Chapter 1, productivity
ultimately determines long-term economic growth, and,
although there can be trade-offs between economic
prosperity and environmental or social goals, raising
productivity is a necessary pre-condition towards greater
human development.
The Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 evaluates the
factors that collectively determine the level of a country’s
productivity—the most important driver of long-term
improvements in living standards.4
The factors are organized into 12 pillars, and for
presentation purposes they are grouped into four
categories (Enabling environment, Human capital,
Markets and Innovation ecosystem), as shown in
Figure 1. While maintaining its predecessor’s objective,
the GCI 4.0 has re-considered what determines
productivity and its measurement: Of the 98 indicators,
34 have been retained from the previous methodology
while the other 64 indicators are new. Appendix C
presents the detailed structure of the index and the
definition of each variable. The new methodology
captures all the factors identified by the literature
and by experts as important for productivity in the era
of the 4IR.
The development of the GCI 4.0 has been guided by the
emergence of new fundamental changes in the functioning
of national economies with the advent of the Fourth Industrial
Revolution (4IR). These concepts span across multiple factors
captured by the GCI (see Figure 1). While organizing the index
methodology across 12 pillars provides a clear structure
for the computation of the index, and for actionable policy
indications, it is also informative to look at the 12 pillars
through the lens of the four meta-concepts described in
this chapter: resilience, agility, innovative ecosystems and
a human-centric approach. Looking at the GCI from this
perspective enables interpreting the pillars as 4IR-readiness
measures.
The concept of resilience is reflected in the Financial
system pillar (pillar 9), which includes measures to minimize
the risk of a financial meltdown and resources to adjust to
external shocks. By the same token, the Macroeconomic
stability pillar (pillar 4) captures the extent to which a country’s
public sector can provide appropriate counter-cyclical
measures and invest in projects that the private sector cannot
finance. Similarly, the Skills pillar (pillar 6) captures workers’
capacity to learn and adapt to changing circumstances.
The concept of agility is present in the Domestic market
competition and Entrepreneurial culture sub-pillars of the
index1
because they imply greater capacity for “creative
destruction”, allowing innovative companies to emerge
against incumbents and rewarding a risk-taking attitude.
In addition, the concept is present in the Public-sector
performance sub-pillar: low levels of bureaucracy make it
easier for businesses to re-organize and re-invent themselves
when legal formalities are not taxing. Labour market flexibility
(another sub-pillar) implies agility through easier re-allocation
of talent across sectors and firms.
The innovation ecosystem encompasses all pillars.
Although business dynamism and innovation cabability are
the factors impacting innovation more directly, these need
to be complemented by high levels of human capital (health,
education and skills); optimal allocation of skills (labour
market functioning); and availability of venture capital and
ad-hoc financial products (financial system development).
A strong innovation ecosystem also presumes sound
infrastructure, ICT readiness and institutions that allow ideas
to flow and protect property rights, and a large market size
that incentivizes the generation of new ideas.
The human-centric approach to development is
embodied by the Health (pillar 5) and Skills (pillar 6) pillars,
which together account for one-sixth of the total GCI score
and take a broad approach to human capital: health is
thought of as a state of complete physical, mental and social
well-being, not merely the absence of disease or disabilities;2
education measures the skills humans need to thrive in the
4IR. The Labour market pillar (pillar 8) includes measures
of talent reward and respect of workers’ rights, while the
Innovation capability pillar (pillar 12) includes measures that
capture human collaboration, interaction and creativity.
Notes
1	 See the detailed structure in Appendix A.
2	 This definition is based on the preamble to the World Health
Organization’s Constitution. See WHO, 1946.
Box 1: Navigating the GCI 4.0 in light of the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s (4IR) key concepts
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Pillar 1: Institutions
What does it capture? Security, property rights, social
capital, checks and balances, transparency and ethics,
public-sector performance and corporate governance.
Why does it matter? By establishing constraints, both
legal (laws and enforcement mechanisms) and informal
(norms of behaviors), institutions determine the context
in which individuals organize themselves and their
economic activity. Institutions impact productivity, mainly
through providing incentives and reducing uncertainties.5
Pillar 2: Infrastructure
What does it capture? The quality and extension of
transport infrastructure (road, rail, water and air) and
utility infrastructure.
Why does it matter? Better-connected geographic areas
have generally been more prosperous. Well-developed
infrastructure lowers transportation and transaction costs,
and facilitates the movement of goods and people and
the transfer of information within a country and across
borders. It also ensures access to power and water—both
necessary conditions for modern economic activity.
Pillar 3: ICT adoption
What does it capture? The degree of diffusion of specific
information and communication technologies (ICTs).
Why does it matter? ICTs reduce transaction costs and
speed up information and idea exchange, improving
efficiency and sparking innovation. As ICTs are general
purpose technologies increasingly embedded in the
structure of the economy, they are becoming as necessary
as power and transport infrastructure for all economies.
Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
What does it capture? The level of inflation and the
sustainability of fiscal policy (see Box 2 for further
explanation).
Why does it matter? Moderate and predictable inflation
and sustainable public budgets reduce uncertainties,
set returns expectations for investments and increase
business confidence—all of which boost productivity.
Also, in an increasingly interconnected world where
capital can move quickly, loss of confidence in
macroeconomic stability can trigger capital flight, with
destabilizing economic effects.
Pillar 1
Institutions
Pillar 2
Infrastructure
Pillar 3
ICT adoption
Pillar 4
Macroeconomic stability
Human Capital
MarketsEnabling Environment
Pillar 7
Product market
Pillar 8
Labour market
Pillar 9
Financial system
Pillar 10
Market size
Innovation Ecosystem
Figure 1: The Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018
Pillar 5
Health
Pillar 6
Skills
Pillar 11
Business dynamism
Pillar 12
Innovation capability
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The Macroeconomic stability pillar (pillar 4) aims to measure
the main factors impacting countries’ competitiveness via the
investment decision channel. It is based on two indicators:
Inflation (4.01) and Debt dynamics (4.02). The importance of
inflation for economic stability is well grounded in literature
and policy—inflation is an explicit target of monetary
authorities who aim at keeping it within a certain range
(the target of European Central Bank, US Federal Reserve,
Bank of Japan and Bank of England is 2%). Debt dynamics
aims to approximate the sustainability of public finance. Its
computation is relatively complex and requires adopting
goalposts that are not fully established in the literature. This
box explains its conceptual idea and its implementation in the
context of the GCI.
Over the past three decades, economists have been
debating whether high public debt matters for economic
development. There is consensus that countries cannot
sustain unlimited amounts of debt—it would clearly be
unsustainable if, for instance, interest payments were to
exceed GDP—but there is no consensus on the level of
debt at which countries’ economies begins to suffer. Some
economists believe that negative effects on long-term
growth kick in when debt reaches around 100% of GDP.2
Others have found no causal relationship between debt and
economic growth,3
making it hard to define a particular level
of debt at which a country’s growth would start to decline.
The lack of consensus around the level beyond which
public debt becomes too large suggests the need for taking
into account other factors. The new indicator draws on the
debt dynamic literature4
and assesses a country’s debt
change based on four elements:
•	 Debt-to-GDP levels, to control for the initial level of debt
(Source: IMF’s World Economic Outlook)
•	 Projected change in debt, to control for how much
the debt of a country is growing (Source: IMF’s World
Economic Outlook)
•	 Country credit ratings, to capture qualitative and
confidence aspects (Sources: Fitch, S&P, Moody’s)5
•	 A country’s development status, based on whether the
IMF categorizes it as either “Advanced” or “Emerging/
Developing”
Each country is assigned into a bracket, based on
its credit rating, debt level and development status. The
Debt dynamics indicator is computed by applying different
normalization thresholds according to the bracket to which a
country is assigned. Table 2.1 below summarizes the details
of the methodology. Within each bracket, the exact score
depends on the absolute change in debt level. If there is no
change or debt is decreasing, the score is the upper-bound
value. If the increase is of 20 percentage points or more, the
score is the lower-bound value. Between the extreme values,
the score is obtained by interpolation:
upper Ϫ (upper Ϫ lower) ϫ
debt change
20
score ϭ
For example, consider a developing country whose
rating is defined as “speculative”, the debt-to-GDP ratio
is below 50% and the debt change is 20. Based on the
methodology detailed in Table 2.1, this country will receive a
score of 50. Had the same developing country registered a
debt change of 10 its score would have been 55.
This methodology has the merit of incorporating all
relevant information in one indicator. However, we
acknowledge some limitations that depend on lack of data6
and definition of thresholds. In particular, because of lack of
sufficient data availability, this indicator does not take into
account the size and liquidity of public assets. Everything
else being equal, the debt of countries with larger and more
liquid public assets, should be more sustainable.7
Although
this information is partially reflected in credit ratings, using
“net debt” (gross debt minus public assets) would be
beneficial. Also, the debt dynamics indicator should consider
Case Lower and upper bounds used to normalize debt change
Credit rating “Default” 0 < Score < 30
Credit rating “n/a”—High debt 30 < Score < 40
Credit rating “n/a”—Low debt 40 < Score < 50
Credit rating “Speculative”—Developing country—High debt ( >60%) 30 < Score < 40
Credit rating “Speculative”—Developing country—Low debt (< 60%) 40 < Score < 50
Credit rating “Speculative”—Advanced country—High debt (>110%) 40 < Score < 50
Credit rating “Speculative”—Advanced country—Low debt ( <110%) 50 < Score < 60
Credit rating “Investment 2”—High debt ( >110%) 60 < Score < 70
Credit rating “Investment 2”—Low debt ( <110%) 70 < Score < 80
Credit rating “Investment 1”—High debt ( >110%) 80 < Score < 90
Credit rating “Investment 1”—Low debt ( <110%) 90 < Score < 100
Credit rating “Investment 1”—Very low debt ( <60%) 100
Box 2: Debt dynamics in the Macroeconomic stability pillar1
(Continued)
Table 2.1: Cases for computing Debt dynamics (indicator 4.02) score
Pillar 5: Health
What does it capture? Health-adjusted life expectancy
(HALE)—the average number of years a newborn can
expect to live in good health.
Why does it matter? Healthier individuals have more
physical and mental capabilities, are more productive
and creative, and tend to invest more in education as life
expectancy increases. Healthier children develop into
adults with stronger cognitive abilities.
Pillar 6: Skills
What does it capture? The general level of skills of the
workforce and the quantity and quality of education.
While the concept of educational quality is constantly
evolving, important quality factors today include:
developing digital literacy, interpersonal skills, and the
ability to think critically and creatively.
Why does it matter? Education embeds
skills and competencies in the labour force. Highlyeducated
populations are more productive because they
possess greater collective ability to perform tasks and
transfer knowledge quickly, and create new knowledge
and applications.
Pillar 7: Product market
What does it capture? The extent to which a country
provides an even playing field for companies to
participate in its markets. It is measured in terms of
extent of market power, openness to foreign firms and
the degree of market distortions.6
Why does it matter? Competition supports productivity
gains by incentivizing companies to innovate; update
their products, services and organization; and supply the
best possible products at the fairest price.
Pillar 8: Labour market
What does it capture? It encompasses “flexibility”,
namely, the extent to which human resources can be reorganized
and “talent management”, namely, the extent
to which human resources are leveraged.
Why does it matter? Well-functioning labour markets
foster productivity by matching workers with the most
suitable jobs for their skillset and developing talent to
reach their full potential. By combining flexibility with
protection of workers’ basic rights, well-functioning
labour markets allow countries to be more resilient
to shocks and re-allocate production to emerging
segments; incentivize workers to take risks; attract and
retain talent; and motivate workers.
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the proportion of the debt denominated in foreign currency—
which raises the risk of an exchange rate depreciation
increasing the country’s interest’s bill, a particular concern
for many developing countries8
–and the proportion of the
debt owed to foreigners, which is riskier because
governments cannot tax non-citizens.9
With respect to
the definition of thresholds, the empirical evidence on the
impact of different levels of debt on its sustainability is
inconclusive. As a consequence we base our definition on
the statistical distribution of the current cross-country
distribution of debt-to-GDP ratio. Given the large confidence
intervals in determining thresholds, we have been
conservative in calibration, with most countries attaining a
score of 30 or higher. As new data and new empirical
evidence become available, the methodology will be revised
accordingly.
Despite these limitations this indicator provides a
practical way to assess a country’s fiscal situation more
accurately than just its current debt-to-GDP ratio, or a
combination of public debt level and budget balance.
Notes
1	 We would like to thank Ugo Panizza, Professor, International
Economics, Pictet Chair in Finance and Development, Graduate
Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, for his
comments and suggestions.
2	 See, among others, Reinhart and Rogoff, 2010; Kumar and Woo,
2010; Cecchetti, Mohanty and Zampolli, 2011.
3	 See, for example, Panizza and Presbitero, 2012, or Égert, 2015.
4	 For a formal definition refer to Escolano 2010.
5	 The general credit rating for each country is computed as the
average of Fitch, Standards and Poor’s (S&P) and Moody’s credit
ratings. A country’s rating is considered “investment grade 1” for
S&P’s grades AAA to A, Moody’s grades Aaa to A1, and Fitch’s
grades AAA to A. A country’s rating is considered “investment
grade 2” for S&P’s grades A- to BBB-, Moody’s grades Baa3 to
Baa1, and Fitch’s grades A- to BBB+. A country’s rating is considered
“speculative” for S&P’s grades BB+ to CCC+, Moody’s
grades Ba3 to Caa2, and Fitch’s grades BBB- to B-. A country
credit rating is considered “default” for S&P’s grade SD, Moody’s
grades Caa1 and C, and Fitch’s grades CC and RD.
6	 IMF, World Economic Outlook provides information on net debt
for 84 countries, and World Bank’s Quarterly Public Sector Debt
database provides information on public debt in foreign currency
for 41 economies.
7	 Notably, the government of Singapore issues bonds that are
entirely invested in other assets. Singapore‘s bonds are issued to
develop the domestic debt market rather than to finance the budget
deficit.
8	 Eichengreen, Hausmann and Panizza, 2002.
9	 Gros, Daniel, 2011.
Box 2: Debt dynamics in the Macroeconomic stability pillar1
(cont’d.)
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Pillar 9: Financial system
What does it capture? The depth, namely the availability
of credit, equity, debt, insurance and other financial
products, and the stability, namely, the mitigation of
excessive risk-taking and opportunistic behavior of the
financial system.
Why does it matter? A developed financial
sector fosters productivity in mainly three ways: pooling
savings into productive investments; improving the
allocation of capital to the most promising investments
through monitoring borrowers, reducing information
asymmetries; and providing an efficient payment system.
At the same time, appropriate regulation of financial
institutions is needed to avoid financial crises that
may cause long-lasting negative effects on investments
and productivity.
Pillar 10: Market size
What does it capture? The size of the domestic and
foreign markets to which a country’s firms have access.
It is proxied by the sum of the value of consumption,
investment and exports.
Why does it matter? Larger markets lift productivity
through economies of scale: the unit cost of production
tends to decrease with the amount of output produced.
Large markets also incentivize innovation. As ideas are
non-rival, more potential users means greater potential
returns on a new idea. Moreover, large markets create
positive externalities as accumulation of human capital and
transmission of knowledge increase the returns to scale
embedded in the creation of technology or knowledge.
Pillar 11: Business dynamism
What does it capture? The private sector’s capacity to
generate and adopt new technologies and new ways to
organize work, through a culture that embraces change,
risk, new business models, and administrative rules that
allow firms to enter and exit the market easily.
Why does it matter? An agile and dynamic private sector
increases productivity by taking business risks, testing
new ideas and creating innovative products and services.
In an environment characterized by frequent disruption
and redefinition of businesses and sectors, successful
economic systems are resilient to technological shocks
and are able to constantly re-invent themselves.
Pillar 12: Innovation capability
What does it capture? The quantity and quality of
formal research and development; the extent to which
a country’s environment encourages collaboration,
connectivity, creativity, diversity and confrontation across
different visions and angles; and the capacity to turn
ideas into new goods and services.
Why does it matter? Countries that can generate
greater knowledge accumulation and that offer better
collaborative or interdisciplinary opportunities tend to
have more capacity to generate innovative ideas and
new business models, which are widely considered the
engines of economic growth.
COMPUTATION OF THE GCI 4.0
Of the 98 indicators composing the GCI 4.0
methodology, 44 are sourced from the Forum’s
Executive Opinion Survey (see Appendix C), and 54
are based on statistics provided by reliable external
sources suppliers. The indicators were selected based
on four principles. First, they need to adequately capture
the concept identified by the review. Second, external
statistics have to come from trusted organizations
that collect data according to high-quality standards.
Third, it must be expected that the data will be updated
periodically in the future. Fourth, data must have
extensive geographical coverage and be available for at
least 75% of the economies covered by the GCI.
As well as redefining concepts and measures, the
GCI 4.0 review updated the computation methodology,
including how indicators are aggregated, scores are
normalized and missing data is treated.
Aggregation and weights
The GCI 4.0 computation is based on successive
aggregations of normalized scores from indicators (the
most disaggregated level) all the way up to the overall
GCI score. Pillar and GCI scores are expressed on a 0
to 100 scale and are interpreted as “progress scores”,
indicating how close a country is to the ideal state.
The overall GCI score is the simple average of the
12 pillars, so each pillar’s implicit weight is 8.3% (1/12).
The four components presented in Figure 1 (Enabling
Environment, Human Capital, Markets and Innovation
Ecosystem) are used only for presentation purposes
and do not enter into the calculation. The “stage
of development”7
weighting scheme from previous
versions of the GCI is no longer used. Instead, the
same aggregation methodology is now applied to all
countries. The rationale is that as the 4IR proceeds, all
competitiveness factors will have a similar bearing on
countries’ competitiveness, regardless of their income
levels. Automation will possibly reduce the feasibility
of developing a country relying on low labour costs
in manufacturing. Rodrik (2015), for example, showed
that growth in many developing countries is led by
services, while newly industrializing countries start to
de-industrialize much earlier than has been the case
for Western countries. At the same time, ICTs are
reducing information barriers and enabling rapid transfer
of ideas, technologies and intangible products across
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We define competitiveness as the set of institutions, policies and factors that determine a country’s level of productivity. If
the GCI 4.0 is a good measure of competitiveness, then it should be strongly correlated with productivity levels. This analysis
provides evidence that it is indeed the case.
If we knew the level of productivity for each country, the test would be simple: we would regress the GCI 4.0 on that
measure of productivity and verify that its coefficient is positive and statistically significant. Lacking good measures of
productivity levels, economists revert to use productivity growth. Following Solow (1957) they define total factor productivity
(TFP) as the portion of GDP growth not explained by inputs of labour and capital, and compute TFP as the difference
between GDP growth, the growth rate of capital (times the capital share), and the growth rate of human capital (times the
human capital share). However, as we are interested in productivity level rather than in productivity growth we cannot follow
this approach.
Hall and Jones (1999) tried to measure the level of productivity in a large cross-section of countries by subtracting the
level of capital and the level of human capital from the level of GDP. That is, assume that the production function takes a
Cobb-Douglas form: Yit = Ait Kit
a
   Lit
1–a
where Yit is GDP for country i at time t, Kit is the capital stock for country i at time t, Lit is
the level of human capital for country i at time t, and a is the capital share (so 1  a is the labour share). Then we can take
logarithms of both sides and get ln(Yit) = ln(Ait) + aln( Kit ) + (1  a)ln(  Lit). We could find a measure of ln(Ait) by subtracting
aln( Kit ) + (1  a)ln(  Lit) from both sides to get ln(Ait) = ln(Yit)  aln( Kit ) + (1  a)ln(  Lit).
However, data limitations prevent us from using this methodology. We have good data on GDP, so the first term can
be easily estimated for many countries, but we would also need good measures of each economy’s aggregate capital stock
and aggregate human capital. This is an almost impossible task, especially because we would need to measure not only the
quantity of capital (both physical and human) but also its quality. Some studies have attempted to estimate these measures
for a small sample of countries, but the estimates depend on a number of unrealistic assumptions and are not reliable.
The economic growth literature offers a simple alternative that requires only data on GDP: the conditional convergence
regression developed by Mankiw, Romer and Weil (1992) and Barro and Sala-i-Martin (1992, 2004). The level of productivity
determines the rate of return of an economy, and hence its growth rate; in other words, most growth theories—including
the neo-classical growth theories of Solow-Swan or Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans—predict that the productivity level not only
determines the level of income (as shown in the production function displayed above) but also its growth rate.1
Proceeding in three steps, then, we can derive a statistical theory that will tell us exactly what needs to be tested. First,
we start from the fundamental equation of the Solow-Swan theory of growth.2
According to this theory, the growth of capital
stock per person (k) is a function of the saving rate (s), GDP per capita (y), population growth (n) and capital depreciation ().
Using the Solow -Swan formulation, and recalling that y = f(k), this is:
k
·
it = si f	 (Aitkit)  (ni + i)	 (1)
Second, taking a log-linear transformation of equation (1), and using Taylor approximation,3
we can find that economic
growth (GDP growth) is a negative function of the initial level of per capita income (GDP) of a country and its steady-state4
level of income per capita. This is:
it,t+T = b0  b1ln(yit) + b2ln(yi*) + it	 (2)
where it,t+T is the average annual growth rate of GDP per person for country i between times t and t+T, yit is the per capita
GDP for country i at time t and yi* is the steady-state level of per capita GDP for country i and it is an error term. Equation (2)
is a conditional convergence regression. It posits that the growth rate of capital per person is a function of the difference
between the initial level of income (that is, everything else being equal, poor countries should grow faster, a phenomenon
known as the “convergence effect”) and the steady-state level of income (that is, holding everything else constant, countries
that grow towards a higher target should be growing faster).
Third, we identify a proxy for the steady-state level of income per capita (y*). This depends on the theory of growth.
Using a Solow-Swan model with a Cobb-Douglas production function (see note 1), constant savings rate s, a constant rate of
population growth n and a constant depreciation rate , the steady state capital stock is given by ki* = [si
Ai
+ni
]1/(1–␣)
.
Consequently the steady state level of GDP per capita is yi* = Ai
1/(1- )
[ si
+ni
] /(1- )
.
Taking logs, we obtain:
ln(yi*) = ln(Ai) +1
1– 1–
ln(
si
+ni
)	 (3)
Hence, plugging (3) into (2) and replacing A with GCI we have:
␥it,t+T = ␤0
– ␤1
ln(yit) + ␤
~
2 ln(Ai) + ␤
~
2
si
+ni
) + ⑀it1–
ln( 	 (4)
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(Continued)
Where: ␤
~
= ␤2ϫ
1
1–
Equation (4) says that the growth rate of GDP per capita is a (negative) function of the initial level of per capita GDP
and a positive function of the level of productivity. It is also a positive function of the savings rate and a negative function of
the depreciation rate and the rate of population growth. Ignoring any of these terms would bias our estimates if the ignored
terms are correlated with the right hand side variables. However, the consumption literature shows that the savings rate is
uncorrelated with income. The population growth rate is slightly negatively related to income (population growth is the sum of
fertility minus mortality, or births minus deaths, and net migration; rich countries have lower fertility but also lower mortality,
or larger life expectancy, and larger migration rates). Hence we believe that omitting
yi* = Ai
␤2
si
+ni
)
1–
ln( and putting it in the error
term should not bias our estimates of b1 and b
~
2, and estimate the equation:
␥it,t+T = ␤0
– ␤1
ln(yit) + ␤
~
2 ln(Ai) + wit 	 (5)
Equation 5 says that the growth rate of GDP per capita between time t and time t+T is a negative function of the initial level of
GDP per capita and a positive function of productivity. Notice that to estimate this growth equation we need to hold constant
both ln(yit) and ln(Ai). If we omit ln(Ai) and this term turns out to be correlated with ln(yit), then our estimates of b1 will be
biased towards zero. Similarly, if we regress growth on ln(Ai), ignoring ln(yit), we will also tend to find that b2 is biased towards
zero. The correct equation is, therefore, a bivariate regression where both ln(Ai) and ln(yit) are held constant.
If, as we claim, the GCI estimate for country i is a good proxy for Ai, when we substitute the GCI for Ai in equation (5),
we get:
␥it,t+T = ␤0
– ␤1
ln(yit) + ␤
~
2 ln(GCIi) + wit 	 (6)
Hence, if the GCI is a good proxy for the level of productivity, then when we regress the growth rate of GDP per capita
between t and t+T on the level of GDP per capita at time t and the GCI, we should get a negative coefficient on the initial
level of GDP and a positive one on the GCI.
We apply this test for the period 1998 to 20185
by running the following regression:
= ␤0
– ␤1
logGDPpci,1998 + ␤
~
2
logGCIi,2018 + ␮i,t
⌬log (GDPpc)i,1998–2018
20 	 (7)
Where
⌬log (GDPpc)i,1998–2018
20 is the annual growth rate in each country i6
computed as the difference in log GDP per capita
(PPP terms) between 1988 and 2018, logGCI is the log in the index score for the year 2018, and logGDPpc is GDP per capita
in PPP terms in 1988.
If we are correct, we should find b
~
2 to be positive and b1 to be negative.
Table 3.1 reports the results of the estimation of equation (7) with the ordinary least squares. We find that the coefficient
on the log of GCI is 0.0969 with a standard error of .015 and a t-statistic of 6.42, while the coefficient on the log of the initial
(i.e. 1988) level of income is –0.37 with a standard error of 0.002 and the t-statistic is –9.04. Both achieve a significance level
of 99%. This validates our hypothesis: the GCI is indeed highly correlated to productivity.
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Table 3.1: GCI and productivity test result
Dependent variable Annual GDP growth between 1998 and 2018
Log (GCI 4.0, 2018) 0.0969***
(0.015)
Log (GDP per capital, 1998) –0.0186***
(0.002)
Constant –0.205***
(0.046)
Observations 137
R-squared 0.489
Note: Cross-section OLS (Ordinary Least Square) regression estimated with robust standards of
error. Observations correspond to the countries covered by the GCI. In addition, *** denotes
p-value < 0.01. Standards of error are in parentheses.
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Figure 3.1. Correlation between GCI 4.0 and net growth rate
Log GCI 4.0
Net growth rate
3.50 3.75 4.00 4.25 4.50
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
Note: Adjusted R2= 0.70.
To visualize these results in a graph, we can plot the partial correlation between the net growth7
and the GCI, which
is the growth rate netted out of the convergence factor. Figure 3.1 shows that there is a strong correlation between the
GCI and the net growth rate, providing a visual demonstration of the statistical test provided above.
Notes
1	 In both Solow-Swan and Ramsey growth models the growth rate depends on A. In fact, with Cobb-Douglass production function,
y = Aka
, and y· = (1  a)g  ak· where g is the growth rate of A, a is the capital share and is k·
it = sAitka
it  (n  ).
2	 We could also use the Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans theory as a guide. As shown by Barro and Sala-i-Martin (1992) and Barro and Sala-iMartin
(2004) Chapter 2 and Chapter 12, the end result is identical although the derivation is a bit more complicated.
3	 For a derivation refer to Barro and Sala-I-Martin, 1992; and Barro-Sala-i-Martin, Economic Growth, second edition, MIT Press, 2004,
p. 57.
4	 The steady state is a situation in which the growth of capital per unit of effect labor is 0(k·) and exogenous variables grow at a constant
rate. The steady-state level of per capita GDP is, in a way, the target towards which the economy is going.
5	 For 2017 and 2018 data we use IMF estimates.
6	 i corresponds to 137 country observations available for the GCI 2018; GDP per capita data is obtained from IMF Word Economic
Outlook 2018, April edition.
7	 Technically the net growth rate is computed as: Ϫ ␤1
logGDPpci,1998
net growth = ⌬log (GDPpc)i,1998–2018
20
  b
^
, where b
^
is the
estimated parameter obtained from regression (5).
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the globe, opening new opportunities for developing
economies. Drawing from these learnings the GCI 4.0 is
less prescriptive about the path to prosperity, rewarding
countries that leapfrog, and penalizing those that neglect
any aspect of competitiveness, regardless of their stage
of development.
Normalization of scores
The normalization of all 98 individual indicators in the GCI
4.0 is based on a min-max approach. Each indicator’s
value is converted into a unit-less “progress score”
ranging from 0 to 100. These normalized scores are then
combined to produce pillar and index scores. Formally,
we have:
scorei,c ϭ ϫ΂ ΃
valuei,c Ϫ wpi
Ά
␣
frontieri Ϫ wpi
100,
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where valuei,c is the raw value of country c for indicator i;
wpi (worst performance) is the value at, or below which
the score is 0; and frontieri is the value corresponding
to the ideal value at or above which the score is 100.
Depending on the indicator, this may be a policy target
or aspiration, the maximum possible value, or a number
derived from statistical analysis of the distribution
(90th or 95th percentile). If a value is below the worst
performance, its score is 0; if a value is above the frontier
value, its score is capped at 100.
In the case of indicators where a higher value
corresponds to a worse outcome (e.g. Terrorism
incidence to power losses), the normalized score
becomes 100  , so 100 always corresponds to the
ideal outcome.
The “progress score” shows the level attained by
a country in any given year with respect to the frontier
set in the 2018 edition, and it informs on how a country
moves towards or away from the frontier over time.
Table 2 in Appendix C reports the wpi and frontieri
scores.
Imputation
In the GCI 4.0 methodology, the missing data points
are imputed.8
Approximate estimates are preferred
to missing values because, in arithmetic means, the
number of indicators included implicitly defines the
weight of each indicator. Consequently, imputation
avoids assigning greater weight to available indicators in
a category that contains missing values. It is also hoped
that this approach will encourage the production of
reliable statistics.
The imputation method for each indicator is based
either on econometric models or on the performance
of peer countries.9
Imputation estimates based on
regression methods correspond to the predicted value
of a cross-country ordinary least-squared regression
using an indicator-specific set of regressors. These
are selected based on their correlation with the nonmissing
values of the dependent variable. Peer country
imputation consists of using the average score of a peer
group to fill in missing values of countries in that group
for a specific indicator. Imputed values are used for the
purpose of the computation but are not ranked and
not reported in the ranking tables. Imputed values and
description of the imputation method for each indicator
are provided in Table 1 of Appendix C.
As a result of these conceptual, statistical and
methodological updates, the GCI 4.0 is an improved
measure of countries’ productivity levels. Statistical
evidence of the soundness of the GCI as a productivity
measure is provided in Box 3.
NOTES
	 1	 See World Economic Forum, 2017, pages 359–360.
	 2	 This idea incorporated the concept of hysteresis (see for instance
Dixit, 1992).
	 3	 This definition can be considered an extension of Hall and Jones’s
idea of social infrastructure: “Our hypothesis is that differences in
capital accumulation, productivity, and therefore output per worker
are fundamentally related to differences in social infrastructure
across countries. By social infrastructure we mean the
institutions and government policies that determine the economic
environment within which individuals accumulate skills, and firms
accumulate capital and produce output”.
	 4	 Economic literature recognizes productivity (total factor
productivity) as the main factor explaining income differences
across countries and growth perspectives. See Mankiw, Romer
and Weil, 1992; Hall and Jones, 1999; Barro, 1996; and OECD,
2016.
	 5	 For a detailed and comprehensive literature review of the empirical
literature underpinning the selection of indicators for the GCI 4.0,
refer to World Economic Forum, 2015.
	 6	 We focus on the distortionary effect of taxes on productivity rather
than their redistribution effect.
	 7	 The previous GCI methodology applied different weights to
different factors to countries according to income per capita and
mineral exports. For more details refer to Global Competitiveness
Report, 2017–2018, pp. 320–322.
	 8	 Missing values in the “Railroad density” and “Liner shipping
connectivity index” indicators are not imputed when a country has
strategically decided not to develop a railroad network or is landlocked,
respectively.
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upper-middle income, lower-middle income, and high income, and
are based on World Bank’s classification. Regions are: South Asia,
Europe, Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin
America & Caribbean, Eurasia, East Asia & the Pacific, and North
America, and are based on the IMF’s classification.
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Profiles
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How to Read the Economy Profiles
The Economy Profiles section presents a three-page
profile for each of the 140 economies covered in The
Global Competitiveness Report 2018.
PAGE 1
Performance overview
This section details the economy’s performance on
the main components of the Global Competitiveness
Index 4.0 (GCI). The chart in this section presents an
economy’s score on the overall GCI and on each of its
12 pillars. The economy’s rank (out of 140 economies) on
each category is reported at the bottom of the chart. At
the top of the chart, the three-letter code (ISO-3) of the
best performer is reported (note that there are 31 best
performers on the Macroeconomic stability pillar and
four best performers on the Health pillar). To the right
of each bar the performance of relevant benchmarks
is reported: the economy’s score in the 2017 backcast
edition (diamond); the average score of the economy’s
income group, based on the World Bank’s classification
(triangle); and the average score of the region to which
the economy belongs (square). See the At a Glance
section on page xi for regional classification.
Contextual indicators
This section presents a selection of contextual indicators,
as well as selected indicators of social and environmental
performance, to complement the GCI. These indicators
are: Population (millions, 2017 or most recent year
available, source: International Monetary Fund, World
Economic Outlook Database, April 2018); GDP per
capita (US$, 2017 or most recent year available, source:
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook
Database, April 2018); 10-year average annual GDP
growth (% real terms, 2017 or most recent year available,
source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic
Outlook Database, April 2018); Share of GDP in World
total (%, 2017 or most recent year available, source:
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook
Database, April 2018); Unemployment rate (%, 2017 or
most recent year available, source: International Labour
Organization, ILOSTAT database, via the World Bank’s
World Development Indicators database); 5-year average
annual FDI inward flow (% of GDP, 2017 or most recent
Key Previous edition Upper middle income group average Europe and North America averagePerformance
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Score
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30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
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Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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76th
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68th
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100th

74th

97th
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45th

47th
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58th

34th
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105th
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108th
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Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
58
54
57
52
70
87
69
57
65
51
39
64
32
Albania 76th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 80th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -1 (perfect inequality)
2.9
4,582.9
3.0
0.03
13.9
8.6
2.1
4.1
0.7
29.0
year available, source: United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development, FDI/MNE database);
Environmental footprint network (global hectares, 2014
or most recent year available, source: Global Footprint
Network, National Footprint Accounts dataset); Inclusive
Development Index (score/rank, 2018 or most recent
year available, source: World Economic Forum, Inclusive
Development Report 2018); Global Gender Gap Index
(score/rank, 2017 or most recent year available, source:
World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap
Report 2017); Income Gini coefficient (0–100, 2015
or most recent year available, source: World Bank,
Development Research Group, via the World Bank’s
World Development Indicators).
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52 | The Global Competitiveness Report 2018
PAGES 2–3
The Global Competitiveness Index in detail
These pages detail the country’s performance on each
of the 98 indicators that compose the GCI 4.0. Indicators
are organized by pillar. Refer to Appendix C for the
detailed structure of the GCI, the definition of each
indicator, and computation methodology.
For each indicator, the following information is
reported:
Number, title and the units of measurement
Indicator value for the economy under review
	
Economy’s progress score on a 0 to 100
scale following normalization (see Appendix C
for details)
Arrow indicating the direction of the change in
score since the previous edition, or the “=” sign
if the score has remained the same
Economy’s rank (out of 140)
	
Name of the best performer; that is, the economy
attaining the best performance
Albania 76th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 53.9 68 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 108 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 2.7 92.5 70 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 1 (very high) - 7 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 61 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.1 46 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 45.1 45.1 109 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 65.4 65.4 = 42 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.9 126 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.3 114 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 29.5 70.5 62 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.6 6 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.8 102 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.76 75.84 58 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 56 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 38.0 38.0 77 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 111 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.8 106 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 15.5 51.7 = 70 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 78 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.7 77.0 = 16 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 57.3 100 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 39.4 39.4 = 115 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 59 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 14.7 36.8 = 48 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.3 5.1 136 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity index (United States=100) 8,289.1 30.1 102 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 96 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 7.2 7.2 100 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 59 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 17.1 86.3 104 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 13.1 88.6 76 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 111 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 52.3 74 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 119.4 99.5 70 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 69.3 n/a 68 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 10.0 20.0 73 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.0 n/a 59 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 66.4 66.4 59 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 70.0 = 97 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
Albania 76th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 53.9 68 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 108 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 2.7 92.5 70 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 1 (very high) - 7 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 61 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.1 46 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 45.1 45.1 109 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 65.4 65.4 = 42 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.9 126 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.3 114 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 29.5 70.5 62 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.6 6 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.8 102 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.76 75.84 58 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 56 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 38.0 38.0 77 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 111 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.8 106 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 15.5 51.7 = 70 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 78 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.7 77.0 = 16 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 57.3 100 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 39.4 39.4 = 115 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 59 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 14.7 36.8 = 48 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.3 5.1 136 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity index (United States=100) 8,289.1 30.1 102 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 96 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 7.2 7.2 100 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 59 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 17.1 86.3 104 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 13.1 88.6 76 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 111 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 52.3 74 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 119.4 99.5 70 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 69.3 n/a 68 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 10.0 20.0 73 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.0 n/a 59 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 66.4 66.4 59 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 70.0 = 97 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.6 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 40.0 40.0 = 113 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 86.8 45 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.8 86.8 44 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 68.7 47 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.2 68.0 = 54 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.5 62 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 76 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.4 55 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.2 44 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 74 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.4 85.4 47 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.0 19 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 18.2 79.5 66 Multiple (6)
ONLINE RESOURCES
Interactive profiles and sortable rankings with detailed
meta information, as well as downloadable datasets, are
available at http://gcr.weforum.org.
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Index of Economy Profiles
Economy Page
Albania 55
Algeria 59
Angola 63
Argentina 67
Armenia 71
Australia 75
Austria 79
Azerbaijan 83
Bahrain 87
Bangladesh 91
Belgium 95
Benin 99
Bolivia 103
Bosnia and Herzegovina 107
Botswana 111
Brazil 115
Brunei Darussalam 119
Bulgaria 123
Burkina Faso 127
Burundi 131
Cambodia 135
Cameroon 139
Canada 143
Cape Verde 147
Chad 151
Chile 155
China 159
Colombia 163
Congo, Democratic Rep. 167
Costa Rica 171
Côte d'Ivoire 175
Croatia 179
Cyprus 183
Czech Republic 187
Denmark 191
Dominican Republic 195
Ecuador 199
Egypt 203
El Salvador 207
Estonia 211
Eswatini 215
Ethiopia 219
Finland 223
France 227
Gambia, The 231
Georgia 235
Germany 239
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Ghana 243
Greece 247
Guatemala 251
Guinea 255
Haiti 259
Honduras 263
Hong Kong SAR 267
Hungary 271
Iceland 275
India 279
Indonesia 283
Iran, Islamic Rep. 287
Ireland 291
Israel 295
Italy 299
Jamaica 303
Japan 307
Jordan 311
Kazakhstan 315
Kenya 319
Korea, Rep. 323
Kuwait 327
Kyrgyz Republic 331
Lao PDR 335
Latvia 339
Lebanon 343
Lesotho 347
Liberia 351
Lithuania 355
Luxembourg 359
Macedonia, FYR 363
Malawi 367
Malaysia 371
Mali 375
Malta 379
Mauritania 383
Mauritius 387
Mexico 391
Moldova 395
Mongolia 399
Montenegro 403
Morocco 407
Mozambique 411
Namibia 415
Nepal 419
Netherlands 423
New Zealand 427
Economy Page
Nicaragua 431
Nigeria 435
Norway 439
Oman 443
Pakistan 447
Panama 451
Paraguay 455
Peru 459
Philippines 463
Poland 467
Portugal 471
Qatar 475
Romania 479
Russian Federation 483
Rwanda 487
Saudi Arabia 491
Senegal 495
Serbia 499
Seychelles 503
Sierra Leone 507
Singapore 511
Slovak Republic 515
Slovenia 519
South Africa 523
Spain 527
Sri Lanka 531
Sweden 535
Switzerland 539
Taiwan, China 543
Tajikistan 547
Tanzania 551
Thailand 555
Trinidad and Tobago 559
Tunisia 563
Turkey 567
Uganda 571
Ukraine 575
United Arab Emirates 579
United Kingdom 583
United States 587
Uruguay 591
Venezuela 595
Viet Nam 599
Yemen 603
Zambia 607
Zimbabwe 611
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Overview 2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU

76th

68th

100th

74th

97th

45th

47th

58th

34th

105th

108th

48th

91st
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
58
54
57
52
70
87
69
57
65
51
39
64
32
Albania 76th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 80th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
2.9
4,582.9
3.0
0.03
13.9
8.6
2.1
4.1
0.7
29.0
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Albania 76th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 53.9 68 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 108 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 2.7 92.5 70 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 61 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.1 46 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 45.1 45.1 109 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 65.4 65.4 = 42 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.9 126 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.3 114 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 29.5 70.5 62 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.6 6 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.8 102 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.76 75.8 58 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 56 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 38.0 38.0 77 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 111 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.8 106 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 15.5 51.7 = 70 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 78 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.7 77.0 = 16 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 57.3 100 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 39.4 39.4 = 115 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 59 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 14.7 36.8 = 48 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.3 5.1 136 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 8,289.1 30.1 102 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 96 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 7.2 7.2 100 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 59 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 17.1 86.3 104 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 13.1 88.6 76 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 111 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 52.3 74 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 119.4 99.5 70 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 69.3 n/a 68 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 10.0 20.0 73 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.0 n/a 59 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 66.4 66.4 59 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 70.0 = 97 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.6 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 40.0 40.0 = 113 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 86.8 45 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.8 86.8 44 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 68.7 47 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.2 68.0 = 54 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.5 62 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 76 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.4 55 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.2 44 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 74 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.4 85.4 47 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.0 19 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 18.2 79.5 66 Multiple (6)
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Albania 76th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 57.0 58 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.3 101 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.8 125 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 67 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.4 28 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 2.20 85.3 41 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.7 72 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.3 33.7 111 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 19.4 80.6 = 36 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 64.8 34 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 20.8 64.9 = 93 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.3 39 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.2 34 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 65 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.1 101 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 80.4 80.4 37 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.0 1 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.0 52 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.9 71 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.7 38 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.79 73.9 54 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 18.8 85.0 = 86 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 51.3 105 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 36.0 37.9 89 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 67 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.4 88 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.8 12.7 = 103 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.9 47 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 18.2 64.2 127 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -9.1 100.0 = 20 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.8 99.6 = 60 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 39.2 108 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 33 n/a 110 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 54.6 n/a 47 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 64.1 48 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 12.0 94.0 84 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 5.0 95.5 = 21 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 41.6 44.8 54 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 14.0 87.5 = 8 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.0 55 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 91 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 59 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.7 101 United States
0-100 (best) - 31.7 91 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.3 24 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.3 122 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.13 3.7 78 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.5 67 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 54.3 59.4 124 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.24 4.0 85 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.2 5.1 = 97 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.3 83 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 336.46 62.6 81 Multiple (7)
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Overview 2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
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10
20
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
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120th
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88th
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adoption
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economic
stability
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market
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market
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system
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size
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capability
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Algeria 92nd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 92nd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
41.5
4,292.3
2.9
0.50
10.1
0.6
2.5
4.2
0.6
27.6
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Algeria 92nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 44.4 120 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.5 54 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.4 97.1 = 44 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 98.2 98.2 101 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 58 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 42.9 42.9 120 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 34.6 34.6 = 116 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.4 80 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.2 77 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 43.1 56.9 110 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.1 86 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.0 54 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.20 20.2 128 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.1 100 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 33.0 33.0 96 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 99 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 92 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 7.0 23.3 = 122 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 131 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 3.3 33.0 = 131 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.3 33.0 = 124 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 61.2 88 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 80.4 80.4 = 30 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 86 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 1.6 4.0 = 88 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.9 57 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 46,594.5 50.9 67 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 112 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 7.3 7.3 99 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 91 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 16.3 87.2 99 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 11.9 89.9 72 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.6 89 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 47.2 83 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 120.7 100.0 66 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 83.9 n/a 44 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 7.7 15.3 80 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 113 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 42.9 42.9 91 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 68.5 111 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 6.0 94.5 109 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 42.5 42.5 112 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 81.5 66 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 66.1 81.5 65 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 57.4 88 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.7 58.0 = 79 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.1 119 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 102 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 118 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 90 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.4 94 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 14.3 79.6 = 65 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.5 105 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 24.2 64.4 90 Multiple (6)
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Algeria 92nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 45.4 128 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.0 112 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.4 55 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 129 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 128 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 14.51 3.3 132 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.6 92.7 30 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.1 28.3 126 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 38.3 61.7 = 77 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 44.0 134 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 17.3 72.2 = 74 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.8 91 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.8 101 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 92 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.3 83 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 58.8 58.8 108 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.8 127 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.5 57 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.5 134 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.7 109 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.21 1.7 135 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 30.6 68.6 = 124 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 47.8 122 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 21.0 22.1 120 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 98 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 62 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.2 0.2 117 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.7 11.6 = 108 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.3 116 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 11.4 77.9 109 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 2.5 98.6 107 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 18.2 100.0 = 39 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 66.4 38 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 576 n/a 35 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 32.1 n/a 100 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 51.3 113 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 11.1 94.5 = 82 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 20.0 80.4 = 102 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 50.8 54.7 39 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 7.0 43.8 = 96 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.1 135 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.6 135 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.4 126 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.2 129 United States
0-100 (best) - 29.9 106 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.3 102 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.6 98 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.03 0.8 106 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.8 121 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 129.0 72.1 81 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.05 0.9 104 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 4.7 = 98 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.03 8.4 48 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.1 92 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 117.87 51.4 102 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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137th

134th
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127th
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119th
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139th
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118th
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138th
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140th
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135th
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137th
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66th
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140th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
37 37
41
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31
38
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17
Angola 137th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: n/a
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
28.2
4,407.7
4.2
0.15
8.2
0.2
1.6
0.6
42.7
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Angola 137th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 37.2 134 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 94 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 4.8 85.3 = 88 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 95.3 95.3 115 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.6 124 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 41.1 41.1 124 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 46.2 46.2 = 90 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 1.9 14.4 137 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 1.8 13.4 138 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 38.4 61.7 97 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.4 24.0 130 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.9 132 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.43 43.3 109 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.6 130 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 19.0 19.0 138 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.0 134 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.6 136 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 7.0 23.3 = 122 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.7 140 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 84 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 69 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 40.7 127 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 56.2 56.2 = 83 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.1 17.9 138 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.0 17.1 117 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 5,973.8 26.9 112 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.5 124 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 24.6 24.6 62 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.7 121 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 34.7 34.7 122 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 11.3 92.4 = 73 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 43.5 57.6 133 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 1.9 14.5 138 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 27.4 119 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 44.7 37.3 136 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 14.6 n/a 131 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.3 0.7 119 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.1 n/a 84 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 13.0 13.0 129 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 31.1 139 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 32.0 22.1 139 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 40.0 40.0 = 113 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 50.9 118 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 56.3 50.9 117 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 31.1 138 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 5.0 33.3 = 122 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.4 137 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.8 140 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.0 140 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.1 139 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.1 140 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 9.5 53.0 = 125 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 1.9 14.6 140 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 42.5 18.6 = 125 Multiple (6)
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Angola 137th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 37.5 140 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.7 134 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 2.1 17.7 139 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.2 139 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.3 111 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.09 32.7 100 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.2 = 69 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 1.6 14.3 137 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 66.5 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 43.5 135 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 17.9 71.1 = 79 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.0 88 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.6 132 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.1 37 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 1.5 9.0 140 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 70.1 70.1 71 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 123 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 1.9 14.6 140 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 2.3 22.2 137 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 2.3 22.4 138 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.38 23.1 112 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 9.0 98.6 = 28 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 40.1 137 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 23.7 25.0 110 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.2 140 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 1.4 6.8 140 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.5 8.7 = 121 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 2.3 22.2 138 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 10.6 79.6 106 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -5.6 100.0 = 34 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 53.9 66 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 173 n/a 63 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 26.8 n/a 115 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 34.5 137 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 17.4 91.3 101 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 36.0 64.3 = 123 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 0.0 0.0 133 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 0.0 0.0 134 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 120 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.0 139 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.7 135 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.9 140 United States
0-100 (best) - 16.8 140 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 119 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.3 140 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.1 122 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 2.0 17.4 140 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 39.7 54.9 133 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.1 126 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.0 0.0 120 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.3 121 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 124 Multiple (7)
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Argentina 81st/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 79th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
44.1
14,466.6
1.6
0.72
8.5
1.6
3.7
4.1
0.7
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Argentina 81st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 51.5 77 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.0 106 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 5.9 81.6 95 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.8 99.8 71 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.0 115 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 50.4 50.4 68 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 96.2 96.2 = 3 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.7 101 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.4 101 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 26.1 74.0 44 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.6 126 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.1 119 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.62 62.4 84 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.2 83 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 39.0 39.0 73 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 114 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 95 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 13.5 45.0 83 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.4 104 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 95 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.7 77.0 = 10 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 67.6 68 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 92.6 92.6 = 11 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 93 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 10.3 25.7 = 55 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.7 95 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 80,596.6 59.1 48 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.5 83 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 32.9 32.9 51 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 81 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.6 99.6 73 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 13.2 90.5 86 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 5.1 96.8 32 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.1 67 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 56.2 65 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 139.8 100.0 = 26 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 78.1 n/a 55 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 17.8 35.6 54 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.4 n/a 73 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 71.0 71.0 53 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 44.9 = 136 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 25.7 39.8 = 137 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 64 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 85.1 53 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.2 85.1 52 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 68.4 51 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.1 67.3 = 57 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 88 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.2 42 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.0 71 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.2 78 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 69 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 17.4 96.8 = 13 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.6 89 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 17.2 81.9 = 57 Multiple (6)
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Argentina 81st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 48.3 120 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.8 130 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.6 104 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.3 118 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.9 121 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 12.70 15.3 126 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.6 93.2 27 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 35.4 100 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 17.0 83.0 = 24 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 50.7 116 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 30.3 45.1 = 123 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 2.3 22.2 137 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 122 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.7 137 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.7 100 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 70.1 70.1 71 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.4 17 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.0 123 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 59 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.9 117 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.71 64.1 72 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 29.3 70.4 = 123 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 52.5 97 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 14.2 14.9 135 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.1 129 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.4 24.1 104 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 10.9 10.9 91 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.5 41.1 = 48 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.0 81 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.8 97.3 32 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -1.3 100.0 = 57 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 13.9 93.4 = 103 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 68.6 34 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 838 n/a 27 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 14.2 n/a 138 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 55.4 84 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 10.4 94.8 79 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 24.0 76.4 = 109 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 21.5 23.1 111 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.5 59.4 = 66 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 75 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.3 74 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 69 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.1 87 United States
0-100 (best) - 40.5 54 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.7 42 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.1 102 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.27 7.3 67 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 89 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 346.0 86.6 37 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 1.48 16.7 60 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.6 19.6 = 58 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.07 17.8 28 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.9 81 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 1,293.51 77.1 48 Multiple (7)
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Armenia 70th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 72nd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
3.0
3,861.0
2.3
0.02
18.2
3.1
2.0
3.7
0.7
32.5
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Armenia 70th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 54.0 67 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.6 47 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 3.0 91.6 71 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 62 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.8 65 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 42.1 42.1 122 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 61.5 61.5 = 49 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.9 85 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 61 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 30.0 70.0 65 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 41 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 68 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.57 56.7 97 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 61 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 35.0 35.0 91 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.1 55 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 66 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 21.5 71.7 39 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.4 87 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 = 45 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 76 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 66.3 74 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 41.8 41.8 = 112 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 85 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 22.8 57.1 = 34 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.4 76 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 11,238.7 33.2 93 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 78 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.1 119 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 12.4 91.3 82 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 6.5 95.4 40 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 66 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 59.2 56 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 119.0 99.2 71 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 66.8 n/a 74 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 10.8 21.5 71 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 4.7 n/a 37 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 64.3 64.3 61 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 72.4 89 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change -0.2 97.9 94 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 46.9 46.9 101 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 82.7 61 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 66.5 82.7 60 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 67.6 55 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 11.7 77.8 = 32 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 97 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 85 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 89 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 58 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 90 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 13.0 72.0 = 84 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 54 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 9.5 100.0 = 5 Multiple (6)
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Armenia 70th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 61.2 39 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.2 47 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.8 19 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.5 41 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.5 78 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 3.49 76.7 50 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 106 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 39.3 81 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 11.4 88.6 = 5 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 65.0 33 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 13.0 81.3 = 47 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.1 27 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.3 40 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.1 57 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.3 70 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 69.8 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.1 8 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 110 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 64 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.9 57 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.75 68.4 65 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 0.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 54.2 87 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 47.8 50.3 77 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 81 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.3 72 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 2.6 2.6 110 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP n/a 10.5 = n/a Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.4 75 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 6.7 87.4 83 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -0.9 100.0 = 62 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 15.8 97.6 = 76 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 36.7 118 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 26 n/a 118 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 52.9 n/a 53 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 60.2 62 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.9 99.6 = 20 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 4.5 96.0 = 17 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 36.4 39.2 71 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 7.5 46.9 = 93 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 45 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 86 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 77 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 47 United States
0-100 (best) - 38.8 60 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.8 96 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.0 72 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.80 18.1 49 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 71 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 153.3 74.6 71 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 3.15 26.1 51 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.3 8.4 86 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 1.3 78 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.3 35 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 611.20 69.0 64 Multiple (7)
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Capital Markets
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Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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14th

15th
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31st

22nd
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1st
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8th
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adoption
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economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
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dynamism
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capability
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Australia 14th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 15th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
24.8
55,707.3
2.5
0.98
5.6
3.2
6.9
5.4
0.7
34.7
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Australia 14th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 73.6 15 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.2 27 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.9 98.5 29 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.2 99.2 88 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.1 85.2 12 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 66.2 66.2 1 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 76.9 76.9 = 21 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.0 7 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.2 28 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 15.5 84.5 19 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.3 77 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.1 25 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.98 98.3 5 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.0 35 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 77.0 77.0 13 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.2 11 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.2 14 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 20.0 66.7 = 47 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.5 11 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 54 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 56 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 77.9 31 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 90.0 90.0 = 16 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.8 35 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 1.2 3.1 = 93 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 36 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 628,786.0 97.5 10 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.0 32 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 28.4 28.4 60 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 34 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 5.7 98.3 23 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 2.2 99.8 24 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.4 89.8 22 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 73.5 22 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 112.7 93.9 81 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 134.9 n/a 6 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 32.4 64.8 21 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 5.9 n/a 32 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 88.2 88.2 18 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.6 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 98.5 8 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 71.5 98.5 7 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 81.0 12 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.2 81.4 = 26 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.2 15 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.8 21 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.9 18 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.1 23 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.5 26 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 22.9 100.0 = 1 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.3 13 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 15.1 87.3 = 46 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 70.2 8 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.2 31 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.2 33 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.0 54 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.1 14 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 2.09 86.1 40 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.8 96.7 4 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.9 71.7 7 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 20.2 79.8 = 37 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 68.5 22 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 12.0 83.3 = 44 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.8 110 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.3 66 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.6 105 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 17 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 75.3 75.3 50 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.3 138 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.4 55.9 81 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 6.0 84.0 5 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.8 30 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.94 92.3 18 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 21.1 81.8 = 96 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 85.6 13 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 136.4 100.0 = 15 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 18 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.5 35 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 93.9 93.9 16 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 5.8 96.2 = 18 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 6.4 89.4 4 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.0 99.0 10 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 3.1 97.2 110 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 12.7 90.5 = 112 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 72.3 25 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 1,135 n/a 19 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 21.4 n/a 127 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 75.2 15 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.7 99.7 = 15 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 2.5 98.0 = 5 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 82.5 88.8 16 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.0 68.8 = 46 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.0 36 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.1 8 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 27 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 29 United States
0-100 (best) - 69.8 18 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.6 8 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 41 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 5.65 58.1 23 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 32 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 812.7 99.2 10 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 57.06 74.6 24 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 2.2 73.4 = 16 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.27 67.9 13 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.6 32 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 3,981.82 89.2 25 Multiple (7)
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2018
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Austria 22nd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 21st/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
8.8
47,290.0
0.9
0.35
5.5
0.6
5.9
5.4
0.7
30.5
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Austria 22nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 72.7 18 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.7 23 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.7 99.5 18 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 66 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.2 14 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 61.3 61.3 15 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 57.7 57.7 = 61 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.1 20 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 41 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 14.0 86.0 11 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.0 63 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.1 22 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.83 82.6 44 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 34 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 75.0 75.0 = 16 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 6.0 82.7 12 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.2 12 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 23.0 76.7 = 29 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 6.1 85.2 8 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 8.0 80.0 = 5 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 88.3 12 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 81.0 81.0 = 26 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.4 10 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 58.6 100.0 = 13 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.3 12 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 118,724.5 65.3 37 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.7 45 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.9 87 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 4.4 99.6 14 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.8 100.0 = 19 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.8 95.9 10 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 64.7 46 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 170.8 100.0 = 7 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 86.2 n/a 43 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 28.7 57.5 30 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.5 n/a 70 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 84.3 84.3 25 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.6 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 96.7 15 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 70.9 96.7 14 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 78.4 17 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.3 82.0 = 23 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.0 17 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.6 4 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.4 13 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.8 36 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.7 60.9 36 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.1 89.3 34 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.1 50.9 35 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 10.3 99.2 10 Multiple (6)
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Austria 22nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 66.5 17 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.7 38 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 11 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.0 11 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 26 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 30 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.7 67.9 12 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 17.8 82.2 = 30 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 67.3 26 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 2.0 100.0 = 4 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.6 112 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.8 11 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.3 139 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.5 3 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 96 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 126 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.7 21 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.9 29 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.90 87.9 26 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 34.2 63.6 = 127 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 72.9 28 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 85.9 90.4 36 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 30 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 44 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 26.0 26.0 64 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 4.3 72.3 = 28 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.6 75.9 37 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.7 95.6 44 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -5.9 100.0 = 31 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.9 99.8 = 56 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 64.3 43 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 400 n/a 44 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 55.3 n/a 44 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 69.9 26 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 5.1 97.5 59 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 21.0 79.4 = 103 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 80.0 86.1 21 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.0 68.8 = 46 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 91 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.9 19 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.2 22 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.5 41 United States
0-100 (best) - 74.3 15 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 57 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.7 15 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 34.66 100.0 = 3 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.4 16 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 552.3 93.5 17 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 231.45 100.0 8 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 3.1 100.0 = 6 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.05 14.9 33 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.2 48 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 11,366.91 100.0 = 7 Multiple (7)
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Rank /140
Score
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Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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adoption
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economic
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capability
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Azerbaijan 69th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 65th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
9.8
4,140.7
3.0
0.14
5.0
6.5
2.2
4.7
0.7
16.6
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Azerbaijan 69th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 55.8 58 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.7 = 39 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 2.1 94.4 63 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.7 99.7 78 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.7 = 53 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 41.1 41.1 123 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 34.6 34.6 = 116 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.8 = 49 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 = 22 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 59.7 40.3 133 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 = 12 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.5 = 28 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.68 68.0 76 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.1 = 20 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 31.0 31.0 102 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.2 = 46 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 = 36 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 14.5 48.3 74 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.0 = 88 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.7 77.0 = 16 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.3 73.0 15 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 73.6 46 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 50.8 50.8 = 89 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 = 34 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 23.9 59.9 = 32 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.2 = 17 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 23,795.6 41.9 79 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.0 = 12 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.4 = 29 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 11.7 92.0 77 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 9.6 92.3 63 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.7 = 65 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 54.0 69 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 103.0 85.9 97 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 56.8 n/a 88 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 18.4 36.7 53 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.3 n/a 55 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 78.2 78.2 36 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 59.8 126 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 12.8 75.6 128 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 44.0 44.0 111 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 73.1 91 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 63.4 73.1 90 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 67.8 54 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.5 69.8 = 50 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.5 = 56 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 = 49 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.8 = 32 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.7 = 15 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 = 31 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.7 70.6 = 88 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.2 = 27 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 15.5 86.3 48 Multiple (6)
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Azerbaijan 69th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 61.4 37 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.4 = 20 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.2 = 37 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.7 = 63 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 = 46 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 7.91 47.3 90 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.1 85.1 62 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 39.3 82 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 82.2 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 63.6 40 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 21.7 63.2 = 96 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 = 12 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.1 = 32 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.4 = 36 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.2 = 37 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 55.3 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 = 21 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.5 = 56 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 = 45 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.4 = 15 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.70 62.3 74 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 24.8 76.7 = 106 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 52.6 96 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 31.9 33.6 99 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 = 40 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 = 23 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 119 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.6 9.3 = 119 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.8 = 92 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 13.8 73.1 118 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -4.2 100.0 41 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 18.5 100.0 = 37 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 54.0 65 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 156 n/a 68 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 40.8 n/a 76 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 68.8 31 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.8 99.1 38 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 4.5 96.0 = 17 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 40.2 43.3 59 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 13.0 81.3 17 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 = 21 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.7 = 56 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.2 = 35 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.5 = 25 United States
0-100 (best) - 36.0 71 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.3 = 36 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.7 = 34 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.03 1.0 99 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.8 = 30 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 79.7 65.0 108 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.21 3.5 87 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.2 7.4 90 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.8 86 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.7 = 27 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 128.58 52.3 101 Multiple (7)
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Bahrain 50th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 46th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
1.5
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3.7
0.06
1.2
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Bahrain 50th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 60.9 42 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.3 = 15 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.5 99.9 = 11 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 98.1 98.1 103 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.6 = 26 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 52.0 52.0 57 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 53.8 53.8 = 67 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.2 = 31 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.7 = 14 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 60.9 39.2 135 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.7 60.8 = 9 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 = 23 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.80 79.8 52 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.0 = 6 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 36.0 36.0 87 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.4 = 27 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.3 = 30 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 17.5 58.3 = 56 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.9 = 29 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 84 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.7 47.0 = 90 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 78.0 30 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) n/a n/a n/a United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.1 = 27 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.8 = 88 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 54,997.0 53.3 60 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.3 70.9 = 36 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 41.0 41.0 40 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.0 = 30 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.9 99.9 69 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 2.4 100.0 = 4 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 10.9 90.9 70 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.3 87.9 = 24 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 66.7 38 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 158.4 100.0 = 10 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 147.3 n/a 5 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 14.3 28.6 60 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.9 n/a 62 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 98.0 98.0 3 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 65.3 119 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 2.1 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 30.6 30.6 136 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 79.2 74 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 65.4 79.2 73 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 73.6 28 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.0 66.7 = 59 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 = 28 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.3 = 30 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 = 31 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) n/a n/a n/a Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.6 = 33 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.3 90.8 26 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.4 = 26 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 12.1 94.9 26 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 63.0 28 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.1 = 13 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.3 = 36 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.0 = 24 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.1 = 22 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 5.06 66.3 66 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.4 89.8 42 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.7 41.7 62 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 50.8 49.2 = 91 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 63.0 46 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 13.6 80.1 = 55 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.9 = 28 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.0 = 18 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.0 = 15 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.3 = 34 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 60.8 60.8 101 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.8 = 12 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 = 119 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.2 = 38 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 = 19 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.44 30.0 109 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 13.5 92.4 = 56 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 70.3 33 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 69.1 72.7 = 43 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.1 = 28 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.2 = 24 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 62.7 62.7 33 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.8 29.3 = 69 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.2 = 46 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 5.9 89.1 77 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -1.1 100.0 = 58 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 18.5 100.0 = 35 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 45.8 90 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 64 n/a 89 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 51.7 n/a 54 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 61.9 54 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.0 99.5 22 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 9.3 91.2 = 59 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 41.9 45.1 52 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 7.0 43.8 = 96 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.4 = 27 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.2 = 41 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.7 = 54 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 = 60 United States
0-100 (best) - 35.9 72 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) n/a n/a n/a Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.3 = 27 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.54 13.3 55 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.1 = 42 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 63.3 61.7 117 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 1.81 19.0 56 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 3.4 = 109 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 107 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 = 42 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 577.27 68.4 66 Multiple (7)
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Bangladesh 103rd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 102nd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
163.2
1,601.7
6.1
0.54
4.4
0.9
0.8
4.0
0.7
32.4
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Bangladesh 103rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 46.5 108 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.5 97 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 2.5 93.2 = 66 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 85.9 85.9 126 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 113 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 43.4 43.4 119 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 65.4 65.4 = 42 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.0 93 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.4 84 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 48.6 51.4 119 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.6 69 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.4 93 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.80 80.3 50 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 71 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 28.0 28.0 120 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 89 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.2 119 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 4.5 15.0 = 135 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.0 124 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 = 45 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 81 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 53.4 109 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 34.3 34.3 = 121 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.2 111 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 19.2 48.0 = 40 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.3 68 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 48,504.1 51.4 63 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 109 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 10.8 10.8 81 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.5 40.9 93 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 75.0 75.0 108 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 11.0 92.7 71 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 41.0 60.2 126 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.0 106 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 39.8 102 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 88.1 73.4 110 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 30.0 n/a 112 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 4.4 8.9 90 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 2.4 n/a 44 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 18.2 18.2 122 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 72.6 88 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 5.7 95.3 105 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 49.9 49.9 80 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 71.2 96 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 62.8 71.2 95 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 44.0 116 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 5.2 34.7 = 119 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.2 126 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.5 122 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.1 121 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.9 120 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.4 105 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 11.7 65.0 = 105 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.9 107 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 33.9 40.2 114 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 47.8 123 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 86 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.2 115 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 110 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.1 36 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 13.21 11.9 128 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.5 92.0 33 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.3 32.5 115 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 44.2 55.8 = 85 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 50.9 115 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 31.0 43.8 = 125 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.6 50 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.7 87 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.2 81 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.8 107 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 62.9 62.9 92 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.8 67 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.9 87 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 90 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 78 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.26 7.9 128 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 0.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 51.8 103 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 44.5 46.8 79 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 82 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.3 98 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 25.0 25.0 = 69 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.7 12.3 = 104 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.6 124 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 8.4 84.0 = 92 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -1.7 100.0 = 53 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 10.8 85.3 = 116 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 66.5 36 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 626 n/a 32 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 23.7 n/a 120 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 50.0 120 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 22.3 88.9 107 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 19.5 80.9 = 101 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 28.3 30.5 93 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 4.0 25.0 = 128 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.7 82 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 113 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 97 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.8 108 United States
0-100 (best) - 30.6 102 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.1 50.9 99 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 63 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.03 0.8 105 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.7 125 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 158.3 75.1 63 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.04 0.7 106 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.4 13.3 = 72 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 3.5 58 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.1 77 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 55.15 43.3 111 Multiple (7)
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Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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21st
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21st
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13th
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40th
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1st
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28th

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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
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system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
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70
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66
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80
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78
69
74 73
Belgium 21st/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 19th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
11.4
43,582.2
0.9
0.42
7.1
2.6
6.7
5.1
0.7
27.7
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Belgium 21st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 69.8 21 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.4 19 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.9 95.1 = 60 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 98.0 98.0 104 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.0 30 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 57.7 57.7 25 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 61.5 61.5 = 49 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.7 79.0 16 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.2 27 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 13.2 86.8 7 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.0 92 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.2 41 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.76 75.8 58 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.2 62 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 75.0 75.0 16 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.6 19 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.5 7 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 22.5 75.0 = 31 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.6 15 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 = 23 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 81 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 86.5 13 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 86.6 86.6 = 19 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.4 52 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 118.0 100.0 = 2 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.5 41 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 97,023.4 62.0 42 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.7 17 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 83.1 83.1 9 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.0 10 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 4.2 99.8 11 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.6 100.0 = 12 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.8 95.9 9 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 66.1 40 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 104.7 87.2 93 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 75.1 n/a 59 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 38.3 76.6 11 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.1 n/a 87 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 86.5 86.5 22 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 2.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 94.1 28 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 70.1 94.1 27 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 79.5 16 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 11.9 79.5 = 30 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.6 18 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.8 15 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.5 15 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.8 35 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.1 30 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 19.8 100.0 = 2 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.3 39 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 11.2 96.9 = 16 Multiple (6)
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Belgium 21st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 64.3 22 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.4 46 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.7 10 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.9 26 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.4 69 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 12 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.7 66.6 14 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 22.5 77.5 = 45 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 64.4 37 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 19.7 67.4 = 86 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.5 115 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.5 47 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.5 106 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.2 25 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 94.8 94.8 9 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.1 23 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.0 107 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.4 14 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.8 45 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.91 88.9 24 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 46.2 46.9 138 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 78.4 24 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 61.4 64.7 53 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.4 27 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 27 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 81.1 81.1 25 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 6.2 100.0 = 16 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.3 52 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 3.4 94.1 55 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 6.1 89.2 120 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 18.3 100.0 = 38 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 68.9 33 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 481 n/a 36 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 105.0 n/a 6 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 73.8 18 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 5.6 97.2 62 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 4.0 96.5 = 12 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 84.6 91.1 13 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.5 71.9 = 38 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.1 85 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.7 13 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.2 32 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.0 26 United States
0-100 (best) - 73.4 17 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.7 43 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 17 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 24.76 99.7 8 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.3 17 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 674.7 96.5 13 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 113.10 87.0 17 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 2.5 81.9 12 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.09 24.5 24 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 20 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 7,687.03 96.3 15 Multiple (7)
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Score
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10
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Human
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market
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Benin 123rd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 122nd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
11.1
830.4
4.1
0.02
2.5
2.8
1.4
0.7
47.8
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Benin 123rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 45.1 114 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 93 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 6.2 80.7 = 97 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.1 54 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 39.1 39.1 130 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 19.2 19.2 = 132 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.9 98 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 68 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 30.2 69.8 68 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.5 75 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 57 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.37 37.1 119 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 79 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 39.0 39.0 73 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 100 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 98 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 6.5 21.7 128 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.2 116 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.3 43.0 = 112 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.7 37.0 = 112 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 41.0 126 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 74.3 74.3 = 48 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.0 116 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 6.6 16.5 = 62 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.5 8.8 131 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 864.6 12.7 132 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 116 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 18.4 18.4 65 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.0 34.0 107 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 31.9 31.9 128 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 18.9 84.4 112 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 41.7 59.5 128 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.8 120 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 20.0 133 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 78.5 65.4 122 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 12.0 n/a 134 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.3 0.5 122 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 12.0 12.0 132 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 71.6 94 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change -0.3 97.7 97 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 45.6 45.6 107 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 49.8 121 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 55.9 49.8 120 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 42.5 119 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 3.4 22.7 = 130 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.3 128 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.4 52 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 78 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.8 117 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.7 25 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.8 71.1 = 86 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.9 63 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 45.0 12.4 = 129 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 54.0 86 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 64 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 57 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 109 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.9 100 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.14 32.4 104 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.7 10 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 39.1 83 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 69.8 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 50.6 118 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 11.6 84.1 = 41 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.6 35 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.3 53 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.0 23 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 1.9 15.8 130 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 62.9 62.9 92 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 20 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.9 3 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 111 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.2 130 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.29 11.6 122 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 26.4 74.4 = 115 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 43.8 132 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 21.4 22.6 114 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.6 124 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 1.8 13.4 136 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 4.3 4.3 = 105 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.7 12.3 = 105 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.0 111 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 20.3 60.0 = 129 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -2.1 100.0 = 52 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 34.9 125 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 23 n/a 123 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 42.0 n/a 73 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 52.7 105 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 3.6 98.2 52 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 8.5 92.0 = 51 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 22.9 24.7 107 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.0 56.3 = 71 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.5 129 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.5 124 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.3 121 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.4 125 United States
0-100 (best) - 26.7 126 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 83 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.4 124 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.8 100 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 76.0 64.3 111 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.03 0.6 109 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 4.2 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 103 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.0 16.3 139 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 173.75 55.5 96 Multiple (7)
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Overview 2018
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Rank /140
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Human
Capital Markets
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Ecosystem
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105th
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129th
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102nd
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Innovation
capability
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Bolivia 105th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: n/a
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
11.1
3,353.2
4.8
0.07
3.2
2.7
3.1
3.8
0.8
44.6
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Bolivia 105th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 41.2 129 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.3 62 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 6.3 80.3 98 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.1 134 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 50.0 50.0 72 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 73.1 73.1 = 27 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 1.1 2.4 140 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 1.5 8.7 139 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 32.5 67.6 90 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.3 137 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.1 17.7 138 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.58 57.9 93 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.3 20.9 134 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 33.0 33.0 = 96 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.8 138 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 2.3 22.3 138 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 7.0 23.3 = 122 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.1 76 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.0 40.0 = 121 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.0 40.0 = 106 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 56.2 102 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 39.8 39.8 = 114 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.2 98 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 2.6 6.5 = 81 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.9 103 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 8,226.7 30.0 105 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.6 118 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 1.9 15.6 135 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 91.5 91.5 96 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 9.6 94.2 58 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 8.6 93.3 55 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.4 98 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 45.7 87 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 99.2 82.7 102 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 76.5 n/a 57 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 3.2 6.5 95 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.4 n/a 71 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 39.7 39.7 94 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 73.1 84 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 3.2 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 46.1 46.1 104 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 75.0 87 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 64.0 75.0 86 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 56.6 93 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.6 57.3 = 84 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.2 130 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 103 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 105 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.9 122 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.8 115 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 13.8 76.7 = 72 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.5 126 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 18.4 79.1 68 Multiple (6)
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Bolivia 105th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 48.5 119 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 2.0 17.3 139 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 92 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.1 98 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 122 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 9.66 35.6 97 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.0 84.1 64 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.3 33.0 113 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 13.8 86.2 = 13 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 47.5 126 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary N/Appl. 0.0 138 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.2 139 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.3 130 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.6 125 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 1.8 13.8 134 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 71.1 71.1 60 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 105 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.4 7 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.7 127 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.7 132 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.76 69.7 62 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 18.8 85.0 = 86 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 54.8 85 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 57.5 60.6 58 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 57 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.2 123 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 20.6 20.6 76 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.1 18.6 = 94 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.5 60 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.6 97.8 21 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 13.7 69.2 136 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 12.6 90.2 = 114 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 46.2 87 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 76 n/a 85 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 33.0 n/a 95 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 45.0 130 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 54.0 73.0 130 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 45.0 55.3 = 128 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 40.9 44.0 55 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 6.5 40.6 = 108 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 99 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.6 123 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.3 133 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.1 139 United States
0-100 (best) - 26.9 122 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 114 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.1 128 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.2 136 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 105.3 69.1 93 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.06 1.1 102 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.2 5.2 = 95 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.2 131 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 265.62 60.1 87 Multiple (7)
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Overview 2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
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Human
Capital Markets
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111th
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89th
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adoption
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economic
stability
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market
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market
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 91st/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 90th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
3.5
5,149.0
1.8
0.04
25.6
2.2
3.3
0.7
32.7
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 91st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 45.6 111 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 103 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.3 97.4 42 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 64 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 109 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) n/a 53.0 n/a Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 77 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.5 124 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 1.8 13.8 137 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 27.4 72.6 50 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.8 135 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.6 134 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.43 43.3 109 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.7 137 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 38.0 38.0 77 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.9 130 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.3 135 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 12.5 41.7 = 89 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.4 129 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.7 47.0 = 106 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 = 24 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 60.7 89 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 49.2 49.2 = 93 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.2 117 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 19.9 49.7 = 39 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.6 113 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 8,944.1 30.9 98 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.7 122 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.0 16.2 134 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 10.3 93.4 66 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 7.8 94.1 49 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.1 96 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 45.8 86 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 98.1 81.7 103 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 43.4 n/a 104 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 18.9 37.8 50 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 96 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 60.3 60.3 66 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 74.4 73 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.1 98.8 80 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 64 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 85.3 52 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.3 85.3 51 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 57.5 87 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 9.0 60.0 = 74 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.8 133 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.7 129 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.0 133 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 88 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.1 130 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 14.2 78.9 = 68 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.5 130 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 17.3 81.8 58 Multiple (6)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 91st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 51.6 106 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 122 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.2 113 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.5 117 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.9 64 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 5.18 65.4 70 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 97 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 40.8 69 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 81.8 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 51.2 112 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 9.2 89.1 = 25 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.0 34.2 123 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.5 127 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.7 34 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.0 102 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 72.2 72.2 58 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 132 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.8 82 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.4 131 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 129 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.47 33.1 104 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 13.5 92.4 = 56 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 55.1 83 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 53.8 56.7 67 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.3 126 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.1 117 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 23.8 23.8 70 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.8 30.8 = 66 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.2 97 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 11.8 77.2 111 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -5.4 100.0 = 36 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.3 98.7 = 67 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 41.8 99 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 41 n/a 99 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 60.1 n/a 35 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 52.7 106 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 7.7 96.2 74 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 65.0 35.2 = 134 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 37.9 40.8 66 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 15.0 93.8 = 1 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 103 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.9 128 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.1 128 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.6 112 United States
0-100 (best) - 28.2 114 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.0 115 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.4 105 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.22 6.2 71 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.5 131 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 73.7 63.9 112 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.50 7.5 73 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.2 7.3 91 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.8 85 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.7 132 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 208.12 57.5 91 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
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40
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80
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100
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Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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90th
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62nd
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108th
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98th
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1st
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115th
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adoption
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economic
stability
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market
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market
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system
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size
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dynamism
Innovation
capability
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Botswana 90th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 85th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
2.2
7,877.0
3.6
0.03
17.4
2.8
2.5
0.7
60.5
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Botswana 90th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 54.7 62 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.3 61 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 15.0 50.7 = 126 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 57 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 47.8 47.8 94 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 34.6 34.6 = 116 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.5 52 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 43 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 25.3 74.7 42 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 66 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.8 34 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.20 19.7 130 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 38 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 61.0 61.0 31 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.0 36 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 67 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 10.0 33.3 = 102 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.3 72 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 54 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 76 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 53.9 108 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 91.0 91.0 = 13 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.0 84 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 1.5 3.8 = 91 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.7 59 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 1,455.5 15.8 127 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.1 106 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.0 34.0 106 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 54.8 54.8 117 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 12.1 91.6 80 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 27.3 74.2 102 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 104 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 42.0 98 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 141.4 100.0 = 24 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 66.9 n/a 72 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 2.1 4.3 105 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.1 n/a 90 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 39.4 39.4 95 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 3.1 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 51.9 115 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 56.6 51.9 114 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 56.7 92 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.9 59.1 = 76 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 67 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.2 84 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.4 119 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.5 100 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.5 92 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.6 70.0 = 91 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.2 35.9 88 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 22.6 68.5 = 84 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 53.1 95 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.9 40 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.2 122 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.4 105 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 79 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 6.44 57.1 80 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.3 90 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.0 51.2 = 38 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 38.3 61.7 = 77 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 60.5 57 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 20.6 65.5 = 90 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.9 67 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 80 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.1 86 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.3 89 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 70.1 70.1 71 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.6 134 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.9 97 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 47 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.8 100 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.79 73.8 55 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 0.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 59.5 69 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 32.2 33.9 98 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.2 88 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.5 101 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 25.0 25.0 68 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 3.0 50.1 = 40 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.3 70 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 4.9 91.2 70 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -2.2 100.0 = 51 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 19.4 100.0 = 26 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 38.6 111 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 35 n/a 106 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 33.8 n/a 90 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 53.0 103 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.7 99.7 15 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 48.0 52.3 = 130 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 65.5 70.5 31 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 4.0 25.0 = 128 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 102 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.5 62 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 115 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.8 109 United States
0-100 (best) - 30.6 101 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.4 63 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.5 118 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.02 0.6 109 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.4 107 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 90.7 66.9 100 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.02 0.4 115 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.5 18.1 = 62 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 107 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.4 104 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 224.99 58.3 88 Multiple (7)
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Brazil 72nd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 69th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
207.7
9,894.9
1.5
2.55
13.3
3.0
3.1
3.9
0.7
51.3
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Brazil 72nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 49.7 93 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 124 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 29.5 1.6 133 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.8 99.8 74 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 111 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 53.6 53.6 51 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 79 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.5 113 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 31.2 68.8 83 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 1.6 9.9 140 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.5 124 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.97 97.2 12 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.9 129 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 37.0 37.0 80 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.7 92 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.4 77 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 13.8 46.0 = 82 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.5 65 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 = 24 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 64.3 81 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 63.7 63.7 = 74 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.8 112 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 3.5 8.8 = 79 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.7 97 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 437,475.0 89.7 17 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.3 73 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 35.6 35.6 47 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.3 105 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.6 99.6 73 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 15.1 88.4 96 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 9.0 92.9 57 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.8 78 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 55.6 66 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 113.0 94.2 80 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 90.2 n/a 36 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 13.7 27.4 63 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.8 n/a 63 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 60.9 60.9 65 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 64.6 122 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 6.1 94.2 110 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 34.9 34.9 131 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 79.6 73 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 65.5 79.6 72 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 56.0 94 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 7.4 49.6 = 100 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 75 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 121 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 124 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.1 125 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.6 127 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.4 85.5 = 45 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.7 125 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 21.5 71.2 = 79 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 48.9 117 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.9 132 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.4 56 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.1 95 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 136 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 12.45 17.0 125 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.6 93.7 21 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 35.2 103 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 22.5 77.5 = 45 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 51.0 114 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 15.4 76.2 = 66 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.8 138 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.6 117 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.9 124 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.6 105 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 66.0 66.0 88 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.6 122 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.2 138 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 58 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.5 113 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.82 77.3 49 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 40.2 55.3 = 137 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 63.2 57 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 65.0 68.4 49 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 110 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.3 103 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 34.6 34.6 54 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.9 31.9 = 60 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.8 22 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 3.9 93.1 61 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -6.8 100.0 = 28 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.4 98.8 = 64 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 80.9 10 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 2,951 n/a 8 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 10.9 n/a 139 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 52.4 108 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 5.0 97.5 58 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 79.5 20.6 = 137 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 12.7 13.7 126 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 13.0 81.3 = 17 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 56 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 61 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.5 60 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 44 United States
0-100 (best) - 47.8 40 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 60 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.7 52 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.30 8.2 61 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.2 62 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 470.3 91.2 23 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 1.94 19.8 54 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.2 38.9 = 33 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.23 57.3 14 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.9 68 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 699.00 70.5 56 Multiple (7)
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Rank /140
Score
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Human
Capital Markets
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Ecosystem
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62nd

45th
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54th

17th
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
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
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
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market
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market
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size
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capability
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Brunei Darussalam 62nd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 64th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
0.4
29,711.9
-0.4
0.03
7.1
2.0
5.6 0.7
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Brunei Darussalam 62nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 58.3 45 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.4 6 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.5 100.0 = 8 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.5 43 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) n/a n/a n/a Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 7.7 7.7 = 135 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.7 64 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.4 131 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 51.5 48.5 126 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.1 85 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 58 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.61 60.7 92 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 42 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 62.0 62.0 29 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 73 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.4 57 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 18.0 60.0 52 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 82 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 45 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 71.3 54 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 78.1 78.1 = 36 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.5 32 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.0 56 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 11,871.6 33.8 91 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 66 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 6.6 6.6 102 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 67 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 6.4 97.5 34 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 2.4 99.6 28 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.2 48 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 76.2 17 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 127.1 100.0 = 45 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 126.6 n/a 11 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 9.6 19.2 75 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 6.2 n/a 30 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 90.0 90.0 13 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 73.7 81 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change -0.4 97.4 98 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 64 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 85.9 50 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.5 85.9 49 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 66.0 58 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.8 58.5 = 78 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.0 61 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.0 54 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.6 49 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.0 46 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 108 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 14.5 80.4 64 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.4 52 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 10.2 99.5 9 Multiple (6)
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Brunei Darussalam 62nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 60.9 44 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.5 28 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.3 107 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 115 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.2 82 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 0.37 97.6 3 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.4 90.0 40 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 40.6 72 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 74.5 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 64.2 38 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 3.0 100.0 = 5 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 71 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.8 33 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.3 20 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.2 50 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 62.0 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.4 135 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 90 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.4 79 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 77 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.79 73.4 56 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 7.9 100.0 = 25 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 51.2 107 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 39.6 41.7 85 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 71 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.1 82 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.7 10.9 = 112 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.0 65.9 69 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 4.6 91.7 69 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 11.1 76.1 134 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 21.2 100.0 = 18 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 37.0 115 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 31 n/a 113 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 32.1 n/a 101 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 58.5 68 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.1 99.5 26 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 12.5 87.9 77 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 47.2 50.8 44 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.5 59.4 = 66 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.9 105 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.1 54 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.9 132 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.8 115 United States
0-100 (best) - 33.9 79 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.7 60.9 51 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.5 93 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.70 16.3 52 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.9 98 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 58.7 60.6 121 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.70 9.8 71 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 13.5 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 99 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.9 108 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 482.01 66.5 70 Multiple (7)
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Overview 2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
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40
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80
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Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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51st

70th

58th

30th

52nd

70th

60th

62nd
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
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
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dynamism
Innovation
capability
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58
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44
Bulgaria 51st/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 51st/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
7.1
8,064.0
1.9
0.12
6.2
3.1
3.2
4.4
0.8
37.4
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Bulgaria 51st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 53.6 70 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 116 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.1 97.8 37 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 50 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.2 99 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 46.1 46.1 102 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 53.8 53.8 = 67 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.5 95 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.9 83 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 35.2 64.8 91 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.1 72 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.0 34.1 99 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.87 87.1 34 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.3 88 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 43.0 43.0 61 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 118 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.3 118 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 19.0 63.3 = 50 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.2 66 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.3 73.0 = 15 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 69.9 58 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 65.5 65.5 = 69 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.0 90 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 36.3 90.7 = 22 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.6 64 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 40,732.7 49.0 70 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.1 75 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 9.1 9.1 88 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.9 63 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 9.8 94.0 61 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 7.0 94.9 46 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.7 58 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 69.6 30 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 120.4 100.0 = 68 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 91.6 n/a 34 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 24.9 49.8 40 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 12.0 n/a 15 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 59.8 59.8 68 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 89.2 52 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change -0.1 98.4 90 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 80.0 80.0 = 43 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 80.0 70 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 65.6 80.0 69 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 64.7 60 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 11.0 73.3 = 40 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.1 118 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.1 99 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.8 101 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 66 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.1 122 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 14.8 82.3 58 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.0 80 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 17.6 81.0 63 Multiple (6)
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Bulgaria 51st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 56.7 62 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.1 107 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.0 71 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.5 50 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.6 89 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 24 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.9 48.4 43 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 15.5 84.5 = 17 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 62.0 50 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 8.6 90.4 = 18 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 69 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 118 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.2 44 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.6 65 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 79.4 79.4 39 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.4 100 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.3 50 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 112 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 81 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.88 84.5 36 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 20.2 83.1 = 93 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 58.2 71 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 55.9 58.9 62 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 77 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.1 50 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 14.4 14.4 = 86 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.1 34.4 = 57 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.1 88 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 13.2 74.4 114 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -17.0 100.0 = 9 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 20.4 100.0 = 22 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 54.6 64 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 139 n/a 71 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 69.0 n/a 24 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 60.3 61 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.2 99.4 31 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 23.0 77.4 = 107 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 36.0 38.8 72 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 13.0 81.3 = 17 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.4 92 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 99 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 71 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 61 United States
0-100 (best) - 43.9 48 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.4 87 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 64 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 1.11 22.9 43 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 68 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 209.0 79.2 51 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 4.54 31.4 45 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.0 31.9 41 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 2.6 62 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.1 76 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 3,786.14 88.6 26 Multiple (7)
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Burkina Faso 124th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: n/a
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
18.9
663.8
5.5
0.03
6.3
3.2
1.3
0.7
35.3
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Burkina Faso 124th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 50.6 86 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 123 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.4 100.0 = 4 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 96.2 96.2 113 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.8 62 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 48.8 48.8 83 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 42.3 42.3 = 103 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 81 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.1 73 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 23.3 76.7 36 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.8 88 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.2 38 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.62 62.4 84 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.4 69 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 42.0 42.0 = 63 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.8 90 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 70 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 11.5 38.3 = 93 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.2 115 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.3 43.0 = 112 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.7 37.0 = 112 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 37.9 128 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 65.8 65.8 = 67 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.8 125 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 2.3 5.7 = 83 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.1 86 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 1,251.7 14.9 128 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.0 126 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.6 113 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 20.3 20.3 132 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 80.2 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 43.5 57.7 132 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.8 131 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 26.2 124 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 93.5 77.9 105 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 28.8 n/a 113 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.1 0.1 132 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 14.0 14.0 128 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 73.8 80 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.1 98.8 81 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 48.7 48.7 91 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 40.4 129 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 52.9 40.4 128 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 31.7 137 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 1.4 9.2 = 140 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.7 129 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 71 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 87 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.8 126 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 68 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 8.5 47.4 135 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.3 115 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 41.5 21.1 122 Multiple (6)
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Burkina Faso 124th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 52.3 101 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.7 90 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 74 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 111 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.7 97 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.14 32.4 107 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.7 10 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 35.3 102 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 69.4 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 51.6 109 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 10.5 86.5 = 36 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 84 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.2 103 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.1 75 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 1.9 14.7 131 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 76.3 76.3 47 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.2 27 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.4 14 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.6 133 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.6 133 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.49 36.6 98 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 21.4 81.4 = 97 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 47.6 124 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 27.0 28.4 107 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.5 117 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 1.7 11.5 137 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 3.0 3.0 = 109 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.6 10.8 = 113 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 101 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 8.4 84.0 = 93 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 1.8 100.0 96 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 38.3 112 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 33 n/a 111 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 41.1 n/a 75 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 51.6 112 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 42.6 78.7 125 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 13.0 87.4 = 81 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 23.3 25.1 106 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.0 56.3 = 71 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.6 106 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.0 133 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.5 86 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.0 99 United States
0-100 (best) - 24.9 130 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 124 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.3 125 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.9 103 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 93.3 67.3 97 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 129 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.2 6.7 = 92 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 107 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.0 15.9 140 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 58.78 44.0 110 Multiple (7)
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Human
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Burundi 136th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 132nd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
10.9
312.5
2.7
0.01
1.6
0.4
0.6
3.3
0.8
38.6
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Burundi 136th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 36.3 135 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 = 119 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 6.0 81.3 96 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 91.3 91.3 121 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.6 = 125 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 35.2 35.2 132 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 19.2 19.2 = 132 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.3 20.9 = 131 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.0 = 116 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 55.3 44.7 131 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.3 = 98 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.8 = 107 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.31 30.9 124 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.1 = 104 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 22.0 22.0 131 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.8 = 133 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.0 = 128 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 4.5 15.0 = 135 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.4 = 121 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.0 30.0 = 131 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 36.6 132 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 40.2 40.2 = 113 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.7 = 114 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.6 = 114 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 205.6 6.2 136 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.3 = 132 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.2 = 118 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 10.0 10.0 138 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 77.0 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 45.1 56.1 136 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.9 = 118 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 18.4 134 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 54.5 45.4 134 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 17.2 n/a 128 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 0.1 137 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 109 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 5.2 5.2 139 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 56.5 129 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 11.1 80.3 125 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 32.7 32.7 134 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 42.2 127 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 53.5 42.2 126 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 32.9 134 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 1.9 12.9 = 137 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.2 = 125 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.7 = 138 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 = 82 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.7 = 135 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.8 = 107 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 11.7 64.9 = 106 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.6 = 117 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 49.7 0.8 133 Multiple (6)
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Burundi 136th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 45.6 127 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.4 = 99 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.4 = 103 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.6 = 134 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.7 = 137 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 11.68 22.1 120 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.3 87.6 55 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 1.7 17.2 136 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 20.2 79.8 = 37 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 44.5 133 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 15.9 75.2 = 69 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.6 = 117 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 = 98 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.4 74.1 = 30 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.1 = 113 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 0.0 0.0 116 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 = 111 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 = 122 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 = 116 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.0 34.0 = 128 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.28 9.7 127 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 10.2 96.9 = 31 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 42.2 135 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 16.6 17.5 128 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.5 = 125 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.2 = 100 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.5 7.9 = 125 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.1 = 130 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 21.1 58.5 131 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -0.3 100.0 = 71 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 19.2 100.0 = 27 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 22.6 136 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 7 n/a 135 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 31.4 n/a 103 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 48.8 123 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 33.9 83.1 117 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 4.0 96.5 = 12 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 7.7 8.3 131 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 8.5 53.1 = 82 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.4 = 132 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.9 = 106 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.4 = 138 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.8 = 117 United States
0-100 (best) - 23.8 131 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.0 = 126 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.1 = 116 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 = 95 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 36.0 53.5 136 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 129 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 4.0 = 103 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.3 = 137 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. n/a 45.0 n/a Multiple (7)
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126th
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112nd
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74th
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114th
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65th
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128th
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adoption
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economic
stability
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market
Labour
market
Financial
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size
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Cambodia 110th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 109th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
16.0
1,389.6
6.1
0.05
0.2
12.3
1.3 0.7
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Cambodia 110th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 41.9 126 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 101 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.8 95.4 = 59 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 25 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.1 118 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 44.9 44.9 111 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 34.6 34.6 = 116 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.1 121 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.7 100 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 45.9 54.1 116 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.5 61 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.9 101 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.17 17.4 132 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.7 87 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 21.0 21.0 = 134 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.6 93 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.5 123 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 7.5 25.0 = 118 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.4 123 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.3 33.0 = 124 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 51.7 112 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 47.2 47.2 = 100 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.8 100 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 3.5 8.9 = 78 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.2 109 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 57,534.6 53.9 58 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 114 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 8.0 8.0 93 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 86 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 59.7 59.7 115 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 13.7 89.9 88 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 24.1 77.5 = 99 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.2 92 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 44.4 92 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 116.0 96.7 75 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 66.9 n/a 73 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.8 1.6 110 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.2 n/a 80 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 32.4 32.4 99 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 74.4 74 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 3.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 48.8 48.8 89 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 62.9 104 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 60.1 62.9 103 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 41.0 121 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 4.6 30.7 = 125 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 72 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.1 118 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.8 111 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.5 107 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.5 121 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 10.9 60.6 = 114 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 62 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 42.5 18.7 124 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 50.0 114 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.8 111 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 100 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 113 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.1 84 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 9.72 35.2 98 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.6 = 74 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 34.2 109 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 23.7 76.3 = 50 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 59.7 65 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 19.4 68.0 = 85 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.9 45 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 60 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.1 109 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.2 90 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 56.7 56.7 = 112 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 66 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.0 108 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 97 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 55 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.74 66.9 66 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 0.5 100.0 = 7 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 53.6 92 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 62.3 65.6 52 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 70 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.2 73 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.4 0.4 = 115 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.3 5.6 = 129 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 91 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.1 96.7 35 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 9.9 79.3 133 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 21.7 100.0 = 14 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 46.2 88 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 59 n/a 93 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 72.9 n/a 21 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 45.3 128 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 51.3 74.4 129 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 99.0 1.0 = 139 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 14.2 15.3 125 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 13.0 81.3 = 17 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.2 96 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 101 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.5 51 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.3 54 United States
0-100 (best) - 31.2 96 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 93 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 45 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.02 0.7 107 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.1 69 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 87.7 66.4 101 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.02 0.4 113 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 3.9 105 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 47 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 83.05 47.7 107 Multiple (7)
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2018
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Rank /140
Score
0
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Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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121st

125th

125th

131st

76th

132nd

111th

109th
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106th

130th

89th

117th
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109th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
45 43 42
22
74
39
47
51 52
45 46
50
29
Cameroon 121st/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 118th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
24.3
1,400.7
4.1
0.07
4.2
2.1
1.3
3.3
0.7
46.6
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Cameroon 121st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 43.0 125 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.2 110 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 4.2 87.5 = 82 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 79.9 79.9 129 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 86 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 46.0 46.0 103 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 7.7 7.7 = 135 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.0 106 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.9 81 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 40.9 59.1 105 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 65 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 74 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.33 32.6 122 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 74 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 25.0 25.0 129 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 82 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.6 62 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 8.0 26.7 = 113 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 117 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.7 47.0 = 106 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.7 37.0 = 112 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 42.1 125 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 43.3 43.3 = 109 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.1 120 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 2.1 5.1 = 85 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.8 84 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 3,643.4 22.6 121 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.1 125 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 14.2 14.2 73 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.6 102 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 63.3 63.3 112 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 28.4 74.6 122 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 40.8 60.4 125 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.8 123 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 22.0 131 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 81.9 68.3 118 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 10.5 n/a 135 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.2 0.4 128 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 107 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 25.0 25.0 111 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 74.3 76 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.8 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 48.6 48.6 93 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 39.0 132 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 52.5 39.0 131 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 47.4 111 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 6.4 42.7 = 110 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 102 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 72 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.7 77 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 92 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.1 55 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.5 69.5 = 94 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.8 71 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 42.7 18.2 127 Multiple (6)
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Cameroon 121st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 51.1 109 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 60 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.9 73 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.8 96 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 88 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 15.76 0.0 136 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.6 93.2 = 25 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.5 36.5 92 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 26.4 73.6 = 55 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 51.9 106 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 19.9 67.0 = 87 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.8 53 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 107 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.3 59 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.6 25.8 108 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 67.0 67.0 84 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.6 46 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.5 26 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.5 114 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.7 122 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.41 26.7 110 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 18.3 85.7 = 80 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 45.0 130 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 15.0 15.8 131 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.7 116 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.4 24.0 105 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 1.1 1.1 = 113 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.8 14.2 = 102 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.9 105 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 10.7 79.5 108 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 0.6 100.0 = 83 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 9.5 81.5 = 118 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 46.0 89 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 81 n/a 81 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 23.2 n/a 121 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 50.3 117 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 35.8 82.1 119 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 16.5 83.9 = 91 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 16.0 17.2 122 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.0 56.3 = 71 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 94 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.8 119 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.3 122 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.4 105 United States
0-100 (best) - 29.1 109 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.1 122 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 114 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.02 0.5 113 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.2 87 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 108.3 69.5 90 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.02 0.3 118 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 9.8 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 1.7 73 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.0 110 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 216.91 57.9 90 Multiple (7)
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Rank /140
Score
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Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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12th

11th
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25th

34th

1st

12th

11th

20th

6th

11th

15th

13th

13th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
80
75
81
69
100
97
81
65
77
86
77 76 75
Canada 12th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 10th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
36.7
45,077.4
1.6
1.39
6.3
2.7
8.1
5.1
0.8
34.0
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Canada 12th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 75.5 11 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.9 36 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.7 96.0 54 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 98.8 98.8 94 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.2 87.1 7 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 64.0 64.0 6 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 57.7 57.7 = 61 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 6.2 87.0 6 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 25 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 15.3 84.7 18 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.3 53 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.4 24 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.91 91.0 27 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.8 29 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 82.0 82.0 = 8 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.2 8 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.3 18 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 21.5 71.7 = 39 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 6.2 87.1 6 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 8.7 87.0 = 4 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 = 24 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 80.6 25 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 93.4 93.4 = 8 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.2 25 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 5.2 13.1 = 66 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.2 38 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 594,683.5 96.3 12 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.8 30 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 45.4 45.4 33 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.4 24 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 10.9 92.8 69 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.7 100.0 = 16 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.7 95.1 13 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 68.6 34 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 85.9 71.6 114 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 72.5 n/a 63 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 38.0 76.0 12 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 3.7 n/a 41 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 91.2 91.2 10 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.5 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 97.5 12 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 71.2 97.5 11 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 81.0 11 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 13.8 92.0 = 3 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.0 20 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.7 11 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.4 20 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.1 18 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.4 16 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.3 90.6 = 28 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 12 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 17.0 82.5 = 56 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 64.9 20 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.4 44 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.2 25 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.3 44 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 55 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 2.65 82.3 43 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.6 96 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.6 65.1 18 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 21.6 78.4 = 43 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 77.0 6 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 10.0 87.5 = 30 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.1 18 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.0 17 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.7 31 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 22 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 90.7 90.7 14 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 81 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.4 29 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.8 10 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.4 8 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.97 96.0 10 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 12.9 93.2 50 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 86.1 11 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 189.3 100.0 = 4 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 21 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 31 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 116.1 100.0 = 11 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 5.6 92.8 = 19 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 6.5 92.0 2 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 0.6 99.8 4 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 5.1 91.9 117 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 14.3 94.3 = 99 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 76.7 15 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 1,612 n/a 17 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 33.1 n/a 94 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 76.0 13 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.4 99.8 = 9 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 1.5 99.0 = 2 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 87.5 94.2 8 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.0 68.8 = 46 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 31 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.9 10 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.7 60.9 25 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 28 United States
0-100 (best) - 75.0 13 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.7 1 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 23 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 15.93 86.8 14 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.5 24 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 986.3 100.0 = 4 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 108.45 86.3 18 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.6 53.8 = 23 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.34 81.1 10 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 21 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 1,904.45 81.2 39 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
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80
90
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Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
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111th
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79th
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106th
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79th
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107th
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86th

98th
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96th
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84th
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75th
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138th
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131st
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137th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
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system
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size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
50 51
55
48
69
76
53 53
58 57
17
44
21
Cape Verde 111th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 105th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
0.5
3,237.6
2.2
0.00
10.3
6.9
1.6
0.7
47.2
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Cape Verde 111th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 51.5 79 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.7 75 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 11.5 62.8 120 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.1 78 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) n/a n/a n/a Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 53.8 53.8 = 67 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 58 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 80 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 20.4 79.6 26 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 43 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 82 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.43 42.7 111 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 52 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 55.0 55.0 43 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 86 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 86 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 10.0 33.3 = 102 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.9 112 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.0 40.0 = 121 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.3 33.0 = 124 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 54.7 106 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 30.3 30.3 = 124 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.2 76 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.3 101 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 4,882.6 25.1 116 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.3 127 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 16.4 16.4 68 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.5 110 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 96.6 96.6 91 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 96.6 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 22.2 79.4 98 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.5 117 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 48.1 79 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 112.1 93.4 83 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 69.9 n/a 67 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 2.7 5.3 101 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 50.3 50.3 85 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 68.9 107 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change -0.3 97.7 96 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 40.0 40.0 = 113 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 75.6 86 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 64.2 75.6 85 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 53.3 98 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 6.1 40.8 = 113 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.2 110 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.1 73 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 88 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.1 50.9 77 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.5 71 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.0 66.5 101 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.2 53 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 21.5 71.3 78 Multiple (6)
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Cape Verde 111th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 52.8 96 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 55 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.0 88 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.3 114 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.2 112 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 8.49 43.4 94 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.9 = 68 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) n/a 35.0 n/a Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 74.3 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 57.6 84 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 17.4 72.1 = 77 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.6 72 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.0 91 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.9 61 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.0 98 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 79.7 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 33 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.2 95 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 105 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 103 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.67 59.2 78 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 17.6 86.7 = 73 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 57.3 75 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 63.0 66.3 50 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.1 113 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.4 95 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 41.6 41.6 = 45 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.3 21.1 = 87 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.4 106 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 15.5 69.7 = 120 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -5.9 100.0 = 32 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 17.1 138 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 3 n/a 138 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 63.3 n/a 32 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 44.0 131 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 15.4 92.3 95 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 11.0 89.4 = 68 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 0.0 0.0 133 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 0.0 0.0 134 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.1 116 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.5 108 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 106 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 90 United States
0-100 (best) - 21.4 137 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 74 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.2 103 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.2 90 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 21.0 45.8 140 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 129 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 2.4 = 114 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.1 105 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 124 Multiple (7)
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Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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140th

137th

137th
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140th
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91st

136th

139th

138th

139th

139th

120th

138th

136th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
36 35 34
13
72
37
30
38
42
39 37
29
22
Chad 140th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 134th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
12.2
810.2
3.3
0.02
5.9
2.5
1.6
3.0
0.6
43.3
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Chad 140th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 34.6 137 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.4 128 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 9.0 71.0 = 110 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 96.2 96.2 112 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.1 132 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 40.3 40.3 127 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 3.8 3.8 = 138 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.1 19.0 133 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.3 22.3 126 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 38.5 61.6 99 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.9 101 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.5 105 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.15 14.6 135 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.2 124 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 20.0 20.0 = 137 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.0 34.1 132 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.8 130 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 9.0 30.0 = 109 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 2.9 30.9 135 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.0 40.0 = 121 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.7 37.0 = 112 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 34.1 137 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 47.1 47.1 = 101 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.6 135 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.0 16.7 118 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 942.8 13.2 130 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.2 135 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.7 129 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 8.8 8.8 140 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 77.4 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 45.9 55.2 138 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.6 134 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 12.8 140 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 38.6 32.2 = 140 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 9.2 n/a 136 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.1 0.1 133 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 114 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 5.0 5.0 140 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 72.3 91 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change -1.0 95.8 103 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 48.9 48.9 88 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 36.6 136 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 51.7 36.6 135 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 29.9 139 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 2.3 15.3 = 135 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.3 132 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.5 112 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.3 73 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 133 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 89 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 8.0 44.2 = 139 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.2 79 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 56.9 0.0 136 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 38.4 138 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.3 131 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.8 136 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 138 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.6 135 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 15.31 0.0 135 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.6 93.2 = 26 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.2 28.8 124 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 71.1 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 42.0 139 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 13.0 81.3 = 47 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 93 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.7 131 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.5 90 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.8 118 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 71.1 71.1 = 60 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 82 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 76 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.0 139 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.0 131 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.08 0.0 139 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 28.4 71.7 = 120 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 38.7 139 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 8.8 9.3 138 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.0 134 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.8 125 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.1 2.4 = 134 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.1 132 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 20.9 58.8 130 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 2.3 99.1 104 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 36.7 120 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 26 n/a 116 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 50.4 n/a 58 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 28.6 138 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 171.3 14.3 138 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 60.0 40.2 = 132 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 0.0 0.0 133 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.0 56.3 = 71 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.9 138 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.5 137 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.1 139 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.6 135 United States
0-100 (best) - 21.6 136 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.5 135 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.7 129 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.3 129 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 37.0 53.9 135 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 129 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 1.5 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.2 124 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 21.44 33.5 120 Multiple (7)
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Chile 33rd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 34th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
18.4
15,070.4
2.9
0.36
7.0
7.1
4.0
4.4
0.7
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Chile 33rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 63.6 32 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.7 45 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 3.5 90.0 80 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.1 99.1 89 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.3 24 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 51.2 51.2 64 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 65.4 65.4 = 42 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.8 36 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 54 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 22.7 77.3 33 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.3 78 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.3 52 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.82 82.0 45 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 55 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 67.0 67.0 25 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.5 32 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 48 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 15.0 50.0 = 72 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.4 20 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 = 23 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 81 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 75.2 41 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 90.7 90.7 = 14 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.3 24 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 7.3 18.3 = 56 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.4 79 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 74,399.2 57.8 51 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 51 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 41.4 41.4 38 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.3 32 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 4.9 99.0 20 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 3.2 98.7 31 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.7 29 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 61.3 49 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 127.5 100.0 = 43 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 88.2 n/a 38 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 16.9 33.9 55 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.1 n/a 57 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 83.6 83.6 26 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 3.0 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 93.4 30 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 69.9 93.4 29 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 69.6 42 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.6 70.7 = 47 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.6 51 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.2 24 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 38 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 65 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.9 24 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.4 91.1 25 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.9 81 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 18.4 79.1 = 70 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 68.2 13 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.6 15 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.0 89 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.1 14 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.7 10 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 3.19 78.7 47 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 7.0 99.8 2 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.3 56.9 32 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 23.4 76.6 = 48 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 63.2 45 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 27.4 51.3 = 114 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 124 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.3 65 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.9 82.3 7 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.7 82 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 76.3 76.3 47 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.4 18 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 111 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.3 30 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.8 43 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.69 61.1 76 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 5.1 100.0 = 16 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 80.3 20 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 110.1 100.0 = 25 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 41 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.7 36 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 84.6 84.6 21 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 4.0 66.8 = 33 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.9 5 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.8 97.3 31 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -2.6 100.0 = 49 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 13.1 91.6 = 107 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 62.7 46 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 411 n/a 43 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 28.2 n/a 113 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 64.3 46 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 3.0 98.5 49 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 5.5 95.0 = 25 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 40.8 43.9 56 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 12.0 75.0 = 28 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 51 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 43 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.0 65 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.4 82 United States
0-100 (best) - 41.3 53 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.8 104 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.1 81 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.28 7.6 66 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.5 66 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 300.0 84.5 38 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 3.78 28.7 48 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.4 12.8 73 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.05 12.4 36 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.4 38 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 1,631.21 79.6 42 Multiple (7)
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China 28th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 28th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
1,390.1
8,643.1
7.9
18.23
4.7
1.2
3.7
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0.7
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China 28th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 54.6 65 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 = 80 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.6 99.6 15 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 96.4 96.4 111 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.8 = 63 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 41.0 41.0 125 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 77 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.2 = 45 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.5 = 34 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 78.3 21.7 140 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.3 = 18 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.9 = 47 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.90 90.5 29 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.3 = 32 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 41.0 41.0 66 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 = 53 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.3 = 49 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 18.3 61.0 = 51 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.1 = 75 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 95 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.7 47.0 = 90 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 78.1 29 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 88.4 88.4 = 17 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 = 42 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 7.0 17.5 = 58 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 = 25 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 4,925,930.8 100.0 = 2 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 = 63 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 158.8 100.0 = 1 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.6 = 48 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 5.1 98.8 21 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 12.4 89.4 75 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 = 68 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 71.5 26 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 104.6 87.2 94 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 83.6 n/a 45 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 26.9 53.7 36 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 18.0 n/a 7 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 53.2 53.2 82 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 98.3 39 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.8 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 96.6 96.6 39 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 87.0 44 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.9 87.0 43 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 64.1 63 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 7.8 52.0 = 97 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.3 = 35 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 = 40 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.1 = 37 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.0 = 45 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 = 44 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 13.5 75.2 = 77 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.1 = 24 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 16.5 83.6 52 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 57.4 55 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 = 45 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 = 24 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 = 89 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.1 = 57 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 12.19 18.7 124 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.4 89.2 44 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.3 57.1 31 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 36.6 63.4 = 74 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 59.3 69 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 27.4 51.3 = 114 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.7 = 23 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 = 52 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.5 = 98 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.2 = 28 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 59.8 59.8 105 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.0 = 36 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.5 = 72 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 = 46 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.5 = 27 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.84 79.4 46 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 48.1 44.3 139 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 71.9 30 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 149.8 100.0 = 9 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.2 = 31 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 = 10 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 65.6 65.6 30 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.8 47.4 = 43 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.1 = 90 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.7 97.5 29 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 11.8 74.2 135 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 12.7 90.5 = 113 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 21,095 n/a 1 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 19.2 n/a 130 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 64.6 43 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.6 99.7 13 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 22.9 77.5 106 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 36.9 39.7 69 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.5 71.9 = 38 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.4 = 28 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.5 = 50 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.2 = 39 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 = 24 United States
0-100 (best) - 64.4 24 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.2 = 77 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 = 29 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.99 21.1 45 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.3 = 29 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 674.0 96.5 14 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 12.28 47.5 32 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 2.1 68.9 18 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 2.38 100.0 = 2 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.2 = 19 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 1,561.67 79.1 45 Multiple (7)
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49th
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73rd
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
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50
63
47
87
91
60
54
58
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Colombia 60th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 57th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
49.3
6,272.8
3.5
0.56
8.9
4.4
1.9
4.0
0.7
50.8
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Colombia 60th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 50.3 89 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.3 135 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 25.5 15.2 131 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 85.6 85.6 127 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.1 114 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 51.6 51.6 61 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 92.3 92.3 = 4 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.2 112 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.2 115 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 41.0 59.0 106 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.0 123 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.8 121 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.92 92.1 23 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.3 103 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 37.0 37.0 = 80 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.3 94 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 78 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 16.5 55.0 = 64 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.1 57 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 8.0 80.0 = 11 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 63.0 83 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 47.9 47.9 = 97 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.9 102 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 1.5 3.7 = 92 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.8 12.5 125 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 144,423.4 68.7 31 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.4 80 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 45.0 45.0 34 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 72 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 97.8 97.8 89 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 13.5 90.1 87 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 9.7 92.1 64 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.1 70 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 46.7 84 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 126.8 100.0 = 46 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 48.8 n/a 99 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 12.9 25.8 65 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.5 n/a 69 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 58.1 58.1 74 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 87.3 56 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 5.9 94.7 108 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 80.0 80.0 = 43 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 90.9 35 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 69.1 90.9 34 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 59.9 80 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.1 53.8 = 91 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.4 90 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 48 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 53 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.6 86 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.5 59 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 14.6 81.0 62 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 58 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 24.2 64.4 89 Multiple (6)
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Colombia 60th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 54.0 85 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.6 126 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.7 90 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 72 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.1 118 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 7.92 47.2 91 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.6 92.7 29 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 40.3 74 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 18.3 81.7 = 32 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 57.9 80 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 16.7 73.6 = 71 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 109 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.4 55.8 69 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.5 85 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.5 92 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 57.7 57.7 110 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.2 71 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.4 33 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 78 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.5 97 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.74 66.9 67 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 18.6 85.3 = 83 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 63.8 53 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 49.0 51.6 76 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 84 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.4 71 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 35.0 35.0 52 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.4 40.2 = 50 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.3 35 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 3.1 94.7 52 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -5.7 100.0 = 33 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.9 99.9 = 55 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 66.5 37 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 650 n/a 31 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 18.7 n/a 131 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 63.6 49 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 14.0 93.0 91 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 11.0 89.4 = 68 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 66.2 71.3 30 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.0 68.8 = 46 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.7 87 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.6 66 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 95 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.3 85 United States
0-100 (best) - 35.5 73 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.1 84 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 78 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.16 4.6 75 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.5 75 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 222.3 80.1 47 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.81 10.9 69 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.2 8.1 89 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.03 9.1 46 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.2 95 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 443.31 65.6 73 Multiple (7)
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Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
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60
70
80
90
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Human
Capital Markets
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Ecosystem
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135th
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136th
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139th
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126th
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
38 36
33
17
39 41 43
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58
44 43
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19
Congo, Democratic Rep. 135th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 127th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
86.7
478.2
5.9
0.05
3.7
5.7
0.8 42.1
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Congo, Democratic Rep. 135th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 36.0 136 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.0 112 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 13.5 55.8 = 125 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 73.1 73.1 132 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.8 127 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 46.3 46.3 100 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 42.3 42.3 = 103 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.3 22.3 129 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.6 112 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 51.6 48.4 127 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.0 110 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.8 110 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.12 12.4 136 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.1 127 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 21.0 21.0 = 134 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.4 131 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.2 134 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 11.0 36.7 = 96 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.7 134 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 3.7 37.0 = 129 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.7 37.0 = 112 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 33.1 139 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 46.6 46.6 = 102 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.2 137 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 1.6 3.9 = 90 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.0 115 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 1,699.6 16.9 126 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.0 134 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 5.2 5.2 107 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.6 117 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 15.2 15.2 135 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 14.8 88.8 94 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 46.5 54.6 139 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.3 22.5 133 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 17.1 137 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 43.4 36.1 137 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 16.2 n/a 129 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 0.0 = 139 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 6.2 6.2 138 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 39.1 138 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 29.9 28.2 138 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 64 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 41.0 128 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 53.1 41.0 127 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 42.7 117 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 6.8 45.1 = 108 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.7 135 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.8 128 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.0 130 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.6 130 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.5 93 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 9.6 53.4 = 124 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.5 122 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 33.2 42.0 = 112 Multiple (6)
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Congo, Democratic Rep. 135th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 46.3 126 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.6 123 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.2 129 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 131 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.9 119 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.68 28.8 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.7 95.7 = 6 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 34.2 108 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 67.5 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 57.8 81 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 10.3 86.9 = 35 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 64 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 133 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.4 78 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 1.9 14.2 132 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 68.0 68.0 82 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.7 85 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.8 105 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.1 130 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.9 137 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.98 96.9 9 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 12.6 93.6 = 48 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 43.6 133 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 20.4 21.5 121 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.5 135 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.3 20.9 119 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP n/a 6.1 = n/a Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.6 133 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 7.2 86.5 = 87 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 0.4 100.0 = 80 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 42.8 96 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 62 n/a 91 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 16.4 n/a 135 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 40.5 133 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 28.6 85.7 113 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 7.0 93.5 41 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 0.0 0.0 133 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 0.0 0.0 134 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.3 122 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.2 131 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.1 137 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.0 114 United States
0-100 (best) - 18.8 139 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 131 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.2 132 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.4 120 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 51.7 58.7 130 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 129 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 2.7 = 113 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 99 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.3 133 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 124 Multiple (7)
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Overview 2018
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Rank /140
Score
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10
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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55th

44th
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78th
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55th
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85th
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
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system
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size
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dynamism
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capability
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Costa Rica 55th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 54th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
5.0
11,685.2
3.4
0.07
8.1
5.1
2.5
4.3
0.7
48.7
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Costa Rica 55th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 59.1 44 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.2 81 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 11.9 61.3 123 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.1 55 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 55.7 55.7 35 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 53.8 53.8 = 67 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.7 37 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.9 49 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 14.0 86.0 10 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.5 124 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.3 71 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.77 77.0 56 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.1 84 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 59.0 59.0 35 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.7 37 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.0 35 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 17.5 58.3 = 56 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.6 39 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 54 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.7 37.0 112 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 65.1 78 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 42.3 42.3 = 111 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.5 124 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.5 108 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 26,539.3 43.3 77 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 69 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 12.8 12.8 76 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.4 89 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.2 99.2 79 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 10.8 92.9 68 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 6.2 95.7 34 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.7 40 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 59.6 55 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 180.2 100.0 = 3 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 116.6 n/a 15 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 15.2 30.3 57 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.2 n/a 77 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 66.0 66.0 60 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 73.0 85 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.8 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 46.0 46.0 105 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 97.4 13 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 71.2 97.4 12 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 69.1 44 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.6 57.3 = 83 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 38 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.4 20 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.1 24 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.9 28 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 19 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.4 85.4 46 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 55 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 12.0 95.1 24 Multiple (6)
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Costa Rica 55th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 60.4 46 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.4 70 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.9 41 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.1 53 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 109 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 3.67 75.5 52 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.5 91.6 = 35 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 40.7 70 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 29.3 70.7 = 65 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 59.7 64 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 18.7 69.4 = 81 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 74 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.9 23 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.3 79 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.9 99 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 85.6 85.6 25 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 86 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.4 58 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.5 34 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.7 52 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.66 57.7 80 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 32.7 65.7 = 126 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 59.8 68 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 56.8 59.8 60 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 92 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.4 97 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 3.8 3.8 = 107 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.9 31.6 = 62 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.3 34 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.6 97.9 20 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 1.3 100.0 = 91 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.5 99.0 = 62 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 46.2 86 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 76 n/a 84 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 32.8 n/a 96 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 55.9 80 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 8.5 95.8 77 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 22.5 77.9 = 105 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 29.1 31.3 89 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 6.0 37.5 = 110 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.2 73 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.6 33 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 67 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.3 66 United States
0-100 (best) - 40.4 55 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 30 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 53 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.39 10.1 57 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 51 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 156.0 74.9 68 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.95 12.2 67 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.6 19.2 = 60 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 92 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 41 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 1,433.04 78.2 46 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
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Human
Capital Markets
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114th
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118th
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113rd
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104th
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
130th
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90th
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
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market
Labour
market
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system
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size
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dynamism
Innovation
capability
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45
51
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38 37
54 52
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Côte d'Ivoire 114th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: n/a
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
25.0
1,617.0
5.4
0.08
2.6
1.4
1.3
0.6
41.5
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Côte d'Ivoire 114th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 44.5 118 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 109 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 11.6 62.3 = 122 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.5 117 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 44.1 44.1 116 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 46.2 46.2 = 90 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.2 123 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.5 76 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 30.1 69.9 67 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.2 89 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.5 59 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.17 17.4 132 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 65 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 36.0 36.0 87 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 106 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 101 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 11.5 38.3 = 93 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.7 98 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.3 43.0 = 112 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.7 37.0 = 112 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 51.2 113 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 73.6 73.6 = 49 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.5 101 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 2.0 5.0 = 86 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.5 94 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 5,367.2 25.9 114 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.3 71 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 17.8 17.8 67 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 74 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 62.5 62.5 113 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 22.2 81.1 117 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 34.6 66.8 113 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 101 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 38.9 104 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 130.7 100.0 38 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 53.9 n/a 91 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.6 1.2 113 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 100 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 41.2 41.2 93 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 75.0 68 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.8 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 78 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 38.0 133 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 52.2 38.0 132 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 37.3 130 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 3.3 21.8 = 131 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.9 58 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.5 64 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.9 98 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 80 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.6 38 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 9.0 50.2 = 129 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.4 106 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 42.5 18.7 123 Multiple (6)
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Côte d'Ivoire 114th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 53.5 90 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.6 91 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.1 114 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.6 92 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 47 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.14 32.4 109 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.7 10 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.8 44.5 52 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 26.4 73.6 = 55 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 52.1 105 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 13.1 81.1 = 53 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 47 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.6 46 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.9 24 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.0 17.2 129 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 71.1 71.1 60 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.8 34 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.8 45 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.0 83 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.9 120 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.29 11.5 123 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 23.3 78.8 = 102 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 49.0 115 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 21.2 22.3 115 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.2 139 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 1.8 14.0 135 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 20.2 20.2 78 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.3 22.4 = 86 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.0 82 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 10.6 79.6 = 106 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 1.7 100.0 95 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 47.8 83 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 88 n/a 78 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 34.5 n/a 88 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 55.3 88 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 16.5 91.8 99 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 7.0 93.5 = 41 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 36.6 39.4 70 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.0 56.3 = 71 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.3 133 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.7 114 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 101 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.0 99 United States
0-100 (best) - 28.3 113 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.0 89 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.5 126 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.1 123 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 113 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 100.7 68.4 95 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.1 127 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 6.0 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.0 125 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 313.80 61.9 83 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
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60
70
80
90
100
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Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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68th

74th
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36th

53rd

106th

51st

65th

71st

96th
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Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
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52
77
60
69
86
63
56 55
61
50
56
38
Croatia 68th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 66th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
4.2
13,138.3
-0.2
0.08
11.2
2.9
3.6
4.5
0.7
31.1
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Croatia 68th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 52.0 74 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 67 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.0 98.2 33 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 27 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 70 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 44.6 44.6 112 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 53.8 53.8 = 67 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.6 120 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.0 16.8 135 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 28.9 71.1 56 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 1.9 14.2 138 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 1.9 14.4 139 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.77 77.0 56 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.8 133 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 49.0 49.0 = 50 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.5 122 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.8 93 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 22.5 75.0 = 31 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 109 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 8.0 80.0 = 5 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 76.8 36 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 72.3 72.3 = 52 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.9 17 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 46.0 100.0 = 17 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.7 90 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 62,572.6 55.2 56 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 65 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 35.9 35.9 46 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.8 53 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 9.9 93.8 63 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 7.0 94.9 = 44 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.0 84.1 28 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 60.2 53 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 103.0 85.8 98 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 79.7 n/a 54 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 26.2 52.3 37 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.0 n/a 61 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 72.7 72.7 50 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 69.3 106 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.0 98.6 87 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 40.0 40.0 = 113 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 85.7 51 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.4 85.7 50 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 63.4 65 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 11.2 74.7 = 37 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.7 131 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 113 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.1 116 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.5 108 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 124 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.0 83.1 55 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.4 136 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 13.7 90.7 = 39 Multiple (6)
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Croatia 68th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 55.7 71 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.6 105 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.8 120 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.0 71 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.4 19 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.05 93.0 6 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.0 49.5 40 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 84.0 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 54.8 96 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 15.1 76.9 = 64 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 2.6 25.9 135 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.4 139 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 69 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.8 75 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 82.5 82.5 32 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.4 139 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.6 134 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.3 125 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.1 114 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.86 82.0 40 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 19.4 84.2 = 88 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 60.6 62 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 65.3 68.7 47 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.3 105 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.1 110 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 37.5 37.5 49 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.4 40.2 = 49 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 77 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 13.6 73.5 115 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -11.4 100.0 = 16 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 21.2 100.0 = 17 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 49.5 78 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 92 n/a 77 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 53.7 n/a 51 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 55.7 81 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 7.2 96.4 69 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 7.0 93.5 = 41 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 32.7 35.2 81 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 12.0 75.0 = 28 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.1 137 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 122 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.2 123 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.4 128 United States
0-100 (best) - 37.7 63 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.9 133 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.4 130 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 1.15 23.5 42 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.8 134 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 226.0 80.3 46 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 5.01 32.9 44 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.9 28.5 44 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 3.6 57 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.6 117 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 1,593.72 79.3 44 Multiple (7)
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Cyprus 44th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 43rd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
0.9
24,976.2
0.2
0.03
11.0
40.5
3.3
0.7
34.0
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Cyprus 44th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 63.0 37 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.8 46 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.1 97.9 36 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 58 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.6 49 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 55.6 55.6 36 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 46.2 46.2 = 90 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.8 39 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.0 32 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 19.9 80.2 23 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.1 45 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 73 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.82 82.0 45 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.5 60 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 57.0 57.0 38 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.2 41 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.3 41 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 23.0 76.7 = 29 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.3 70 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 = 45 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 = 45 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 74.9 43 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 72.7 72.7 = 50 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.3 23 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.0 16.7 118 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 46,603.1 50.9 66 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.9 42 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 13.0 13.0 75 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 62 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 4.7 99.2 18 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.8 100.0 = 20 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.8 42 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 68.8 33 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 138.5 100.0 = 28 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 106.4 n/a 20 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 34.8 69.6 16 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 110 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 75.9 75.9 42 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 78.9 63 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change -0.3 97.9 95 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 60.0 60.0 = 63 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 94.4 26 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 70.2 94.4 25 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 72.8 33 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 11.9 79.2 = 31 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.7 50 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.4 51 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.3 23 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 31 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 29 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 14.6 80.9 = 63 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 44 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 11.9 95.2 = 23 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 63.3 26 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.2 30 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.2 42 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.2 17 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.5 27 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 16 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.1 51.3 37 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 88.2 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 66.9 28 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 5.7 96.5 = 13 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.1 52 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.3 36 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.3 94 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.8 45 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 86.9 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 78 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.2 83 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 101 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 73 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.94 92.8 15 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 13.4 92.5 = 53 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 53.3 95 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 241.2 100.0 = 1 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 97 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.4 102 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 14.5 14.5 85 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 3.6 59.8 = 36 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.8 126 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 48.7 2.7 138 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -36.6 100.0 = 2 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 15.3 96.5 = 86 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 39.1 110 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 29 n/a 114 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 72.8 n/a 22 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 66.9 34 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 12.4 93.8 86 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 6.0 94.5 = 31 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 73.2 78.8 25 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 12.5 78.1 = 24 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.8 40 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.9 82 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.9 105 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.1 78 United States
0-100 (best) - 44.7 45 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 92 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 70 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 1.11 22.9 44 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.5 40.9 82 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 156.3 74.9 67 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 8.49 41.4 39 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.5 15.2 68 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 2.3 67 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 34 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 23,589.50 100.0 = 3 Multiple (7)
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economic
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70
57
Czech Republic 29th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 29th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
10.6
20,152.4
1.5
0.30
2.9
2.8
5.6
5.1
0.7
25.9
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Czech Republic 29th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 60.5 43 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.5 14 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.6 99.6 14 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.8 99.8 72 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 48 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 50.1 50.1 69 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 77 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.5 43 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.5 96 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 21.9 78.1 31 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.3 116 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.3 84 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.62 61.8 88 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.8 101 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 57.0 57.0 38 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.5 49 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.7 33 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 25.0 83.3 = 19 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.2 34 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 56 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 83.5 18 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 86.3 86.3 = 20 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 68 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 120.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.1 18 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 68,191.9 56.5 54 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.1 38 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 90 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 5.7 98.2 24 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 6.2 95.7 = 35 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.5 91.5 19 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 65.7 42 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 119.0 99.2 72 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 81.9 n/a 49 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 28.8 57.6 29 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 4.9 n/a 36 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 76.5 76.5 39 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.6 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 87.8 41 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 68.1 87.8 40 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 73.7 25 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.8 85.6 = 10 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.8 34 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.3 31 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 41 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.9 27 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.6 125 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.9 93.6 = 19 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.0 66 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 18.9 77.7 = 74 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 60.4 47 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.3 124 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.8 29 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.3 32 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.2 18 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 33 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.3 57.2 30 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 16.6 83.4 = 22 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 63.0 47 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 20.2 66.2 = 88 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.6 107 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.6 37 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.1 14 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.9 18 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 89.7 89.7 18 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.9 126 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.1 137 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.9 23 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.8 34 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.83 79.1 48 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 38.4 57.8 = 134 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 67.5 40 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 50.3 53.0 73 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.5 25 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.5 33 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 19.8 19.8 = 79 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 3.5 57.8 = 37 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.5 14 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 4.6 91.7 68 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -3.3 100.0 = 46 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.7 99.5 = 61 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 64.6 42 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 342 n/a 48 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 86.2 n/a 12 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 70.2 25 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.0 99.5 22 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 9.0 91.5 = 55 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 67.0 72.1 29 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 13.0 81.3 = 17 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 78 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.2 27 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.8 42 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 40 United States
0-100 (best) - 57.3 29 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.4 79 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 47 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 5.67 58.2 22 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.6 39 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 376.7 87.9 32 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 27.55 61.6 28 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.9 65.0 20 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.09 23.0 25 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.6 103 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 3,704.40 88.4 27 Multiple (7)
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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10th

10th
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14th
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8th
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1st
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31st

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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
81
76
86
82
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93
85
67
78
86
60
79
75
Denmark 10th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 11th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
5.8
56,444.1
0.6
0.23
5.7
0.3
7.1
5.8
0.8
28.2
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Denmark 10th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 75.9 10 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.3 55 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.0 98.4 30 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 63 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.1 28 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 64.3 64.3 4 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 65.4 65.4 = 42 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 6.1 85.7 9 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 26 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 14.0 86.0 9 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.8 56 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.2 18 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 1.00 100.0 1 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.2 19 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 88.0 88.0 2 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.9 82.0 13 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.5 20 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 24.5 81.7 = 21 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.3 18 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 86.3 14 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 78.5 78.5 = 35 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.8 16 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 49.6 100.0 = 16 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.5 33 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 125,461.4 66.3 36 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.4 10 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 55.8 55.8 24 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.1 6 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 5.3 98.7 22 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.6 100.0 = 8 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.8 96.5 8 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 82.3 8 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 121.7 100.0 = 64 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 129.0 n/a 10 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 43.2 86.3 3 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 11.0 n/a 18 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 97.0 97.0 5 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.7 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 93.4 31 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 69.9 93.4 30 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 84.9 5 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.4 82.8 = 20 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.3 9 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.2 5 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.1 11 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.4 12 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.3 22 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 19.1 100.0 = 6 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.2 2 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 10.7 98.2 = 12 Multiple (6)
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Denmark 10th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 66.9 15 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.2 26 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.8 8 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.1 58 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.0 23 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 11 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.9 73.0 4 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 21.0 79.0 = 39 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 78.0 5 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 0.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.3 8 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.6 4 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.4 7 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 94.8 94.8 9 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 94 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 113 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.9 82.2 9 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.1 9 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.94 92.9 14 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 3.8 100.0 = 13 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 85.8 12 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 171.3 100.0 = 6 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.9 33 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.8 41 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 132.5 100.0 8 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 9.9 100.0 = 6 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.7 15 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 3.2 94.5 54 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -16.2 100.0 = 11 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 19.0 100.0 = 29 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 59.6 55 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 261 n/a 58 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 47.7 n/a 62 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 79.1 6 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.2 99.9 = 4 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 3.5 97.0 = 8 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 88.1 94.8 7 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 12.0 75.0 = 28 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.7 37 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.9 1 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.7 18 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.1 10 United States
0-100 (best) - 75.4 12 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.3 31 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.9 20 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 23.96 98.7 9 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.8 13 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 633.3 95.6 15 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 206.88 98.1 9 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 3.0 100.0 7 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.06 17.2 30 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.7 31 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 10,203.84 99.3 9 Multiple (7)
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Dominican Republic 82nd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 82nd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
10.2
7,374.8
4.8
0.14
5.5
3.9
1.6
4.2
0.7
45.3
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Dominican Republic 82nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 48.5 99 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 100 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 15.2 50.2 127 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 70 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.3 131 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 54.9 54.9 40 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 73.1 73.1 = 27 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.2 125 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.5 105 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 26.8 73.2 47 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.2 99 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.5 95 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.68 68.0 76 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.3 99 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 29.0 29.0 113 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 81 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.7 80 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 14.5 48.3 = 74 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 81 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.7 47.0 = 90 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 65.3 77 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 64.3 64.3 = 73 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.4 53 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.0 69 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 66,750.6 56.1 55 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 60 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 33.9 33.9 48 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 43 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 97.1 97.1 90 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 12.3 91.3 81 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 32.3 69.1 107 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.4 112 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 47.4 82 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 81.4 67.9 119 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 55.7 n/a 90 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 7.3 14.6 83 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.0 n/a 60 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 63.9 63.9 62 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 74.2 77 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 2.4 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 48.4 48.4 94 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 82.5 63 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 66.4 82.5 62 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 57.0 90 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 7.8 52.2 = 96 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 73 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 87 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.4 100 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 110 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.1 79 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 13.7 76.3 73 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.6 120 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 18.5 78.7 72 Multiple (6)
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Dominican Republic 82nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 54.1 84 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.6 125 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.2 126 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 73 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 105 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 6.22 58.5 79 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.5 92.1 32 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 35.1 104 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 12.3 87.7 = 8 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 61.6 51 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 26.2 53.8 = 110 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.3 108 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 63 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 103 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.1 19.0 120 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 84.5 84.5 28 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.0 60 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.0 17 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 91 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.3 98 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 1.00 100.0 = 3 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 18.6 85.3 = 83 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 58.8 70 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 27.2 28.6 106 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 63 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.1 78 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 45.4 45.4 = 43 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.1 18.2 = 97 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.8 56 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.7 97.5 28 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 4.7 92.9 116 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.3 98.5 = 69 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 53.1 69 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 157 n/a 67 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 28.5 n/a 111 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 54.8 90 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 14.5 92.8 92 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 16.5 83.9 91 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 8.9 9.6 129 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 10.5 65.6 58 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.7 70 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 81 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 85 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.2 97 United States
0-100 (best) - 31.4 94 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 73 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 62 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.06 1.9 92 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.4 108 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 59.7 60.8 119 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.27 4.3 83 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.0 0.3 = 119 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.3 89 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 690.13 70.3 58 Multiple (7)
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Rank /140
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Score
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Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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dynamism
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capability
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Ecuador 86th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 83rd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
16.8
6,098.3
3.3
0.15
3.8
0.8
2.0
0.7
45.0
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Ecuador 86th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 48.4 100 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.1 92 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 5.9 81.9 94 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.8 99.8 76 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 96 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 55.1 55.1 39 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 80.8 80.8 = 18 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 1.9 15.4 135 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.0 16.1 136 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 30.6 69.4 74 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.8 132 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.1 123 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.67 67.4 78 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.6 122 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 32.0 32.0 99 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.5 40.9 127 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.1 107 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 16.5 55.0 = 64 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 51 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.3 43.0 = 112 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 81 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 69.7 59 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 49.5 49.5 = 92 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.0 65.9 31 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.9 102 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 20,166.1 39.9 83 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.4 59 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 30.6 30.6 56 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.9 56 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 98.2 98.2 88 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 12.5 91.2 83 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 7.0 94.9 45 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.0 55 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 45.7 89 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 83.5 69.6 117 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 53.0 n/a 92 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 10.1 20.3 72 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.3 n/a 56 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 54.1 54.1 77 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 73.0 87 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.1 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 45.9 45.9 106 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 88.1 39 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 68.2 88.1 38 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 61.0 75 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.7 57.9 = 80 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.2 111 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.0 62 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 67 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 95 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.4 75 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.8 87.7 = 38 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.3 76 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 25.1 62.2 93 Multiple (6)
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Ecuador 86th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 47.1 125 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.0 135 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.2 117 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.5 93 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.6 138 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.80 28.0 114 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.4 83 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.8 45.0 49 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 6.2 93.8 = 1 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 51.2 113 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 31.8 42.1 = 126 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.7 136 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.0 76 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.5 72 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.7 123 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 61.9 61.9 = 97 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.4 79 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.8 10 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 117 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.8 90 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.50 37.6 95 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 13.7 92.1 = 61 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 55.1 82 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 27.9 29.3 105 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.0 102 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.6 113 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 6.6 6.6 98 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.0 33.8 = 58 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.3 70.9 55 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 4.0 93.0 62 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 1.3 100.0 = 92 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 19.0 100.0 = 28 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 53.7 68 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 175 n/a 62 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 22.7 n/a 123 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 45.2 129 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 21.9 89.1 106 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 48.5 51.8 = 131 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 17.4 18.7 119 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 5.0 31.3 = 121 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 76 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.0 105 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.3 116 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.2 120 United States
0-100 (best) - 32.0 88 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 88 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.5 112 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.05 1.5 94 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.2 110 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 129.7 72.2 80 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.16 2.7 95 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.4 14.7 = 70 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 2.5 64 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.4 113 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 766.29 71.5 52 Multiple (7)
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Human
Capital Markets
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102nd
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56th
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100th
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135th
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99th
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121st
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130th
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99th
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24th
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97th
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adoption
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economic
stability
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market
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market
Financial
system
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size
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dynamism
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capability
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Egypt 94th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 94th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
94.8
2,500.8
3.9
0.95
12.1
2.1
2.0
2.8
0.6
31.8
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Egypt 94th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 48.1 102 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.1 43 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 2.5 93.2 = 67 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 41.6 41.6 135 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.2 51 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 44.4 44.4 113 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 38.5 38.5 = 110 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.4 29 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 48 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 56.7 43.3 132 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.9 87 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 64 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.54 53.9 99 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 57 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 32.0 32.0 99 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.4 51 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.2 124 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 7.0 23.3 = 122 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.1 68 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.7 47.0 = 106 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 45 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 70.5 56 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 71.6 71.6 = 54 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 45 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 5.1 12.9 = 68 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 58 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 101,480.7 62.7 40 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.3 43 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 54.6 54.6 26 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.8 39 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.9 99.9 69 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 11.3 92.4 74 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 10.9 90.9 71 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.6 69 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 40.6 100 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 105.5 88.0 92 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 50.1 n/a 95 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 5.4 10.7 88 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 41.2 41.2 92 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 51.0 135 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 16.9 64.3 135 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 37.7 37.7 127 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 68.9 99 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 62.0 68.9 98 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 52.8 99 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 7.6 50.7 = 98 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.4 105 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.1 136 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.8 136 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.7 70 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 109 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 13.1 72.7 = 83 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.1 123 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 23.1 67.3 86 Multiple (6)
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Egypt 94th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 48.2 121 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 56 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 47 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.2 57 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 81 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 16.26 0.0 137 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.0 88 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 40.0 76 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 52.1 47.9 = 93 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 46.4 130 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 36.8 31.6 = 129 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.4 51 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.4 73 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.5 56 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.9 103 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 56.7 56.7 112 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 103 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 89 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.8 82 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 75 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.24 4.7 130 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 27.3 73.2 118 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 52.3 99 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 28.7 30.2 103 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 89 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.7 74 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 16.5 16.5 83 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.7 11.3 = 110 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.5 32 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 6.0 88.9 78 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 9.8 79.6 132 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 13.6 92.8 = 105 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 72.8 24 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 1,094 n/a 21 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 32.6 n/a 97 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 54.1 97 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 7.4 96.3 71 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 14.5 85.9 = 87 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 25.8 27.8 105 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 8.0 50.0 = 88 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.4 130 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 102 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 53 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.8 116 United States
0-100 (best) - 37.7 64 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.8 25 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.9 39 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.08 2.4 88 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.6 85 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 219.0 79.9 49 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.21 3.5 88 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.7 24.1 50 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.06 15.3 32 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.4 86 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 147.69 53.8 99 Multiple (7)
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Overview 2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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98th

131st

90th

103rd

69th

60th

107th

87th

104th

64th

95th

111th

123rd
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
53
41
60
39
75
83
48
54 52
60
43
52
27
El Salvador 98th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 98th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
6.4
4,399.9
1.4
0.05
4.5
1.6
2.0
4.0
0.7
40.0
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El Salvador 98th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 40.7 131 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 1.6 9.9 140 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 82.8 0.0 140 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.5 137 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 46.0 46.0 104 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 84.6 84.6 = 14 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.3 96 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.9 124 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 27.8 72.2 53 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.0 133 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.2 126 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.65 65.2 79 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.1 17.8 138 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 33.0 33.0 96 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.7 128 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.7 131 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 13.5 45.0 = 83 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.3 71 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 3.3 33.0 = 131 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.3 43.0 = 100 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 59.7 90 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 58.6 58.6 = 79 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.0 66 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.8 13.4 123 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 18,225.8 38.7 84 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.8 90 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 9.6 9.6 84 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.3 104 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 96.3 96.3 92 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 9.8 93.9 62 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 15.8 85.9 = 84 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.0 116 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 39.5 103 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 156.5 100.0 = 12 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 56.1 n/a 89 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 6.9 13.9 86 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.2 n/a 81 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 29.0 29.0 104 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 74.9 69 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.8 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 49.7 49.7 81 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 82.7 60 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 66.5 82.7 59 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 48.3 107 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 7.0 46.7 = 104 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.7 114 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.3 108 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.4 108 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.5 123 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.5 110 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.0 66.9 100 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.3 22.1 135 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 28.3 54.3 100 Multiple (6)
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El Salvador 98th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 54.0 87 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.0 128 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.9 127 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.2 45 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.9 120 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 4.73 68.5 60 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.4 89.9 41 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.3 32.5 114 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 81.1 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 52.2 104 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 22.9 60.7 = 100 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.3 127 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.2 104 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.7 42 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 1.6 10.5 139 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 78.4 78.4 41 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.8 44 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.7 19 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.5 110 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 126 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.51 39.3 93 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 17.2 87.2 = 72 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 60.1 64 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 44.7 47.1 78 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.8 108 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.9 124 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 37.7 37.7 48 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.9 32.0 = 59 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.0 58 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.1 96.8 34 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 2.1 99.6 99 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 17.3 100.0 = 47 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 43.2 95 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 52 n/a 95 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 44.3 n/a 68 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 51.6 111 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 41.4 79.3 = 123 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 16.5 83.9 = 91 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 32.6 35.1 82 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.0 56.3 = 71 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 79 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 112 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.0 130 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.6 136 United States
0-100 (best) - 26.9 123 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 118 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.7 134 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.1 137 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 52.7 59.0 126 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.05 1.0 103 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 4.3 101 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.8 120 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 732.01 71.0 53 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU

32nd

22nd

42nd

14th

1st

54th

18th

21st

21st

46th

97th

29th

33rd
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
71 70
75 77
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78
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69
66
42
69
53
Estonia 32nd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 30th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
1.3
19,840.1
0.5
0.03
5.8
3.2
7.0
4.7
0.7
32.7
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Estonia 32nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 69.5 22 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.9 5 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 3.2 90.9 = 73 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 32 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.0 82.8 17 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 51.9 51.9 58 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 69.2 69.2 = 36 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.4 22 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.7 38 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 14.1 85.9 12 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 30 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.2 39 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.91 91.0 27 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 44 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 71.0 71.0 21 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.2 28 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.4 25 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 27.5 91.7 = 6 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.4 28 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 69 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 75.2 42 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 78.0 78.0 = 37 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 38 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 27.2 67.9 = 30 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 20 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 11,321.0 33.3 92 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.5 67 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 8.4 8.4 90 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.2 9 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 7.3 96.5 46 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 7.5 94.4 = 47 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.3 87.8 25 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 77.4 14 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 145.4 100.0 = 22 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 133.4 n/a 7 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 30.9 61.8 25 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 10.5 n/a 20 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 87.2 87.2 21 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 2.3 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 84.9 54 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.2 84.9 53 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 78.0 18 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.9 86.0 = 9 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 32 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 39 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.2 30 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.6 10 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.5 112 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.1 89.4 = 33 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 20 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 11.5 96.3 = 17 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 64.8 21 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 37 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 43 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.7 79.1 4 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.3 13 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 26 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.3 58.1 28 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 86.6 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 69.3 21 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 12.9 81.4 = 45 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 24 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.6 25 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.0 2 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 13 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 87.6 87.6 23 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.5 40.9 119 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.5 13 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.2 28 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.2 21 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.90 87.2 30 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 38.8 57.2 = 135 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 65.9 46 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 70.0 73.7 41 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.2 32 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 26 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 11.3 11.3 90 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.6 27.3 = 71 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.4 30 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 0.9 99.3 8 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -5.4 100.0 = 35 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 27.9 100.0 = 2 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 42.3 97 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 38 n/a 102 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 81.9 n/a 16 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 69.3 29 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.2 99.4 = 31 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 3.5 97.0 = 8 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 40.6 43.7 58 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 14.0 87.5 = 8 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.6 63 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.2 28 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.5 30 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.3 30 United States
0-100 (best) - 52.5 33 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 130 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 76 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 4.47 52.2 27 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.8 43 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 221.3 80.0 48 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 25.24 60.0 29 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.5 49.8 25 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 2.9 61 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 44 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 8,568.13 97.4 11 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
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Overall
Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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120th
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97th
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94th

125th
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115th

139th

102nd

104th
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86th
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116th
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134th
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adoption
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economic
stability
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market
Labour
market
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system
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size
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capability
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52 52
57
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Eswatini 120th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 116th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
1.2
3,914.8
2.6
0.01
26.4
0.3
2.4
0.7
51.5
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Eswatini 120th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 48.8 97 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.4 32 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 17.3 43.1 = 129 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.0 41 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 49.7 49.7 = 76 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 38.5 38.5 = 110 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.7 71 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.2 72 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 51.5 48.5 125 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.3 54 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 81 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.33 33.2 121 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.2 35.9 106 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 39.0 39.0 73 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.6 72 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 115 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 16.0 53.3 = 67 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.8 46 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.3 43.0 = 112 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.0 40.0 = 106 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 58.8 94 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 68.5 68.5 = 60 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.0 57 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 17.3 43.2 = 43 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 73 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 188.7 5.9 137 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 111 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 94 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 84.0 84.0 104 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 94.3 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 33.5 67.8 110 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.1 88 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 24.9 125 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 74.1 61.7 = 125 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 12.6 n/a 133 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.5 1.0 = 116 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 28.6 28.6 105 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 67.8 115 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 7.2 91.2 115 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 44.4 44.4 110 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 30.1 139 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 49.6 30.1 138 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 52.3 102 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.8 58.7 = 77 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.3 63 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.5 105 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 102 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.5 131 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.4 83 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 11.2 62.2 = 112 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.1 103 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 27.6 56.0 = 99 Multiple (6)
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Eswatini 120th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 51.6 104 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.9 39 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.4 135 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 102 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.8 58 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 6.56 56.3 83 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.2 92 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) n/a 35.0 n/a Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 71.3 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 57.5 86 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 14.6 78.0 = 60 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.7 48 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 110 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.0 118 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.2 112 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 66.0 66.0 88 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.4 110 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.8 44 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.4 52 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.1 80 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.53 41.2 92 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 5.7 100.0 = 21 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 51.9 102 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 21.2 22.3 116 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.5 120 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.4 107 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 = 120 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.2 37.2 = 55 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.1 65 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 9.6 81.6 99 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -1.6 100.0 = 55 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 23.2 100.0 = 8 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 27.0 133 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 10 n/a 133 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 44.3 n/a 67 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 50.7 116 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 16.4 91.8 98 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 30.0 70.4 = 119 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 37.4 40.3 68 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 6.0 37.5 = 110 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.6 121 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.4 51 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.4 131 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.1 130 United States
0-100 (best) - 22.7 134 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.1 71 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.3 107 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.15 4.3 76 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.1 130 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 52.0 58.8 129 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.15 2.6 96 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 6.1 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.9 115 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 124 Multiple (7)
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Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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122nd

116th

120th

138th

113rd

113rd

135th

135th

98th

126th

63rd

125th

127th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
44 45 46
16
68
56
33
41
55
46
55
48
27
Ethiopia 122nd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 120th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
92.7
872.8
9.7
0.16
5.2
3.5
1.1
0.7
39.1
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Ethiopia 122nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 44.9 116 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.3 = 87 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 7.6 76.1 = 106 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 94.9 94.9 116 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.2 = 93 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 44.4 44.4 114 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 30.8 30.8 = 126 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 = 76 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.4 = 62 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 50.2 49.8 123 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 = 44 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 = 66 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.57 57.3 95 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.3 = 72 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 35.0 35.0 91 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.4 = 77 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.4 = 91 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 6.0 20.0 = 132 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 = 110 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 1.7 17.0 = 140 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.0 40.0 = 106 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 45.5 120 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 32.0 32.0 = 123 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.8 = 103 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 0.6 1.5 = 98 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.9 30.8 = 83 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 42,696.8 49.6 69 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.2 = 93 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.4 = 114 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 40.4 40.4 121 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 17.3 86.2 107 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 41.1 60.1 127 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 = 113 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 16.0 138 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 59.7 49.7 130 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 7.1 n/a 138 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.6 1.1 115 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 106 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 15.4 15.4 127 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 68.0 113 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 8.6 87.3 120 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 48.6 48.6 92 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 56.0 113 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 57.9 56.0 112 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 32.6 = 135 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 2.9 19.3 = 132 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 = 101 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.4 = 94 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.9 = 122 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 = 112 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 = 102 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 8.4 46.8 = 136 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 = 61 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 55.1 0.0 135 Multiple (6)
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Ethiopia 122nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 41.0 135 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 = 54 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.4 = 85 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.5 = 140 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 = 127 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 13.73 8.4 129 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.5 91.7 = 34 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 40.0 = 77 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 88.2 11.8 = 98 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 54.6 98 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 19.1 68.5 = 84 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 = 82 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.8 = 120 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.4 = 115 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.8 = 66 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 67.0 67.0 84 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.5 40.9 = 120 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 = 114 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.9 = 109 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.6 = 79 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.58 47.9 87 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 12.4 93.9 = 44 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 46.0 126 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 29.0 30.5 = 102 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 = 76 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.1 = 52 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.5 8.4 = 123 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 = 119 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 25.0 50.5 = 135 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 2.3 99.2 103 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 54.6 63 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 182 n/a 61 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 29.3 n/a 107 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 47.9 125 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 57.8 71.1 131 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 33.0 67.3 121 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 28.7 30.9 90 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 7.0 43.8 = 96 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 = 117 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.9 = 129 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 = 96 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.4 = 58 United States
0-100 (best) - 26.5 127 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.8 = 103 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 = 88 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.01 0.4 114 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 = 73 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 118.3 70.8 85 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.01 0.3 119 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.6 20.2 = 57 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 2.1 69 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.2 = 91 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 124 Multiple (7)
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Finland 11th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 12th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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Finland 11th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 81.0 2 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 6.8 96.7 1 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.4 96.9 47 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.6 99.6 84 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.8 96.8 1 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 61.9 61.9 12 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 73.1 73.1 = 27 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 6.7 95.0 1 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.3 1 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 10.3 89.7 4 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.8 11 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.7 2 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 1.00 100.0 1 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.9 11 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 85.0 85.0 3 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 6.6 92.7 1 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 6.5 91.6 1 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 26.5 88.3 = 11 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 6.6 92.7 1 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 54 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 69 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 82.3 23 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 87.7 87.7 = 18 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.1 22 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 17.5 43.8 = 42 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.0 8 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 82,578.9 59.4 46 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.5 5 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 12.0 12.0 78 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.5 3 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 2.9 100.0 = 5 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.6 100.0 = 4 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.8 97.3 5 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 77.0 16 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 132.3 100.0 = 36 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 153.8 n/a 3 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 30.9 61.9 24 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 9.8 n/a 23 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 87.7 87.7 19 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.6 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 95.4 22 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 70.5 95.4 21 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 87.9 1 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 14.2 94.7 = 1 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.5 10 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.4 6 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.8 4 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.3 3 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.3 3 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 19.3 100.0 = 5 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.8 4 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 13.3 91.7 37 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 66.9 14 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 10 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.6 35 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.9 27 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.4 3 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 8 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.8 70.4 8 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 25.6 74.4 = 53 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 70.9 19 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 10.1 87.3 = 32 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 101 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.3 70.9 16 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 2.4 24.1 138 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.8 12 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 1 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.0 80 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 115 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.7 1 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.6 25 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 1.00 100.0 = 4 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 25.4 75.8 111 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 89.7 3 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 94.5 99.5 30 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.7 3 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.6 4 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 99.8 99.8 14 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 4.8 79.4 = 25 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.5 1 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.4 98.2 16 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -6.2 100.0 = 29 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 18.8 100.0 = 31 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 57.4 61 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 222 n/a 60 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 39.9 n/a 82 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 78.3 8 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.0 99.5 = 22 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 14.0 86.4 = 84 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 88.3 95.0 6 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 14.5 90.6 = 6 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 50 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.5 6 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 17 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.3 17 United States
0-100 (best) - 76.3 10 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.9 54 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 18 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 25.46 100.0 = 6 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.2 8 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 545.7 93.4 19 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 285.97 100.0 = 6 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 2.9 96.8 9 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.07 17.7 29 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.5 9 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 8,220.17 97.0 13 Multiple (7)
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France 17th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 18th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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France 17th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 69.5 23 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.6 41 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.4 97.1 43 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 92.5 92.5 120 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.5 27 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 54.4 54.4 42 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 69.2 69.2 = 36 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.3 70.9 28 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.4 36 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 21.9 78.1 30 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.8 107 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 31 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.97 96.6 13 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 47 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 70.0 70.0 23 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.2 21 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.6 10 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 24.0 80.0 25 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.7 79.0 19 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.7 77.0 10 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 90.1 8 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 93.4 93.4 = 9 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 6.0 82.7 7 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 54.7 100.0 = 15 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.9 14 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 580,887.7 95.8 13 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.0 22 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 72.2 72.2 13 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.3 25 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 7.1 96.7 43 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.7 100.0 = 15 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.8 97.2 7 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 71.1 29 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 106.2 88.5 91 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 87.5 n/a 42 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 43.8 87.5 2 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 3.4 n/a 42 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 79.3 79.3 32 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 99.9 33 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.7 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 99.8 99.8 37 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 99.1 7 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 71.7 99.1 6 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 72.6 34 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 11.3 75.5 = 36 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.4 25 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.2 23 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.7 60.8 35 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.3 63 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.3 28 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.4 91.2 = 24 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.9 48 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 18.2 79.6 = 65 Multiple (6)
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France 17th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
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edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 62.5 31 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.1 25 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.4 55.8 28 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.7 40 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.2 90 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 29 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.6 64.7 19 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 26.4 73.6 = 55 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 61.5 53 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 11.8 83.7 = 42 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.8 130 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 99 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.3 58 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.5 31 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 89.7 89.7 18 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.0 61 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 112 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.1 24 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 68 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.93 91.0 21 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 51.1 40.1 140 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 82.9 17 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 95.7 100.0 = 29 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.7 51 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 30 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 82.2 82.2 24 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 8.5 100.0 = 8 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.8 27 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 3.6 93.7 58 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -3.0 100.0 = 48 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.3 98.6 = 68 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 81.5 9 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 2,583 n/a 10 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 33.5 n/a 92 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 69.4 28 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.7 99.7 = 15 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 3.5 97.0 = 8 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 73.5 79.1 24 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.0 68.8 = 46 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 84 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.2 36 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 44 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.7 45 United States
0-100 (best) - 76.1 11 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 70 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.2 21 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 11.59 77.7 20 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 35 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 985.0 100.0 = 5 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 144.66 91.5 12 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 2.2 74.4 13 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 1.34 100.0 = 3 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.8 37 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 5,542.72 92.7 21 Multiple (7)
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Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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119th
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95th
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110th

114th
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123rd

111th

115th

97th

99th

110th

140th
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126th
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104th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
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49
52
28
64
57
44
53 55
50
16
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30
Gambia, The 119th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 119th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
2.1
480.0
3.5
0.00
9.5
3.1
1.0
0.7
35.9
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 49.3 95 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.9 51 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 9.1 70.8 = 111 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.4 37 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) n/a n/a n/a Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 46.2 46.2 = 90 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.6 57 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 64 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 38.4 61.6 98 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.1 22 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.1 26 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.29 28.7 125 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 37 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 30.0 30.0 109 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.1 69 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.4 96 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 8.5 28.3 = 110 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 64 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.0 40.0 = 121 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.3 33.0 = 124 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 52.1 110 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 66.4 66.4 = 65 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 77 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.8 104 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 293.3 7.5 135 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.1 68 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 7.3 7.3 98 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.6 66 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 47.5 47.5 119 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 85.2 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 34.7 66.6 114 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.0 83 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 28.3 114 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 139.2 100.0 = 27 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 21.2 n/a 124 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.2 0.4 = 126 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 104 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 18.5 18.5 121 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 63.6 123 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 7.6 89.9 117 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 37.3 37.3 128 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 57.1 111 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 58.3 57.1 110 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 44.0 115 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 5.2 34.7 = 119 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 79 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 70 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.1 45 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 91 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.5 46 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 8.9 49.4 = 132 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 33 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 38.7 28.3 120 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 52.6 97 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 51 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.2 52 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.0 70 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.0 93 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 13.88 7.5 130 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.6 = 17 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.1 26.9 128 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 73.4 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 54.5 99 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 52.0 0.0 133 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 63 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.2 41 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.4 49 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 67 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 64.7 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.3 41 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 71 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.4 35 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.8 44 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.38 22.1 115 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 12.7 93.5 = 49 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 49.6 110 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 14.7 15.4 = 133 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.9 103 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.1 109 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.7 11.9 = 106 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.5 64 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 6.5 87.9 81 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -3.1 100.0 = 47 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 16.0 140 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 3 n/a 139 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 50.8 n/a 56 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 47.9 126 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 128.2 35.9 137 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 25.0 75.4 = 111 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 26.8 28.8 102 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 6.5 40.6 = 108 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.3 108 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.4 21 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 70 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 76 United States
0-100 (best) - 30.4 104 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.9 85 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 79 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.09 2.6 86 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.3 122 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 109.0 69.6 89 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.26 4.3 84 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 4.4 = 100 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.5 88 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.0 51 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 70.51 45.9 109 Multiple (7)
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Best
Rank /140
Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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66th

40th
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72nd
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45th
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72nd
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80th

45th
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42nd

31st

88th
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Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
61 61
67 65
74
78
69
61
66
54
41
62
33
Georgia 66th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 67th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
3.7
4,098.6
3.6
0.03
11.6
9.9
1.9
4.0
0.7
36.5
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Georgia 66th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 61.0 40 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.7 24 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.0 98.3 32 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.7 99.7 80 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.7 40 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 41.0 41.0 126 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 73.1 73.1 = 27 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.5 83 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 51 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 27.3 72.7 49 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.8 10 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 86 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.62 62.4 84 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 63 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 56.0 56.0 41 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.5 48 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 90 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 21.5 71.7 = 39 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 83 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 8.0 80.0 11 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 8.3 83.0 3 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 66.7 72 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 64.8 64.8 = 71 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.6 80 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 20.3 50.8 = 37 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 47 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 21,457.2 40.6 81 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.2 81 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 5.3 5.3 106 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 80 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 6.5 97.4 37 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 12.4 89.4 = 74 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.5 59 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 64.8 45 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 146.5 100.0 = 19 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 73.1 n/a 62 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 19.7 39.4 48 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 10.2 n/a 22 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 59.3 59.3 71 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 74.5 72 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 4.1 99.8 77 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 49.2 49.2 85 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 78.2 80 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 65.0 78.2 79 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 68.9 45 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.6 84.0 = 17 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.1 112 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.9 131 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.8 123 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.3 101 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 111 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.0 83.5 52 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 92 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 8.8 100.0 = 2 Multiple (6)
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Georgia 66th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 61.0 42 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.1 27 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.1 80 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.6 90 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.0 25 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 0.92 93.9 5 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.1 101 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 35.6 97 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 11.5 88.5 = 6 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 65.6 31 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 8.6 90.4 = 18 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 21 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.4 90 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.8 41 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.9 30.9 91 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 73.2 73.2 54 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.0 6 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 127 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.2 69 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 85 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.85 81.8 41 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 0.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 54.1 88 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 55.1 58.0 64 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.0 69 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.3 99 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.5 8.4 = 122 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.3 76 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 3.4 94.0 56 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 5.5 90.8 119 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 17.3 100.0 = 48 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 40.9 102 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 36 n/a 105 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 65.2 n/a 30 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 62.1 53 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 2.5 98.8 48 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 2.0 98.5 = 4 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 39.4 42.4 61 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.0 68.8 46 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.4 52 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.4 95 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.0 104 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 59 United States
0-100 (best) - 32.7 85 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 116 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.8 117 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.24 6.6 70 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 91 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 141.7 73.5 74 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.60 8.6 72 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.3 10.7 82 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 1.7 75 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.2 84 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 510.00 67.1 69 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
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Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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3rd

16th
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7th
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31st
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1st
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
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size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
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Germany 3rd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 3rd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
82.7
44,549.7
1.2
3.28
3.8
0.6
5.1
5.3
0.8
31.7
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Germany 3rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 73.5 16 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.8 64 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.2 97.7 38 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 96.8 96.8 110 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.7 38 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 61.1 61.1 17 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 80.8 80.8 = 18 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.7 25 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.5 7 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 14.4 85.6 15 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.9 7 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.7 17 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.92 92.1 23 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.5 13 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 81.0 81.0 = 12 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.6 23 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.5 21 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 22.0 73.3 = 36 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.6 26 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 95 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 90.2 7 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 93.5 93.5 = 6 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.3 19 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 93.4 100.0 = 5 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.3 9 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 887,909.4 100.0 = 7 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.0 16 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 85.9 85.9 8 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.4 16 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 4.3 99.7 13 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.5 100.0 = 2 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.2 32 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 69.3 31 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 129.1 100.0 = 42 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 79.8 n/a 53 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 40.5 80.9 7 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.7 n/a 66 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 89.6 89.6 15 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.0 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 94.5 25 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 70.2 94.5 24 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 85.4 4 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 14.1 93.8 = 2 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.9 11 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.1 7 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.8 7 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.4 16 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.1 7 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 17.0 94.2 = 17 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.7 8 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 12.2 94.4 = 31 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 72.0 7 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.7 8 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.8 4 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.1 8 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.2 17 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 14 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 4.1 77.3 1 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 17.5 82.5 = 26 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 74.1 12 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 21.6 63.4 = 94 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.4 11 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.8 19 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 87 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.1 8 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 94.8 94.8 9 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 5.0 65.8 11 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.4 15 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.7 22 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.1 6 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.90 87.2 29 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 21.4 81.4 97 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 80.2 21 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 78.0 82.1 38 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.9 2 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.8 3 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 48.3 48.3 40 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 5.2 85.9 = 21 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.3 57 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.7 97.6 25 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 2.4 98.9 105 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 18.5 100.0 = 36 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 85.8 5 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 3,799 n/a 5 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 40.4 n/a 79 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 81.6 2 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.9 99.1 = 41 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 10.5 89.9 = 66 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 80.6 86.8 20 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 15.0 93.8 = 1 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.5 6 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.3 12 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.9 4 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.5 4 United States
0-100 (best) - 87.5 1 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.9 16 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.4 2 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 21.26 95.2 11 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.4 4 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 1,083.0 100.0 = 3 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 295.32 100.0 = 5 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 2.9 95.9 10 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.89 100.0 = 4 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.1 5 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 8,457.38 97.3 12 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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106th
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59th
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116th
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88th
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132nd
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112nd
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104th
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61st
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89th
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112nd
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73rd
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87th
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83rd
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
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56
50
46
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51
57 56
50 52
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33
Ghana 106th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 104th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
28.3
1,663.2
7.0
0.11
2.4
7.8
2.0
3.3
0.7
42.4
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Ghana 106th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 55.7 59 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 84 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.7 96.0 = 53 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 40 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.3 66 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 53.8 53.8 49 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 61.5 61.5 = 49 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 44 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 30 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 18.4 81.6 21 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 34 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.5 33 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.63 62.9 82 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 41 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 40.0 40.0 69 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.9 67 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.6 64 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 8.0 26.7 = 113 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.9 90 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 = 45 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.0 40.0 = 106 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 50.3 116 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 58.8 58.8 = 78 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 91 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 4.0 10.0 = 76 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.9 15.7 122 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 10,564.4 32.6 94 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.8 107 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 16.3 16.3 69 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.8 109 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 84.1 84.1 103 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 21.4 81.9 116 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 41.8 59.4 129 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.4 103 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 45.7 88 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 127.5 100.0 = 44 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 83.2 n/a 46 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.2 0.4 125 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 34.7 34.7 96 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 54.8 132 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 14.9 69.7 132 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 40.0 40.0 = 113 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 56.0 112 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 57.9 56.0 111 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 51.3 104 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 6.5 43.3 = 109 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.6 52 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.2 66 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 65 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 76 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.2 40 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 11.6 64.5 108 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.6 69 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 30.6 48.6 109 Multiple (6)
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Ghana 106th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 56.8 61 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.4 52 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.1 50.9 45 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.4 104 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 68 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.10 32.6 101 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.6 16 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.5 36.3 94 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 18.4 81.6 = 33 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 55.9 89 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 49.8 4.6 = 131 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.8 22 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 62 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.3 99 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.0 60 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 76.3 76.3 47 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 40 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.1 40 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.3 37 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 59 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.46 32.3 105 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 14.7 90.7 = 65 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 49.6 112 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 20.0 21.0 122 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 61 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.7 75 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 7.9 7.9 = 96 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.1 19.0 = 92 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.2 99 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 17.3 66.1 125 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 0.3 100.0 = 78 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 18.1 100.0 = 40 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 51.8 73 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 122 n/a 74 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 46.3 n/a 64 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 55.3 87 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 17.5 91.3 102 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 14.0 86.4 = 84 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 22.8 24.5 108 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 4.0 25.0 = 128 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 59 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.8 48 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 40 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.3 36 United States
0-100 (best) - 32.7 83 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.5 46 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.9 43 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.02 0.7 108 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 46 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 122.3 71.3 83 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.02 0.4 114 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.4 12.6 = 75 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 1.3 82 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.1 80 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 39.18 39.7 116 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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57th

87th

38th

57th

83rd

21st

39th

63rd

107th

114th

58th

72nd

44th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
62
50
76
59
74
96
70
57
52
49
59 58
45
Greece 57th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 53rd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
10.8
18,637.3
-2.9
0.24
21.5
1.2
4.3
3.7
0.7
36.0
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Greece 57th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 50.5 87 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.8 69 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.8 99.2 24 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 97.3 97.3 107 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.3 79 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 48.8 48.8 85 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 46.2 46.2 = 90 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 78 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.3 127 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 29.2 70.8 61 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.3 22.4 131 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.6 133 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.88 87.6 33 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.4 135 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 48.0 48.0 52 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 107 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.9 68 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 4.5 15.0 = 135 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 119 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 84 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.3 73.0 = 15 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 76.2 38 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 66.9 66.9 = 63 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.2 36 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 17.0 42.4 = 45 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.0 34.0 77 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 232,147.0 77.2 27 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.8 37 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 50.2 50.1 30 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.8 38 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 8.0 95.9 49 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.7 100.0 = 17 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.6 37 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 58.9 57 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 115.9 96.6 76 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 63.4 n/a 80 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 33.9 67.7 18 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.1 n/a 92 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 69.1 69.1 56 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 73.6 83 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.6 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 47.3 47.3 99 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 95.7 21 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 70.6 95.7 20 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 70.4 39 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.7 71.6 = 44 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.5 99 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.5 111 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.0 46 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.3 72 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 52 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 17.3 95.9 = 15 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.7 119 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 9.6 100.0 = 6 Multiple (6)
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Greece 57th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 56.7 63 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.5 118 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 50 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.6 64 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 24 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 23 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.8 46.0 48 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 18.0 82.0 = 31 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 51.8 107 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 15.9 75.2 = 69 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 97 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.1 105 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.8 110 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.4 87 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 0.0 0.0 116 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 43 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 120 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 84 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 111 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.78 71.9 59 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 28.0 72.2 119 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 49.4 114 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 112.6 100.0 = 23 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.7 137 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.0 16.8 129 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 21.4 21.4 74 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.1 34.6 = 56 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.1 137 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 36.3 27.7 137 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -16.7 100.0 = 10 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 14.7 95.3 = 93 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 59.0 58 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 272 n/a 54 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 34.4 n/a 89 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 58.0 72 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 2.2 98.9 = 45 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 12.5 87.9 77 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 33.6 36.2 80 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 12.0 75.0 = 28 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 90 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 100 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 120 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.1 126 United States
0-100 (best) - 45.0 44 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 123 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.3 127 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 1.30 25.6 39 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.3 123 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 412.7 89.2 30 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 9.72 43.6 36 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.0 31.9 40 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.06 16.2 31 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.5 94 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. n/a 96.8 n/a Multiple (7)
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Guatemala 96th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 91st/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
16.9
4,471.9
3.1
0.11
2.7
2.1
1.8
3.7
0.7
48.3
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Guatemala 96th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 43.5 123 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 2.6 25.9 138 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 27.3 9.3 132 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 39 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.8 126 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 53.1 53.1 54 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 76.9 76.9 = 21 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.8 90 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.0 117 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 36.2 63.8 94 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.5 112 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.7 118 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.62 61.8 88 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.4 123 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 28.0 28.0 = 120 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 88 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 88 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 13.0 43.3 = 87 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.8 35 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 3.3 33.0 = 131 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.0 30.0 = 131 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 58.3 96 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 15.8 15.8 = 131 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.1 128 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.1 1.6 139 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 13,927.0 35.6 89 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 91 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 18.4 18.4 66 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.4 76 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 93.9 93.9 95 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 6.8 97.1 38 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 15.6 86.1 83 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.5 79 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 31.1 112 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 118.2 98.5 73 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 13.9 n/a 132 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 3.1 6.1 = 98 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.1 n/a 89 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 34.5 34.5 97 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 74.4 75 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 4.4 98.8 83 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 77 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 74.6 89 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 63.9 74.6 88 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 52.6 101 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 7.1 47.2 = 103 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.1 49 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.7 43 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 64 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.5 = 109 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 58 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 10.8 59.7 = 116 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.4 112 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 21.7 70.6 80 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 61.1 40 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 63 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.4 65 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.7 29 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.4 74 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 3.61 75.9 51 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.3 = 20 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.2 28.9 123 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 17.7 82.3 = 28 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 51.3 110 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 27.0 52.2 = 111 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.7 62 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.9 30 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.1 51 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.0 125 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 0.0 0.0 116 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 50 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.5 6 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.4 62 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.5 64 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.38 22.9 113 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 14.3 91.3 = 63 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 57.4 74 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 33.9 35.7 93 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 42 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.9 58 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 = 118 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.1 18.6 = 94 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.7 13 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.1 96.9 33 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 0.8 100.0 = 85 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 14.5 94.8 = 94 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 50.8 74 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 126 n/a 72 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 28.5 n/a 110 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 54.6 91 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 22.9 88.6 109 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 26.5 73.9 = 113 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 28.0 30.1 94 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 4.0 25.0 = 128 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.4 12 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 55 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.7 50 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 64 United States
0-100 (best) - 30.7 100 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.1 80 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.9 87 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.01 0.2 120 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 57 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 79.7 65.0 108 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.03 0.5 112 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.0 1.5 = 117 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.1 79 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. n/a 58.7 n/a Multiple (7)
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Score
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126th
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128th
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131st
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adoption
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economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
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37
21
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33
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32
Guinea 126th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 123rd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
13.0
749.5
4.2
0.02
4.5
6.0
1.5
0.7
33.7
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Guinea 126th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 41.6 128 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.4 = 126 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 8.8 71.8 = 109 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 56 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.7 = 139 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 45.0 45.0 110 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 3.8 3.8 = 138 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.0 = 122 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.6 = 90 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 31.9 68.1 85 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.8 = 64 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.7 = 127 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.35 35.4 120 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 = 78 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 27.0 27.0 = 125 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.8 = 58 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 = 71 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 6.5 21.7 128 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.5 = 45 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.3 43.0 = 112 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.7 37.0 = 112 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 37.2 131 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 43.8 43.8 = 108 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.8 = 134 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.0 16.1 = 121 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 775.0 12.1 134 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 = 105 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 10.3 10.3 83 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.3 = 100 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 19.7 19.7 133 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 79.9 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 40.5 60.7 124 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.8 = 132 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 21.0 132 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 87.1 72.6 = 112 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 15.3 n/a 130 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 0.0 = 138 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 9.8 9.8 136 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 68.7 108 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 8.5 87.4 119 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 64 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 40.4 130 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 52.9 40.4 129 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 32.5 = 136 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 2.8 18.7 = 133 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.9 = 8 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.4 = 38 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.5 = 137 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.5 = 138 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.3 = 137 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 9.1 50.6 = 127 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.2 = 137 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 45.6 11.0 = 130 Multiple (6)
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Guinea 126th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 53.1 94 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.0 34.1 = 120 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 = 70 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.5 = 30 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.4 = 130 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.14 32.4 106 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.7 10 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 36.2 95 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 69.7 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 46.5 128 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 10.1 87.4 = 31 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 = 66 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 = 94 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.1 = 22 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.8 = 122 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 63.8 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.1 = 13 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.9 = 1 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.0 = 135 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.3 = 136 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.22 2.1 134 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 28.6 71.4 = 122 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 49.6 111 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 10.0 10.5 137 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 = 68 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.9 = 60 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.0 0.5 = 135 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.7 = 44 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 9.4 81.9 96 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 1.0 100.0 89 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.8 99.6 = 59 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 37.0 116 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 24 n/a 121 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 67.1 n/a 26 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 59.4 65 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 67.5 66.3 134 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 8.0 92.5 = 48 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 20.7 22.3 114 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.0 56.3 = 71 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 = 22 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.4 = 35 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.6 = 34 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.8 = 23 United States
0-100 (best) - 31.8 90 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.7 = 29 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.3 = 48 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.2 = 21 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 52.7 59.0 126 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 129 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 3.3 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.6 = 134 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 195.48 56.8 93 Multiple (7)
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Overview 2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
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Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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138th

138th

140th

129th

125th

122nd

126th

133rd

123rd

134th

129th

140th

138th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
36
33
29
23
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50
39
43
49
43
33
15
20
Haiti 138th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 133rd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
11.0
783.8
1.7
0.02
14.0
2.0
0.7 41.1
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Haiti 138th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 32.9 138 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.1 127 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 10.0 67.7 = 116 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 53 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.6 122 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) n/a n/a n/a Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 46.2 46.2 = 90 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.1 132 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.8 110 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 26.8 73.2 48 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.8 125 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.8 125 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.48 48.3 104 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.8 131 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 22.0 22.0 131 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.7 136 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.0 139 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 3.5 11.7 = 138 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.6 137 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 3.0 30.0 = 137 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 1.0 10.0 = 140 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 28.6 140 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 8.0 8.0 = 132 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.0 17.5 139 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.7 11.5 126 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 8,879.8 30.8 99 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.2 131 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 8.4 8.4 90 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.8 126 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 32.7 32.7 126 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 58.6 43.2 124 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 40.4 60.8 123 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 1.7 11.5 139 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 22.6 129 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 59.1 49.2 132 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 27.1 n/a 114 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.3 0.5 121 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 12.2 12.2 131 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 61.0 125 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 14.1 72.1 129 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 76 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 49.7 122 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 55.9 49.7 121 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 39.0 126 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 5.6 37.3 = 117 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.7 139 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.7 133 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.7 112 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.4 136 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.4 136 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 9.1 50.6 = 128 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.1 19.1 139 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 29.7 50.7 = 103 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 42.8 133 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.9 133 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 1.7 12.1 140 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.4 136 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 125 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 5.86 61.0 75 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.8 = 77 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.0 25.8 129 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 82.5 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 49.4 123 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 10.1 87.3 = 32 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 68 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 135 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.8 88 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 1.8 12.8 135 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 70.1 70.1 71 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 30 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.1 50.8 104 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.8 140 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.3 140 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.58 46.9 88 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 12.4 93.9 = 44 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 42.9 134 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 18.8 19.8 125 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.2 136 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 1.9 14.7 134 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.6 10.1 = 115 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 128 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value n/a 80.1 n/a Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 0.1 100.0 = 77 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 33.3 129 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 18 n/a 128 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 53.6 n/a 52 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 14.9 140 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 200.2 0.0 139 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 97.0 3.0 = 138 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 0.0 0.0 133 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 0.0 0.0 134 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.4 139 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.2 136 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.3 140 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.2 138 United States
0-100 (best) - 20.3 138 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.0 138 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 2.4 24.1 138 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.01 0.2 117 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.9 139 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 56.3 60.0 122 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.01 0.1 122 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 5.1 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.1 17.5 138 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 44.82 41.1 114 Multiple (7)
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Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 103rd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
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Honduras 101st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 44.7 117 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.0 136 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 56.5 0.0 139 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 67 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.1 120 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 51.6 51.6 60 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 69.2 69.2 = 36 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.5 108 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.2 102 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 45.2 54.8 115 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.7 114 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.2 35.9 94 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.54 54.5 98 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.6 80 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 29.0 29.0 113 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 84 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.0 79 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 14.0 46.7 = 78 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.2 30 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.3 33.0 = 124 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 58.0 98 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 45.1 45.1 = 106 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.1 50.9 65 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.3 5.2 135 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 7,900.3 29.6 106 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.6 84 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 16.2 16.2 70 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 57 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 76.2 76.2 107 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 14.2 89.4 92 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 18.6 83.1 90 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 109 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 28.1 115 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 88.9 74.1 108 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 24.5 n/a 120 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 2.5 5.0 103 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 30.0 30.0 102 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 74.2 78 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 3.3 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 48.3 48.3 95 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 75.8 85 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 64.3 75.8 84 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 48.2 108 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 6.3 41.9 = 112 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 57 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 77 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.1 70 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 = 104 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 73 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 10.2 56.8 = 119 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.2 84 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 28.4 54.1 101 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 56.9 59 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.0 93 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.1 81 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.1 88 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.9 101 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 4.19 72.1 54 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.6 93.5 = 23 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.2 31.0 118 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 21.1 78.9 = 42 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 56.4 88 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 30.3 45.1 = 123 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 76 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 43 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 108 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.4 24.0 111 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 59.8 59.8 105 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 31 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.8 5 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.9 72 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 74 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.50 37.5 96 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 3.3 100.0 = 12 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 59.8 67 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 55.2 58.1 63 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 47 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.8 66 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.6 27.1 = 72 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.2 17 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.9 95.1 47 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -1.0 100.0 = 61 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 14.7 95.3 = 92 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 41.9 98 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 42 n/a 98 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 57.6 n/a 41 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 53.9 100 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 41.3 79.4 122 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 13.0 87.4 = 81 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 18.9 20.3 118 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 7.0 43.8 = 96 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.1 34 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.0 64 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 72 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.8 79 United States
0-100 (best) - 31.5 92 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.8 59 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.0 71 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.01 0.4 115 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 72 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 56.0 59.9 123 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.01 0.3 120 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 9.6 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.3 87 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 291.00 61.1 84 Multiple (7)
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Hong Kong SAR 7th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 7th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
7.4
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Hong Kong SAR 7th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 76.9 6 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.7 22 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.4 100.0 = 6 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.8 6 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 51.7 51.7 59 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 65.4 65.4 = 42 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 6.2 85.9 8 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.1 4 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 29.0 71.0 57 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.5 2 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.3 4 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) n/a 92.9 n/a Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 16 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 77.0 77.0 = 13 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.0 6 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.9 82.2 9 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 27.5 91.7 6 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 6.3 87.9 4 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 9.0 90.0 = 3 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 = 45 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 94.0 2 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) n/a n/a n/a United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.4 4 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 6.4 90.0 3 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 408,365.3 88.3 21 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 6.5 92.4 2 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 105.4 100.0 = 4 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.2 4 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 3.8 100.0 = 9 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. n/a 97.8 n/a Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.8 97.3 6 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 87.9 2 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 249.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 105.0 n/a 22 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 35.9 71.8 15 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 26.9 n/a 2 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 87.5 87.5 20 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.9 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 77.4 19 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.0 80.3 = 29 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.5 13 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.9 13 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.8 14 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.4 74.1 9 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.6 11 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.3 90.7 27 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 40 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 13.7 90.8 38 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 79.0 2 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.9 4 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 16 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.3 1 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.6 2 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 0.00 100.0 = 1 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 7.0 100.0 = 1 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.8 70.4 9 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 70.7 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 74.2 11 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 5.8 96.3 = 14 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.0 1 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.4 9 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.6 1 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.4 15 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 0.0 0.0 116 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.6 53 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.2 67 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.3 18 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 5.4 74.1 4 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.89 86.2 32 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 5.3 100.0 = 17 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 90.1 2 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 215.0 100.0 = 2 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.8 7 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.7 12 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 1,044.6 100.0 = 1 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 13.9 100.0 = 2 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.7 6 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 0.9 99.3 7 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -13.5 100.0 = 13 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 17.0 100.0 = 53 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 71.1 26 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 414 n/a 42 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 195.2 n/a 1 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 74.5 17 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.1 99.5 26 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 1.5 99.0 = 2 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 87.2 93.9 9 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 6.0 37.5 = 110 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.8 4 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.3 23 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.5 11 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 8 United States
0-100 (best) - 61.9 26 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.3 20 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.6 7 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 4.41 51.8 28 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.3 11 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 457.7 90.8 25 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 44.76 70.3 26 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.8 25.4 48 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.04 10.4 43 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.5 3 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 7,047.95 95.3 17 Multiple (7)
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Hungary 48th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 48th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
9.8
15,531.2
1.0
0.23
4.2
0.7
3.6
4.7
0.7
30.4
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Hungary 48th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 54.2 66 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.0 63 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 2.1 94.7 61 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 48 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 69 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 48.7 48.7 87 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 57.7 57.7 = 61 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.4 103 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.2 134 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 29.1 70.9 60 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.6 95 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 89 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.71 70.8 66 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.0 96 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 45.0 45.0 57 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 108 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.5 76 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 26.0 86.7 = 15 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.8 59 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.0 40.0 = 121 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 56 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 78.4 28 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 80.8 80.8 = 28 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 74 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 83.3 100.0 = 6 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.4 53 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 52,147.1 52.5 62 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.4 87 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.5 96 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 8.4 95.4 52 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 6.6 95.3 = 43 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.0 82.8 33 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 61.0 51 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 123.8 100.0 = 56 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 49.1 n/a 96 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 30.4 60.8 26 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 5.4 n/a 33 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 79.3 79.3 33 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 90.0 43 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.4 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 80.0 80.0 = 43 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 80.7 69 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 65.8 80.7 68 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 68.5 49 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.3 81.8 = 25 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.0 100 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 123 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.9 97 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.1 115 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.5 138 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.1 83.8 50 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 75 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 10.8 98.1 13 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 54.4 82 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.3 127 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 99 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.8 101 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.3 70 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 7 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.4 58.9 27 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 17.5 82.5 = 26 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 57.8 83 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 13.4 80.4 = 54 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.2 38 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.7 86 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.7 83 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 63 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 78.4 78.4 41 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.2 22 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.5 136 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 95 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 93 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.81 75.9 52 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 34.3 63.5 = 128 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 59.8 66 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 37.6 39.6 87 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.3 49 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.8 43 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 14.2 14.2 87 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.5 41.7 = 47 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.6 63 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 7.4 86.1 89 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -12.7 100.0 = 14 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 17.1 100.0 = 51 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 61.7 48 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 263 n/a 57 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 82.2 n/a 15 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 57.2 75 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 5.4 97.3 60 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 7.0 93.5 = 41 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 43.7 47.0 49 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 10.0 62.5 = 62 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.4 134 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.2 87 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.6 111 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.5 132 United States
0-100 (best) - 48.0 39 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.7 139 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 65 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 4.75 53.7 26 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.1 101 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 372.0 87.7 33 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 19.90 55.9 31 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.4 45.9 26 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.04 9.9 45 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.7 111 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 2,330.35 83.4 35 Multiple (7)
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Score
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10
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40
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60
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Score
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Capital Markets
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24th
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adoption
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economic
stability
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market
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market
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size
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capability
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83
100 98
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61
75
69
31
77
66
Iceland 24th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 24th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
0.3
70,332.2
1.6
0.01
2.8
2.4
6.1
0.9
27.8
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Iceland 24th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 74.3 14 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 6.5 91.5 2 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.3 100.0 2 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 25 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.4 89.8 4 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 64.3 64.3 3 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 77 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.6 21 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.8 10 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 14.1 85.9 13 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.6 29 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.0 16 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.69 68.5 72 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.4 31 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 77.0 77.0 13 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.4 15 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.4 23 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 26.5 88.3 = 11 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.5 24 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 = 24 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 76.4 37 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 57.5 57.5 = 81 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 63 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.6 35 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 53,237.5 52.8 61 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.9 24 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 7.2 7.2 101 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.0 11 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 3.1 100.0 = 6 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.6 100.0 = 5 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.9 98.2 2 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 82.7 7 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 122.6 100.0 = 59 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 113.3 n/a 16 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 39.9 79.7 9 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 12.7 n/a 14 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 98.2 98.2 1 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.7 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 98.4 10 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 71.5 98.4 9 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 83.3 9 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.5 83.3 = 18 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.8 19 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.9 14 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.6 8 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.9 5 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.2 17 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 19.3 100.0 = 4 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.2 18 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 10.1 99.6 = 8 Multiple (6)
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Iceland 24th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 60.9 43 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.0 32 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 68 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.3 38 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.7 96 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 2.64 82.4 42 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.4 55.9 102 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.8 44.2 55 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 86.8 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 75.0 9 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 13.0 81.3 = 47 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.6 5 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.4 74.1 12 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 128 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.5 6 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.6 35 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.0 86 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.9 20 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.5 26 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.99 98.3 7 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 17.8 86.4 75 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 69.3 36 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 91.2 96.0 32 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.4 26 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.2 39 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 31.0 31.0 56 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.3 38.0 = 52 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.5 61 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 5.1 90.7 73 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -28.8 100.0 = 5 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 27.6 100.0 = 4 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 31.5 131 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 16 n/a 130 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 44.7 n/a 65 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 76.6 11 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.8 99.1 38 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 11.6 88.8 73 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 84.5 91.0 14 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.5 71.9 = 38 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.3 8 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.6 17 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.6 24 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.4 13 United States
0-100 (best) - 65.7 23 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.7 28 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.6 44 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 14.85 84.8 16 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.2 22 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 257.0 82.2 40 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 85.77 82.0 20 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 2.2 73.8 14 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 1.6 76 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.4 28 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 12,243.49 100.0 = 6 Multiple (7)
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Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
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Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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58th
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47th
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63rd
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117th

49th
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108th

96th
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110th
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
58th
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Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
62
58
69
28
90
59
54
51
58
70
93
61
54
India 58th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 63rd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
1,316.9
1,982.7
6.8
7.45
3.5
1.7
1.1
3.1
0.7
35.1
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India 58th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 57.9 47 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.3 90 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 3.2 90.8 75 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 26.3 26.3 137 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.3 60 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 49.5 49.5 78 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 80.8 80.8 = 18 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 41 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.5 18 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 43.2 56.8 112 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 16 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 32 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.96 95.5 15 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.7 60.9 21 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 40.0 40.0 = 69 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.6 45 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.1 45 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 8.2 27.3 112 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.3 63 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.3 73.0 20 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 8.7 87.0 = 2 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 68.7 63 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 62.0 62.0 = 76 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 51 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 20.1 50.2 = 38 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 26 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 1,224,525.6 100.0 = 4 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.1 53 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 52.9 52.9 28 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.4 40 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 82.0 82.0 105 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 18.6 84.8 110 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 32.0 69.4 106 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.7 60.9 74 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 28.0 117 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 87.3 72.7 111 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 25.8 n/a 116 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.3 2.7 107 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 97 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 29.5 29.5 103 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 89.8 49 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 4.1 99.9 75 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 79.8 79.8 53 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 59.0 108 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 58.9 59.0 107 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 54.5 96 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 6.0 40.0 = 114 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.4 33 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.6 33 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.5 36 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.5 48 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 34 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.3 68.6 96 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.6 17 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 35.2 37.0 115 Multiple (6)
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India 58th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 50.9 110 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.0 33 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.6 21 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.9 77 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.8 53 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 14.88 0.8 133 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.2 87 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.0 49.1 41 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 65.7 34.3 = 97 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 58.3 75 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 15.8 75.5 = 67 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.6 14 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 45 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.3 95 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 33 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 57.7 57.7 110 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.1 42 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.3 39 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 33 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.0 23 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.29 10.8 124 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 20.5 82.6 = 95 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 69.5 35 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 51.3 54.0 71 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.5 16 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.3 13 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 72.8 72.8 26 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.9 48.4 = 42 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.5 83 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 9.2 82.5 95 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -6.1 100.0 = 30 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 12.5 90.0 = 115 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 92.7 3 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 8,616 n/a 3 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 23.0 n/a 122 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 61.2 58 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 14.8 92.6 94 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 29.8 70.6 118 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 26.4 28.4 103 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 8.5 53.1 82 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 19 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.1 38 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.7 60.8 26 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.5 11 United States
0-100 (best) - 53.8 31 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.8 38 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.4 26 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.38 9.8 59 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.9 26 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 492.3 91.8 21 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 1.42 16.3 61 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.6 20.9 53 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.42 99.1 8 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.6 18 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 200.94 57.1 92 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
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Human
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48th
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71st
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adoption
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economic
stability
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market
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market
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system
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size
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capability
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Indonesia 45th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 47th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
262.0
3,875.8
5.5
2.55
4.2
1.9
1.6
4.0
0.7
39.5
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Indonesia 45th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 57.9 48 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.9 98 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.5 100.0 9 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 96.8 96.8 109 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.3 72 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 63.0 63.0 10 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 53.8 53.8 = 67 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 50 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.8 37 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 39.7 60.3 100 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.0 26 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.0 46 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.62 61.8 88 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 24 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 37.0 37.0 = 80 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.8 47 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.1 44 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 11.3 37.7 = 95 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.3 62 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 24 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 66.8 71 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 34.6 34.6 = 120 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.1 75 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 2.5 6.1 = 82 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 19 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 972,336.6 100.0 = 5 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.7 49 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 40.9 40.9 41 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.1 61 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 91.2 91.2 98 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 9.4 94.3 56 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 19.2 82.5 92 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 75 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 61.1 50 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 173.8 100.0 = 6 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 95.7 n/a 30 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 2.3 4.6 104 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.8 n/a 51 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 25.5 25.5 110 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 89.7 51 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 3.7 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 79.3 79.3 55 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 71.7 95 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 62.9 71.7 94 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 64.1 62 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 7.9 52.8 = 94 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.8 29 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 34 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.1 33 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.2 39 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.1 35 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.8 71.2 85 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.8 29 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 14.0 90.1 40 Multiple (6)
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Indonesia 45th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 58.5 51 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.8 34 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.5 39 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.5 42 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.6 73 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 6.01 60.0 77 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.9 70 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.7 41.8 61 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 48.3 51.7 = 89 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 57.8 82 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 57.8 0.0 134 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.1 19 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.1 50 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.7 71 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 39 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 60.8 60.8 101 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.2 59 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.5 31 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 42 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.4 18 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.50 37.2 97 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 11.5 95.1 42 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 63.9 52 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 38.3 40.3 86 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.5 23 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 25 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 44.7 44.7 44 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.4 23.6 = 80 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.6 72 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.9 95.2 46 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 0.8 100.0 87 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 19.9 100.0 = 23 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 81.6 8 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 2,954 n/a 7 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 18.6 n/a 132 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 69.0 30 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 10.9 94.6 81 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 23.1 77.3 108 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 64.7 69.6 33 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 10.5 65.6 = 58 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.8 26 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.4 26 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.2 19 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.1 21 United States
0-100 (best) - 37.1 68 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.2 37 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 28 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.04 1.2 97 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.2 25 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 182.0 77.2 58 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.08 1.5 99 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 2.8 = 112 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.02 4.2 53 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.2 49 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 166.22 55.1 97 Multiple (7)
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Overview 2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
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30
40
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60
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90
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Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
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market
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market
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system
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size
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dynamism
Innovation
capability
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Iran, Islamic Rep. 89th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 88th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
81.4
5,304.7
1.8
1.30
12.5
0.8
3.4
4.1
0.6
38.8
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Iran, Islamic Rep. 89th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 44.3 121 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 89 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 2.5 93.3 = 65 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 97.6 97.6 106 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.0 73 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 51.1 51.1 66 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 11.5 11.5 = 134 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.5 86 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.6 92 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 60.7 39.3 134 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.3 97 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 96 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.53 52.8 101 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.9 97 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 30.0 30.0 109 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.0 103 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.8 126 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 15.0 50.0 = 72 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 127 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.0 40.0 = 121 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 2.7 27.0 = 136 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 65.4 76 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 77.2 77.2 = 39 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 71 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 4.9 12.3 = 70 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.6 51 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 80,533.3 59.0 49 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.8 121 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 40.8 40.8 42 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.1 75 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.2 99.2 79 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 15.0 88.6 95 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 9.2 92.6 60 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 85 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 47.6 80 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 107.3 89.4 88 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 68.2 n/a 71 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 12.4 24.8 67 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 114 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 53.2 53.2 81 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 66.9 117 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 9.5 84.8 122 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 49.0 49.0 87 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 77.5 84 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 64.8 77.5 83 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 57.0 91 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.0 53.3 = 92 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.8 121 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 96 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.5 113 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 69 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.2 78 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 14.9 82.7 = 57 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.5 102 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 26.8 58.1 = 97 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
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edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 42.0 134 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.0 108 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 76 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 124 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 117 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 28.49 0.0 140 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.4 = 82 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 40.6 71 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 63.3 36.7 = 95 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 43.1 136 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 23.1 60.2 = 101 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 89 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 123 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.1 120 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.4 88 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 62.9 62.9 92 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.2 129 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 117 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.1 129 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 105 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.21 1.4 136 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 25.9 75.1 = 114 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 52.5 98 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 59.3 62.4 57 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.2 127 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.0 111 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 25.3 25.3 67 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.4 23.8 = 79 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.7 131 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 10.0 80.8 = 103 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 4.4 93.7 115 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 96.1 n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 74.5 19 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 1,498 n/a 18 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 14.6 n/a 137 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 50.0 119 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.4 99.3 33 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 15.0 85.4 88 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 15.4 16.6 123 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 5.0 31.3 = 121 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.0 126 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 130 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 75 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.6 71 United States
0-100 (best) - 37.6 65 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.2 125 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 82 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.06 1.9 91 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.9 114 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 241.7 81.3 42 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.08 1.4 100 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.3 10.8 = 81 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.17 44.2 16 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 56 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 675.69 70.1 59 Multiple (7)
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Ireland 23rd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 23rd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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0.28
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23.8
4.7
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Ireland 23rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 73.1 17 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.3 26 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.8 99.0 25 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 98.9 98.9 93 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.9 25 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 63.5 63.5 8 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 76.9 76.9 = 21 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.3 12 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 35 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 14.6 85.4 16 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 36 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.7 51 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.93 93.3 22 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.8 26 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 74.0 74.0 19 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.9 80.9 14 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.5 15 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 21.0 70.0 = 43 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.1 42 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 8.7 87.0 = 4 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 = 45 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 77.0 34 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 76.4 76.4 = 42 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 49 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 30.2 75.6 = 26 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 46 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 139,529.5 68.1 33 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.8 29 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 10.7 10.7 82 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.1 27 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 7.2 96.7 44 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.6 100.0 = 9 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.9 80.9 39 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 66.0 41 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 102.9 85.7 99 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 102.0 n/a 25 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 29.4 58.9 27 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.2 n/a 82 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 85.0 85.0 23 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 99.4 37 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.0 98.7 85 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 95.1 24 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 70.4 95.1 23 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 79.9 15 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.5 83.3 = 18 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.0 16 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.7 22 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.5 12 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.0 19 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.4 12 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 19.6 100.0 = 3 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.6 31 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 16.1 84.8 = 49 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 64.2 23 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.4 19 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.8 22 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 84 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.2 30 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 16 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.4 58.9 26 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 12.4 87.6 = 9 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 76.8 7 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 14.3 78.5 = 58 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.0 58 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.3 22 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.6 39 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.1 16 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 91.8 91.8 13 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.1 28 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.5 27 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.9 82.4 8 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 12 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.99 98.3 8 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 12.2 94.2 = 43 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 68.5 37 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 60.5 63.7 55 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 80 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 45 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 46.3 46.3 42 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 6.7 100.0 = 12 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.7 109 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 13.6 73.5 117 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -40.6 100.0 = 1 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 22.5 100.0 = 11 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 64.0 44 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 325 n/a 50 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 85.5 n/a 13 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 76.9 10 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.2 99.9 = 4 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 5.0 95.5 = 21 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 85.8 92.4 10 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 10.5 65.6 = 58 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.7 11 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.5 11 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.1 14 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.8 22 United States
0-100 (best) - 67.0 21 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.8 19 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.8 24 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 18.82 91.7 13 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.7 15 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 426.3 89.7 28 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 79.62 80.7 21 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.5 50.5 = 24 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.04 11.8 38 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.4 22 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 7,924.38 96.6 14 Multiple (7)
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Israel 20th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 20th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
8.7
40,258.4
3.4
0.25
4.2
3.7
4.7
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Israel 20th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 66.3 26 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.4 60 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.4 97.1 = 45 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 94.2 94.2 117 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.7 42 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 54.6 54.6 41 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 46.2 46.2 = 90 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.3 14 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.0 31 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 30.3 69.7 70 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.9 59 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.8 27 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.83 83.2 42 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.5 30 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 62.0 62.0 29 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.7 25 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.3 19 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 14.0 46.7 = 78 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.6 10 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 8.3 83.0 = 7 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 = 45 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 83.3 20 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 83.5 83.5 = 23 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.5 29 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 60.7 100.0 = 10 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 42 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 89,748.1 60.8 44 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.4 74.0 27 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 46.5 46.5 32 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 42 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 4.2 99.8 12 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 1.0 100.0 = 21 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.7 95.1 12 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 66.7 39 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 126.7 100.0 = 47 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 105.1 n/a 21 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 28.1 56.3 31 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 93 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 79.7 79.7 31 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 99.1 38 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change -0.2 98.2 92 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 98.2 11 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 71.4 98.2 10 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 80.0 14 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 13.0 86.4 = 8 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.5 23 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.5 37 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.2 9 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.6 8 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.5 2 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.9 88.4 35 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 22 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 12.1 94.8 = 27 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
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edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 61.1 41 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.8 36 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 51 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.4 31 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.1 51 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 3.09 79.4 46 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.1 81 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.3 57.9 29 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 53.3 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 71.9 15 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 27.4 51.2 = 118 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 25 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.3 27 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.6 47 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 32 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 82.5 82.5 32 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.2 125 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.4 55.9 80 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.1 19 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.1 22 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.99 98.9 6 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 5.9 100.0 = 22 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 80.1 22 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 66.2 69.7 45 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.2 15 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.6 2 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 71.3 71.3 27 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 4.2 69.8 = 31 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.2 12 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.6 97.8 22 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 0.8 100.0 = 86 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 14.4 94.6 = 96 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 59.2 57 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 288 n/a 52 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 28.7 n/a 109 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 79.6 5 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 3.2 98.4 50 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 12.0 88.4 = 74 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 62.6 67.4 37 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 12.5 78.1 = 24 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.1 1 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.6 20 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.5 1 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.2 3 United States
0-100 (best) - 74.0 16 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.3 21 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.5 31 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 21.36 95.4 10 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.7 3 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 597.3 94.7 16 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 198.74 97.3 10 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 4.3 100.0 = 1 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.05 14.7 35 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.4 26 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 2,143.84 82.5 36 Multiple (7)
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Italy 31st/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 31st/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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Italy 31st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 56.4 56 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.3 122 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.7 99.4 21 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.3 99.3 85 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.4 59 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 53.3 53.3 52 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 53.8 53.8 = 67 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.1 62 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.0 130 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 24.1 75.9 41 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.7 136 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.1 17.7 137 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.96 95.5 15 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.6 125 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 47 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.4 55.9 71 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.4 46 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 26.5 88.3 = 11 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.2 79 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 56 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 83.1 21 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 84.0 84.0 = 22 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.4 54 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 55.7 100.0 = 14 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.3 49 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 616,580.8 97.1 11 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 57 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 62.5 62.5 19 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 47 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 6.0 97.9 30 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 1.6 100.0 = 23 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.5 38 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 60.3 52 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 141.3 100.0 = 25 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 87.9 n/a 41 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 27.9 55.9 32 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.8 n/a 64 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 61.3 61.3 64 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 85.0 58 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.6 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 70.0 70.0 = 60 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 99.2 6 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 71.8 99.2 5 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 70.1 40 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.2 67.7 = 56 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.6 104 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.3 44 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 60 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.0 64 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.0 48 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.3 90.4 = 30 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.5 56 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 12.0 94.9 = 25 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
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Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 62.6 30 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 97 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.6 5 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.9 60 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.5 35 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 28 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.5 61.8 23 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 26.9 73.1 = 58 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 58.1 79 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 4.5 98.9 = 12 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.4 125 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 114 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.8 135 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.2 97 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 97.9 97.9 6 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 51 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 25 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 100 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.0 127 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.77 71.1 60 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 23.2 78.9 100 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 64.3 49 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 87.4 92.0 35 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.6 123 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.0 118 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 26.5 26.5 = 62 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 8.1 100.0 = 9 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.9 115 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 17.1 66.4 124 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -9.8 100.0 = 19 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 14.2 94.1 = 100 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 79.1 12 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 2,105 n/a 12 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 29.2 n/a 108 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 65.4 42 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 13.7 93.2 90 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 6.5 94.0 = 37 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 64.6 69.5 34 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 13.5 84.4 = 14 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 71 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.1 104 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 83 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.6 104 United States
0-100 (best) - 65.8 22 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.4 137 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.5 4 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 4.06 49.8 29 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.4 58 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 858.7 100.0 7 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 62.91 76.4 22 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.3 44.5 27 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.38 90.8 9 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 39 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 6,012.54 93.6 19 Multiple (7)
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Jamaica 79th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 78th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
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Jamaica 79th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 50.9 82 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.5 134 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 47.0 0.0 137 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 52 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.5 103 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 56.5 56.5 31 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 34.6 34.6 = 116 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.6 40 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.8 63 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 11.3 88.7 6 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.8 80 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.9 75 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.31 31.5 123 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.5 58 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 44.0 44.0 59 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 57 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.2 59 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 14.0 46.7 = 78 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.5 31 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 76 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 63.5 82 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 37.1 37.1 = 117 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 72 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.1 85 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 32,568.7 46.0 73 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.4 41 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 30.3 30.3 57 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 52 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.5 99.5 76 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 27.6 75.4 121 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 20.0 81.7 94 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.6 82 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 44.4 91 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 107.0 89.1 89 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 48.9 n/a 98 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 8.3 16.5 78 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.6 n/a 53 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 44.4 44.4 90 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 70.0 = 97 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 3.4 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 40.0 40.0 = 113 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 79.2 75 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 65.3 79.2 74 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 60.9 76 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 9.5 63.3 = 69 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.2 42 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 29 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 42 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 79 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 50 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.8 71.1 = 87 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 50 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 25.6 61.0 94 Multiple (6)
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Jamaica 79th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 55.7 72 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 62 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 61 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.9 56 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.9 33 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.07 32.9 99 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.1 = 76 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 35.4 101 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 82.4 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 67.2 27 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 14.0 79.2 = 57 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.8 55 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 58 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.0 40 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.8 76 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 84.5 84.5 28 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.0 25 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.1 60 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.3 32 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.9 83 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.89 85.8 33 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 13.4 92.5 = 53 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 64.0 50 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 30.5 32.1 100 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 83 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.9 106 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 34.7 34.7 = 53 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 4.2 70.5 = 30 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.6 29 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 4.1 92.7 = 64 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -0.1 100.0 = 72 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 36.1 123 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 24 n/a 122 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 55.1 n/a 45 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 68.5 32 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 4.8 97.6 56 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 3.0 97.5 7 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 64.9 69.9 32 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.0 68.8 = 46 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 25 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.8 29 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.2 63 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.2 86 United States
0-100 (best) - 34.3 76 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.0 27 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 57 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.10 2.9 83 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.1 54 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 85.3 66.0 102 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.46 6.9 75 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.0 0.7 = 118 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 94 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.6 71 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 463.40 66.1 72 Multiple (7)
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Japan 5th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 8th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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Japan 5th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 71.1 20 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.8 20 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.3 100.0 = 1 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.6 99.6 83 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.1 9 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 47.8 47.8 95 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 53.8 53.8 = 67 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.7 10 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.8 16 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 28.6 71.4 54 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.4 32 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.5 8 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.98 98.3 5 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.8 22 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 73.0 73.0 20 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.8 9 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.3 11 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 24.5 81.7 = 21 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.5 16 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 = 23 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.7 47.0 = 90 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 91.5 5 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 70.0 70.0 = 57 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.7 6 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 40.0 99.9 = 21 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 6.6 94.1 2 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 1,610,558.4 100.0 = 3 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 6.1 85.0 6 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 66.4 66.4 17 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.3 8 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 4.1 99.9 10 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 2.3 99.7 27 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.6 93.9 17 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 87.4 3 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 133.5 100.0 = 34 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 133.2 n/a 8 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 31.7 63.4 22 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 23.0 n/a 3 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 93.2 93.2 8 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 93.9 41 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.2 99.1 79 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 88.6 88.6 41 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 73.2 100.0 = 2 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 73.7 26 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.8 85.3 = 12 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.2 12 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.2 16 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.6 40 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.8 49 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 43 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.2 84.6 = 48 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 70 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 16.2 84.6 = 50 Multiple (6)
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* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 72.9 5 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.7 12 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.6 2 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.7 79.1 5 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.3 29 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 2.05 86.4 39 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.5 105 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 4.0 74.8 3 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 23.4 76.6 = 48 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 71.1 18 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 4.3 99.4 = 9 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.9 99 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.7 79.1 5 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.8 11 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.5 23 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 89.7 89.7 18 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 77 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 77 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.8 16 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.8 33 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.75 68.7 64 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 18.5 85.4 82 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 86.4 10 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 162.2 100.0 = 7 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.4 14 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.5 17 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 100.6 100.0 12 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 8.9 100.0 = 7 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.7 20 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.4 98.2 18 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 6.5 88.3 122 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 15.5 96.9 = 79 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 86.7 4 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 4,945 n/a 4 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 17.7 n/a 133 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 75.7 14 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 7.5 96.3 = 72 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 12.2 88.2 = 76 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 92.4 99.5 2 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 14.0 87.5 = 8 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.6 47 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.7 25 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.3 13 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 38 United States
0-100 (best) - 79.3 6 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.6 81 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.3 8 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 5.39 56.9 24 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.6 18 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 887.3 100.0 = 6 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 496.46 100.0 = 1 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 3.3 100.0 = 3 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.52 100.0 = 7 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.7 7 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 1,814.71 80.7 40 Multiple (7)
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Jordan 73rd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 71st/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
7.1
5,677.6
3.2
0.07
14.9
4.9
2.1
3.4
0.6
33.7
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Jordan 73rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 57.7 50 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.4 48 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.5 96.4 50 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 98.8 98.8 95 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.6 20 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 49.7 49.7 75 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 77 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.8 35 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 42 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 41.7 58.3 108 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.9 60 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.3 37 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.48 48.3 104 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 51 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 48.0 48.0 = 52 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.0 42 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 42 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 22.5 75.0 = 31 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.1 49 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 3.3 33.0 = 131 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.7 47.0 = 90 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 66.6 73 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 71.6 71.6 = 53 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 70 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 5.7 14.2 = 65 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.4 24.1 99 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 46,927.5 51.0 65 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.5 40 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 29.7 29.7 58 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 64 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 11.2 92.5 72 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 9.5 92.3 62 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.3 62 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 52.3 75 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 103.8 86.5 = 96 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 103.8 n/a 23 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 4.8 9.7 = 89 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.1 n/a 85 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 62.3 62.3 63 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 69.9 101 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.3 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 39.8 39.8 122 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 78.4 78 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 65.1 78.4 77 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 64.4 61 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.3 68.7 = 52 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 60 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 69 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.7 76 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.1 40 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.5 47 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 13.1 72.8 = 82 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 49 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 18.4 79.1 69 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 53.8 88 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.1 76 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 44 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.5 36 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 102 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 7.29 51.4 88 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.9 95 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.5 37.3 89 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 42.3 57.7 = 79 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 55.6 91 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 4.3 99.3 = 11 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.2 40 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.3 39 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.6 43 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.6 72 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 74.2 74.2 52 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 118 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.6 47 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.3 86 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.7 51 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.22 2.6 133 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 15.5 89.6 66 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 70.7 32 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 71.9 75.6 40 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.0 29 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.3 32 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 67.6 67.6 28 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.5 25.2 = 78 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.4 74.0 43 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 4.4 92.1 66 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 2.1 99.6 100 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 18.6 100.0 = 32 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 48.7 81 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 81 n/a 80 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 60.8 n/a 33 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 54.4 94 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 24.2 87.9 110 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 12.5 87.9 = 77 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 27.7 29.8 100 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 5.0 31.3 = 121 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.7 89 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.8 78 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.3 43 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 51 United States
0-100 (best) - 38.9 59 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.1 49 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.7 32 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.30 8.0 63 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 53 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 134.0 72.6 78 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 1.05 13.1 65 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.4 14.5 = 71 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 2.6 63 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.4 60 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 695.04 70.4 57 Multiple (7)
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Kazakhstan 59th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 59th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
18.2
8,840.9
4.0
0.38
4.9
4.3
5.8
4.3
0.7
26.9
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Kazakhstan 59th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 54.9 61 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.7 58 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 4.8 85.4 = 87 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.8 99.8 75 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 84 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 49.2 49.2 81 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 46.2 46.2 = 90 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 73 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.5 65 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 54.4 45.6 130 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 48 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.0 70 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.84 83.7 41 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 39 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 31.0 31.0 102 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.9 83 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 74 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 17.0 56.7 60 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.4 100 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 8.0 80.0 11 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 9.0 90.0 1 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 67.3 69 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 69.0 69.0 = 59 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.1 106 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 5.7 14.2 = 64 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.5 34 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 33,808.6 46.4 72 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.4 55.9 82 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.1 92 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 4.9 99.1 19 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 8.8 93.0 = 56 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.0 73 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 64.9 44 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 145.4 100.0 = 21 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 75.1 n/a 60 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 14.1 28.3 61 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 6.7 n/a 29 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 74.6 74.6 45 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 80.3 62 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 11.0 80.6 124 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 80.0 80.0 43 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 70.8 97 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 62.7 70.8 96 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 67.0 57 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 11.0 73.3 = 40 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.4 76 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 92 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.4 93 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.8 47 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.3 87 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.0 83.5 53 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 45 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 18.6 78.6 73 Multiple (6)
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Kazakhstan 59th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 57.3 57 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.8 41 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.5 84 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.2 81 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 52 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 4.43 70.5 56 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 103 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.7 41.6 64 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 17.0 83.0 = 24 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 65.8 30 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 8.7 90.3 = 20 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.7 56 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.1 67 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.9 77 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.2 43 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 61.9 61.9 97 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.1 55 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 54 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 102 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.2 49 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.90 87.7 27 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 11.2 95.6 = 36 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 52.2 100 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 34.8 36.6 91 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 93 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.3 90 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 19.5 19.5 82 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.7 10.9 = 111 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.8 120 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 6.7 87.4 82 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -8.1 100.0 = 24 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 17.2 100.0 = 49 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 63.0 45 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 435 n/a 41 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 24.9 n/a 117 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 66.0 37 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.3 99.9 = 7 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 9.0 91.5 = 55 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 38.3 41.2 64 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 15.0 93.8 = 1 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.6 16 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.5 73 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.1 103 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 63 United States
0-100 (best) - 32.1 87 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.0 50 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.4 120 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.09 2.6 85 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.2 60 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 77.0 64.5 110 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.39 6.1 77 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.2 5.6 94 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.8 84 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 53 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 183.00 56.1 94 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
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Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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93rd

64th
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105th
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113rd

104th
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110th

95th

79th

60th

73rd

71st

63rd

69th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
54 55 55
30
70
58
55 55
60 58
52
60
37
Kenya 93rd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 93rd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
46.7
1,701.6
4.9
0.13
11.5
1.4
1.0
0.7
40.8
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Kenya 93rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 54.6 64 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.1 114 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 4.9 85.2 89 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 87.0 87.0 125 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.9 81 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 61.6 61.6 14 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 77 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.6 51 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 47 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 30.8 69.2 77 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.1 50.9 28 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 44 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.53 53.4 100 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 28 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 28.0 28.0 120 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.0 50 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.4 58 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 16.0 53.3 = 67 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.3 74 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 81 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 54.8 105 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 57.6 57.6 = 80 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.6 61 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 6.6 16.4 = 63 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.4 54 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 28,294.2 44.1 74 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.8 47 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 14.9 14.9 72 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.5 58 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 64.5 64.5 110 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 19.7 83.7 115 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 35.0 66.4 115 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 108 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 30.2 113 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 86.1 71.8 113 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 35.7 n/a 108 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.6 1.2 114 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.1 n/a 91 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 16.6 16.6 = 125 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 69.5 104 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 7.2 91.2 114 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 47.8 47.8 97 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 58.1 110 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 58.6 58.1 109 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 55.4 95 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.4 56.0 = 87 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 46 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 57 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.3 56 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.3 43 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.7 21 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 11.1 61.7 = 113 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.0 47 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 30.7 48.4 = 110 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 54.8 79 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.0 67 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 64 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.9 48 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.1 85 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 11.13 25.8 116 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.7 58 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.7 41.3 66 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 29.5 70.5 = 66 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 59.9 60 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 6.5 94.8 = 15 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.0 31 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.6 72 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.7 84 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.8 71 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 64.9 64.9 91 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 70 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.1 16 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.6 50 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 39 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.35 18.6 118 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 1.9 100.0 = 8 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 57.8 73 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 33.8 35.6 95 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.7 44 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.0 64 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 28.3 28.3 = 59 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.3 38.4 = 51 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.5 93 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 11.7 77.5 110 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -0.1 100.0 73 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 21.3 100.0 = 15 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 52.2 71 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 149 n/a 69 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 24.8 n/a 118 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 60.2 63 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 26.3 86.9 112 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 25.0 75.4 111 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 27.9 30.0 97 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.0 56.3 = 71 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.1 18 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.7 60.9 42 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 23 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 37 United States
0-100 (best) - 36.5 69 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.1 56 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.4 35 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.04 1.3 96 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 33 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 206.0 79.0 52 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.16 2.7 94 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.8 26.2 = 46 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 2.3 66 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.5 85 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 87.52 48.2 106 Multiple (7)
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Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU

15th

27th

6th

1st

1st

19th

27th

67th

48th

19th

14th

22nd

8th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
79
65
91 91
100
96
74
56
62
81 79
72
78
Korea, Rep. 15th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 17th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
51.5
29,891.3
3.0
1.60
3.7
0.8
5.8
5.1
0.7
31.6
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Korea, Rep. 15th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 65.4 27 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.6 40 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.7 99.3 22 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 44 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.6 35 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 48.4 48.4 89 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 63 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 57 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 23.5 76.5 38 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.9 79 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.7 50 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 1.00 100.0 1 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.2 49 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 54.0 54.0 45 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.5 35 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.3 47 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 27.5 91.7 = 6 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 50 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 = 23 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.3 73.0 = 15 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 91.3 6 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) n/a n/a n/a United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.8 12 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 40.6 100.0 = 20 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.4 4 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 481,087.8 91.7 16 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.6 9 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 109.9 100.0 = 3 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.8 14 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 3.3 100.0 = 8 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 2.3 99.7 = 26 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.9 23 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 91.3 1 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 124.9 100.0 = 52 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 112.8 n/a 17 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 41.6 83.2 6 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 30.0 n/a 1 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 92.8 92.8 9 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.5 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 96.1 19 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 70.8 96.1 18 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 73.6 27 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.3 82.0 = 23 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.1 36 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 32 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.2 43 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.3 29 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.3 27 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.5 91.7 = 21 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.5 90 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 16.6 83.6 = 53 Multiple (6)
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Korea, Rep. 15th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 56.2 67 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 59 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 93 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.5 51 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 66 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 9.04 39.7 96 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.4 85 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.4 60.1 25 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 23.1 76.9 = 47 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 62.4 48 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 27.4 51.3 = 114 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.2 87 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.5 124 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.1 63 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.0 30 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 58.8 58.8 108 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.2 104 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 75 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.4 55.9 61 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.4 16 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.81 75.7 53 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 13.5 92.4 56 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 81.4 19 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 140.6 100.0 = 13 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.7 45 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.0 53 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 88.0 88.0 19 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 11.3 100.0 = 4 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.1 74 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 0.5 100.0 = 2 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -5.2 100.0 = 37 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 14.3 94.4 = 97 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 78.5 14 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 1,848 n/a 14 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 38.9 n/a 84 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 71.6 22 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 14.6 92.7 = 93 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 4.0 96.5 = 12 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 84.7 91.2 12 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 14.0 87.5 = 8 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.5 77 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 88 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 37 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 35 United States
0-100 (best) - 78.2 8 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.5 = 82 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 30 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 15.46 86.0 15 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.7 31 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 549.3 93.5 18 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 444.63 100.0 = 3 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 4.2 100.0 = 2 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.29 70.4 11 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.4 2 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 4,378.73 90.2 23 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU

54th

57th

61st

62nd

1st

38th

79th

69th

120th

48th

54th

96th

103rd
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
62
56
69
57
100
88
60
56
50
65
60
54
31
Kuwait 54th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 56th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
4.4
27,318.5
1.0
0.23
2.1
0.7
7.7 0.6
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Kuwait 54th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 56.0 57 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.7 52 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.8 95.6 = 57 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.3 99.3 87 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.2 44 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 54.3 54.3 43 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 26.9 26.9 = 127 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.6 42 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 33 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 31.9 68.1 86 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.4 52 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 42 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.69 69.1 69 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 68 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 39.0 39.0 73 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.5 54 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.6 72 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 17.0 56.7 60 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.2 86 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 76 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 69.3 61 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 74.9 74.9 = 47 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.5 62 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.6 98 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 84,589.8 59.8 45 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 103 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 11.8 11.8 79 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 82 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 14.3 89.2 93 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 7.7 94.2 48 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.2 46 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 56.8 62 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 124.2 100.0 = 54 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 227.9 n/a 2 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 2.7 5.5 100 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 114 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 78.4 78.4 35 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 2.5 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 88.2 38 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 68.2 88.2 37 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 60.1 79 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 7.1 47.4 = 101 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.5 69 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 89 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 106 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 67 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.4 82 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 13.6 75.5 = 76 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.6 72 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 8.9 100.0 = 3 Multiple (6)
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Kuwait 54th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 55.9 69 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 49 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.4 78 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.1 99 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.7 98 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 5.00 66.6 64 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.4 90.8 37 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.7 43.1 57 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 51.8 48.2 = 92 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 50.0 120 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 28.1 49.8 = 120 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.7 49 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 56 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 93 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 58 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 0.0 0.0 116 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.7 75 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.1 131 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.1 107 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 84 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.54 42.3 90 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 13.0 93.1 = 51 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 64.8 48 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 90.0 94.7 33 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.6 34 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 20 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 55.8 55.8 36 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.5 7.8 = 126 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.3 53 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.2 96.6 36 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 19.6 53.7 140 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 17.6 100.0 = 45 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 59.9 54 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 265 n/a 56 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 50.7 n/a 57 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 54.2 96 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.7 99.2 36 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 38.4 61.9 126 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 32.6 35.1 82 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 7.0 43.8 = 96 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 60 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 92 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.4 68 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 65 United States
0-100 (best) - 30.5 103 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 55 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 50 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.17 4.7 74 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.3 61 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 126.0 71.7 82 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 1.40 16.1 63 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.3 10.1 = 84 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 1.3 81 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.5 40 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 124 Multiple (7)
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Kyrgyz Republic 97th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 100th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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0.02
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7.4
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Kyrgyz Republic 97th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 50.4 88 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 105 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 4.5 86.5 86 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.8 99.8 77 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.7 108 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 50.1 50.1 71 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 61.5 61.5 = 49 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.8 99 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.0 88 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 31.0 69.0 79 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.7 82 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.3 98 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.69 68.5 72 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.0 105 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 29.0 29.0 113 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.5 121 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.3 111 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 24.0 80.0 25 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.8 125 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 69 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 54.3 107 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 37.8 37.8 = 116 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.2 118 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 2.1 5.3 = 84 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.9 89 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 8,251.2 30.0 104 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 129 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 1.4 6.0 138 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 67 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 19.7 83.7 114 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 13.3 88.4 = 77 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.5 99 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 52.8 73 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 121.9 100.0 = 62 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 73.7 n/a 61 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 4.3 8.5 91 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 2.0 n/a 49 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 34.5 34.5 98 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 75.0 64 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.8 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 64 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 70.2 98 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 62.5 70.2 97 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 58.8 82 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.6 70.7 = 47 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.9 127 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 109 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.5 129 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 83 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.3 113 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 13.4 74.5 79 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.9 99 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 25.0 62.4 92 Multiple (6)
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Kyrgyz Republic 97th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 51.6 105 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.3 100 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.6 102 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.5 120 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.4 103 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 4.69 68.7 59 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.1 109 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.8 43.8 56 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 15.2 84.8 = 16 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 57.5 85 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 17.3 72.2 = 74 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.2 80 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.5 96 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.2 50 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.4 95 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 68.7 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.9 89 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 70 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.4 128 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.8 54 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.72 64.8 71 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 19.5 84.0 = 89 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 48.5 118 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 21.1 22.3 117 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.4 91 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.6 94 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 3.9 3.9 106 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.2 3.3 = 133 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.6 104 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 8.5 83.8 94 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 0.0 100.0 76 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 23.1 100.0 = 9 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 36.0 124 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 21 n/a 125 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 74.6 n/a 20 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 54.5 93 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 2.1 99.0 43 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 10.0 90.5 = 60 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 35.2 37.9 76 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 6.0 37.5 = 110 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.6 23 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.3 125 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.9 134 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.2 107 United States
0-100 (best) - 26.7 125 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.2 76 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.1 135 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.03 0.9 104 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.0 111 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 52.3 58.9 128 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.08 1.5 98 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 4.0 104 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.5 73 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 44.37 41.0 115 Multiple (7)
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Lao PDR 112nd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 110th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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Lao PDR 112nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 44.5 119 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.4 77 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 7.0 77.9 = 103 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.7 99.7 81 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 87 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 50.8 50.8 67 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 26.9 26.9 = 127 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.2 69 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.0 70 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 66.4 33.6 = 138 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 47 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 49 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.17 17.4 132 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.7 36 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 29.0 29.0 113 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 102 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 87 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 10.5 35.0 = 99 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 111 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 3.3 33.0 = 131 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.0 30.0 = 131 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 57.5 99 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 20.5 20.5 = 130 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.0 107 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.4 105 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 14,364.3 35.9 88 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.3 98 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.6 115 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 91.4 91.4 97 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 95.0 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 25.0 76.5 = 100 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.3 91 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 42.7 96 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 54.1 45.1 135 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 40.0 n/a 107 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.4 0.8 117 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.2 n/a 78 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 21.9 21.9 117 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 68.5 110 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.2 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 37.1 37.1 129 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 59.6 107 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 59.1 59.6 106 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 49.5 105 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 5.6 37.3 = 117 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.7 82 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.5 100 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 74 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 81 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 96 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 11.2 62.3 111 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.2 35.9 87 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 23.0 67.6 85 Multiple (6)
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Lao PDR 112nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 53.5 91 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 74 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.4 46 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 127 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 91 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 6.69 55.4 85 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.3 46 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 40.3 73 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 55.4 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 55.4 94 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 34.2 37.2 = 127 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 90 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.2 54 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.2 60 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.5 86 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 60.8 60.8 101 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.5 62 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.1 73 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.1 92 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.2 50 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.49 36.4 99 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 6.8 100.0 = 24 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 51.3 106 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 19.1 20.1 = 124 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 64 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.1 49 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.5 8.7 = 120 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.6 95 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 3.0 94.9 = 50 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 2.7 98.2 109 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 41.1 100 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 45 n/a 97 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 35.9 n/a 86 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 40.1 134 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 3.5 98.3 51 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 67.0 33.2 = 136 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 0.0 0.0 133 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 0.0 0.0 134 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 114 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.7 79 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.1 78 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 42 United States
0-100 (best) - 27.4 117 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 65 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 58 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.05 1.4 95 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 52 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 69.0 62.9 115 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.20 3.4 90 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 8.5 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.9 52 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 124 Multiple (7)
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Latvia 42nd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 42nd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
2.0
15,547.2
0.1
0.04
8.7
2.5
5.6
0.8
34.2
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Latvia 42nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 57.9 49 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.5 42 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 3.4 90.3 = 78 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 41 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.8 67 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 46.7 46.7 99 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 77 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.9 75 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.8 99 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 19.6 80.4 22 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.7 81 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.0 109 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.69 68.5 72 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.7 111 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 58.0 58.0 37 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.1 66 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.9 55 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 22.0 73.3 = 36 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.5 60 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 54 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 73.1 47 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 81.6 81.6 = 25 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.5 40.8 92 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 28.8 72.1 = 28 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.8 28 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 20,522.6 40.1 82 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.0 23 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 7.6 7.6 96 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.8 31 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 6.1 97.8 31 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 8.0 93.9 = 51 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.8 51 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 80.4 11 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 126.4 100.0 = 48 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 117.9 n/a 13 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 27.0 53.9 35 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 16.5 n/a 9 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 79.8 79.8 29 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.5 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 78.8 76 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 65.2 78.8 75 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 74.5 23 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 13.2 88.2 = 6 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.4 53 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.0 82 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.2 68 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 41 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 97 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.8 87.5 = 40 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.3 59 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 11.1 97.2 = 15 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 59.8 49 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 75 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 58 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.4 23 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.3 11 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 31 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.8 44.9 50 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 85.3 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 66.8 29 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 13.0 81.3 = 47 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.0 98 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 42 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.9 82.0 8 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 48 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 85.6 85.6 25 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 107 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.1 63 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.3 53 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.2 46 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.94 92.6 16 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 26.6 74.2 = 116 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 53.5 94 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 55.9 58.9 61 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 101 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 61 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 4.7 4.7 102 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.4 23.5 = 81 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.9 66 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 3.7 93.6 59 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 17.9 58.2 138 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 19.9 100.0 = 24 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 44.0 94 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 49 n/a 96 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 65.2 n/a 29 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 64.3 47 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.8 99.1 = 38 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 5.5 95.0 = 25 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 40.1 43.2 60 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 12.0 75.0 = 28 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.3 95 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 49 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.5 52 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.7 50 United States
0-100 (best) - 42.0 52 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 97 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.0 73 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 1.31 25.7 38 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 80 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 133.3 72.6 79 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 7.64 39.6 41 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.6 20.8 55 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 1.3 79 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 99 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 3,427.97 87.6 30 Multiple (7)
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Overview 2018
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Human
Capital Markets
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80th
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113rd
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95th
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59th
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114th
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37th
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64th
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108th
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43rd
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80th
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
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size
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dynamism
Innovation
capability
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45
59 57
68
88
64
51
54
67
49
52
39
Lebanon 80th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 75th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
4.5
11,408.8
3.7
0.07
6.6
5.7
3.4
0.6
31.8
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Lebanon 80th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 45.2 113 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.2 102 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 4.0 88.2 81 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 92.5 92.5 119 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 102 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 45.6 45.6 106 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 77 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.4 102 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.7 122 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 31.2 68.9 81 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.8 102 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 104 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.44 44.4 107 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.1 126 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 28.0 28.0 = 120 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.7 80 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.1 120 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 16.0 53.3 = 67 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 91 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 95 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.3 33.0 = 124 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 58.5 95 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 48.7 48.7 = 94 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.9 127 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.7 11.1 129 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 48,359.6 51.4 64 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.5 95 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 44.5 44.5 35 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.0 101 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 10.3 93.4 65 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 17.0 84.7 87 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.8 136 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 57.0 59 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 81.4 67.8 = 120 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 56.8 n/a 87 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 21.6 43.3 = 45 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 76.1 76.1 41 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 67.9 114 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.8 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 35.8 35.8 130 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 88.4 37 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 68.3 88.4 36 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 63.6 64 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 9.3 62.0 = 72 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.4 84 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.6 104 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.6 25 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.2 22 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.1 23 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 10.8 60.2 115 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.7 25 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 12.2 94.6 30 Multiple (6)
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Lebanon 80th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 51.2 108 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.7 117 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 62 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.1 83 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.0 114 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 4.89 67.4 62 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.1 94 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 34.6 106 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 42.3 57.7 = 79 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 54.2 101 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 8.7 90.3 = 20 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.3 65 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.8 95 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.2 74 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.0 17.5 128 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 71.1 71.1 60 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.5 92 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.3 59 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 98 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.4 62 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.47 33.2 103 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 23.8 78.1 = 105 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 66.7 43 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 102.5 100.0 = 26 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.5 43 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.9 47 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 23.7 23.7 71 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.8 30.6 = 67 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.9 59 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 4.9 91.2 71 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -3.3 100.0 = 44 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 14.9 95.6 = 89 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 48.9 80 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 80 n/a 83 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 65.9 n/a 28 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 52.4 109 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 42.0 79.0 124 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 15.0 85.4 = 88 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 31.4 33.8 85 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 4.0 25.0 = 128 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 46 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 107 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.8 66 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.4 53 United States
0-100 (best) - 38.6 61 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.7 100 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.4 59 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.87 19.2 47 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.5 74 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 161.3 75.4 62 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 1.70 18.2 58 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 17.6 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 1.9 70 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 62 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 706.80 70.6 54 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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130th

107th

134th

107th

90th

140th

110th

93rd

61st

120th

135th

118th

132nd
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
42
47
36 34
72
12
48
53
60
48
25
50
24
Lesotho 130th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 126th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
1.9
1,425.3
3.9
0.01
27.3
5.6
1.5
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Lesotho 130th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 46.5 107 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.6 9 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 41.2 0.0 136 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 38 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.5 32 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 51.4 51.4 62 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 42.3 42.3 = 103 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.5 77 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 58 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 28.8 71.2 = 55 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 35 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.9 79 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.08 7.9 138 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.8 76 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 42.0 42.0 63 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.7 124 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.1 104 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 9.5 31.7 107 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.9 136 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 84 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.7 47.0 = 90 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 35.6 134 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 45.4 45.4 = 104 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.6 131 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.0 0.0 140 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 182.5 5.8 138 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 1.2 2.6 140 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) n/a n/a n/a Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 34.4 34.4 123 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 82.6 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 38.2 63.1 119 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.6 127 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 33.5 107 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 106.6 88.8 90 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 49.0 n/a 97 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.2 0.4 123 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 114 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 27.4 27.4 106 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 72.4 90 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 5.9 94.7 107 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 64 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 11.9 140 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 43.8 11.9 139 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 47.8 110 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 7.1 47.3 = 102 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.6 108 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.1 119 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 83 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.2 114 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.4 118 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 10.6 58.7 = 117 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.0 46 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 33.8 40.6 113 Multiple (6)
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Lesotho 130th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 53.2 93 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 102 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.3 49 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.2 10 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.8 140 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 6.52 56.5 82 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.2 91 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 34.0 110 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 27.3 72.7 = 61 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 59.9 61 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 15.0 77.1 = 63 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.3 95 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 137 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.0 134 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 47 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 77.3 77.3 44 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.0 112 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 125 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 126 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.5 40.9 107 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.93 91.1 20 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 0.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 48.5 120 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 17.4 18.3 127 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.1 131 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 1.6 9.8 139 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 4.8 80.3 = 24 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 1.7 12.0 140 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 3.6 93.8 57 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -0.6 100.0 = 67 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 13.7 93.0 = 104 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 24.8 135 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 6 n/a 136 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 88.3 n/a 11 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 50.0 118 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 7.7 96.2 74 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 29.0 71.4 = 117 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 27.9 30.0 97 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 7.0 43.8 = 96 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.0 110 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.8 132 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.3 118 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 89 United States
0-100 (best) - 23.7 132 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.2 132 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.6 92 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 94 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 32.0 51.8 138 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.17 3.0 93 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 1.8 116 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.8 15 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 124 Multiple (7)
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Liberia 132nd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 130th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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2.4
20.1
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Liberia 132nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 45.1 115 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.8 71 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 3.2 90.8 = 76 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 45 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.9 101 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 52.6 52.6 56 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 42.3 42.3 = 103 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.7 87 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.1 78 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 30.3 69.7 72 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 42 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 67 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.43 42.7 111 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.9 91 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 31.0 31.0 102 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.4 110 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.5 116 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 3.5 11.7 = 138 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.4 114 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 3.7 37.0 = 129 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 1.7 17.0 = 139 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 34.8 136 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 43.2 43.2 = 110 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.1 119 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.3 4.7 138 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 812.0 12.3 133 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.8 120 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 8.0 8.0 94 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.8 116 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 12.2 12.2 136 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 77.4 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 44.1 57.1 134 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.7 128 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 14.9 139 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 67.6 56.3 = 129 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 5.2 n/a 140 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.2 0.3 = 129 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 7.3 7.3 137 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 63.4 124 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 10.6 81.6 123 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 45.2 45.2 108 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 47.7 123 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 55.3 47.7 122 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 37.8 129 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 1.9 12.7 = 139 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 85 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 124 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 110 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.3 124 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.2 101 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 9.9 55.0 = 122 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.7 95 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 30.4 48.9 = 108 Multiple (6)
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Liberia 132nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 47.2 124 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 88 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 105 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 125 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 123 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 12.08 19.5 123 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.1 48 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 1.9 22.6 133 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 72.3 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 51.8 108 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 25.7 54.9 = 109 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 70 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 106 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 66 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.7 104 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 77.3 77.3 44 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.9 57 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.1 132 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 74 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.5 86 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.28 10.0 126 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 5.4 100.0 = 18 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 45.8 127 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 19.6 20.6 = 123 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 109 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.3 108 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP n/a 6.1 = n/a Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.8 108 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 13.6 73.5 = 116 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 0.0 100.0 = 75 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 20.8 137 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 6 n/a 137 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 44.1 n/a 69 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 55.3 85 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 15.7 92.2 96 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 6.0 94.5 = 31 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 17.1 18.4 120 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 10.0 62.5 62 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.9 124 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.8 85 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.0 81 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.3 106 United States
0-100 (best) - 22.0 135 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 58 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 97 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 96 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 29.7 50.7 139 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 129 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 0.0 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.1 109 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 124 Multiple (7)
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Lithuania 40th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 38th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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Lithuania 40th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 60.9 41 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.8 21 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 5.2 83.9 90 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.1 47 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 42.2 42.2 121 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 73.1 73.1 = 27 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 55 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.6 93 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 22.2 77.8 32 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.8 106 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 60 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.80 80.3 50 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 86 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 59.0 59.0 = 35 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.7 62 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.6 61 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 28.5 95.0 = 2 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.0 54 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 54 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 32 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 74.7 44 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 84.6 84.6 = 21 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.7 37 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 29.3 73.2 = 27 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.8 27 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 14,559.2 36.1 87 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 62 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 13.2 13.2 74 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 46 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 6.5 97.4 36 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 7.8 94.1 = 50 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.0 82.7 34 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 75.8 18 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 150.9 100.0 = 13 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 79.8 n/a 52 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 27.6 55.3 33 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 18.8 n/a 6 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 74.4 74.4 46 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 2.2 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 78.8 77 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 65.2 78.8 76 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 73.3 31 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.8 85.6 = 11 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.2 31 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.1 74 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.0 107 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.0 33 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 123 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.1 89.5 32 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 60 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 13.2 91.9 35 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 57.7 53 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.5 40.9 89 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 87 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.0 25 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.7 59 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 9 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.8 46.2 47 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 12.6 87.4 = 10 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 65.2 32 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 24.6 57.2 = 106 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 92 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.3 48 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.9 5 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.2 41 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 90.7 90.7 14 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 133 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.4 32 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.0 36 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.5 40 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.96 94.9 12 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 35.2 62.2 = 130 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 56.9 76 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 41.7 43.9 82 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.4 87 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.9 59 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 9.0 9.0 93 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.6 26.0 = 75 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.2 67 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 3.7 93.6 60 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 4.1 94.4 114 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 21.2 100.0 = 16 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 50.1 76 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 83 n/a 79 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 81.2 n/a 17 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 64.5 44 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.6 99.7 = 13 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 5.5 95.0 = 25 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 45.3 48.8 46 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 8.0 50.0 = 88 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.5 57 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.8 32 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.7 36 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.7 34 United States
0-100 (best) - 47.4 42 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 35 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 96 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 1.41 27.1 36 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.4 37 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 169.7 76.1 60 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 11.99 47.1 33 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.0 34.7 37 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 4.0 55 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.5 78 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 3,671.91 88.3 28 Multiple (7)
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Luxembourg 19th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 22nd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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Luxembourg 19th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 75.2 12 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.9 8 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.7 99.3 = 23 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.1 85.3 11 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 59.1 59.1 22 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 34.6 34.6 = 116 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 6.2 87.5 5 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.6 5 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 14.7 85.3 = 17 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.6 21 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.5 7 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.94 93.8 19 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 5.7 79.0 2 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 82.0 82.0 8 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.7 4 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 6.2 87.1 4 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 25.5 85.0 = 18 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.1 3 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 95 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.7 47.0 = 90 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 84.7 16 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) n/a n/a n/a United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.3 21 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 106.2 100.0 = 3 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.6 16 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 16,936.4 37.8 85 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.4 21 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.2 55 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 1.9 100.0 = 2 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.6 100.0 = 7 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.7 95.8 11 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 74.8 20 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 136.1 100.0 = 29 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 88.1 n/a 39 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 36.5 73.0 14 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 7.1 n/a 27 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 98.1 98.1 2 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.0 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 96.8 14 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 71.0 96.8 13 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 74.7 22 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 11.6 77.3 = 33 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.6 3 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.2 12 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.9 19 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.5 21 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.2 62 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 14.0 77.9 = 70 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.8 30 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 8.5 100.0 = 1 Multiple (6)
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Luxembourg 19th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 69.3 9 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.2 2 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 17 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.1 46 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.4 15 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 16 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.5 63.2 20 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 89.5 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 73.7 13 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 21.7 63.2 = 96 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 57 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.6 7 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.1 52 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.0 5 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 87.0 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.1 2 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.4 65 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.4 13 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.6 20 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.85 81.1 42 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 15.5 89.6 66 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 86.5 9 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 95.8 100.0 28 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.4 11 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.9 14 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 93.6 93.6 17 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 4.8 80.7 = 23 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 6.3 87.9 7 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.7 97.6 24 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 2.4 98.8 106 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 21.0 100.0 = 19 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 50.0 77 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 57 n/a 94 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 158.4 n/a 2 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 65.8 38 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.7 99.2 = 36 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 16.5 83.9 = 91 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 43.8 47.1 48 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 7.0 43.8 = 96 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 53 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.7 16 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.5 9 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.9 18 United States
0-100 (best) - 68.2 19 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.7 4 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.0 14 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 53.17 100.0 = 2 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 10 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 141.0 73.4 75 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 120.44 88.2 15 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.3 42.9 29 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.5 87 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.5 4 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 85,136.77 100.0 = 1 Multiple (7)
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Macedonia, FYR 84th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: n/a
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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5,474.4
2.3
0.02
22.4
2.5
3.1
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 50.6 85 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.0 131 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.6 96.3 = 51 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 60 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 110 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 48.2 48.2 90 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 61.5 61.5 = 49 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.3 22.3 128 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.7 129 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 32.4 67.6 89 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.3 109 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.3 129 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.70 70.2 68 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.3 120 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 35.0 35.0 91 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.1 126 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 133 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 25.0 83.3 19 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.0 122 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 8.0 80.0 = 11 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 8.0 80.0 = 5 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 64.5 80 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 47.8 47.8 = 98 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.3 97 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 26.6 66.4 = 31 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.0 17.1 116 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 5,203.2 25.7 115 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.5 85 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.2 133 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 12.7 91.0 84 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 6.0 95.9 = 33 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 72 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 54.0 70 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 101.9 84.9 100 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 63.9 n/a 78 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 18.6 37.1 51 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.0 n/a 58 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 72.2 72.2 51 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 74.6 70 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.6 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 49.3 49.3 84 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 80.0 71 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 65.6 80.0 70 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 59.0 81 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 9.8 65.3 = 63 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.2 134 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 130 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 114 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 106 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.2 129 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 13.3 74.0 = 81 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.5 121 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 14.4 89.0 = 42 Multiple (6)
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Macedonia, FYR 84th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 51.5 107 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.8 109 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.9 124 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.8 119 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 99 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 4.96 66.9 63 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.4 86 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.5 36.3 93 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 83.2 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 58.1 78 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 13.0 81.3 = 47 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 85 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 126 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.5 114 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.0 74 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 73.2 73.2 54 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.2 108 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.8 98 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 120 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.1 88 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.73 65.7 70 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 0.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 55.6 80 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 49.3 51.9 75 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.3 114 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.6 120 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 22.0 22.0 72 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.3 22.4 = 85 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.9 85 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 6.3 88.3 80 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -6.9 100.0 = 27 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.0 98.0 = 73 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 39.2 109 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 28 n/a 115 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 78.3 n/a 18 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 61.2 57 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.1 100.0 = 3 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 7.0 93.5 = 41 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 47.7 51.3 42 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 15.0 93.8 = 1 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.2 136 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 118 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.0 110 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.1 133 United States
0-100 (best) - 31.1 98 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 110 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.0 108 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.13 3.9 77 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.6 126 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 93.0 67.3 98 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.46 6.9 74 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.4 14.8 69 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 98 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.0 119 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 783.55 71.7 51 Multiple (7)
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Malawi 129th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 129th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
19.2
323.7
4.8
0.02
5.9
5.9
0.8
2.8
0.7
45.5
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Malawi 129th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 48.0 103 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.0 66 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.7 95.8 = 56 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 41 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.4 95 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 46.9 46.9 98 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 46.2 46.2 = 90 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.1 67 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.0 86 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 27.4 72.6 51 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.4 51 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.2 85 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.20 20.2 128 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.2 35.9 107 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 31.0 31.0 = 102 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.7 79 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 108 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 10.5 35.0 = 99 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.5 84 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 54 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.3 43.0 = 100 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 37.8 129 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 65.0 65.0 = 70 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.1 115 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 6.7 16.8 = 60 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.1 19.0 110 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 883.0 12.8 131 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.4 117 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.0 131 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 11.3 11.3 137 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 77.9 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 40.3 60.9 122 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.8 121 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 23.0 128 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 41.7 34.8 138 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 25.5 n/a 118 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 0.1 135 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 112 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 11.5 11.5 134 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 57.5 128 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 16.6 64.9 134 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 64 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 39.7 131 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 52.7 39.7 130 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 38.1 127 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 5.7 38.0 = 116 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 98 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.1 120 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.6 125 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 132 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 91 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 10.4 57.8 = 118 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.5 111 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 69.5 0.0 138 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 49.2 116 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.3 110 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.6 121 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.2 122 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 67 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.11 32.6 103 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.5 92.5 = 31 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 35.6 96 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 34.2 65.8 = 69 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 58.2 76 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 16.7 73.6 = 71 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 83 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 111 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.2 67 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.9 115 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 76.2 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.1 50.9 74 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.1 61 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 80 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 99 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.66 57.2 81 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 12.4 93.9 = 44 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 47.7 123 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 11.4 12.0 136 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.8 128 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 1.9 14.9 132 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 21.3 21.3 75 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.8 30.3 = 68 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.0 103 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 17.0 66.7 = 123 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -3.3 100.0 = 45 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 34.2 127 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 20 n/a 126 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 49.3 n/a 60 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 47.4 127 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 44.6 77.7 127 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 37.0 63.3 = 124 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 12.5 13.5 127 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 8.5 53.1 82 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.8 112 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.8 84 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 99 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.2 121 United States
0-100 (best) - 28.6 112 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 98 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.2 115 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.1 121 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.3 132 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 119.7 71.0 84 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.1 125 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.1 35.3 = 36 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 96 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.5 123 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 24.53 34.9 119 Multiple (7)
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Malaysia 25th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 26th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
32.1
9,812.8
4.6
0.73
3.4
3.4
4.4
4.3
0.7
41.0
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Malaysia 25th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 68.7 24 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.1 44 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 2.1 94.5 = 62 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.3 99.3 86 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.3 29 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 56.8 56.8 = 30 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 77 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.7 33 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.7 12 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 47.4 52.6 118 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.8 5 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.3 15 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.89 88.8 32 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.6 9 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 47.0 47.0 55 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.6 22 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.7 24 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 27.5 91.7 = 6 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.2 23 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 8.7 87.0 = 4 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.3 73.0 15 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 77.9 32 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 26.8 26.8 = 128 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.2 20 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 6.8 17.0 = 59 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.5 13 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 420,239.6 88.9 20 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.4 19 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 98.1 98.1 5 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.5 17 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 98.6 98.6 85 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 5.9 98.0 28 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 10.7 91.1 = 69 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.4 74.2 50 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 69.1 32 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 133.9 100.0 = 32 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 111.5 n/a 19 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 8.5 17.0 77 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 3.8 n/a 39 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 78.8 78.8 34 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 2.9 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 82.6 62 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 66.4 82.6 61 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 74.2 24 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.5 70.0 = 49 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.6 4 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.3 70.8 9 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.8 6 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.1 11 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.4 4 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 13.7 76.0 74 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.8 16 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 11.6 96.0 18 Multiple (6)
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Malaysia 25th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 63.6 24 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 18 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.4 9 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.2 13 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.3 16 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 5.11 65.9 68 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.3 99 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.9 47.5 44 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 42.3 57.7 = 79 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 70.2 20 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 23.9 58.6 = 105 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.3 9 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.2 15 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.3 21 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.0 11 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 70.1 70.1 71 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 29 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.3 8 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.1 17 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.7 5 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.64 54.7 85 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 16.4 88.3 = 70 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 84.1 15 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 123.2 100.0 = 19 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.8 5 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.6 5 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 128.8 100.0 = 9 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 4.2 69.7 = 32 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.7 38 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.6 97.8 23 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 7.4 85.7 126 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 15.4 96.8 = 83 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 73.0 23 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 848 n/a 26 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 75.3 n/a 19 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 73.8 19 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 5.4 97.3 60 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 18.5 81.9 = 98 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 81.3 87.5 19 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 6.0 37.5 = 110 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.7 3 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.0 15 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.5 5 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.9 2 United States
0-100 (best) - 55.5 30 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.0 17 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.1 9 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 1.85 32.1 33 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.8 6 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 232.3 80.8 44 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 6.29 36.5 42 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.3 43.3 28 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.05 14.7 34 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.9 8 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 699.91 70.5 55 Multiple (7)
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Human
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
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capability
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40
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Mali 125th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 121st/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
18.9
810.8
4.3
0.03
7.9
2.2
1.5
3.1
0.6
33.0
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Mali 125th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 40.3 132 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.5 133 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 10.9 64.7 = 118 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 77.3 77.3 130 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.0 121 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 47.6 47.6 96 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 23.1 23.1 = 130 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.7 100 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 66 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 36.2 63.9 93 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.1 71 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.4 91 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.24 24.2 127 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 95 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 31.0 31.0 102 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 123 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.4 110 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 8.0 26.7 = 113 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.6 132 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.3 43.0 = 112 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.7 37.0 = 112 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 42.7 123 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 55.9 55.9 = 85 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 94 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 0.5 1.2 = 99 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.8 112 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 2,524.9 19.7 124 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.2 104 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.9 127 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 40.5 40.5 120 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 11.4 92.3 = 76 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 42.7 58.5 130 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.5 124 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 26.7 121 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 112.4 93.6 = 82 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 23.2 n/a 122 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.1 0.2 = 131 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 11.1 11.1 135 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 73.7 82 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.0 98.6 88 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 48.8 48.8 90 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 42.8 126 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 53.7 42.8 125 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 34.1 133 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 1.9 12.7 = 138 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 89 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.7 79 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 80 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 89 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 72 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 7.3 40.8 = 140 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.4 57 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 39.1 27.3 121 Multiple (6)
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Mali 125th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 50.4 113 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.7 113 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 48 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.1 123 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 129 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.14 32.4 105 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.7 10 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.2 28.8 124 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 28.6 71.4 = 64 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 46.6 127 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 13.6 79.9 = 56 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 60 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 119 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 126 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.0 73 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 71.1 71.1 60 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.1 87 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 74 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.8 123 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 110 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.29 10.6 125 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 34.3 63.5 = 128 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 45.6 129 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 23.0 24.2 111 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 99 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.6 87 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.5 8.0 = 124 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.8 123 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 15.8 69.1 = 121 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 3.1 97.1 111 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 39.8 106 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 37 n/a 103 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 42.7 n/a 72 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 51.6 110 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 58.4 70.8 132 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 8.5 92.0 = 51 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 28.0 30.1 94 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.0 56.3 = 71 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.9 111 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.0 121 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.2 114 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.8 94 United States
0-100 (best) - 29.3 108 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 127 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 69 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.02 0.6 110 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.3 77 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 84.0 65.8 104 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.04 0.7 107 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.6 19.4 = 59 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.7 129 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 97.42 49.4 105 Multiple (7)
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Malta 36th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 36th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
0.5
27,250.4
4.2
0.02
4.0
79.4
4.9
0.7
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Malta 36th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 63.5 33 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.8 17 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.9 98.5 = 28 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 68 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.7 74 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 63.8 63.8 = 7 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 77 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 56 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.4 45 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 27.4 72.6 52 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 37 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 65 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.85 84.8 38 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.2 23 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 56.0 56.0 41 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.6 34 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.5 34 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 12.5 41.7 = 89 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.4 22 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 71.7 52 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) n/a n/a n/a United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.3 105 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.1 32 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 23,551.5 41.8 80 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.2 31 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 48.2 48.2 31 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.8 35 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 7.6 96.3 48 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.6 100.0 = 13 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.9 45 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 72.4 24 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 130.0 100.0 = 41 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 102.5 n/a 24 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 42.1 84.2 5 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 2.2 n/a 46 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 77.3 77.3 37 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.1 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 96.6 16 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 70.9 96.6 15 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 72.4 35 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.9 72.6 = 43 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.8 45 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.3 41 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.5 26 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.4 38 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 100 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.9 88.3 37 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.1 37 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 13.0 92.4 33 Multiple (6)
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Malta 36th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 61.5 36 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.3 29 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.1 27 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.0 34 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.0 8 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 25 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.7 42.4 60 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 67.8 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 67.8 24 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 7.3 93.1 = 16 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 42 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.4 26 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.1 17 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.9 19 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 62.4 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.5 26 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 124 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.7 39 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.9 42 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.73 66.1 69 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 11.1 95.7 35 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 72.2 29 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 92.7 97.6 31 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 37 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.9 65 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 38.5 38.5 47 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 4.0 66.2 = 34 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.6 41 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 5.4 90.0 75 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -12.3 100.0 = 15 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 15.4 96.8 = 82 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 36.7 119 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 18 n/a 129 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 124.1 n/a 4 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 59.2 66 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 7.3 96.4 70 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 16.1 84.3 90 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 38.8 41.8 62 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 5.5 34.4 = 120 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.5 29 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.3 40 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 55 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 48 United States
0-100 (best) - 51.0 34 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.2 45 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 42 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 3.72 47.6 30 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.0 48 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 97.0 67.9 96 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 22.36 57.9 30 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.8 25.6 47 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 93 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 45 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 32,163.76 100.0 = 2 Multiple (7)
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2018
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Capital Markets
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economic
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Mauritania 131st/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 128th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
3.9
1,317.9
3.2
0.01
9.9
13.0
2.3
3.0
0.6
32.6
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Mauritania 131st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 38.4 133 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.3 50 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 9.9 68.0 = 115 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.3 52 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 40.0 40.0 128 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 38.5 38.5 = 110 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.7 134 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.3 132 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 29.1 70.9 59 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.4 127 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.2 131 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.18 18.0 131 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.7 136 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 28.0 28.0 120 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.7 139 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.3 117 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 8.0 26.7 113 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.9 139 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 84 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.7 47.0 = 90 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 35.4 135 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 91 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.0 17.1 140 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 0.7 1.8 = 96 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.9 111 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 999.5 13.5 129 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.1 138 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 9.4 9.4 85 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.9 128 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 31.3 31.3 129 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 82.4 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 33.6 67.7 111 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.8 130 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 27.7 118 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 92.2 76.8 106 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 30.3 n/a 111 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.3 0.6 120 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 18.0 18.0 123 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 70.0 = 97 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.9 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 40.0 40.0 = 113 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 65.6 103 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 61.0 65.6 102 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 34.6 131 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 3.8 25.1 = 128 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 2.4 24.1 140 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.1 114 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.2 134 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.1 84 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 103 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 8.3 46.4 137 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.6 132 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 36.4 34.1 116 Multiple (6)
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Mauritania 131st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 39.4 136 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.4 138 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.8 138 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.2 137 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.0 139 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.25 31.7 110 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.7 95.0 = 7 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.2 30.0 120 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 70.7 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 42.8 137 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 10.5 86.5 = 36 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.5 122 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.9 84 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.2 100 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.9 117 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 61.9 61.9 97 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.1 109 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.3 139 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.6 138 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.1 135 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.38 22.5 114 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 23.2 78.9 = 100 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 38.9 138 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 22.8 24.1 = 112 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.4 138 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.5 126 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.6 9.6 = 117 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.4 139 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 22.0 56.6 132 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -0.3 100.0 = 70 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 27.9 100.0 = 3 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 32.2 130 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 16 n/a 131 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 59.2 n/a 36 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 38.7 135 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 19.3 90.4 104 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 6.0 94.5 31 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 0.0 0.0 133 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 0.0 0.0 134 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.3 140 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.7 140 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.2 136 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 72 United States
0-100 (best) - 25.5 129 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 113 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 83 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.5 135 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 38.7 54.5 134 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 129 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 2.2 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.6 135 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 175.88 55.7 95 Multiple (7)
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Mauritius 49th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 49th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
1.3
9,794.1
3.7
0.02
7.1
3.0
3.5
0.7
35.8
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Mauritius 49th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 62.8 38 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.5 30 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.8 95.5 58 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 61 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 55.3 55.3 38 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 69.2 69.2 = 36 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.7 32 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.2 23 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 26.5 73.6 45 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 50 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 29 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.69 69.1 69 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.2 48 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 47 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.9 33 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.5 51 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 17.0 56.7 60 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.6 36 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.7 77.0 = 16 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 69 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 68.0 67 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) n/a n/a n/a United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.8 50 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.7 39 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 16,860.2 37.8 86 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.0 54 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 32.0 32.0 55 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.7 65 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.9 99.9 69 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 5.9 98.0 27 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 13.7 88.1 78 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.2 87 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 62.1 47 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 145.4 100.0 = 23 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 59.0 n/a 84 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 19.4 38.9 49 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 11.3 n/a 16 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 52.2 52.2 84 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 90.0 43 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 2.3 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 80.0 80.0 43 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 77.7 83 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 64.9 77.7 82 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 61.0 74 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 6.8 45.3 = 106 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 40 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.8 47 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.5 52 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 52 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 80 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.1 83.7 = 51 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.6 68 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 17.8 80.5 64 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 65.6 19 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.5 16 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.0 72 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.6 78 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 40 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 0.61 95.9 4 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.3 87.6 53 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.7 42.6 59 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 16.9 83.1 = 23 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 58.3 74 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 73.6 0.0 136 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.1 26 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 44 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.2 73 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 54 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 71.1 71.1 60 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 68 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.8 88 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 54 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 69 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.65 56.8 83 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 7.9 100.0 = 25 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 77.7 25 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 99.3 100.0 = 27 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.1 55 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.7 67 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 64.2 64.2 32 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 5.5 92.5 = 20 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.7 31 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 7.8 85.3 91 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -8.3 100.0 = 23 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 17.6 100.0 = 44 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 36.9 117 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 25 n/a 119 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 60.2 n/a 34 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 66.5 35 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.0 99.5 22 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 5.5 95.0 25 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 67.4 72.6 28 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 10.5 65.6 = 58 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.8 61 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 47 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 88 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 68 United States
0-100 (best) - 38.3 62 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.8 22 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.2 46 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.55 13.4 54 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.2 88 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 63.3 61.7 117 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.81 10.9 70 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.2 5.9 = 93 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 105 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.4 55 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 2,926.08 85.9 32 Multiple (7)
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economic
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capability
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Mexico 46th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 44th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
123.5
9,304.2
2.0
1.94
3.4
2.7
2.6
4.1
0.7
43.4
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Mexico 46th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 47.7 105 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.8 139 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 19.3 36.4 130 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 98.1 98.1 102 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.6 138 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 45.5 45.5 108 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 92.3 92.3 = 4 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.2 110 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.5 95 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 48.9 51.1 120 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.0 117 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.5 115 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.94 94.4 17 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 92 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 29.0 29.0 113 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.4 85 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 65 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 16.3 54.3 = 66 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.2 48 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 54 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 69 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 72.9 49 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 93.5 93.5 = 7 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.3 47 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 13.6 34.0 = 50 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.5 74 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 497,154.0 92.4 15 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 70 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 43.7 43.7 36 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.5 60 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 13.1 90.5 85 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 6.3 95.7 36 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.4 71 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 51.3 76 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 88.5 73.8 109 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 63.6 n/a 79 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 13.3 26.5 64 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 2.0 n/a 50 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 59.5 59.5 69 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 99.4 35 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 4.4 98.8 82 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 84.6 56 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.1 84.6 55 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 57.9 86 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.6 57.3 = 82 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 77 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.9 59 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.8 63 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 87 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.5 60 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 14.1 78.4 69 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.7 104 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 26.7 58.1 96 Multiple (6)
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Mexico 46th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 57.5 54 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.4 98 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 91 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.5 65 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.3 50 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 5.03 66.5 65 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.9 45 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.8 44.2 54 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 29.5 70.5 = 66 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 54.4 100 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 22.0 62.5 = 99 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.2 105 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 61 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.6 55 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.3 109 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 56.7 56.7 112 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.3 48 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.4 22 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 67 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 82 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.56 44.6 89 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 25.6 75.6 112 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 60.8 61 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 32.4 34.1 97 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 94 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.2 35.9 54 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 35.1 35.1 51 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.8 30.8 = 65 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.4 39 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.3 96.4 37 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 2.2 99.5 102 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 15.4 96.9 = 81 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 80.6 11 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 2,239 n/a 11 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 40.8 n/a 77 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 65.5 41 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 17.0 91.5 100 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 8.4 92.1 = 50 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 67.6 72.8 27 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.5 71.9 = 38 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 67 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.4 55.9 65 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.7 62 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.4 83 United States
0-100 (best) - 42.7 50 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.5 86 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 40 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.30 8.1 62 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 64 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 360.7 87.2 35 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 1.65 17.9 59 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.6 18.4 61 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.11 28.2 22 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.0 58 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 882.81 73.0 50 Multiple (7)
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Rank /140
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Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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84th
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
56
51
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62
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61
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59
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34
58
30
Moldova 88th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 87th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
3.6
2,279.7
3.5
0.02
4.5
3.0
1.9
4.0
0.7
26.3
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Moldova 88th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 50.8 84 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.3 88 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 3.2 90.9 = 74 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 32 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.5 104 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 44.4 44.4 115 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 69.2 69.2 = 36 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.2 130 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.6 120 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 30.0 70.0 66 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.8 93 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.9 120 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.86 86.0 36 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.1 114 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 31.0 31.0 102 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.8 116 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 102 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 22.0 73.3 = 36 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.4 107 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 = 45 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 = 24 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 65.0 79 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 62.1 62.1 = 75 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.6 130 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 34.0 85.0 = 24 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 72 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 10,407.5 32.4 95 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 79 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.4 125 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 18.8 84.6 111 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 18.3 83.3 = 89 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.2 94 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 61.7 48 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 90.4 75.3 107 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 60.0 n/a 82 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 14.4 28.8 59 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 7.8 n/a 26 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 71.0 71.0 52 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 71.6 95 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 6.5 93.1 112 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 64 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 72.7 92 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 63.3 72.7 91 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 61.2 73 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 11.6 77.3 = 34 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.2 117 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 117 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.1 115 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.1 57 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.2 35.9 135 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 11.6 64.6 = 107 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 74 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 17.4 81.4 60 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 55.7 70 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 78 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.9 119 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.1 82 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.1 71 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 3.47 76.9 49 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.2 75 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.3 31.3 117 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 85.4 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 59.1 71 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 23.7 59.0 = 103 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.4 94 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.8 70 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.1 96 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.9 85 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 79.4 79.4 39 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.4 99 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 109 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.3 103 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 71 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 1.14 100.0 = 2 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 31.3 67.6 125 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 45.6 128 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 34.1 35.9 92 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.3 111 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.4 121 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.3 0.3 = 116 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.0 16.9 = 100 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.1 134 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 16.4 67.9 122 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -10.1 100.0 = 17 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 20.5 100.0 = 21 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 34.4 126 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 18 n/a 127 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 71.0 n/a 23 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 58.3 69 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 5.6 97.2 62 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 5.0 95.5 21 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 28.0 30.1 94 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 12.0 75.0 = 28 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.7 88 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.1 103 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.5 129 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.6 91 United States
0-100 (best) - 30.2 105 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.7 106 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.2 136 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.12 3.6 79 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.7 117 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 92.3 67.2 99 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.31 5.0 81 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.4 12.3 77 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 106 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.9 107 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 584.29 68.5 65 Multiple (7)
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Mongolia 99th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 95th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
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Mongolia 99th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 51.1 80 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.6 59 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 5.7 82.5 93 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.5 82 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 57.1 57.1 28 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 46.2 46.2 = 90 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.0 113 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.9 67 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 29.1 71.0 58 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.3 104 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.7 112 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.74 73.6 62 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.6 128 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 36.0 36.0 87 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 120 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.1 127 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 14.5 48.3 = 74 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.8 126 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.3 73.0 = 20 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 56 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 56.2 103 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 45.2 45.2 = 105 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.7 110 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 1.2 2.9 = 94 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 62 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 9,490.1 31.5 97 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 113 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 1.6 10.7 137 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 91.0 91.0 99 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 11.4 92.3 75 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 19.8 81.9 = 93 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.4 100 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 48.7 78 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 126.4 100.0 49 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 80.8 n/a 50 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 9.3 18.5 76 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 2.3 n/a 45 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 22.3 22.3 115 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 65.0 121 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 2.6 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 30.0 30.0 137 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 62.2 105 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 59.9 62.2 104 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 57.4 89 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 9.5 63.3 = 69 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.8 95 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.0 110 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.2 120 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.7 94 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.3 139 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.5 85.9 42 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.2 116 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 29.7 50.8 102 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 52.3 100 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.8 121 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.5 137 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.1 108 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.1 108 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 4.60 69.3 58 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.8 96.1 5 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.2 30.6 119 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 13.7 86.3 = 12 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 63.5 41 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 8.7 90.3 = 20 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.3 86 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.1 83 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.8 10 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.4 94 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 75.2 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.6 128 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.1 85 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 87 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.6 94 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.92 89.5 23 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 12.4 93.9 = 44 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 50.2 109 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 57.5 60.5 59 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 122 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 1.9 15.4 130 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 6.2 6.2 99 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.5 7.8 = 126 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.8 122 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 7.2 86.5 = 87 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -3.6 100.0 = 43 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 40.5 103 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 36 n/a 104 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 58.5 n/a 39 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 55.0 89 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.4 99.3 33 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 10.0 90.5 = 60 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 17.0 18.3 121 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.0 68.8 = 46 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.5 113 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.8 134 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.9 82 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.7 102 United States
0-100 (best) - 31.0 99 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.2 32 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.2 131 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.11 3.3 81 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.6 112 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 80.0 65.1 107 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.45 6.9 76 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.2 5.2 96 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.3 101 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 414.30 64.9 74 Multiple (7)
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Montenegro 71st/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 73rd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
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Montenegro 71st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 54.7 63 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.8 70 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 4.5 86.6 85 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 29 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.8 77 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 48.8 48.8 84 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 23.1 23.1 = 130 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 68 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 55 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 31.2 68.8 84 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 38 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 61 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.74 74.2 61 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 50 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 46.0 46.0 56 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.6 75 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.6 89 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 17.5 58.3 = 56 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 96 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 = 45 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 56 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 62.2 86 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 27.7 27.7 = 126 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 78 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 18.1 45.3 = 41 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.5 78 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 9,813.0 31.8 96 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.1 76 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 6.5 6.5 104 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 70 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 16.6 86.9 100 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 8.1 93.8 = 52 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.1 61 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 57.1 58 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 166.1 100.0 = 8 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 66.5 n/a 75 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 21.8 43.7 44 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 2.1 n/a 48 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 69.9 69.9 55 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 69.7 102 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.1 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 39.5 39.5 123 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 84.8 55 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.1 84.8 54 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 68.1 52 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 11.2 74.7 = 37 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 71 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 78 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.7 75 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 74 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.3 84 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 14.9 82.8 = 56 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.5 51 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio n/a 86.6 n/a Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 60.9 45 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 48 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 69 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.3 76 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.5 60 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 2.02 86.5 38 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.7 78 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 39.0 84 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 85.3 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 67.5 25 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 11.2 85.0 = 39 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 59 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 77 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.5 48 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.4 42 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 88.7 88.7 21 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 56 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.4 74.1 4 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 89 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 70 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.90 87.5 28 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 13.4 92.5 53 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 63.9 51 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 50.0 52.7 74 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.5 48 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.2 48 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 82.6 82.6 = 23 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP n/a 21.6 = n/a Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.3 80 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value n/a 69.9 n/a Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -15.7 100.0 = 12 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 28.2 132 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 10 n/a 134 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 67.1 n/a 27 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 63.4 50 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.5 99.3 = 35 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 10.0 90.5 = 60 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 49.3 53.1 40 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 13.5 84.4 = 14 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 100 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 115 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 76 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 67 United States
0-100 (best) - 34.9 74 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 67 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.8 91 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.27 7.3 68 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 59 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 41.7 55.6 131 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 1.88 19.4 55 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.4 12.7 74 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 94 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.6 72 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 622.39 69.2 62 Multiple (7)
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Overview 2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
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40
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60
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80
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Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
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75th
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54th
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53rd
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93rd
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47th
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88th

114th
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75th
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119th
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44th
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53rd
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99th
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78th
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
58 57
72
44
90
75
45
55
50
66
60
54
34
Morocco 75th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 77th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
34.9
3,151.2
3.9
0.24
9.3
2.8
1.8
0.6
39.5
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Morocco 75th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 56.6 54 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.0 35 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.2 97.5 = 40 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 28 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.5 34 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 39.7 39.7 129 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 77 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 65 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.7 39 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 43.1 56.9 110 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 25 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 55 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.78 77.5 55 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.2 46 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 40.0 40.0 69 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.8 39 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.3 43 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 15.5 51.7 = 70 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.5 47 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 56 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 71.5 53 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 79.1 79.1 = 33 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.0 48 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 4.7 11.8 = 72 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.3 55 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 71,958.0 57.3 52 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.1 46 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 67.0 67.0 16 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.7 28 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.1 99.1 81 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 15.2 88.3 97 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 20.1 81.5 96 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.8 43 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 44.2 93 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 122.9 100.0 58 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 58.3 n/a 85 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 3.9 7.7 93 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 94 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 58.3 58.3 73 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 90.0 47 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.2 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 80.0 80.0 52 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 74.9 88 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 64.0 74.9 87 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 45.2 114 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 4.8 32.0 = 123 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 94 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.4 101 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 117 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 96 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 99 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 11.8 65.5 = 102 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.9 138 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 26.6 58.5 95 Multiple (6)
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Morocco 75th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 55.2 75 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.6 43 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 67 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.0 59 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.0 76 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.10 32.6 102 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.4 71 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.3 33.2 112 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 21.0 79.0 = 39 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 50.0 119 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 20.7 65.2 = 91 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.6 103 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.7 109 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.4 27 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.7 124 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 74.2 74.2 52 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.5 69 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.8 36 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 66 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.1 87 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.24 4.8 129 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 23.3 78.8 102 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 66.3 44 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 65.3 68.8 46 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.0 56 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.4 81 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 49.6 49.6 39 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.7 44.8 = 45 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.8 23 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 7.6 85.7 90 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -7.8 100.0 = 25 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 13.1 91.6 = 106 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 60.0 53 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 272 n/a 55 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 48.8 n/a 61 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 53.9 99 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 8.0 96.0 76 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 9.0 91.5 55 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 28.4 30.6 92 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 6.0 37.5 = 110 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.0 104 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.4 80 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 100 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.4 95 United States
0-100 (best) - 34.0 78 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 112 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 74 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.07 2.2 90 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.0 102 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 154.7 74.8 69 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.13 2.3 97 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.7 23.8 = 51 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.02 5.8 50 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.2 75 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 287.18 60.9 85 Multiple (7)
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Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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133rd

130th

130th

122nd

137th

135th

140th

115th

138th

113rd

104th

104th
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120th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
40 41
37
26
44
38
28
50
42
50
40
53
27
Mozambique 133rd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 125th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
29.5
429.3
6.0
0.03
25.0
29.4
0.9
2.5
0.7
54.0
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Mozambique 133rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 41.2 130 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.9 132 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 3.4 90.2 = 79 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 96.1 96.1 114 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.7 133 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 48.2 48.2 = 91 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 42.3 42.3 = 103 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.8 119 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.6 25.9 119 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 31.1 68.9 80 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.2 100 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.8 117 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.44 44.4 107 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.4 117 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 25.0 25.0 129 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 125 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.5 132 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 9.5 31.7 = 107 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.2 133 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 84 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.0 30.0 = 131 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 37.3 130 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 56.2 56.2 = 84 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.8 133 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 3.9 9.7 = 77 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.8 96 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 2,267.5 18.9 125 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.0 136 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 9.3 9.3 87 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.7 112 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 28.6 28.6 131 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 19.3 84.1 113 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 44.7 56.4 135 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.1 125 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 26.3 122 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 40.0 33.4 139 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 25.7 n/a 117 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.1 0.3 130 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 102 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 17.5 17.5 124 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 44.5 137 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 17.3 63.1 136 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 25.9 25.9 139 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 37.7 135 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 52.1 37.7 134 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 28.2 140 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 2.1 14.0 = 136 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.6 136 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 135 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.4 138 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.8 137 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 128 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 9.7 53.7 = 123 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.9 128 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 54.7 0.0 134 Multiple (6)
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Mozambique 133rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 49.6 115 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.5 119 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.9 130 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 130 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 133 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 7.81 47.9 89 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.7 = 9 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.5 37.3 = 88 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 18.6 81.4 = 34 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 42.5 138 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 37.5 30.2 = 130 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.5 119 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.4 129 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 127 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.1 17.5 127 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 81.4 81.4 35 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.2 35.9 130 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 93 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 132 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.3 134 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.21 0.8 137 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 4.5 100.0 = 15 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 49.5 113 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 33.9 35.7 94 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.9 121 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.0 17.3 128 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 8.9 8.9 = 94 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.4 23.0 = 82 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.6 125 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 6.1 88.7 79 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 0.8 100.0 88 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.4 98.8 = 65 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 40.3 104 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 33 n/a 108 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 69.0 n/a 25 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 52.8 104 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 18.1 91.0 103 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 19.0 81.4 = 100 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 31.5 33.9 84 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 10.0 62.5 = 62 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.4 127 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.3 127 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 113 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.5 118 United States
0-100 (best) - 27.1 120 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.0 90 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.5 111 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.5 104 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 83.7 65.7 105 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 129 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.3 11.2 78 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 97 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.0 126 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 46.33 41.5 113 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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100th

51st
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91st
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105th

100th

117th

100th
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80th
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39th

47th

121st

121st
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77th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
53
57
60
37
70
51 53 54
64 66
36
50
34
Namibia 100th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 99th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
2.3
5,413.1
3.6
0.02
23.3
5.9
2.1
3.3
0.8
59.1
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 57.2 51 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.2 79 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 17.1 43.6 = 128 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.3 75 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 53.0 53.0 = 55 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 73.1 73.1 = 27 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.1 27 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.9 24 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 20.2 79.8 24 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.6 39 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 30 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.39 39.3 116 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 40 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 51.0 51.0 46 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.8 31 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.1 40 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 8.5 28.3 = 110 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.7 44 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 81 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 59.7 91 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 92.8 92.8 = 10 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.2 28 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 3.2 8.0 = 80 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.4 80 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 4,338.9 24.1 119 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.8 50 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 15.4 15.4 71 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.4 41 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 55.9 55.9 116 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 7.0 96.9 41 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 28.8 72.6 103 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.9 57 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 37.3 105 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 104.5 87.1 95 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 59.3 n/a 83 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 2.5 5.0 102 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 103 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 31.0 31.0 101 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 69.9 100 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 6.4 93.2 111 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 46.7 46.7 102 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 51.5 117 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 56.5 51.5 116 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 52.7 100 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.5 56.7 = 85 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.2 43 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 86 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 99 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.6 119 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.9 114 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 11.7 65.0 = 103 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.6 82 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 29.8 50.6 = 104 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 54.4 80 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.7 35 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 95 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 94 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.1 75 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 6.49 56.8 81 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.3 89 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 41.2 = 67 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 37.0 63.0 = 75 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 63.7 39 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 9.7 88.2 = 29 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 79 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.8 57 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.2 80 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.5 93 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 82.5 82.5 32 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.8 136 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.3 35 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.2 56 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.4 65 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.77 70.8 61 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 1.9 100.0 = 8 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 65.7 47 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 60.7 63.9 54 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.2 78 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.7 69 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 3.0 3.0 = 108 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 6.6 100.0 = 13 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.9 48 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.5 97.9 19 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 8.7 82.4 130 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 14.5 94.7 = 95 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 36.2 121 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 24 n/a 120 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 54.6 n/a 46 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 49.7 121 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 11.3 94.4 83 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 66.0 34.2 = 135 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 34.0 36.6 78 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 6.0 37.5 = 110 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.3 65 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.1 45 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.7 94 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.4 81 United States
0-100 (best) - 34.1 77 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.6 52 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 89 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.22 6.0 72 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 81 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 80.7 65.2 106 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.36 5.7 78 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.3 11.2 = 79 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 111 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.8 63 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 476.55 66.4 71 Multiple (7)
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Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
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60
70
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Human
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109th
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98th
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117th
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101st
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106th
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130th
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
51 49 48
41
70
67
48
45
49
63
47
54
29
Nepal 109th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 108th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
29.3
834.2
4.4
0.06
2.7
0.4
1.0
4.2
0.7
32.8
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Nepal 109th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 48.5 98 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.8 107 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 2.2 94.4 64 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 89.6 89.6 122 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.0 80 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 49.5 49.5 79 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 57.7 57.7 = 61 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.3 88 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.0 87 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 32.1 68.0 87 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.0 90 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.7 92 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.78 78.1 54 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.6 118 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 31.0 31.0 102 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 87 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 122 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 5.5 18.3 = 133 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 105 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 84 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 45 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 48.5 117 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 34.3 34.3 = 122 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.0 126 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.3 5.2 134 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 27,598.5 43.8 75 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.4 130 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 1.8 13.1 136 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 77.3 77.3 106 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 25.0 78.1 119 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 35.1 66.2 116 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.7 126 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 40.5 101 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 123.2 100.0 57 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 52.4 n/a 93 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.8 1.5 = 111 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.2 n/a 76 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 19.7 19.7 120 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 70.3 96 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 7.2 91.1 116 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 49.4 49.4 82 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 66.8 102 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 61.4 66.8 101 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 48.4 106 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 4.7 31.3 = 124 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.3 122 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.8 125 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.1 92 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.2 102 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 95 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.2 67.8 98 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.3 96 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 22.4 68.9 83 Multiple (6)
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Nepal 109th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 44.8 130 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.6 79 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 2.9 30.9 128 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 116 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.9 86 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 17.18 0.0 139 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.1 49 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.3 32.2 116 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 42.9 57.1 = 83 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 49.1 125 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 27.2 51.7 = 112 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.5 114 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 134 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 119 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.3 96 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 75.3 75.3 50 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 117 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.3 34 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.5 113 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 106 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.34 17.2 119 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 11.3 95.4 = 37 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 62.9 58 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 69.2 72.9 42 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 54 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.0 80 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 62.2 62.2 34 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.6 26.1 = 74 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.3 102 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.5 96.0 = 40 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 9.4 80.6 131 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 96.4 n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 46.7 84 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 72 n/a 86 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 49.4 n/a 59 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 54.0 98 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 24.9 87.6 111 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 16.5 83.9 91 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 43.0 46.3 50 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 8.0 50.0 = 88 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.6 118 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 111 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 117 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.6 103 United States
0-100 (best) - 29.0 110 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.5 108 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.0 104 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.03 1.0 100 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.9 115 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 109.3 69.7 88 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.03 0.6 110 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.3 10.1 = 83 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 102 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.6 93 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 102.55 49.9 104 Multiple (7)
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2018
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Rank /140
Score
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10
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60
70
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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
4th
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4th
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19th
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
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system
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size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
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Netherlands 6th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 5th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
17.1
48,345.7
0.9
0.72
4.8
6.9
5.9
5.6
0.7
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Netherlands 6th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 77.9 4 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.8 29 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.6 99.8 13 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.8 99.8 73 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.3 16 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 62.8 62.8 11 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 76.9 76.9 = 21 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.6 4 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.7 8 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 10.0 90.0 3 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.8 17 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.4 74.1 6 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.99 98.9 4 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.5 14 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 82.0 82.0 8 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.3 7 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 6.1 85.3 5 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 28.5 95.0 = 2 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 6.3 87.7 5 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.7 47.0 = 106 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 = 24 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 92.4 4 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 82.1 82.1 = 24 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.3 3 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 72.6 100.0 = 8 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.6 7 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 228,866.0 77.0 28 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.3 3 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 86.4 86.4 6 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.4 2 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 4.4 99.6 15 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.6 100.0 = 3 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.8 97.5 4 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 75.1 19 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 120.5 100.0 = 67 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 90.8 n/a 35 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 42.3 84.7 4 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 6.2 n/a 31 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 90.4 90.4 12 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.7 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 96.0 20 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 70.7 96.0 19 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 84.5 6 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.1 80.9 = 27 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.6 5 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.7 3 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.0 3 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.9 4 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.6 15 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 18.0 100.0 = 9 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 5.3 70.9 7 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 11.7 95.7 21 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 72.3 6 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.1 11 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.3 6 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.9 82.2 2 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.6 6 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 10 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.9 72.9 5 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 12.2 87.8 = 7 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 74.9 10 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 15.8 75.3 = 68 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.4 15 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.9 80.9 3 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.5 122 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.2 10 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 93.8 93.8 12 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.0 24 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.4 66 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.4 2 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.2 13 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.91 88.8 25 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 19.8 83.6 90 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 83.7 16 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 113.9 100.0 = 22 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.6 20 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.4 18 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 96.4 96.4 15 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 4.3 72.1 = 29 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.5 33 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.5 95.9 42 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -5.0 100.0 = 39 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 17.7 100.0 = 43 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 73.9 21 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 834 n/a 28 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 95.1 n/a 9 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 80.3 3 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 4.4 97.8 54 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 3.5 97.0 = 8 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 89.7 96.6 3 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.5 71.9 = 38 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.6 7 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.7 5 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.5 6 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.3 9 United States
0-100 (best) - 77.5 9 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.7 14 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.8 6 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 20.59 94.3 12 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.3 5 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 854.3 100.0 8 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 183.37 95.9 11 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 2.0 67.1 19 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.16 40.7 17 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 17 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 10,568.62 99.7 8 Multiple (7)
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New Zealand 18th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 16th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
4.8
41,593.1
2.3
0.15
4.9
1.2
5.1
5.3
0.8
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New Zealand 18th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 81.6 1 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.3 7 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.0 98.4 = 31 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 36 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.9 8 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 66.1 66.1 2 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 88.5 88.5 = 8 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 6.3 89.0 3 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.9 6 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 13.6 86.4 8 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.2 19 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.4 10 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.98 98.3 5 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 5.0 65.9 15 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 89.0 89.0 1 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.6 10 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.2 8 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 26.0 86.7 = 15 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.9 9 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 9.3 93.0 = 1 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 = 24 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 76.1 39 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 70.1 70.1 = 56 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.3 39 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 15.4 38.5 = 47 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.3 48 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 96,703.9 62.0 43 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.3 26 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 33.1 33.1 50 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.8 23 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 6.4 97.5 35 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 2.4 99.6 = 29 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.7 30 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 73.4 23 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 136.0 100.0 = 30 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 101.6 n/a 26 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 33.6 67.2 20 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 5.2 n/a 35 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 88.5 88.5 17 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.2 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 96.2 18 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 70.8 96.2 17 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 83.2 10 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 13.1 87.3 = 7 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.5 21 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.7 18 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.9 17 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.0 20 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 51 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 18.9 100.0 = 7 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.4 5 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 14.5 88.8 = 44 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 73.5 4 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.6 5 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.7 34 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.2 33 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.2 4 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.60 89.3 35 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.2 47 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.7 67.7 13 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 11.0 89.0 = 3 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 78.4 4 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 0.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.5 20 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.9 13 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.6 19 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.9 20 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 84.5 84.5 28 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 72 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.5 11 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.4 6 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.5 17 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.94 92.2 19 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 2.8 100.0 = 11 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 76.1 26 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 154.8 100.0 = 8 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.1 10 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.5 15 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 40.9 40.9 46 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 3.0 49.7 = 41 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 6.1 85.2 9 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 0.5 99.9 3 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -8.4 100.0 = 22 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 12.8 90.8 = 110 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 53.8 67 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 172 n/a 64 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 26.3 n/a 116 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 76.4 12 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.3 99.9 = 7 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 0.5 100.0 = 1 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 84.2 90.6 15 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 8.5 53.1 = 82 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.2 15 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.6 9 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 16 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.3 6 United States
0-100 (best) - 61.4 27 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.8 10 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.2 36 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 7.21 64.6 21 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.6 19 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 438.3 90.1 27 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 58.15 75.0 23 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.2 38.4 = 34 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.03 9.0 47 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.7 24 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 4,326.40 90.1 24 Multiple (7)
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Overview 2018
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Rank /140
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Capital Markets
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adoption
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economic
stability
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market
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capability
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Nicaragua 104th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 101st/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
6.2
2,206.6
4.0
0.03
4.4
7.2
1.5
4.1
0.8
46.2
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Nicaragua 104th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 43.9 122 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.3 25 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 7.4 76.7 104 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 49 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.1 50.9 91 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 49.9 49.9 73 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 92.3 92.3 = 4 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 1.6 10.6 138 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.3 133 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 30.4 69.6 73 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.2 105 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.0 130 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.39 38.8 117 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.7 116 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 26.0 26.0 = 127 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 119 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.2 125 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 6.5 21.7 = 128 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.7 80 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.0 40.0 = 121 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.0 30.0 = 131 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 55.2 104 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 48.6 48.6 = 95 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 60 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.0 16.4 120 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 5,604.7 26.3 113 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 110 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 8.7 8.7 89 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.4 99 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 89.0 89.0 101 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 18.2 85.2 109 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 21.0 80.6 = 97 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.2 115 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 32.0 111 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 131.6 100.0 = 37 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 30.4 n/a 110 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 3.4 6.8 94 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 24.6 24.6 113 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 74.0 79 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 3.7 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 48.1 48.1 96 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 90.4 36 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 68.9 90.4 35 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 45.5 113 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 6.3 42.0 = 111 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.4 115 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.3 134 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.8 132 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.4 127 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.6 126 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 11.7 65.0 = 103 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.6 25.9 124 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 30.2 49.5 = 105 Multiple (6)
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Nicaragua 104th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 53.8 89 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.2 116 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.1 133 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.0 126 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.6 106 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 3.85 74.3 53 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.6 92.8 28 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.5 37.0 = 91 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 12.8 87.2 = 11 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 52.8 103 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 14.9 77.2 = 62 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.8 54 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 51 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.3 117 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 1.7 11.4 137 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 65.2 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.3 19 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.2 30 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 119 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.5 118 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.53 41.2 91 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 23.1 79.0 99 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 54.0 90 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 36.5 38.4 88 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.9 107 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.6 122 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.8 0.8 = 114 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.4 22.7 = 83 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.6 68 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.0 99.0 11 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 2.0 100.0 98 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 39.7 107 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 33 n/a 109 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 59.2 n/a 37 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 49.6 122 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 65.4 67.3 133 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 14.0 86.4 = 84 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 35.3 38.0 75 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 7.0 43.8 = 96 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 83 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 117 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.8 124 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.5 131 United States
0-100 (best) - 27.0 121 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 101 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 123 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.02 0.6 111 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.2 133 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 71.3 63.4 113 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.02 0.3 116 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 3.6 108 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.0 114 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 220.82 58.1 89 Multiple (7)
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adoption
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economic
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market
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market
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Nigeria 115th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 112nd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
188.7
1,994.2
4.8
0.88
7.0
1.0
1.1
3.1
0.6
43.0
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Nigeria 115th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 41.7 127 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.5 115 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 9.8 68.3 = 114 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 0.0 0.0 139 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.2 129 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 54.2 54.2 46 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 38.5 38.5 = 110 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.4 97 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.2 121 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 37.4 62.6 96 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.6 119 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.7 111 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.48 48.3 104 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.3 121 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 27.0 27.0 125 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 113 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 129 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 7.4 24.7 121 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 77 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 = 23 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 = 45 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 42.3 124 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 66.6 66.6 = 64 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.4 132 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 4.1 10.3 = 75 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.7 11.3 127 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 26,395.1 43.2 78 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.5 128 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 20.0 20.0 64 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.3 124 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 60.6 60.6 114 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 16.7 86.7 102 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 43.4 57.8 131 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.0 16.1 137 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 26.2 123 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 75.9 63.3 124 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 19.9 n/a 126 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 0.1 136 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 105 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 25.7 25.7 107 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 56.4 130 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 16.1 66.4 133 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 46.4 46.4 103 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 50.9 119 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 56.3 50.9 118 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 40.2 124 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 6.9 46.0 = 105 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.2 91 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.2 137 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.1 135 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 121 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.7 98 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 8.7 48.2 = 133 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.3 131 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 37.6 31.1 = 119 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 52.4 99 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 115 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 98 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.4 52 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 48 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.51 29.9 111 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.5 = 18 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.0 24.2 131 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 27.1 72.9 = 59 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 58.5 73 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 3.2 100.0 = 7 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 16 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.0 112 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.6 26 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.9 121 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 60.8 60.8 101 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 32 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.6 21 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 57 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.0 89 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.45 30.8 108 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 13.5 92.4 = 56 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 44.1 131 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 14.8 15.6 132 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.9 132 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 1.7 11.2 138 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 9.6 9.6 92 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.3 5.3 = 131 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 107 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 12.8 75.1 113 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -0.6 100.0 = 68 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.8 99.7 = 58 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 70.8 30 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 1,019 n/a 24 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 16.7 n/a 134 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 55.4 83 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 28.8 85.6 114 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 18.9 81.5 99 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 27.8 29.9 99 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 5.0 31.3 = 121 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.0 13 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.2 44 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 61 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.7 77 United States
0-100 (best) - 31.4 93 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.3 64 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.5 94 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.01 0.2 119 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.5 119 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 157.3 75.0 65 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.01 0.1 123 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 9.8 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.02 6.5 49 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.4 82 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 111.52 50.8 103 Multiple (7)
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8th
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45th
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
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adoption
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economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
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system
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size
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dynamism
Innovation
capability
78 77 75
82
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84
63
73
80
61
77
68
Norway 16th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 14th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
5.3
74,940.6
1.1
0.30
4.2
0.4
6.0
6.1
0.8
27.5
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Norway 16th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 76.7 8 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.4 10 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.5 100.0 10 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 41 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.8 22 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 64.0 64.0 5 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 76.9 76.9 = 21 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.5 11 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.9 21 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 7.6 92.4 1 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.5 40 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.1 20 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.98 97.8 11 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 18 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 85.0 85.0 = 3 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.3 17 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.6 22 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 20.0 66.7 = 47 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.0 12 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 8.3 83.0 = 3 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 74.7 45 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 50.4 50.4 = 90 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.2 43 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 10.9 27.3 = 53 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 29 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 135,535.8 67.6 34 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.6 75.9 20 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 5.8 5.8 105 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.0 22 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 6.8 97.1 39 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.6 100.0 = 6 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.6 93.9 16 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 81.6 10 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 107.8 89.9 86 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 95.1 n/a 32 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 40.2 80.5 8 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 15.4 n/a 10 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 97.3 97.3 4 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 2.7 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 98.4 9 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 71.5 98.4 8 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 83.9 8 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.8 85.2 = 13 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.2 14 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.8 10 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.1 22 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.6 13 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.6 5 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 17.9 99.2 11 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.0 15 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 8.9 100.0 = 4 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 62.8 29 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 23 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.4 15 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.4 43 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.1 83 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 2.80 81.3 45 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.4 111 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.5 63.0 21 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 72.8 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 73.5 14 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 8.7 90.3 = 20 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.4 78 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.5 8 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 131 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.5 9 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 97.9 97.9 6 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.7 58 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.5 101 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.2 15 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.8 35 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.96 95.6 11 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 15.9 89.0 = 69 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 80.1 23 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 137.4 100.0 = 14 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.0 13 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 21 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 52.1 52.1 38 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 4.6 76.3 = 26 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.5 11 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.2 98.6 13 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 3.5 95.9 113 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 17.0 100.0 = 54 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 61.3 50 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 346 n/a 47 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 33.2 n/a 93 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 77.0 9 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.9 99.6 = 20 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 4.0 96.5 = 12 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 93.1 100.0 = 1 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.5 71.9 = 38 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.4 49 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.9 4 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.2 38 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.7 15 United States
0-100 (best) - 67.8 20 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.1 40 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.6 19 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 14.25 83.6 17 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.4 20 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 502.7 92.1 20 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 115.24 87.4 16 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.9 64.4 21 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.07 18.1 27 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 23 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 3,457.38 87.7 29 Multiple (7)
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Rank /140
Score
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30
40
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60
70
80
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Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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47th

36th

24th

61st

58th
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65th

36th

33rd
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93rd
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56th
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62nd

52nd
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86th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
64 63
82
57
85
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72
62
56
63
56
63
33
Oman 47th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 61st/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
4.1
17,972.9
3.9
0.15
3.3
1.2
6.3
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Oman 47th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 63.1 36 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 6.4 89.9 4 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.7 99.5 = 19 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.3 89.0 5 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 51.2 51.2 65 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 42.3 42.3 = 103 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.5 18 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.1 19 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 40.7 59.3 103 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 15 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.7 13 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.83 83.2 42 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.1 7 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 44.0 44.0 59 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.4 20 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.4 17 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 13.0 43.3 = 87 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.4 37 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 84 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.0 40.0 = 106 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 81.8 24 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 92.4 92.4 = 12 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 6.0 82.6 8 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 43 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 81,119.1 59.2 47 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.9 28 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 63.6 63.6 18 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.5 18 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.6 99.6 73 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 9.7 94.1 59 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 14.6 87.1 = 80 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.4 44 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 56.9 61 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 149.8 100.0 = 14 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 93.9 n/a 33 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 7.5 15.1 82 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.4 n/a 72 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 76.8 76.8 38 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 85.0 58 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.4 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 70.0 70.0 60 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 81.9 65 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 66.2 81.9 64 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 71.6 36 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 9.6 63.9 = 68 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.5 37 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.2 26 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 39 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.7 30 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.8 56 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 14.7 81.5 60 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.3 14 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 11.0 97.5 = 14 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 62.5 33 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.5 9 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.1 31 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.7 75 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.5 39 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 5.20 65.3 71 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.3 87.9 51 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.9 46.7 45 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 47.4 52.6 = 87 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 55.6 93 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary N/Appl. 0.0 138 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.9 34 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.7 14 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.3 28 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.1 29 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 71.1 71.1 60 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.9 90 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.0 65.9 23 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.8 29 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.3 41 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.23 3.4 132 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 13.0 93.1 = 51 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 63.4 56 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 62.7 66.0 51 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 17 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.8 19 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 46.9 46.9 41 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.1 18.5 = 96 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.4 45 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.8 97.4 30 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 17.8 58.4 137 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 15.9 97.9 = 75 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 55.8 62 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 170 n/a 65 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 55.5 n/a 43 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 62.7 52 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 4.0 98.0 = 53 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 6.3 94.2 = 36 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 38.1 41.0 65 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 7.0 43.8 = 96 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.1 39 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.8 31 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.4 31 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 49 United States
0-100 (best) - 32.6 86 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.0 9 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.5 25 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.09 2.7 84 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 34 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 108.0 69.5 91 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.18 3.1 92 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.2 8.2 87 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 1.3 80 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 30 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 124 Multiple (7)
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market
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market
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Pakistan 107th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 106th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
197.3
1,541.1
3.6
0.83
4.0
0.7
0.8
3.6
0.6
33.5
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Pakistan 107th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 46.3 109 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 121 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 4.4 86.8 84 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 0.0 0.0 140 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.2 100 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 45.9 45.9 105 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 77 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.7 70 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 46 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 43.2 56.8 112 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 46 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 62 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.50 50.0 103 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.9 53 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 32.0 32.0 = 99 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 105 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 83 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 7.6 25.3 117 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 113 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 45 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 8.0 80.0 = 5 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 59.0 93 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 66.9 66.9 = 62 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 69 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 11.6 29.1 = 52 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.4 52 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 98,082.1 62.2 41 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 89 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 33.4 33.4 49 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 69 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 73.6 73.6 109 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 17.1 86.3 105 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 34.3 67.0 112 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.7 102 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 23.6 127 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 73.4 61.1 126 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 24.7 n/a 119 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.9 1.9 109 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 99 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 15.5 15.5 126 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 69.6 103 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 3.5 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 39.1 39.1 124 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 58.2 109 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 58.6 58.2 108 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 39.9 125 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 5.2 34.6 = 121 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.3 64 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.1 90 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.8 51 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 75 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 63 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 8.6 47.7 134 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 42 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 47.6 5.9 131 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 47.9 122 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.1 66 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 53 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.5 128 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.4 110 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 16.85 0.0 138 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.4 89.2 43 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.1 28.1 127 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 28.3 71.7 = 62 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 49.7 121 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 27.2 51.7 = 112 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.9 44 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 108 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 123 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 46 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 59.8 59.8 105 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.0 88 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.2 79 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.5 94 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.6 61 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.17 0.0 138 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 14.5 91.0 64 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 54.1 89 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 15.8 16.7 129 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 62 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 28 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 29.1 29.1 58 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.7 11.4 = 109 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.7 94 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 10.1 80.7 104 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 0.5 100.0 = 82 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.4 98.9 = 63 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 70.7 31 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 963 n/a 25 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 22.0 n/a 126 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 59.1 67 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 7.6 96.2 73 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 17.5 82.9 96 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 44.5 47.9 47 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 7.0 43.8 = 96 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 58 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.0 98 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.9 56 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.2 32 United States
0-100 (best) - 34.9 75 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 107 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.2 54 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.03 0.9 102 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 50 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 203.7 78.8 54 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.05 0.8 105 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.2 8.2 88 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.04 10.8 41 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.6 33 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 131.02 52.5 100 Multiple (7)
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Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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81st
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
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size
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dynamism
Innovation
capability
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58 58 56
67
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58
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Panama 64th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 55th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
4.1
15,089.4
6.3
0.08
4.5
8.3
2.3
4.5
0.7
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Panama 64th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 50.9 83 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.7 72 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 9.7 68.9 113 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 32 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.4 83 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 53.9 53.9 47 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 34.6 34.6 = 116 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.6 118 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.7 91 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 30.6 69.4 74 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 76 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.4 113 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.72 71.9 63 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.1 90 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 37.0 37.0 80 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 63 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 54 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 11.0 36.7 = 96 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.3 40 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 84 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 81 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 68.3 66 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 54.2 54.2 = 88 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.8 56 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 1.0 2.6 = 95 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 31 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 43,824.3 50.0 68 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.3 13 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 52.0 52.0 29 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.6 7 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 95.5 95.5 93 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 13.8 89.8 90 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 10.2 91.6 = 66 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.4 90 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 47.5 81 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 145.8 100.0 = 20 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 60.7 n/a 81 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 10.9 21.8 70 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.5 n/a 68 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 54.0 54.0 78 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 89.8 50 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.8 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 79.6 79.6 54 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 91.8 33 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 69.4 91.8 32 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 58.2 85 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 9.8 65.3 = 63 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 83 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 91 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.4 86 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 97 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.1 119 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.7 70.6 = 90 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.9 100 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 21.9 70.3 = 81 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 58.0 52 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.9 95 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.1 59 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.8 39 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 45 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 4.78 68.1 61 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.5 91.3 = 36 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.9 46.7 46 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 47.8 52.2 = 88 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 56.5 87 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 18.1 70.6 = 80 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.3 120 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 81 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.5 102 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.2 84 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 71.1 71.1 = 60 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 101 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 41 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 70 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.9 121 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.69 60.8 77 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 20.0 83.3 = 92 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 66.9 41 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 88.0 92.7 34 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 39 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.2 40 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 25.9 25.9 66 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.2 37.2 = 54 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.6 21 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.5 95.9 41 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 8.6 82.8 129 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 14.8 95.5 = 91 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 48.9 79 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 95 n/a 76 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 40.3 n/a 80 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 58.3 71 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 5.7 97.2 64 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 6.0 94.5 = 31 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 27.1 29.2 101 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 8.0 50.0 88 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.8 62 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.7 72 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.0 64 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 75 United States
0-100 (best) - 37.5 66 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 47 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.6 68 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.26 7.2 69 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 84 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 165.7 75.8 61 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 1.12 13.8 64 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 2.1 = 115 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.5 90 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 54 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 2,096.52 82.3 37 Multiple (7)
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Paraguay 95th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 96th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
7.0
4,259.6
4.6
0.05
4.6
1.4
3.7
4.2
0.7
47.9
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Paraguay 95th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 45.3 112 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.8 95 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 9.3 70.2 = 112 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 98.9 98.9 92 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.3 130 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 48.5 48.5 88 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 84.6 84.6 = 14 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 1.9 14.9 136 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.3 106 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 32.3 67.7 88 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.4 70 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.5 135 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.57 57.3 95 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.0 34.1 113 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 29.0 29.0 113 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.2 95 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.3 112 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 12.0 40.0 = 91 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 101 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 2.7 27.0 = 136 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 56.3 101 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 47.3 47.3 = 99 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.6 129 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.7 11.2 128 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 4,647.5 24.7 118 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.5 119 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.6 95 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.3 99.3 78 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 24.6 78.6 118 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 10.1 91.8 = 65 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 110 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 41.5 99 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 109.6 91.4 85 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 47.9 n/a 100 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 4.1 8.2 92 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.2 n/a 79 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 53.4 53.4 80 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 74.6 71 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 3.8 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 49.2 49.2 86 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 78.0 81 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 65.0 78.0 80 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 51.8 103 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.4 56.1 = 86 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.2 109 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.1 127 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.3 127 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.2 35.8 129 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.4 134 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.3 68.3 = 97 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.0 127 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 24.2 64.6 = 88 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 56.1 68 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.2 72 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.8 116 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.4 106 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 77 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 6.70 55.4 86 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.8 8 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 41.0 68 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 15.9 84.1 = 19 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 54.6 97 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 29.4 47.1 = 121 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.6 118 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.5 93 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.1 62 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.5 119 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 72.2 72.2 58 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.9 4 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.4 28 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.2 115 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 115 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.64 54.9 84 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 18.6 85.3 = 83 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 57.9 72 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 53.9 56.8 66 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 73 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.8 85 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 5.9 5.9 100 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.3 20.8 = 89 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.1 54 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.9 95.1 48 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 1.7 100.0 94 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 15.4 96.7 = 85 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 45.0 91 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 62 n/a 92 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 44.1 n/a 70 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 50.7 115 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 39.9 80.1 121 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 35.0 65.3 = 122 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 21.6 23.3 110 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.5 59.4 = 66 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 72 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 126 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.8 58 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.4 119 United States
0-100 (best) - 28.9 111 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.4 117 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.3 121 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.8 124 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 71.3 63.4 113 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 129 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 4.3 102 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 110 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.9 102 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. n/a 73.3 n/a Multiple (7)
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Capital Markets
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63rd

90th
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85th

94th

1st

32nd

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
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
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
61
50
62
44
100
93
59 59 59 60 62
55
32
Peru 63rd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 60th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
31.8
6,762.2
4.8
0.33
3.6
4.1
2.3
4.3
0.7
43.8
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Peru 63rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 50.2 90 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.2 129 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 7.7 75.7 107 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.1 99.1 91 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.0 136 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 49.0 49.0 82 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 92.3 92.3 = 4 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.5 115 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.9 103 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 30.3 69.7 71 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.5 128 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.8 136 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.87 86.5 35 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.4 109 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 37.0 37.0 80 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 117 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.9 121 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 17.5 58.3 56 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.4 61 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 = 23 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 76 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 62.4 85 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 48.3 48.3 = 96 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.1 108 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 1.6 3.9 = 89 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.1 93 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 76,200.0 58.2 50 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.4 86 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 42.1 42.1 37 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 85 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 95.1 95.1 94 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 11.0 92.7 70 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 6.6 95.3 = 42 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.4 80 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 43.9 94 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 121.0 100.0 65 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 64.2 n/a 77 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 7.2 14.4 84 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 95 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 45.5 45.5 89 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 3.2 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 93.3 32 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 69.8 93.3 31 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 58.6 83 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 9.1 60.7 = 73 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 124 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.5 83 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 95 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 111 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 106 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 13.4 74.4 = 80 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.8 108 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 18.3 79.2 67 Multiple (6)
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Peru 63rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 59.5 50 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.8 84 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.1 108 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.4 68 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.3 56 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.55 89.7 34 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.0 82.7 66 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.5 38.2 85 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 16.4 83.6 = 21 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 58.8 72 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 11.4 84.5 = 40 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.5 128 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.7 102 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.3 16 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.1 17.9 126 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 70.1 70.1 71 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.5 63 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.6 24 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 81 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.5 96 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.65 56.9 82 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 11.0 95.8 = 34 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 60.5 63 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 40.9 43.0 84 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.0 79 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.5 70 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 37.1 37.1 50 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.6 26.9 = 73 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.4 74.1 42 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 4.3 92.3 65 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 0.5 100.0 81 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 14.2 94.1 = 101 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 61.6 49 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 387 n/a 45 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 22.5 n/a 125 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 54.5 92 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 10.0 95.0 78 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 26.5 73.9 = 113 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 29.7 32.0 87 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.5 59.4 = 66 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.0 66 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 93 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.3 108 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 123 United States
0-100 (best) - 31.9 89 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.8 95 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.5 101 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.03 0.9 101 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.7 118 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 184.0 77.3 57 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.21 3.6 86 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 3.9 106 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 2.2 68 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.3 88 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 615.68 69.1 63 Multiple (7)
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2018
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Rank /140
Score
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80
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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56th

101st

92nd

67th

43rd

101st

67th

60th

36th

39th

32nd

39th

67th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
62
48
59
55
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68
63
57
64
68 70
66
37
Philippines 56th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 68th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
105.3
2,976.3
5.4
0.69
2.4
1.8
1.1
3.8
0.8
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Philippines 56th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 48.3 101 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 120 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 11.0 64.3 119 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 26.7 26.7 136 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.0 34.0 123 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 59.4 59.4 21 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 61.5 61.5 = 49 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.2 105 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.9 74 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 42.5 57.5 109 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.1 91 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.0 34.0 100 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.94 93.8 19 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 77 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 34.0 34.0 95 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.2 65 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.5 52 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 13.5 45.0 = 83 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.1 43 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.0 40.0 = 121 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.0 40.0 = 106 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 59.4 92 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 22.5 22.5 = 129 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 88 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 1.6 4.0 = 87 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.5 100 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 306,152.8 82.6 26 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.4 92 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 25.0 25.0 61 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 84 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 89.6 89.6 100 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 9.1 94.7 54 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 25.4 76.1 = 101 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.4 60 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 54.8 67 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 110.4 92.0 84 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 68.6 n/a 70 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 3.2 6.5 96 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 55.5 55.5 76 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 90.0 = 43 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 2.5 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 80.0 80.0 = 43 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 67.6 101 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 61.6 67.6 100 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 62.9 67 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 9.6 64.0 = 67 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.3 26 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.8 25 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.1 27 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.0 24 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.8 20 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.6 69.9 = 93 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.1 23 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 30.3 49.3 = 106 Multiple (6)
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Philippines 56th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 56.9 60 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 65 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.6 112 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.9 21 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.3 42 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 4.39 70.8 55 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.2 85.8 60 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.5 38.2 85 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 48.6 51.4 = 90 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 64.5 36 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 27.4 51.2 = 118 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.7 41 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.8 24 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.9 45 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.1 57 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 62.9 62.9 92 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.9 91 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.8 9 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.4 31 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.4 10 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.61 51.3 86 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 8.7 99.0 = 27 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 67.9 39 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 41.9 44.1 81 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.7 46 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.0 46 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 84.1 84.1 22 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.9 31.0 = 64 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.4 16 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.7 97.5 27 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 6.4 88.3 121 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.1 98.3 = 71 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 70.2 32 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 798 n/a 29 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 39.7 n/a 83 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 65.8 39 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 15.8 92.1 = 97 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 28.0 72.4 = 115 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 21.3 22.9 112 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 14.0 87.5 = 8 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 20 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.8 30 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.2 15 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.5 12 United States
0-100 (best) - 37.2 67 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.4 15 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.0 49 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.09 2.5 87 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 27 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 194.3 78.1 55 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.33 5.2 80 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 4.6 = 99 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 1.8 71 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 57 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 160.02 54.7 98 Multiple (7)
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adoption
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economic
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market
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Poland 37th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 37th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
38.0
13,822.6
3.3
0.88
4.9
2.2
4.4
4.6
0.7
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Poland 37th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 57.1 53 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.9 57 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.7 99.4 20 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 57 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.4 92 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 50.1 50.1 70 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 61.5 61.5 = 49 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.7 114 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.9 123 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 26.6 73.4 46 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.5 111 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.9 106 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.89 89.3 31 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 110 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 60.0 60.0 33 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.2 98 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 73 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 19.5 65.0 = 49 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.1 67 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 54 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 = 45 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 79.3 27 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 78.7 78.7 = 34 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 64 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 58.9 100.0 = 12 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.3 44 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 114,416.4 64.7 38 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.9 55 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 55.4 55.4 25 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 54 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 6.4 97.5 33 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 6.5 95.4 = 41 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.4 41 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 54.4 68 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 130.5 100.0 = 40 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 57.3 n/a 86 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 18.5 37.0 52 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.5 n/a 54 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 73.3 73.3 47 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.7 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 86.2 49 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.6 86.2 48 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 72.9 32 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.7 84.5 = 15 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.0 65 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.4 106 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.4 109 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 68 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.4 67 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.4 91.3 23 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.5 83 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 10.5 98.8 = 11 Multiple (6)
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Poland 37th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 61.2 38 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.2 71 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.7 60.9 20 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.2 69 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.9 63 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 13 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.3 56.3 33 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 11.0 89.0 = 3 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 59.8 62 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 18.8 69.2 = 82 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.6 113 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.5 78 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.7 25 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.5 40.9 64 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 78.4 78.4 41 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.9 113 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 130 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 73 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.0 56 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.84 79.5 45 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 25.0 76.4 109 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 63.4 55 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 53.5 56.3 68 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 59 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.1 83 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 29.8 29.8 57 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.8 46.1 = 44 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.8 51 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 4.0 92.8 63 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -5.1 100.0 = 38 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 15.4 96.9 = 80 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 73.4 22 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 1,021 n/a 23 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 51.2 n/a 55 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 61.5 55 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 12.0 94.0 84 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 37.0 63.3 = 124 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 63.1 67.9 36 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 14.0 87.5 = 8 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.7 81 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 89 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.0 92 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.5 113 United States
0-100 (best) - 48.7 38 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.9 134 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.6 67 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 1.61 29.4 34 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.9 116 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 456.3 90.7 26 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 11.90 47.0 34 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.0 33.4 39 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.15 39.8 18 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.4 67 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 3,033.56 86.3 31 Multiple (7)
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Score
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40
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60
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80
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Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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34th
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30th
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19th
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37th
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58th
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23rd
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35th
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
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size
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dynamism
Innovation
capability
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64
83
67
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95
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62
65
68
60
70
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Portugal 34th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 33rd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
10.3
21,161.3
-0.1
0.25
8.9
2.7
3.7
4.0
0.7
35.5
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Portugal 34th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 63.9 30 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.0 12 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.6 99.5 17 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.6 23 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 54.2 54.2 45 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 69.2 69.2 = 36 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.8 38 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.9 82 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 14.2 85.8 14 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.8 94 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.2 116 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.90 89.9 30 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 70 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 63.0 63.0 26 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.4 40 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.1 28 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 21.0 70.0 = 43 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.3 94 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 54 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 56 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 83.3 19 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 90.1 90.1 = 15 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.2 5 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 27.6 69.0 = 29 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 23 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 174,511.4 72.0 30 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.7 33 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 54.1 54.1 27 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.2 26 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 9.0 94.8 53 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 1.1 100.0 = 22 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.2 87.3 26 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 67.1 37 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 113.9 94.9 78 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 68.9 n/a 69 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 34.6 69.2 17 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 10.5 n/a 21 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 70.4 70.4 54 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 85.0 = 58 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.1 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 70.0 70.0 = 60 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 95.3 23 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 70.5 95.3 22 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 69.9 41 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.9 59.3 = 75 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 59 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.3 45 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.3 29 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.3 50 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.7 32 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.3 90.5 29 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.8 36 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 13.3 91.7 = 36 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 61.9 35 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.6 61 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.5 38 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.7 22 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.4 5 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 21 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.2 54.3 35 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 21.8 78.2 = 44 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 64.7 35 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 17.0 72.9 = 73 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.2 121 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.2 49 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.1 82 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.8 38 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 90.7 90.7 14 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.9 9 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 116 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.2 60 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.0 67 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.95 93.5 13 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 26.8 73.9 = 117 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 68.4 38 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 120.4 100.0 = 20 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 74 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.5 55 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 27.7 27.7 61 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 7.0 100.0 = 11 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 127 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 11.8 77.1 112 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -25.7 100.0 = 6 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 13.0 91.2 = 108 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 60.1 52 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 286 n/a 53 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 43.2 n/a 71 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 69.7 27 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 2.1 99.0 = 43 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 5.0 95.5 = 21 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 63.8 68.7 35 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 14.5 90.6 = 6 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.7 80 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.2 70 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.3 41 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.7 46 United States
0-100 (best) - 53.1 32 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 41 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 38 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 1.34 26.1 37 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 41 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 391.3 88.4 31 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 10.89 45.5 35 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.3 42.6 30 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.08 20.7 26 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 43 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 5,617.63 92.9 20 Multiple (7)
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Qatar 30th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 32nd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
2.7
60,804.3
7.7
0.27
0.1
0.3
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0-100 (best) - 63.8 31 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.0 16 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.4 100.0 = 5 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 35 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.5 21 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 56.5 56.5 = 32 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 7.7 7.7 = 135 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.6 30 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 5.0 65.9 9 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 40.2 59.8 101 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 14 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.0 14 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.71 71.4 64 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.0 8 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 63.0 63.0 26 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.3 30 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.3 27 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 24.5 81.7 = 21 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.6 75.9 25 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 2.0 20.0 = 139 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.3 33.0 = 124 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 80.0 26 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 75.6 75.6 = 45 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.4 14 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.7 60.9 21 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 141,531.4 68.3 32 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.7 14 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 32.1 32.1 54 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.2 19 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.1 99.1 81 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 6.0 98.0 29 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 9.0 92.9 = 58 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.9 82.1 35 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 81.9 9 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 148.3 100.0 = 16 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 117.4 n/a 14 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 9.7 19.4 74 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 8.4 n/a 24 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 94.3 94.3 7 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 96.5 40 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.5 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 93.0 93.0 40 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 88.0 40 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 68.2 88.0 39 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 70.7 38 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 9.8 65.4 = 62 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.2 27 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.8 17 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.1 16 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.3 17 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.3 13 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.2 67.7 99 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.9 9 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 11.6 95.9 19 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
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edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 63.6 25 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.1 6 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 23 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.8 62 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.2 20 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 5.29 64.7 72 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.2 59 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.0 50.0 39 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 60.1 39.9 = 94 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 61.3 54 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 23.2 60.0 = 102 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 5.0 65.9 10 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.9 29 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.4 74.1 29 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 21 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 0.0 0.0 116 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.5 14 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 102 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.3 27 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.3 11 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.49 36.2 101 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 11.3 95.4 = 37 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 70.1 34 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 65.0 68.4 48 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.1 9 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.3 8 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 92.8 92.8 18 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.4 22.5 = 84 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.2 49 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.7 97.6 26 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 18.6 56.4 139 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.0 98.0 = 74 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 60.4 51 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 310 n/a 51 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 35.7 n/a 87 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 65.7 40 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 6.7 96.7 67 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 8.7 91.8 = 54 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 30.7 33.0 86 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 7.0 43.8 = 96 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.4 10 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.4 22 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.7 10 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 14 United States
0-100 (best) - 50.3 37 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.9 12 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.4 16 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 1.56 28.9 35 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.3 14 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 110.0 69.7 87 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 9.09 42.5 37 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.5 16.0 = 66 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 1.4 77 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 14 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 1,596.53 79.4 43 Multiple (7)
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adoption
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market
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market
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system
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size
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capability
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Romania 52nd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 52nd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
19.6
10,757.0
2.4
0.38
4.9
2.1
2.8
4.4
0.7
35.9
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0-100 (best) - 58.1 46 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.2 65 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.2 97.5 41 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.8 50 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 49.7 49.7 77 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 61.5 61.5 = 49 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.0 54 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.8 104 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 23.7 76.4 39 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.3 108 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.3 53 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.71 70.8 66 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.4 93 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 48.0 48.0 = 52 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.8 43 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.2 32 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 17.0 56.7 60 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.2 53 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 54 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 56 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 71.2 55 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 66.2 66.2 = 66 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.7 113 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 45.2 100.0 = 18 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.4 75 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 59,903.7 54.5 57 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.3 61 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 29.2 29.2 59 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 73 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 12.0 91.6 79 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 8.1 93.8 = 53 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.8 52 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 67.1 36 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 114.6 95.5 77 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 82.9 n/a 47 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 24.3 48.6 41 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 11.3 n/a 17 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 59.5 59.5 70 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 89.2 53 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change -0.1 98.3 91 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 80.0 80.0 = 43 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 79.8 72 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 65.5 79.8 71 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 61.8 69 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 11.0 73.3 = 42 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.0 120 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 80 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.8 131 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.2 56 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.3 133 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 14.3 79.3 67 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.7 129 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 19.3 76.7 75 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
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edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 57.3 56 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.1 77 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 94 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.7 28 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.1 44 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 32 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 39.5 80 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 14.5 85.5 = 15 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 60.7 56 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 4.0 100.0 = 8 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.3 13 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.1 68 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.7 46 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 52 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 70.1 70.1 71 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.4 3 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.5 135 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.4 106 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 108 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.75 69.0 63 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 25.8 75.3 = 113 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 51.9 101 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 29.7 31.3 101 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.1 112 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.6 114 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 8.7 8.7 = 95 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.2 20.3 = 90 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.7 71 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 9.6 81.6 100 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -10.0 100.0 = 18 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 17.4 100.0 = 46 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 64.7 41 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 439 n/a 40 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 47.2 n/a 63 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 60.1 64 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.4 99.8 9 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 12.0 88.4 = 74 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 35.6 38.3 74 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 13.0 81.3 = 17 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.5 125 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.4 109 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 84 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 88 United States
0-100 (best) - 39.6 57 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.2 26 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.5 119 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.95 20.4 46 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.3 109 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 204.3 78.9 53 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 3.27 26.7 49 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.5 16.3 65 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.04 10.8 42 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.6 116 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 1,379.68 77.8 47 Multiple (7)
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72nd
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51st
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25th
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55th
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100th

50th

83rd

67th

86th
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6th

51st
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36th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
66
53
72 72
88
68 68
54
59
55
84
63
51
Russian Federation 43rd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 45th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
144.0
10,608.2
1.1
3.16
5.2
1.8
5.6
4.2
0.7
37.7
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Russian Federation 43rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 52.7 72 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.6 78 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 10.8 65.0 117 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 93.1 93.1 118 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.8 88 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 43.9 43.9 117 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 88.5 88.5 = 8 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 92 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.1 79 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 50.0 50.0 121 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.1 73 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 78 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.92 92.1 23 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.9 54 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 29.0 29.0 = 113 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 112 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 85 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 26.0 86.7 = 15 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.0 89 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 95 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.3 73.0 = 15 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 72.2 51 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 78.0 78.0 = 38 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.6 104 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 5.0 12.5 = 69 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.4 15 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 426,396.7 89.2 18 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.3 52 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 32.2 32.2 53 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 45 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 10.1 93.7 64 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 8.5 93.4 = 54 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.3 53 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 72.1 25 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 157.9 100.0 = 11 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 80.8 n/a 51 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 21.4 42.9 46 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 13.5 n/a 12 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 73.1 73.1 49 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 87.5 55 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 5.4 96.2 102 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 78.9 78.9 56 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 68.5 100 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 61.9 68.5 99 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 68.5 50 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.7 71.3 = 45 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.7 66 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.2 67 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.8 72 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.7 37 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.4 53 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.5 86.3 41 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.8 38 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 20.1 74.6 = 77 Multiple (6)
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Russian Federation 43rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 54.2 83 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.2 73 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 63 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.4 74.1 19 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 113 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 4.57 69.5 57 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 110 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 35.5 99 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 25.7 74.3 = 54 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 59.5 67 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 17.3 72.2 = 74 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.0 43 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.2 82 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.6 = 97 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.0 55 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 73.2 73.2 54 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.4 93 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.6 99 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.1 93 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.7 37 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.85 80.9 43 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 36.3 60.7 133 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 54.8 86 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 54.5 57.3 65 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 106 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.9 93 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 32.0 32.0 55 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.1 18.7 = 93 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 114 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 9.4 81.9 97 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -3.8 100.0 = 42 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 12.9 91.0 = 109 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 84.0 6 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 3,651 n/a 6 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 21.3 n/a 128 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 62.9 51 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.1 99.5 26 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 10.1 90.4 = 65 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 40.7 43.8 57 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.5 71.9 = 38 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.8 41 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.9 71 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 93 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 57 United States
0-100 (best) - 50.7 36 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.7 39 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 95 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.75 17.2 50 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.6 40 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 479.0 91.4 22 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 3.80 28.8 47 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.1 37.7 35 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.29 70.4 12 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.5 40.9 66 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 397.29 64.4 75 Multiple (7)
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Best
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Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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108th
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29th
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115th
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120th
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92nd
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106th

123rd
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65th

49th
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84th
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128th

60th
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118th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
51
64
51
27
72
61
41
57
62
55
34
61
27
Rwanda 108th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 107th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
11.8
771.7
7.2
0.02
1.3
4.2
0.8
3.2
0.8
45.1
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Rwanda 108th/140
Index Component Value Score * Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 64.4 29 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.2 38 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 2.5 93.2 = 68 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.7 99.7 82 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.5 33 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 49.3 49.3 80 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 34.6 34.6 = 116 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.5 34 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 20 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 52.9 47.1 128 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.9 13 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.2 19 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.76 75.8 58 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.6 12 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 55.0 55.0 43 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.6 44 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.4 37 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 28.0 93.3 = 5 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.4 69 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 23 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.7 77.0 10 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 50.8 115 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 27.2 27.2 = 127 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.2 40 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.2 35.9 71 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 2,559.9 19.8 123 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.7 56 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.9 111 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 30.0 30.0 130 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 82.2 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 32.8 68.6 108 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 97 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 27.1 120 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 72.2 60.2 127 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 35.0 n/a 109 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.2 0.4 127 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 108 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 20.0 20.0 119 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 71.8 92 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 5.3 96.4 101 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 47.2 47.2 100 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 60.9 106 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 59.5 60.9 105 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 40.9 123 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 4.4 29.3 = 126 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 80 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 68 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 91 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.3 82 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.8 65 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 11.2 62.3 109 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.0 43 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 58.5 0.0 137 Multiple (6)
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Rwanda 108th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 56.6 65 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.6 24 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 40 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 97 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.9 87 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 11.69 22.1 121 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.3 87.9 52 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.7 41.7 63 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 25.0 75.0 = 51 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 62.1 49 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 13.0 81.3 = 46 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.5 32 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.1 31 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.0 65.9 64 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.5 61 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 86.6 86.6 24 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.5 39 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.1 106 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.1 41 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 60 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.45 31.8 106 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 5.9 100.0 = 22 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 54.9 84 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 21.0 22.1 119 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.4 35 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 38 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 26.0 26.0 = 65 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.6 10.5 = 114 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 98 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 7.1 86.7 86 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 0.4 100.0 = 79 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 23.2 100.0 = 7 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 33.8 128 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 22 n/a 124 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 31.4 n/a 104 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 60.6 60 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 44.6 77.7 127 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 4.0 96.5 = 12 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 19.1 20.6 117 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 12.0 75.0 = 28 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.5 42 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.1 46 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 45 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 43 United States
0-100 (best) - 27.3 118 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.4 121 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 75 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.01 0.3 116 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.7 47 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 64.7 62.0 116 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.01 0.2 121 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 4.0 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.0 34.0 98 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 17.17 31.2 122 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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39th

39th
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40th
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54th
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
68
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53
66
76
51
47
Saudi Arabia 39th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 41st/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
32.4
21,120.5
3.5
1.40
5.5
1.1
6.0 0.6
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Saudi Arabia 39th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 62.2 39 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.4 18 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.5 96.6 = 48 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 89.1 89.1 123 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.5 13 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 53.6 53.6 50 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 26.9 26.9 = 127 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.9 24 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.2 29 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 63.1 36.9 137 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.8 20 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.5 21 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.71 71.4 64 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.9 5 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 49.0 49.0 50 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.2 29 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.2 31 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 10.0 33.3 102 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.2 33 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 23 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 8.0 80.0 5 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 75.5 40 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 99.3 99.3 = 2 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.2 30 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 0.7 1.6 = 97 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 50 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 331,405.1 84.1 24 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.8 39 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 59.5 59.5 21 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.8 44 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.1 99.1 81 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 7.5 96.4 47 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 13.9 87.9 79 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.3 47 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 59.9 54 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 122.1 100.0 = 60 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 90.0 n/a 37 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 7.6 15.2 81 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.8 n/a 52 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 74.9 74.9 44 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.6 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 82.4 64 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 66.4 82.4 63 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 73.4 30 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.2 68.0 = 54 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 47 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.3 53 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.2 50 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.6 26 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.6 45 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.9 94.0 = 18 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.2 34 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 11.7 95.8 20 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 62.5 32 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.5 17 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.0 26 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.1 47 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 54 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 5.42 63.9 74 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.1 85.5 61 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.7 41.5 65 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 42.5 57.5 = 82 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 53.4 102 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 23.7 58.9 = 104 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 37 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.6 38 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.8 18 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.5 24 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 0.0 0.0 116 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 106 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.4 38 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 43 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 24 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.23 3.4 131 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 13.5 92.4 = 56 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 65.9 45 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 52.8 55.6 70 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.3 36 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 29 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 66.0 66.0 29 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.6 9.3 = 118 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.7 28 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.4 98.2 17 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 7.0 86.8 124 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 17.9 100.0 = 42 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 76.3 17 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 1,615 n/a 16 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 27.0 n/a 114 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 51.2 114 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 6.8 96.6 68 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 17.8 82.6 97 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 0.0 0.0 133 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 0.0 0.0 134 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.0 35 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 39 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.5 21 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.3 31 United States
0-100 (best) - 47.4 41 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.3 18 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.1 22 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.85 18.9 48 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 36 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 251.0 81.9 41 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 5.34 33.9 43 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.8 27.3 = 45 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.04 11.9 37 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 29 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 366.16 63.5 77 Multiple (7)
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Senegal 113rd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 111th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
15.9
1,038.1
4.4
0.03
4.8
2.7
1.1
3.1
0.7
40.3
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Senegal 113rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 52.5 73 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.0 96 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 7.4 76.7 = 105 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 54 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.8 45 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 53.3 53.3 53 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 38.5 38.5 = 110 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.4 84 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 52 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 25.6 74.4 43 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.2 55 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.3 36 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.51 50.6 102 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 43 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 45.0 45.0 = 57 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.1 70 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 56 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 10.0 33.3 = 102 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 102 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.7 47.0 = 106 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.7 37.0 = 112 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 51.8 111 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 55.0 55.0 = 86 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 82 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 4.6 11.5 = 73 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.3 92 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 7,655.2 29.3 107 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 88 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 22.7 22.7 63 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.1 83 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 64.0 64.0 111 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 16.7 86.8 101 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 29.2 72.3 104 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.5 107 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 28.0 116 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 99.4 82.8 101 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 26.9 n/a 115 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.7 1.4 112 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 114 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 25.7 25.7 108 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 69.4 105 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.1 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 38.9 38.9 125 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 55.9 114 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 57.9 55.9 113 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 42.5 118 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 3.5 23.3 = 129 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.6 103 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 35 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 69 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.4 59 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.2 39 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 9.0 50.0 130 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.9 67 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 31.7 45.6 111 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 54.4 81 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.5 81 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.0 60 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.8 85 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 80 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.14 32.4 108 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.7 10 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.2 29.2 122 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 19.0 81.0 = 35 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 55.6 92 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 14.8 77.5 = 61 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 96 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.4 89 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 91 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.9 110 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 67.0 67.0 84 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.5 16 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.8 53 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 104 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.6 112 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.67 58.3 79 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 23.6 78.3 = 104 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 51.7 104 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 33.2 34.9 96 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.5 96 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.9 96 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 19.8 19.8 = 80 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.0 17.2 = 99 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.2 87 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 17.3 66.1 126 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -0.9 100.0 = 64 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.2 98.4 = 70 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 41.1 101 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 39 n/a 100 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 54.2 n/a 49 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 54.3 95 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 33.8 83.1 116 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 6.0 94.5 = 31 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 29.7 32.0 87 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.0 56.3 = 71 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.2 115 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.5 120 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.3 73 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.8 110 United States
0-100 (best) - 31.2 97 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.3 109 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.3 99 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.03 0.9 103 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.1 70 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 107.7 69.4 92 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.03 0.5 111 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.5 18.0 = 63 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 99 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.4 112 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 271.15 60.3 86 Multiple (7)
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65th
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76th
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economic
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capability
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Serbia 65th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 70th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
7.0
5,899.0
0.9
0.08
14.1
5.3
2.9
3.7
0.7
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Serbia 65th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 51.6 76 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 104 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.4 97.0 46 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 55 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.8 89 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) n/a 45.6 n/a Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 61.5 61.5 = 49 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.9 107 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.0 98 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 29.6 70.4 63 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.0 113 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.5 108 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.81 81.5 47 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.5 81 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 41.0 41.0 66 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.5 115 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.8 100 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 18.0 60.0 52 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 108 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 95 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 = 45 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 73.0 48 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 76.1 76.1 = 43 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 95 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 43.1 100.0 = 19 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.8 87 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 27,204.6 43.6 76 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 72 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.3 98 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 13.8 89.8 91 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 9.3 92.5 = 61 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.2 54 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 56.9 60 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 124.1 100.0 = 55 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 77.1 n/a 56 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 21.2 42.4 47 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.7 n/a 65 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 67.1 67.1 57 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 75.0 64 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 2.1 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 64 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 81.5 67 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 66.1 81.5 66 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 67.5 56 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 11.0 73.4 = 39 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.2 92 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.3 81 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.9 54 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.7 73 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 70 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 14.6 81.3 61 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.8 64 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 14.5 88.7 45 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 56.5 66 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 83 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 106 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 74 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.0 92 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 5.33 64.5 73 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.2 65 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 39.9 78 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 81.3 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 61.5 52 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 7.7 92.3 = 17 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 77 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.1 50.9 100 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.7 53 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.0 68 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 70.1 70.1 71 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 76 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.2 68 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.3 122 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.4 58 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.84 80.2 44 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 20.2 83.1 = 93 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 55.9 79 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 43.4 45.7 80 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.6 95 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.2 77 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 16.2 16.2 = 84 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.6 27.4 = 70 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.5 86 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 9.8 81.1 102 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -4.6 100.0 = 40 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 20.6 100.0 = 20 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 50.7 75 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 96 n/a 75 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 65.1 n/a 31 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 60.9 59 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 2.3 98.9 46 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 5.5 95.0 25 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 34.0 36.6 78 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 13.5 84.4 = 14 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.0 119 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 94 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.0 98 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.0 93 United States
0-100 (best) - 39.7 56 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.1 53 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.9 86 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 1.20 24.2 41 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.8 79 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 156.7 74.9 66 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 2.98 25.4 52 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.9 28.9 42 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 3.4 59 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.6 127 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 648.86 69.7 61 Multiple (7)
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Seychelles 74th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 84th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
0.1
15,686.0
3.5
0.00
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 57.1 52 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.9 68 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 12.7 58.5 124 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.8 64 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) n/a n/a n/a Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 3.8 3.8 = 138 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.3 53 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.3 40 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 30.2 69.8 69 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.3 33 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.5 43 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.65 64.6 81 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.0 33 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 60.0 60.0 33 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 52 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.8 69 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 21.0 70.0 43 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 92 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.3 43.0 = 100 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 67.0 70 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) n/a n/a n/a United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.4 46 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.0 82 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 8,777.0 30.7 100 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.7 58 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 9.4 9.4 86 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.7 60.9 37 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.0 99.0 84 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 96.9 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 14.6 87.1 = 81 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.0 65.9 64 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 56.6 63 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 176.6 100.0 = 4 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 76.0 n/a 58 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 16.1 32.1 56 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 56.5 56.5 75 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 75.0 64 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.9 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 64 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 78.0 82 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 64.9 78.0 81 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 69.3 43 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 9.4 62.7 = 71 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.4 55.9 41 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 58 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.7 60.9 34 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.3 60 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.0 85 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.8 87.7 39 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.3 28 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 14.0 90.0 41 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 60.1 48 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 68 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.6 101 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.6 91 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.2 43 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.67 88.9 37 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.5 79 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) n/a 58.6 n/a Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 76.4 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 67.8 23 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 12.0 83.4 = 43 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 61 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 59 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.2 121 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 40 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 88.4 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.6 54 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 121 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 99 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 48 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 1.23 100.0 = 1 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 2.3 100.0 = 10 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 53.6 93 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 25.0 26.3 109 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 66 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.9 84 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 1.3 1.3 = 111 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.9 31.7 = 61 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.8 79 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 6.8 87.4 84 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 2.6 98.4 108 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 24.4 100.0 = 6 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 16.4 139 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 2 n/a 140 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 109.2 n/a 5 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 57.6 74 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 13.2 93.4 88 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 32.0 68.3 = 120 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 38.8 41.8 62 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 10.0 62.5 = 62 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.5 48 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.0 76 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 87 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.1 73 United States
0-100 (best) - 43.5 49 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.1 23 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.8 51 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.73 16.9 51 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.3 76 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 53.0 59.1 125 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 8.06 40.5 40 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 8.5 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 36 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 20,352.52 100.0 = 5 Multiple (7)
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Sierra Leone 134th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 131st/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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491.5
4.4
0.01
4.5
10.0
1.2
3.0
34.0
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Sierra Leone 134th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 46.9 106 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 113 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.7 95.9 = 55 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 65 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 106 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 55.7 55.7 34 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 34.6 34.6 = 116 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.9 94 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.5 94 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 30.0 70.0 64 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.7 68 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.5 40.9 83 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.41 41.0 113 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 94 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 30.0 30.0 = 109 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 109 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.1 103 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 6.5 21.7 = 128 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.3 130 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.3 43.0 = 100 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 36.3 133 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 57.4 57.4 = 82 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 87 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.1 106 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 133.6 4.8 139 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.3 133 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 8.3 8.3 92 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.9 108 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 8.9 8.9 139 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 77.0 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 45.1 56.0 137 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.2 122 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 22.4 130 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 84.9 70.7 = 116 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 20.4 n/a 125 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 0.0 140 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 11.8 11.8 133 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 52.3 134 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 14.8 70.1 131 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 34.5 34.5 132 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 36.3 137 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 51.6 36.3 136 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 38.1 128 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 4.0 26.7 = 127 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.8 123 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.2 126 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.4 104 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.2 35.9 128 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.6 116 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 9.5 52.8 = 126 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.2 85 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 37.3 31.7 118 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 44.1 132 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.2 87 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.9 118 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 133 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.0 131 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 14.07 6.2 131 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.6 93.4 24 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 1.8 20.5 134 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 71.4 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 44.7 132 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 75.5 0.0 137 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.6 100 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 125 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.6 113 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.6 77 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 69.1 69.1 80 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 65 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 128 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.7 118 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 116 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.30 12.8 121 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 11.3 95.4 = 37 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 42.0 136 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 5.3 5.5 139 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.0 115 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.3 76 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.4 6.4 = 128 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 117 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 22.7 55.3 133 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -1.1 100.0 = 59 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 31.4 100.0 = 1 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 26.9 134 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 10 n/a 132 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 40.4 n/a 78 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 48.7 124 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 36.2 81.9 120 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 11.0 89.4 68 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 11.1 11.9 128 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 6.0 37.5 = 110 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.2 123 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.2 96 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 102 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.0 98 United States
0-100 (best) - 26.8 124 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.7 120 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.4 113 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.08 2.3 89 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.8 99 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 41.7 55.6 131 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.08 1.4 101 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 13.8 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.1 106 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 54.28 43.2 112 Multiple (7)
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adoption
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economic
stability
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market
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Singapore 2nd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 2nd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
5.6
57,713.3
4.2
0.42
2.0
21.3
5.9 0.7
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Singapore 2nd/140
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0-100 (best) - 80.7 3 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 6.5 91.1 3 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.3 100.0 = 3 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.5 91.9 2 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 57.6 57.6 26 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 84.6 84.6 = 14 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.0 19 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.4 17 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 51.0 49.1 124 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.1 1 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.1 1 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.97 96.6 13 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 6.1 85.6 1 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 84.0 84.0 = 6 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 6.3 89.0 3 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 6.3 87.8 3 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 29.0 96.7 = 1 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.5 2 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 9.3 93.0 = 1 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 95.7 1 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) n/a n/a n/a United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 6.4 90.8 1 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.5 5 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 352,687.7 85.4 23 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 6.7 95.0 1 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 115.1 100.0 = 2 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 6.4 90.6 1 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 1.8 100.0 = 1 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 2.3 99.7 = 25 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.9 97.5 3 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 85.2 4 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 148.2 100.0 = 17 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 148.2 n/a 4 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 25.8 51.5 39 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 20.9 n/a 4 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 84.5 84.5 24 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 92.6 42 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.0 98.7 86 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 86.5 86.5 42 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 73.6 100.0 = 1 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 76.0 20 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 11.5 76.5 = 35 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.5 6 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.3 8 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.6 5 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.7 6 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.3 9 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.4 85.6 = 44 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 21 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 17.4 81.4 = 61 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score * Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 81.2 1 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.9 1 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.5 12 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.5 7 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.9 82.2 1 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 0.02 99.8 2 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.9 99.0 3 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.9 72.2 6 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 89.2 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 80.2 3 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 3.0 100.0 = 5 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.4 4 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 6.1 85.2 2 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.5 4 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.9 4 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 88.7 88.7 21 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 97 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.7 46 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 6.1 85.0 3 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.2 3 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.88 85.2 34 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 17.8 86.4 75 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 89.3 5 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 130.3 100.0 = 17 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.5 4 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.3 6 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 225.2 100.0 = 3 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 6.0 99.7 = 17 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 6.4 90.4 3 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.2 98.5 14 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 7.5 85.4 127 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.1 98.1 = 72 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 71.1 27 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 480 n/a 37 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 153.8 n/a 3 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 74.7 16 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.5 99.8 11 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 2.5 98.0 = 5 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 88.7 95.5 4 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 8.5 53.1 = 82 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 30 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.4 18 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.7 20 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 16 United States
0-100 (best) - 75.0 14 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.1 2 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.6 12 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 25.27 100.0 7 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.9 12 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 466.7 91.0 24 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 121.25 88.3 14 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 2.2 73.3 = 17 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.12 31.0 21 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.8 11 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 4,630.39 90.8 22 Multiple (7)
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Slovak Republic 41st/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 39th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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Slovak Republic 41st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 56.4 55 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 74 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.0 98.1 34 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 46 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.7 112 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 51.4 51.4 63 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 65.4 65.4 = 42 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.3 116 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.9 125 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 20.3 79.7 25 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.2 129 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.3 22.4 128 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.81 80.9 49 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.4 108 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 47 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 68 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.8 50 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 26.5 88.3 = 11 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.6 27 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.7 47.0 = 106 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 56 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 77.6 33 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 76.0 76.0 = 44 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.4 67 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 74.0 100.0 = 7 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 40 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 6,351.2 27.5 111 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 97 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.7 97 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 4.7 99.3 17 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 6.4 95.5 = 38 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.4 90.1 21 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 67.8 35 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 130.7 100.0 = 39 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 82.6 n/a 48 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 25.8 51.6 38 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 7.0 n/a 28 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 80.5 80.5 28 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 99.9 32 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.4 99.8 78 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 84.0 57 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 66.9 84.0 56 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 68.6 48 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.7 84.4 = 16 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.2 54 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.9 97 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.0 96 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 42 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.8 131 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 14.8 82.2 = 59 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.6 109 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 15.2 86.9 = 47 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 55.0 78 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.6 136 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.0 82 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.4 74.0 20 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.6 37 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 15 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.8 44.7 51 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 81.9 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 60.2 58 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 18.8 69.2 = 82 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.3 116 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.6 71 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.7 70 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 44 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.7 131 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 118 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 49 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.0 47 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.86 82.3 38 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 39.7 56.0 = 136 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 63.7 54 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 53.4 56.2 69 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.9 38 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.9 42 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 5.1 5.1 = 101 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.6 43.7 = 46 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.6 10 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 4.4 92.0 67 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 1.5 100.0 = 93 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 17.2 100.0 = 50 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 57.7 60 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 163 n/a 66 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 95.8 n/a 8 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 64.5 45 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.1 99.5 26 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 12.5 87.9 = 77 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 47.3 50.9 43 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 13.0 81.3 = 17 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 101 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.2 60 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 48 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.9 69 United States
0-100 (best) - 46.6 43 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 111 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.6 66 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 2.80 41.0 32 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 63 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 228.3 80.5 45 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 8.90 42.1 38 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.2 39.3 32 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.02 5.8 51 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 100 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 2,670.29 84.9 34 Multiple (7)
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Slovenia 35th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 35th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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Slovenia 35th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 63.1 35 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.0 28 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.5 100.0 7 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.7 36 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 58.4 58.4 24 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 76.9 76.9 = 21 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 82 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.7 111 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 21.7 78.3 29 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.1 122 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.4 97 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.81 81.5 47 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 85 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 61.0 61.0 = 31 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.3 59 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.3 38 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 23.5 78.3 = 27 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.8 73 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.3 73.0 = 20 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 76.9 35 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 69.7 69.7 = 58 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.0 41 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 59.6 100.0 = 11 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.9 67 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 8,559.7 30.4 101 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.6 64 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 37.4 37.4 44 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.2 36 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 5.7 98.2 25 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 6.3 95.6 = 37 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.6 92.9 18 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 65.6 43 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 117.5 97.9 74 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 70.0 n/a 65 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 28.9 57.9 28 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 8.0 n/a 25 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 75.5 75.5 43 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.7 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 91.6 34 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 69.3 91.6 33 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 73.5 29 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.4 82.5 = 21 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.1 44 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.7 61 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.7 48 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.9 34 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 61 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 17.2 95.6 = 16 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.0 86 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 16.9 82.7 = 55 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 63.1 27 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.5 58 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.3 30 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.4 16 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.8 34 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 20 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.4 60.5 24 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 84.9 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 63.4 43 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 10.7 86.1 = 38 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.1 132 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.0 55 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.8 104 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.2 26 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 85.5 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 115 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.7 133 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.2 63 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 63 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.92 89.9 22 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 18.2 85.8 = 79 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 62.3 60 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 50.4 53.0 72 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 58 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.0 57 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 13.6 13.6 89 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 3.7 62.1 = 35 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.8 89 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 5.1 90.8 72 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -20.7 100.0 = 8 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.8 99.7 = 57 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 47.8 82 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 65 n/a 88 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 84.1 n/a 14 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 70.3 24 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 7.0 93.5 = 41 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 88.7 95.5 4 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.5 71.9 = 38 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.5 107 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.4 52 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 33 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.7 70 United States
0-100 (best) - 57.9 28 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.4 75 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 60 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 5.28 56.4 25 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.0 49 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 239.0 81.2 43 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 54.93 73.9 25 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 2.2 73.7 15 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 4.1 54 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.5 65 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. n/a 96.8 n/a Multiple (7)
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64th
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85th
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adoption
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economic
stability
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market
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market
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system
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size
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dynamism
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capability
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South Africa 67th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 62nd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
56.5
6,179.9
1.7
0.60
27.3
1.1
3.4
2.9
0.8
63.0
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South Africa 67th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 53.8 69 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.7 125 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 34.0 0.0 135 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 97.0 97.0 108 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.0 119 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 55.4 55.4 37 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 73.1 73.1 = 27 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 48 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.3 56 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 20.4 79.6 26 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.4 84 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.4 40 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.85 84.8 38 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.5 102 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 43.0 43.0 61 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.2 97 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.0 60 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 13.5 45.0 = 83 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.6 55 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 8.0 80.0 = 11 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 56 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 68.6 64 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 94.2 94.2 = 5 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.5 58 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 16.8 42.0 = 46 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.3 65 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 106,077.2 63.5 39 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.9 34 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 37.4 37.4 44 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.3 51 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 86.3 86.3 102 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 8.0 95.8 50 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 20.1 81.5 95 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.2 93 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 46.1 85 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 162.0 100.0 = 9 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 70.0 n/a 66 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 3.0 6.0 99 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.2 n/a 83 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 54.0 54.0 78 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 86.7 57 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 5.8 95.0 106 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 78.3 78.3 58 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 43.2 125 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 53.8 43.2 124 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 58.4 84 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.3 68.6 = 53 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.8 55 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.5 98 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.5 85 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 116 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.3 77 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 13.4 74.5 = 78 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.5 78 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 30.3 49.2 = 107 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 55.2 74 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.0 92 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 54 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.6 49 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.8 95 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 6.85 54.4 87 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.2 93 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.2 54.4 34 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 34.5 65.5 = 70 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 61.0 55 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 9.3 88.9 = 26 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.7 111 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 136 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.7 133 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.5 106 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 85.6 85.6 25 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 102 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.2 20 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.3 68 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.5 91 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.78 72.5 58 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 4.0 100.0 = 14 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 82.1 18 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 147.7 100.0 = 11 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 72 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.0 63 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 273.2 100.0 = 2 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 13.3 100.0 = 3 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.3 62 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.9 95.2 45 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -7.3 100.0 = 26 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 14.8 95.6 = 90 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 68.4 35 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 697 n/a 30 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 33.5 n/a 91 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 61.4 56 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.2 99.9 = 4 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 45.0 55.3 = 128 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 34.4 37.0 77 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 12.5 78.1 = 24 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.5 38 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.5 34 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.2 47 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 39 United States
0-100 (best) - 44.3 46 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.3 44 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.4 33 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.38 9.9 58 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.2 38 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 371.0 87.7 34 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 3.24 26.6 50 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.7 24.1 = 49 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.04 11.5 39 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.0 46 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 535.69 67.6 68 Multiple (7)
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Rank /140
Score
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Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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26th
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28th
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10th

21st
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43rd

1st

37th

34th
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16th

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25th
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
74
64
89
74
90
100
71
62
59
75 77
66
63
Spain 26th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 25th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
46.3
28,358.8
0.3
1.40
17.2
1.9
3.8
4.4
0.8
36.2
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Spain 26th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 64.5 28 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.5 31 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.6 99.5 16 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 98.3 98.3 99 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.1 85.6 10 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 56.9 56.9 29 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 88.5 88.5 = 8 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.8 59 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.7 89 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 20.5 79.5 28 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.5 120 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 80 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.98 98.3 5 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.1 89 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 57.0 57.0 38 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.0 60 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 53 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 22.5 75.0 = 31 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.3 41 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 = 45 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.7 77.0 = 10 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 89.1 10 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 99.0 99.0 = 3 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.1 13 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 30.9 77.3 = 25 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.5 10 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 813,743.0 100.0 = 8 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.6 18 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 82.2 82.2 11 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.7 20 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 9.4 94.3 57 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.7 100.0 = 18 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.4 90.4 20 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 73.8 21 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 113.2 94.4 79 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 95.5 n/a 31 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 31.2 62.4 23 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 10.7 n/a 19 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 80.6 80.6 27 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 90.0 43 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.9 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 80.0 80.0 = 43 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 72.6 100.0 = 3 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 70.7 37 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 9.9 66.1 = 60 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 70 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.4 55.9 50 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.8 47 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.7 71 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.2 41 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 17.9 99.3 10 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.5 101 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 13.2 92.0 = 34 Multiple (6)
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Spain 26th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 62.0 34 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.3 106 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.1 32 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.6 15 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.0 32 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 22 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.6 65.5 17 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 16.1 83.9 = 20 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 59.5 68 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 17.4 72.1 = 77 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.3 126 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.6 88 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.1 76 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.5 62 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 81.4 81.4 = 35 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 52 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.9 92 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 44 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.5 102 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.88 85.0 35 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 35.6 61.7 = 132 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 75.1 27 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 120.1 100.0 = 21 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.3 50 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.6 37 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 64.9 64.9 31 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 4.5 74.7 = 27 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 78 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 5.6 89.6 76 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -34.0 100.0 = 3 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 13.9 93.4 = 102 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 76.7 16 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 1,616 n/a 15 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 32.5 n/a 99 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 66.3 36 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 4.8 97.6 56 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 13.0 87.4 = 81 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 76.6 82.5 23 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 12.0 75.0 = 28 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.0 86 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.4 63 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.0 80 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.2 96 United States
0-100 (best) - 62.9 25 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 94 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 37 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 3.50 46.2 31 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 86 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 740.3 97.9 12 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 27.77 61.7 27 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.2 40.7 31 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.54 100.0 = 6 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.8 69 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 7,071.78 95.4 16 Multiple (7)
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Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
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Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU

85th

78th

65th

109th

112nd

46th

70th

129th

117th

77th

59th

70th

80th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
56
52
69
33
68
87
62
45
51
57 58 58
34
Sri Lanka 85th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 81st/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
21.4
4,084.6
5.4
0.22
4.1
1.2
1.5
3.8
0.7
39.8
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Sri Lanka 85th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 51.5 78 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.3 85 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 2.5 93.1 69 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 98.3 98.3 97 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.3 94 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 61.8 61.8 13 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 53.8 53.8 = 67 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 72 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.1 97 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 41.4 58.6 107 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.4 115 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.6 77 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.63 62.9 82 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.4 112 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 38.0 38.0 77 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 101 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.0 81 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 2.5 8.3 = 140 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.4 85 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 56 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 68.6 65 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 45.5 45.5 = 103 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.7 79 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 22.3 55.7 = 35 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.6 63 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 57,216.0 53.8 59 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.3 74 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 69.4 69.4 15 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 71 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 7.0 96.9 42 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 18.7 83.0 = 91 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.9 77 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 32.9 109 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 135.1 100.0 = 31 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 22.4 n/a 123 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 5.8 11.7 87 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 101 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 32.1 32.1 100 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 68.2 112 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 5.3 96.5 100 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 40.0 40.0 = 113 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 86.7 46 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.8 86.7 45 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 61.7 70 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 9.8 65.1 = 65 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.5 68 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.9 60 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.9 44 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.6 85 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.8 57 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 13.9 77.0 = 71 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.6 73 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 23.2 67.1 87 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 44.9 129 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.9 103 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.5 40.9 97 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.1 87 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.1 107 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 12.79 14.7 127 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.7 107 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 39.6 79 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 38.2 61.8 = 76 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 50.6 117 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 58.5 0.0 135 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.3 104 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.3 74 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.7 54 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.1 80 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 73.2 73.2 54 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.1 116 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 103 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 55 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 76 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.45 31.1 107 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 16.9 87.6 = 71 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 56.8 77 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 41.1 43.3 83 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 53 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.5 68 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 26.2 26.2 63 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.0 16.9 = 100 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.3 73 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.6 95.7 43 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 6.9 87.0 123 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 15.5 96.9 = 78 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 57.9 59 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 250 n/a 59 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 31.2 n/a 105 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 58.3 70 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 10.4 94.8 79 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 9.0 91.5 = 55 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 42.9 46.2 51 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 7.0 43.8 = 96 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 68 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 68 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.4 91 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 80 United States
0-100 (best) - 33.7 80 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 61 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 61 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.06 1.7 93 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.0 78 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 138.7 73.1 77 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.20 3.3 91 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 3.4 = 110 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 1.7 74 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 59 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 355.55 63.2 78 Multiple (7)
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Sweden 9th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 9th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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Sweden 9th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 76.0 9 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.2 37 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.1 98.0 35 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 98.5 98.5 96 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.7 39 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 59.6 59.6 19 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 73.1 73.1 = 27 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.7 17 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 15 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 8.3 91.7 2 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 23 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.5 9 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.94 93.8 19 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.0 17 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 84.0 84.0 6 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.8 18 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.3 16 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 27.5 91.7 = 6 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 6.0 82.9 13 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 = 45 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.3 73.0 = 15 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 84.4 17 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 97.1 97.1 = 4 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.1 15 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 21.6 54.1 = 36 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 30 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 129,998.5 66.9 35 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.0 11 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 56.5 56.5 23 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.5 12 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 4.5 99.5 16 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.6 100.0 = 11 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.6 94.0 15 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 85.2 5 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 125.5 100.0 = 51 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 122.6 n/a 12 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 37.7 75.4 13 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 20.6 n/a 5 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 89.7 89.7 14 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.5 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 96.5 17 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 70.9 96.5 16 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 84.2 7 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.3 82.3 = 22 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.0 7 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.6 19 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.1 10 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.6 1 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.2 18 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 18.6 100.0 = 8 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.0 6 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 12.1 94.8 = 28 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 68.8 10 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.8 14 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.7 14 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.2 18 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.1 21 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 19 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 4.0 76.2 2 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 15.5 84.5 = 17 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 71.1 17 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 14.4 78.2 = 59 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 73 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.3 10 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 132 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.9 14 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 99.0 99.0 5 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.4 55.9 45 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.6 37 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.9 82.4 7 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.5 31 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 1.00 99.7 5 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 35.4 61.9 = 131 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 89.0 6 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 129.5 100.0 = 18 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.1 12 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.5 7 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 144.4 100.0 7 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 6.6 100.0 = 14 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.0 26 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.0 98.9 12 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -8.8 100.0 = 21 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 19.6 100.0 = 25 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 65.1 40 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 474 n/a 38 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 41.2 n/a 74 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 79.8 4 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.5 99.8 = 11 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 7.0 93.5 = 41 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 78.1 84.1 22 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 12.0 75.0 = 28 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.0 9 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.8 2 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 5.4 74.1 3 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.5 5 United States
0-100 (best) - 79.8 5 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.2 13 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.6 13 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 32.66 100.0 = 4 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.6 7 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 749.3 98.0 11 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 271.58 100.0 = 7 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 3.3 100.0 = 4 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.10 26.7 23 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.5 12 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 10,002.87 99.1 10 Multiple (7)
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Switzerland 4th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 4th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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80,590.9
1.3
0.41
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5.2
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Switzerland 4th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 77.1 5 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.0 11 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.5 99.9 12 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 36 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.5 91.9 3 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 59.6 59.6 20 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 61.5 61.5 = 49 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 6.4 89.4 2 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.5 3 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 11.3 88.7 5 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.7 60.9 8 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.2 5 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.84 84.3 40 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.9 10 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 85.0 85.0 3 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 6.5 92.3 2 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 6.4 90.8 2 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 23.5 78.3 = 27 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.0 7 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 3.3 33.0 = 131 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 93.3 3 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 77.1 77.1 = 40 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 6.4 89.3 2 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 96.3 100.0 = 4 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.5 1 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 225,267.6 76.7 29 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.0 4 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.5 49 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 6.9 97.0 40 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.6 100.0 = 10 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.9 99.1 1 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 77.0 15 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 133.2 100.0 = 35 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 99.7 n/a 28 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 45.4 90.8 1 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 5.3 n/a 34 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 89.1 89.1 16 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 99.4 36 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.0 98.7 84 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 99.8 5 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 71.9 99.8 4 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 87.3 2 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 13.7 91.5 = 4 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.9 80.9 1 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 6.5 92.3 1 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.3 1 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.5 7 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.1 6 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.2 90.0 31 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.9 3 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 10.1 99.7 = 7 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 66.8 16 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 21 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.2 1 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.8 12 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.8 41 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 3.36 77.6 48 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 1.7 11.5 140 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.6 65.7 16 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 87.1 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 80.4 2 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 10.1 87.3 = 32 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.3 2 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 6.1 85.8 1 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.3 6 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.2 1 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 90.7 90.7 14 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.0 49 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.1 69 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.6 4 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.4 2 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.90 86.9 31 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 17.7 86.5 = 74 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 89.4 4 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 171.6 100.0 = 5 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.3 8 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.4 16 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 214.8 100.0 = 4 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 7.2 100.0 = 10 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.0 8 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 0.7 99.5 5 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 2.0 100.0 = 97 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 17.0 100.0 = 52 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 65.9 39 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 471 n/a 39 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 54.5 n/a 48 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 72.6 20 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 2.3 98.9 = 46 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 10.0 90.5 = 60 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 46.7 50.3 45 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 12.0 75.0 = 28 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.2 24 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.7 3 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.3 8 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.0 19 United States
0-100 (best) - 82.1 3 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.3 11 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.8 3 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 73.18 100.0 = 1 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.1 2 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 834.0 99.6 9 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 322.48 100.0 = 4 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 3.0 98.9 = 8 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.12 32.1 20 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.0 6 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 20,762.92 100.0 = 4 Multiple (7)
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Taiwan, China 13th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 13th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
23.6
24,576.7
2.6
0.93
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Index Component Value Score * Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 68.5 25 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.1 56 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.8 98.9 = 26 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 59 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.7 31 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) n/a 54.2 n/a Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 84.6 84.6 = 14 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 47 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 50 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 23.4 76.6 37 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.4 31 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.8 45.9 63 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) n/a 94.4 n/a Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 67 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 63.0 63.0 26 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.7 24 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.3 29 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 28.5 95.0 = 2 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.4 21 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.3 73.0 = 15 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 82.6 22 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 65.8 65.8 = 68 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.6 18 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.5 11 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 315,887.6 83.2 25 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.4 25 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 71.5 71.5 14 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.9 21 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 68 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 3.2 100.0 = 7 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 9.2 92.7 = 59 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.8 49 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 77.9 13 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 121.8 100.0 = 63 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 99.9 n/a 27 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 24.2 48.4 42 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 15.0 n/a 11 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 79.7 79.7 30 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 94.2 27 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 70.1 94.2 26 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 75.6 21 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.1 80.7 28 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.6 30 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 36 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.8 58 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.5 25 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.9 14 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.6 92.2 = 20 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.6 65 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 12.2 94.6 = 29 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 65.7 18 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.7 42 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.1 7 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.4 9 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.1 31 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 5.14 65.8 69 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.5 84 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.5 61.9 22 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 68.0 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 71.4 16 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 15.4 76.3 = 65 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.5 17 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.7 20 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.7 9 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.3 35 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 84.5 84.5 28 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 98 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.1 12 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.0 25 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.3 28 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.86 82.0 39 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 18.3 85.7 80 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 87.9 7 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 149.3 100.0 = 10 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.0 6 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 22 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 201.5 100.0 = 5 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 16.4 100.0 = 1 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.9 19 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 0.3 100.0 = 1 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 0.0 100.0 74 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 95.9 n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 74.2 20 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 1,080 n/a 22 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 53.9 n/a 50 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 72.4 21 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 2.0 99.0 42 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 10.0 90.5 = 60 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 82.2 88.5 17 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.0 68.8 = 46 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.3 32 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.8 37 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.2 28 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.8 27 United States
0-100 (best) - 80.8 4 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.2 6 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.5 5 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 25.97 100.0 = 5 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.5 23 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 416.3 89.4 29 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 480.33 100.0 = 2 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 3.2 100.0 = 5 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.18 47.5 15 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 10 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. n/a 96.8 n/a Multiple (7)
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Tajikistan 102nd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 97th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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Tajikistan 102nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 50.9 81 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.8 83 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.6 96.2 = 52 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.7 99.7 79 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.7 60.9 56 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 49.8 49.8 74 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 42.3 42.3 = 103 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 60 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.0 44 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 50.1 49.9 122 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.6 24 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.4 35 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.39 38.8 117 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.7 27 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 21.0 21.0 134 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.3 64 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.1 63 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 7.5 25.0 = 118 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 103 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 61.5 87 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 34.8 34.8 = 119 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 44 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 4.2 10.6 = 74 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 45 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 4,195.6 23.8 120 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 77 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 1.0 0.6 139 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 17.1 86.4 103 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 12.4 89.4 = 73 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.4 76 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 33.0 108 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 107.6 89.7 = 87 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 18.3 n/a 127 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.1 0.1 = 134 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 20.5 20.5 118 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 68.6 109 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 6.6 92.7 113 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 44.5 44.5 109 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 72.2 93 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 63.1 72.2 92 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 61.4 72 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.7 71.3 = 45 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.1 113 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 56 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 59 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 51 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 86 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 11.2 62.3 = 110 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.6 32 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 22.2 69.5 82 Multiple (6)
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Tajikistan 102nd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 56.6 64 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.7 53 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.4 66 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.2 107 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.4 55.9 72 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 5.99 60.1 76 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.3 87.6 54 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 1.9 23.1 132 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 84.2 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 59.2 70 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 21.7 63.2 96 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 30 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.1 75 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.5 33 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.6 49 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) n/a 60.4 n/a Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.4 47 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.1 51 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.4 121 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 32 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.73 66.3 68 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 28.5 71.5 = 121 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 46.0 125 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 21.1 22.3 118 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 65 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.4 56 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.3 5.6 = 130 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.4 121 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 19.1 62.5 = 128 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -0.9 100.0 63 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 18.6 100.0 = 34 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 36.2 122 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 26 n/a 117 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 44.4 n/a 66 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 53.1 102 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 19.3 90.4 104 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 11.0 89.4 68 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 36.0 38.8 72 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 3.0 18.8 = 133 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 74 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.9 83 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.2 74 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.2 92 United States
0-100 (best) - 27.4 116 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 68 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.2 100 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 45 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 35.3 53.2 137 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 129 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 3.6 107 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.3 61 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 12.62 28.1 123 Multiple (7)
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119th
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135th

86th

116th

120th

112nd

95th

116th

72nd

107th

119th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
47
50
46
18
73
52
42
51
55
49
52 53
27
Tanzania 116th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 114th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
50.1
1,033.6
6.2
0.13
2.2
1.5
3.4
0.7
37.8
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Tanzania 116th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 50.0 91 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.2 86 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 7.0 78.1 = 102 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.1 99.1 90 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 71 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 46.2 46.2 101 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 57.7 57.7 = 61 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.9 74 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 60 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 30.7 69.4 = 76 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.2 49 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.0 45 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.62 61.8 88 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 45 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 36.0 36.0 87 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.9 78 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 82 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 7.5 25.0 = 118 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 106 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 84 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.7 37.0 = 112 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 46.0 119 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 54.8 54.8 = 87 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 83 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 4.8 12.1 = 71 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.2 81 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 12,683.1 34.5 90 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 100 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 12.3 12.3 77 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 79 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 32.7 32.7 126 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 17.6 85.8 108 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 36.2 65.1 = 118 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.9 114 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 18.3 135 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 69.7 58.1 128 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 8.7 n/a 137 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 3.2 6.4 97 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 114 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 13.0 13.0 129 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 73.0 86 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 5.3 96.5 99 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 49.4 49.4 83 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 51.7 116 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 56.5 51.7 115 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 41.5 120 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 6.8 45.3 = 106 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 96 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.4 65 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.7 84 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 105 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.4 76 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 8.2 45.7 = 138 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.9 77 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 43.1 17.3 = 128 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 50.6 112 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.6 85 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.1 75 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 121 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 115 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 11.61 22.6 119 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.2 87.2 57 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.8 44.4 = 53 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 30.7 69.3 = 68 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 54.8 95 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 9.3 88.9 = 26 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.9 81 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.9 85 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.4 107 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.4 69 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 69.1 69.1 80 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.7 121 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.2 84 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.6 77 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.5 101 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.49 35.9 102 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 17.8 86.4 75 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 48.9 116 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 14.4 15.2 134 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 60 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.0 79 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 4.6 4.6 103 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.7 11.7 = 107 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.2 110 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 9.6 81.6 98 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -1.0 100.0 = 60 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 18.0 100.0 = 41 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 52.0 72 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 148 n/a 70 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 22.6 n/a 124 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 52.7 107 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 42.9 78.6 126 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 28.0 72.4 = 115 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 21.2 22.8 113 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.0 56.3 = 71 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.1 97 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.9 77 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.8 57 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 62 United States
0-100 (best) - 27.2 119 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.7 105 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.7 56 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.1 124 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.7 55 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 139.0 73.2 76 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 128 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.5 17.6 = 64 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 1.7 72 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.9 96 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 124 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU

38th

60th

60th

64th

48th

42nd

66th

92nd

44th

14th

18th

23rd

51st
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
68
55
70
57
90
87
63
53
63
84
75
71
42
Thailand 38th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 40th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
69.1
6,590.6
3.0
0.97
1.1
1.8
2.5
4.2
0.7
36.0
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Thailand 38th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 55.1 60 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.7 99 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 3.2 90.7 77 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 69.9 69.9 133 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.0 107 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 58.9 58.9 23 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 57.7 57.7 = 61 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.2 61 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.0 71 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 44.3 55.7 114 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 58 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.2 48 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.65 65.2 79 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.0 66 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 37.0 37.0 80 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.6 74 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.5 99 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 18.0 60.0 52 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.5 52 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 8.3 83.0 7 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.3 63.0 45 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 69.7 60 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 70.2 70.2 = 55 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.4 55.9 55 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 10.4 26.0 = 54 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.4 91 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 670,386.7 98.9 9 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.8 48 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 41.1 41.1 39 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.5 68 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 6.2 97.7 32 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 30.2 71.2 = 105 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.5 56 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 56.6 64 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 176.0 100.0 = 5 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 99.0 n/a 29 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 11.9 23.8 68 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 2.1 n/a 47 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 47.5 47.5 87 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 89.9 48 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 0.4 99.8 76 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 80.0 80.0 43 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 87.3 42 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.9 87.3 41 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 63.0 66 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.3 55.5 = 88 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 48 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 75 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 61 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.2 61 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.3 88 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.5 85.9 = 43 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.2 97 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 16.9 82.8 = 54 Multiple (6)
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Thailand 38th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 53.4 92 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.6 57 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.2 96 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.5 37 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.5 61 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 8.07 46.2 92 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.5 104 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.1 53.6 36 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 43.8 56.2 = 84 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 63.3 44 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 36.0 33.3 = 128 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.2 33 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.1 35 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.5 111 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 53 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 66.0 66.0 88 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 64 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.7 64 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.6 51 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 36 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.78 73.1 57 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 5.4 100.0 = 18 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 84.2 14 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 147.6 100.0 = 12 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.8 24 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 34 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 99.9 99.9 13 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 5.0 84.1 = 22 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.1 25 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 3.0 95.0 49 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -1.3 100.0 56 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 16.4 98.8 = 66 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 74.9 18 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 1,124 n/a 20 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 58.9 n/a 38 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 71.0 23 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 6.2 96.9 65 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 4.5 96.0 17 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 68.0 73.2 26 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 12.5 78.1 24 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.2 33 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.5 59 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 29 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.0 33 United States
0-100 (best) - 42.1 51 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.0 33 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 55 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.34 9.1 60 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.5 44 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 275.7 83.3 39 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.89 11.7 68 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.6 20.9 54 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.04 11.4 40 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.5 25 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 540.23 67.7 67 Multiple (7)
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Overview 2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU

78th

92nd

97th

72nd

54th

90th

68th

98th

59th

42nd

105th

78th

81st
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
58
50
58
53
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73
63
52
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67
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57
34
Trinidad and Tobago 78th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 76th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
1.4
15,769.0
-0.3
0.03
4.8
-1.3
6.7 40.3
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Trinidad and Tobago 78th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 49.7 92 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 117 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 30.9 0.0 134 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 30 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.3 128 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 60.1 60.1 18 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 46.2 46.2 = 90 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 46 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.1 85 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 22.8 77.2 34 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.6 83 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.9 30.9 114 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.58 57.9 93 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.6 119 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 41.0 41.0 66 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.7 61 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 75 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 12.0 40.0 = 91 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.1 58 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.0 70.0 = 23 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.7 47.0 = 90 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 58.0 97 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 29.5 29.5 = 125 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.4 73 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.4 60 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 7,558.5 29.2 108 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 108 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 7.5 7.5 97 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.8 123 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 98.6 98.6 85 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 2.1 100.0 = 3 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 16.8 84.9 = 85 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.8 86 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 53.3 72 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 148.3 100.0 = 15 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 46.1 n/a 102 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 23.9 47.7 43 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.6 n/a 67 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 73.3 73.3 48 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 87.8 54 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 2.5 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 75.6 75.6 59 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 73.5 90 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 63.5 73.5 89 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 62.6 68 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 9.9 66.0 = 61 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.6 39 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 55 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.3 57 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.5 54 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.0 49 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.7 70.6 = 88 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 93 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 17.6 81.1 = 62 Multiple (6)
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Trinidad and Tobago 78th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 52.4 98 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 82 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.7 111 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.0 66 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.5 38 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 11.40 24.0 118 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.7 80 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 35.6 98 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 10.9 89.1 = 2 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 60.2 59 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 20.5 65.6 = 89 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.0 106 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.2 140 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.2 101 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.9 81 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 70.1 70.1 71 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.0 124 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.4 94 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.0 48 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.1 72 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.81 76.7 51 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 9.4 98.1 29 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 66.8 42 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 36.0 37.8 90 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 100 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.6 112 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 86.8 86.8 20 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 3.3 54.4 = 39 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.7 24 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 3.1 94.7 53 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 7.8 84.8 128 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 22.6 100.0 = 10 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 40.0 105 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 39 n/a 101 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 38.8 n/a 85 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 56.8 78 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.8 99.6 18 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 10.5 89.9 = 66 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 26.2 28.2 104 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.0 68.8 = 46 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 109 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.7 57 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.4 125 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.6 134 United States
0-100 (best) - 33.5 81 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.0 34 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 84 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.29 7.7 64 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.4 127 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 85.3 66.0 102 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 1.03 13.0 66 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.1 2.9 = 111 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.7 64 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 346.41 62.9 80 Multiple (7)
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Overview 2018
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Rank /140
Score
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10
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
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Ecosystem
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75th
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84th
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90th
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118th
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58th
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71st
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103rd
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129th
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70th
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73rd
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84th
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
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market
Labour
market
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system
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size
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dynamism
Innovation
capability
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52
62
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52
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56
53
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33
Tunisia 87th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 86th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
11.5
3,496.3
2.0
0.11
15.4
2.5
2.2
3.8
0.7
35.8
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Tunisia 87th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 52.0 75 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.8 82 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 3.0 91.4 = 72 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 97.7 97.7 105 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.8 68 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 47.1 47.1 97 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 46.2 46.2 = 90 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 66 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 53 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 30.9 69.1 78 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.5 103 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.8 76 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.80 79.8 52 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.5 98 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 42.0 42.0 63 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.1 56 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 84 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 11.0 36.7 = 96 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 97 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.3 53.0 = 84 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.3 43.0 = 100 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 62.5 84 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 64.8 64.8 = 72 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.1 81 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 13.7 34.3 = 49 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.0 70 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 34,374.4 46.7 71 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.4 102 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 6.6 6.6 103 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.5 88 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 16.2 87.3 98 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 17.4 84.3 = 88 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.1 63 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 45.1 90 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 124.3 100.0 = 53 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 65.0 n/a 76 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 7.0 13.9 85 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.1 n/a 88 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 49.6 49.6 86 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 65.7 118 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 4.5 98.5 89 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 32.9 32.9 133 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 83.2 58 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 66.6 83.2 57 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 61.4 71 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.0 53.3 = 92 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 78 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.6 93 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.4 103 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.1 62 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.8 66 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.1 83.9 49 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.7 94 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 16.2 84.5 51 Multiple (6)
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Tunisia 87th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 51.7 103 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.7 50 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.3 79 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.3 79 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 116 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 11.21 25.3 117 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.4 90.6 = 38 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 34.4 107 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 44.5 55.5 = 86 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 46.4 129 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 21.6 63.4 = 95 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 2.9 30.9 129 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 121 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.6 129 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.1 79 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 71.1 71.1 60 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.3 137 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.5 78 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 88 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.8 124 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.37 20.9 116 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 25.3 76.0 = 110 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 56.1 78 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 79.5 83.7 37 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.4 90 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.1 91 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 19.6 19.6 81 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.9 31.2 = 63 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.1 112 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 15.4 69.9 119 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 1.1 100.0 = 90 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 9.9 82.6 = 117 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 52.7 70 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 123 n/a 73 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 58.1 n/a 40 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 57.8 73 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 4.6 97.7 55 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 11.0 89.4 = 68 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 52.0 56.0 38 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 8.5 53.1 = 82 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 98 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.3 116 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 109 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 124 United States
0-100 (best) - 32.7 84 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.6 129 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.0 109 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.21 5.9 73 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.6 93 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 148.3 74.1 73 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.33 5.3 79 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.6 21.1 52 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.02 5.2 52 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.9 97 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 335.65 62.6 82 Multiple (7)
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Overview 2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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61st

71st

50th

71st

116th

48th

77th

76th

111th

65th

13th

76th

47th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
62
53
73
54
67
86
60
55
51
60
79
57
44
Turkey 61st/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 58th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
80.8
10,512.0
4.8
1.71
11.3
1.5
3.2
4.3
0.6
41.9
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Turkey 61st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 52.9 71 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.2 91 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 4.3 87.1 = 83 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 42.5 42.5 134 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 90 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 48.2 48.2 92 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 88.5 88.5 = 8 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.7 111 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.9 109 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 53.5 46.5 129 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.0 74 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.1 90 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.86 86.0 36 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 64 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 40.0 40.0 69 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.3 96 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 94 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 21.5 71.7 = 39 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 93 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.7 77.0 = 10 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 72.6 50 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 80.9 80.9 = 27 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.4 33 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 12.9 32.2 = 51 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.0 66 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 558,459.0 94.9 14 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.0 35 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 57.2 57.2 22 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.4 50 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 13.7 89.8 89 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 17.0 84.7 = 86 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.5 84 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 53.5 71 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 96.4 80.3 104 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 70.5 n/a 64 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 14.8 29.5 58 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 2.4 n/a 43 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 58.3 58.3 72 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 67.4 116 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 9.5 84.8 121 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 49.9 49.9 79 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 86.2 48 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.6 86.2 47 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 60.5 77 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.1 53.9 = 90 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.7 107 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.8 132 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 94 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 118 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.5 40.9 117 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 17.4 96.4 = 14 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.1 133 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 18.4 79.0 = 71 Multiple (6)
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Turkey 61st/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 55.2 76 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.5 80 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 86 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.6 35 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.1 62 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 6.10 59.3 78 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.1 100 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.7 42.8 58 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 25.0 75.0 = 51 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 51.2 111 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 29.8 46.3 = 122 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.7 102 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.9 113 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.4 35 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 56 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 53.6 53.6 115 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.4 83 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.7 55 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 75 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.5 95 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.39 24.0 111 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 19.9 83.5 = 91 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 59.9 65 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 66.8 70.3 44 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.5 86 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.7 86 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 21.8 21.8 73 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.3 21.0 = 88 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.3 84 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 3.1 94.7 51 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 0.6 100.0 = 84 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 15.7 97.4 = 77 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 78.5 13 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 1,980 n/a 13 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 30.2 n/a 106 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 57.2 76 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 12.8 93.6 87 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 6.5 94.0 = 37 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 15.3 16.5 124 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 8.0 50.0 = 88 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 44 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 69 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.8 49 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 74 United States
0-100 (best) - 44.0 47 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.0 128 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.4 80 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.28 7.6 65 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.8 83 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 348.7 86.7 36 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 2.78 24.4 53 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.0 33.5 = 38 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.13 34.7 19 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.0 50 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 1,674.39 79.9 41 Multiple (7)
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Score
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Human
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104th
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121st
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126th
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93rd
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118th
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63rd
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119th
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85th
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adoption
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economic
stability
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market
Labour
market
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system
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size
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dynamism
Innovation
capability
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Uganda 117th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 113rd/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
37.7
699.4
5.5
0.07
2.1
3.5
1.2
3.2
0.7
42.8
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Uganda 117th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 47.9 104 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 118 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 11.5 62.6 = 121 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 98.3 98.3 100 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.2 105 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 53.8 53.8 48 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 61.5 61.5 = 49 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.5 91 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.6 75 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 36.8 63.2 95 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.4 57 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 69 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.62 62.4 84 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.5 59 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 26.0 26.0 127 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.8 91 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.5 109 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 10.5 35.0 = 99 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.6 99 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 95 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 81 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 43.2 121 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 60.6 60.6 = 77 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 89 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 5.2 12.9 = 67 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.6 10.0 130 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 8,280.9 30.1 103 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.6 123 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.0 120 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 19.4 19.4 134 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output n/a 80.5 n/a Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 33.1 68.3 = 109 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 105 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 24.5 126 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 58.2 48.5 133 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 23.4 n/a 121 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.3 0.7 118 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. n/a n/a n/a Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 21.9 21.9 116 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 71.6 93 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 5.5 95.7 104 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 47.6 47.6 98 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 44.8 124 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 54.3 44.8 123 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 40.9 122 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 5.8 38.7 = 115 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.9 86 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.4 107 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.4 126 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.2 113 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 42 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 10.0 55.6 = 121 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.3 118 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 42.7 18.2 126 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 48.7 118 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.7 129 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.2 134 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.9 61 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 49 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 11.07 26.2 115 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.3 87.5 56 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.6 40.3 75 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 34.5 65.5 = 70 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 59.8 63 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 8.7 90.3 = 20 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.7 29 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.5 64 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 6.1 85.4 3 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.0 114 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 71.1 71.1 60 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.9 15 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.1 62 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.4 85 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 104 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.51 38.7 94 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 11.3 95.4 = 37 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 48.5 119 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 15.4 16.2 130 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.6 52 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.6 116 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 4.6 4.6 104 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.6 9.8 = 116 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.6 96 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 10.4 80.0 105 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -0.8 100.0 = 65 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 21.8 100.0 = 13 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 46.4 85 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 81 n/a 82 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 28.3 n/a 112 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 55.5 82 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 33.6 83.2 115 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 24.0 76.4 109 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 37.5 40.4 67 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 6.0 37.5 = 110 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 43 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.8 67 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.2 46 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.6 56 United States
0-100 (best) - 29.8 107 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.8 66 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.1 85 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.01 0.2 118 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 65 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 148.7 74.2 72 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.01 0.1 124 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.5 15.8 = 67 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.9 83 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.3 130 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 32.54 37.8 118 Multiple (7)
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Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
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60
70
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90
100
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Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU

83rd

110th

57th

77th

131st

94th

46th

73rd

66th

117th

47th
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86th
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58th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
57
46
70
51
56
72
69
55
59
49
63
55
39
Ukraine 83rd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 89th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
42.3
2,582.8
-2.1
0.29
9.5
2.7
3.0
3.4
0.7
25.0
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Ukraine 83rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 46.3 110 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.4 111 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 6.3 80.2 = 99 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 75.9 75.9 131 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.4 97 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 45.5 45.5 107 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 61.5 61.5 = 49 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.1 117 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.2 107 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 31.2 68.8 82 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.7 67 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 103 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.69 68.5 72 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.0 115 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 30.0 30.0 109 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 129 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.9 114 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 14.5 48.3 = 74 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.7 120 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 95 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.0 60.0 = 56 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 70.1 57 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 72.7 72.7 = 51 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.6 123 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 35.8 89.5 = 23 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.2 37 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 68,844.5 56.6 53 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.6 94 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 38.0 38.0 43 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.5 77 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 10.7 93.0 67 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 10.5 91.3 = 68 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.9 81 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 51.0 77 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 133.5 100.0 = 33 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 41.7 n/a 105 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 12.6 25.1 66 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 4.3 n/a 38 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 53.0 53.0 83 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 55.9 131 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 14.2 71.7 130 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 40.0 40.0 = 113 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 72.0 94 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 63.0 72.0 93 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 68.9 46 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.4 69.3 = 51 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.6 74 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.5 63 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.1 62 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.2 55 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.3 54 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.0 83.3 = 54 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 41 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 12.8 93.1 32 Multiple (6)
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Ukraine 83rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 55.3 73 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.6 114 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.8 110 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.2 80 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 104 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 2.78 81.5 44 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.9 82.1 67 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.5 37.3 90 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 27.2 72.8 = 60 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 59.5 66 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 13.0 81.3 = 47 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.4 36 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.5 79 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.4 = 130 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.1 59 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 61.9 61.9 97 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 73 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.0 91 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.9 108 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.3 53 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.83 79.4 47 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 24.8 76.7 106 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 48.7 117 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 59.7 62.9 56 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.9 118 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.1 92 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 20.3 20.3 = 77 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.5 25.7 = 76 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 2.8 30.0 135 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 30.5 39.5 136 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -30.1 100.0 = 4 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 15.4 96.8 = 84 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 62.7 47 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 336 n/a 49 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 56.6 n/a 42 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 55.3 86 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.8 99.6 18 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 6.5 94.0 = 37 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 8.9 9.6 129 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 7.5 46.9 = 93 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.4 17 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.0 97 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.5 112 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.3 84 United States
0-100 (best) - 39.0 58 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.7 62 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.3 106 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.50 12.5 56 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 56 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 215.7 79.7 50 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 1.41 16.2 62 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.6 20.6 56 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.04 10.2 44 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.2 74 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 653.88 69.8 60 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU

27th

19th

15th

6th

1st

79th

53rd

11th
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42nd

31st

28th

33rd

35th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
73 72
86 84
100
78
68 69
63
71 71
67
51
United Arab Emirates 27th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 27th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
10.1
37,225.8
2.7
0.54
1.7
2.6
9.8 0.7
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United Arab Emirates 27th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 71.8 19 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.8 13 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 0.9 98.7 27 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 31 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.6 15 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 57.3 57.3 27 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 46.2 46.2 = 90 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.8 26 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.9 13 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 40.9 59.1 104 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.3 3 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.9 12 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.94 94.4 17 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.7 4 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 71.0 71.0 21 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.5 74.4 26 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.4 26 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 21.0 70.0 = 43 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.2 38 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 7.7 77.0 = 16 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 7.3 73.0 = 15 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 86.2 15 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 79.5 79.5 = 32 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.5 9 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.3 24 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 425,486.6 89.2 19 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.9 82.0 7 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 73.7 73.7 12 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.8 13 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 7.2 96.7 45 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 10.5 91.3 67 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.9 36 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 83.7 6 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 210.9 100.0 = 2 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 243.4 n/a 1 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 14.0 28.0 = 62 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 13.1 n/a 13 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 90.6 90.6 11 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 = 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.8 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 78.4 79 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 65.1 78.4 78 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 68.1 53 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 9.7 64.7 = 66 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.4 22 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 27 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.2 21 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.0 14 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.9 10 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 13.6 75.8 = 75 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.2 11 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 24.5 63.7 91 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 68.8 11 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.5 3 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.9 18 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.9 55 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.3 70.9 9 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 5.09 66.1 67 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.4 90.0 39 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.6 65.8 15 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 53.1 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 63.4 42 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 4.3 99.4 = 9 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.8 7 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.7 21 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.5 32 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.3 27 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 0.0 0.0 116 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.0 5 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.9 18 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.2 70.5 26 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.7 7 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.37 20.9 117 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 14.1 91.5 = 62 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 70.8 31 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 76.6 80.6 39 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.7 19 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.0 9 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 57.8 57.8 35 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.5 25.7 = 77 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.1 50 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 5.3 90.3 74 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 5.2 91.6 118 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 18.6 100.0 = 33 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 71.0 28 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 626 n/a 33 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 93.3 n/a 10 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 67.4 33 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 13.4 93.3 89 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 8.2 92.3 = 49 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 28.7 30.9 90 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.0 68.8 46 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.5 14 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.6 24 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.4 12 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.5 20 United States
0-100 (best) - 51.0 35 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.6 5 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.1 11 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 1.20 24.2 40 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.2 28 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 158.3 75.1 63 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 3.89 29.2 46 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.9 28.9 43 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 3.7 56 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.6 16 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 2,061.17 82.1 38 Multiple (7)
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United Kingdom 8th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 6th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 76.8 7 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.0 34 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.2 97.6 39 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 88.3 88.3 124 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 6.0 82.7 18 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 61.3 61.3 16 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 88.5 88.5 = 8 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.9 82.2 13 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.4 11 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 23.3 76.8 35 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.1 27 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.3 11 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.98 98.3 5 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 4.5 59.1 25 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 82.0 82.0 8 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 6.2 86.2 5 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.3 6 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 24.5 81.7 21 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.3 17 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 8.3 83.0 = 7 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 89.0 11 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 80.5 80.5 = 29 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.5 26 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 66.7 100.0 = 9 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.1 22 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 901,365.0 100.0 = 6 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.8 15 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 82.8 82.8 10 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.4 72.6 15 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 8.1 95.7 51 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.7 100.0 = 14 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.9 14 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 71.1 28 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 119.6 99.7 69 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 88.1 n/a 40 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 39.3 78.6 10 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.3 n/a 75 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 94.8 94.8 6 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 100.0 1 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.7 100.0 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 93.9 29 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 70.0 93.9 28 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 80.2 13 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 12.7 84.6 = 14 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.4 24 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.0 28 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.7 28 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.5 32 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.2 8 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 17.4 96.9 = 12 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.6 10 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 17.4 81.5 = 59 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 68.7 12 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.3 22 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.0 13 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.4 6 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.6 12 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.13 92.4 27 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.8 69.3 11 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 14.3 85.7 = 14 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 76.5 8 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 9.3 88.9 = 26 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.0 6 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.1 28 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.7 12 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.3 36 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 80.4 80.4 37 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.9 37 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.4 48 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.8 12 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 4.8 64.0 14 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.94 92.5 17 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 10.9 96.0 = 33 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 87.8 8 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 134.8 100.0 = 16 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.5 22 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.8 11 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 117.5 100.0 = 10 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 10.7 100.0 = 5 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.1 40 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 0.9 99.1 9 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -23.0 100.0 = 7 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 18.8 100.0 = 30 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 81.7 7 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 2,654 n/a 9 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 32.5 n/a 98 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 79.0 7 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 0.0 100.0 1 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 4.5 96.0 = 17 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 85.2 91.7 11 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 11.0 68.8 = 46 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.5 5 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.5 75.3 14 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.4 7 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.1 7 United States
0-100 (best) - 79.2 7 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.6 7 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.8 10 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 12.47 79.8 18 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.5 9 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 1,235.7 100.0 = 2 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 100.63 84.9 19 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 1.7 56.8 22 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.63 100.0 = 5 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.4 13 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 6,667.07 94.7 18 Multiple (7)
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Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
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10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 74.6 13 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.1 68.7 53 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 5.4 83.5 92 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 83.3 83.3 128 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.8 19 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 63.3 63.3 9 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 88.5 88.5 = 8 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.7 79.0 15 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.5 2 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 23.7 76.3 40 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.1 4 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.4 3 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.98 98.3 5 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.3 3 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 75.0 75.0 16 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.7 16 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 5.9 80.9 13 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 17.6 58.7 = 55 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.1 14 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 8.3 83.0 = 7 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.6 46.0 = 99 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 89.5 9 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 100.0 100.0 = 1 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.1 11 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 23.2 58.0 = 33 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.5 6 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 7,293,521.7 100.0 = 1 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.5 8 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 86.3 86.3 7 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.6 5 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 5.8 98.1 26 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 0.5 100.0 = 1 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.6 27 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 71.2 27 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 122.0 100.0 = 61 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 132.9 n/a 9 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 33.9 67.7 19 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 3.7 n/a 40 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 76.2 76.2 40 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 99.6 34 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 1.7 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 99.2 99.2 38 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 86.5 47 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.7 86.5 46 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 86.3 3 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 13.5 90.1 = 5 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.4 2 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.6 2 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.4 2 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.6 2 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.2 1 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 16.5 91.5 = 22 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.9 1 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 14.5 88.9 = 43 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 73.8 3 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 5.1 69.0 7 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.4 3 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.4 3 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.5 7 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 1.66 89.0 36 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 108 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.8 69.4 10 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 17.7 82.3 = 28 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 81.9 1 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 0.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.4 3 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.9 6 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.7 13 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.9 2 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 67.0 67.0 84 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 5.0 67.2 7 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.3 2 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 5.9 81.2 11 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.2 1 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.88 84.5 37 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 9.8 97.5 = 30 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 92.1 1 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 191.5 100.0 = 3 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.7 1 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.7 1 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 145.4 100.0 = 6 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 6.5 100.0 = 15 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.9 18 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 1.3 98.3 15 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -1.6 100.0 = 54 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 14.3 94.4 = 98 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 99.2 2 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 17,662 n/a 2 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 15.1 n/a 136 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 86.5 1 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 1.1 99.5 = 26 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 5.6 94.9 = 30 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 82.1 88.4 18 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 15.0 93.8 = 1 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.4 2 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 5.7 78.4 7 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 5.8 80.1 2 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 5.7 77.5 1 United States
0-100 (best) - 86.5 2 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.3 3 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.5 1 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 12.30 79.4 19 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 5.8 79.2 1 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 2,002.3 100.0 = 1 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 144.09 91.5 13 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 2.8 93.1 11 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 3.88 100.0 = 1 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 5.6 77.4 1 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 2,890.49 85.7 33 Multiple (7)
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economic
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Uruguay 53rd/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 50th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
3.5
16,722.4
4.0
0.06
7.9
2.4
3.0
4.5
0.7
39.7
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Uruguay 53rd/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 63.2 34 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.2 69.4 49 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 7.7 75.6 108 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 47 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.3 85 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 55.8 55.8 33 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 73.1 73.1 = 27 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 5.4 74.1 23 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.5 40.9 59 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 15.6 84.4 20 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.8 118 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.1 56 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.92 91.6 26 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.2 73 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 70.0 70.0 23 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 5.0 65.9 38 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.2 39 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 22.5 75.0 = 31 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 5.3 72.3 32 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 95 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 3.7 37.0 = 112 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 68.8 62 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 74.9 74.9 = 46 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.9 99 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 17.0 42.5 = 44 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.3 4.8 137 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 7,181.7 28.7 110 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 5.1 67.7 44 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 32.3 32.3 52 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 33 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.9 99.9 69 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 12.0 91.7 78 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 3.2 98.8 = 30 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 6.0 83.5 31 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 78.1 12 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 147.5 100.0 = 18 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 112.1 n/a 18 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 27.5 55.0 34 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 17.1 n/a 8 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 66.4 66.4 58 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 83.8 61 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 7.9 89.1 118 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 78.5 78.5 57 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 87.3 43 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 67.9 87.3 42 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 65.3 59 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.7 57.8 = 81 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.0 93 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.9 46 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 66 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 53 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.5 81 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 15.9 88.4 = 36 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.9 30.9 114 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 11.8 95.6 = 22 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 55.2 77 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.8 69 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.9 83 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.3 86 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.8 65 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 8.85 41.0 95 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.7 94.4 19 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.5 37.9 87 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 28.4 71.6 = 63 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 58.1 77 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 20.8 65.0 = 92 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.0 133 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.5 138 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.4 140 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.4 51 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 95.9 95.9 8 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 5.0 66.0 10 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.6 100 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.3 54.3 65 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.4 119 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.82 77.0 50 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 15.6 89.4 = 68 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 55.3 81 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 28.4 29.9 104 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 75 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.4 89 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 1.1 1.1 112 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 2.3 37.5 = 53 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 5.6 76.0 36 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.3 96.3 38 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 7.1 86.7 125 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 15.1 96.1 = 87 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 44.5 93 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 71 n/a 87 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 20.5 n/a 129 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 56.3 79 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 22.5 88.8 = 108 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 6.5 94.0 = 37 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 41.7 44.9 53 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 9.5 59.4 = 66 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.4 128 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.6 90 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 107 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.0 32.9 127 United States
0-100 (best) - 36.4 70 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.5 69 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.0 110 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.56 13.7 53 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.5 105 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 153.7 74.7 70 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 1.72 18.4 57 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.3 11.2 = 80 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.5 89 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.7 70 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 1,058.26 74.9 49 Multiple (7)
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Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
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127th
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140th
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118th
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97th
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140th

59th
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78th
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137th
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adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
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Labour
market
Financial
system
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size
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dynamism
Innovation
capability
43
27
47
43
0
83
60
39
46
54
59
28
31
Venezuela 127th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 117th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
31.4
6,684.0
-3.2
0.30
7.7
0.5
3.3
0.7
46.9
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Venezuela 127th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 27.3 140 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.3 137 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 56.3 0.0 138 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 98.3 98.3 98 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 1.7 11.8 140 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 43.8 43.8 118 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 53.8 53.8 = 67 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 1.1 2.4 139 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 1.2 4.1 140 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 46.0 54.0 117 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 1.7 11.5 139 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 1.5 8.1 140 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.40 40.5 114 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 1.5 7.8 140 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 18.0 18.0 139 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 1.7 11.7 140 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 1.7 11.8 140 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 5.5 18.3 = 133 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.2 95 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 2.7 27.0 = 138 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 2.7 27.0 = 136 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 47.5 118 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 76.9 76.9 = 41 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.9 121 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 0.4 0.9 = 100 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.5 7.7 132 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 7,402.4 29.0 109 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.9 137 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 7.9 7.9 95 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.3 130 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 99.5 99.5 76 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 34.6 68.1 123 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 6.5 95.5 = 39 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.1 19.0 135 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 42.6 97 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 76.6 63.8 123 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 50.1 n/a 94 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 8.2 16.3 79 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 111 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 60.0 60.0 67 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 0.0 140 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 671.0 0.0 140 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 0.0 0.0 140 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 83.0 59 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 66.6 83.0 58 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 60.2 78 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 10.1 67.2 = 58 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.4 116 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.2 88 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.7 90 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.0 103 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.4 132 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 14.3 79.4 = 66 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.0 34.0 98 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio n/a 68.4 n/a Multiple (6)
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Venezuela 127th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 39.2 137 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 2.0 16.1 140 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.2 131 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 135 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.6 132 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 12.00 20.0 122 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.6 93.7 22 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 1.8 19.7 135 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 35.0 65.0 = 72 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 46.1 131 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary N/Appl. 0.0 138 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 1.6 10.6 140 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.5 128 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.3 116 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 1.7 11.8 136 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 77.3 77.3 44 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.9 84 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.0 96 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.7 76 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.7 139 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.69 61.8 75 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 18.0 86.1 = 78 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 54.0 91 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 25.2 26.6 = 108 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.4 104 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.9 115 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 6.6 6.6 97 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 3.3 55.4 = 38 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 118 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 0.8 99.3 6 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 3.1 97.1 = 112 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 15.0 95.9 = 88 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 59.3 56 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 347 n/a 46 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 8.3 n/a 140 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 27.7 139 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 351.6 0.0 140 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 230.0 0.0 140 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 5.6 6.0 132 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 5.0 31.3 = 121 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.0 49.9 69 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.1 75 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.2 127 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.6 44.1 55 United States
0-100 (best) - 31.2 95 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.2 48 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.9 139 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.11 3.1 82 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 92 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 185.0 77.4 56 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.28 4.6 82 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 17.7 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 2.5 65 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.1 18.8 136 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 386.40 64.1 76 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
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30
40
50
60
70
80
90
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Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU

77th

94th

75th

95th

64th

68th

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
102nd

90th

59th

29th

101st

82nd
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
58
50
65
43
75
81
54 52
56
62
71
54
33
Viet Nam 77th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 74th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
93.6
2,353.7
5.8
0.51
2.1
5.7
1.7
4.0
0.7
35.3
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Viet Nam 77th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 49.5 94 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.7 76 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 1.5 96.5 = 49 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 100.0 100.0 = 1 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.2 76 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 48.0 48.0 93 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 65.4 65.4 = 42 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.2 89 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.1 69 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 75.1 25.0 139 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.6 96 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.5 88 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.69 69.1 69 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 75 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 35.0 35.0 91 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.9 104 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.2 105 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 14.0 46.7 = 78 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.5 128 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.3 43.0 = 112 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 6.7 67.0 = 32 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 65.4 75 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 44.3 44.3 = 107 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.0 109 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 7.1 17.7 = 57 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.2 61 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 364,184.2 86.0 22 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.4 101 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 60.5 60.5 20 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.4 78 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 98.3 98.3 87 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 9.1 94.7 55 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 15.0 86.7 = 82 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 4.3 55.1 95 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 43.3 95 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 125.6 100.0 = 50 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 46.9 n/a 101 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 11.8 23.6 69 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.3 n/a 74 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 46.5 46.5 88 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 75.0 = 64 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 3.1 100.0 = 1 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 64 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 81.0 68 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 65.9 81.0 67 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 54.3 97 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 7.6 50.7 = 98 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.8 81 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.0 115 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.6 128 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 98 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.6 104 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.6 70.0 = 91 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.4 113 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 19.6 75.9 76 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 52.1 102 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.4 40.0 94 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.7 77 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.6 59.6 103 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.6 124 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 8.12 45.9 93 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 5.6 75.9 73 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 3.0 48.8 42 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 36.0 64.0 = 73 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 55.6 90 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 24.6 57.2 = 106 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.3 46 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.8 92 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.7 89 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.7 78 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 68.0 68.0 82 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 95 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.7 61.6 49 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.5 124 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.9 49.1 66 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.70 62.9 73 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 24.8 76.7 = 106 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 62.3 59 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 112.0 100.0 = 24 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.5 85 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.7 51 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 28.0 28.0 60 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.2 19.8 = 91 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.5 113 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 2.3 96.3 = 39 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points 2.2 99.5 101 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 12.7 90.7 = 111 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 70.9 29 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 590 n/a 34 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 103.6 n/a 7 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 53.7 101 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 6.5 96.8 66 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 22.0 78.4 104 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 21.8 23.5 109 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 7.5 46.9 = 93 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.2 93 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.3 110 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.6 90 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.7 52 United States
0-100 (best) - 33.4 82 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.6 91 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.2 77 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.12 3.4 80 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.2 97 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 172.3 76.3 59 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.20 3.4 89 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.4 12.5 = 76 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.01 3.0 60 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.2 90 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 354.04 63.2 79 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
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60
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80
90
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Score
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Environment
Human
Capital Markets
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139th
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139th
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138th
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136th
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133rd
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120th
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131st
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140th
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140th
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113rd
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Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
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economic
stability
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market
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market
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system
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size
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dynamism
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capability
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29
34
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Yemen 139th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 135th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
30.0
550.8
-9.5
0.03
14.0
-1.1
1.0
0.5
36.7
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Yemen 139th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 29.5 139 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.2 130 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 6.7 79.1 = 100 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 16.9 16.9 138 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.7 135 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 37.8 37.8 131 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 34.6 34.6 = 116 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.4 22.5 127 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.3 20.9 128 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 62.2 37.8 136 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.5 121 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.3 122 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.12 11.8 137 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 1.9 14.7 139 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 16.0 16.0 140 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.5 135 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.1 137 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 7.0 23.3 = 122 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.2 138 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 4.3 43.0 = 112 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 4.3 43.0 = 100 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 33.5 138 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 36.2 36.2 = 118 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.3 136 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a n/a n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.3 5.4 133 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 4.2 0.1 140 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.6 139 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) 11.1 11.1 80 Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.2 19.2 132 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 48.2 48.2 118 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 25.8 77.3 120 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 39.2 62.1 = 121 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 1.5 8.9 140 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 17.6 136 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 59.6 49.6 = 131 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 5.7 n/a 139 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.6 3.1 = 106 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 114 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 24.6 24.6 112 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 53.7 133 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change -7.7 77.3 126 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 30.0 30.0 = 137 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 50.0 120 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 56.0 50.0 119 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 34.4 132 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 2.6 17.3 = 134 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.2 138 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.1 139 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 2.7 27.7 139 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.2 134 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.8 120 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 9.0 49.9 = 131 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.3 22.4 134 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 26.9 57.7 98 Multiple (6)
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Yemen 139th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 44.2 131 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.1 137 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 2.7 29.1 132 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.8 132 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 134 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 6.57 56.2 84 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.1 84.5 63 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.4 35.0 105 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) n/a 56.2 n/a Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 37.6 140 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 27.4 51.3 = 114 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.2 131 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.8 116 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 4.9 65.2 68 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 1.8 13.9 133 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 0.0 0.0 116 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.7 114 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 129 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 2.5 24.4 136 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.7 125 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.04 0.0 140 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 11.3 95.4 = 37 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 37.2 140 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 5.1 5.4 = 140 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 2.6 27.0 133 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 2.1 17.6 127 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 0.0 0.0 121 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 0.2 3.7 = 132 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.2 136 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 24.0 52.6 = 134 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -0.5 100.0 = 69 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 26.8 100.0 = 5 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 37.8 113 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 35 n/a 107 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 24.1 n/a 119 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 38.5 136 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 73.5 63.3 135 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 40.5 59.8 = 127 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 19.5 21.0 116 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 5.0 31.3 = 121 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.4 131 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.2 138 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.9 119 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.4 137 United States
0-100 (best) - 22.8 133 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.6 136 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.9 133 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 125 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 2.6 25.9 138 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 59.3 60.7 120 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.00 0.0 129 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 3.7 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.0 112 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.0 128 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 72.18 46.2 108 Multiple (7)
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2018
Best
Rank /140
Score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Overall
Score
Enabling
Environment
Human
Capital Markets
Innovation
Ecosystem
USA NZL SGP KOR (31) (4) FIN SGP USA USA CHN USA DEU
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118th
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96th
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114th
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106th
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127th
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138th
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112nd

111th
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124th
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121st
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92nd
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115th
Overall Institutions Infrastructure ICT
adoption
Macro-
economic
stability
Health Skills Product
market
Labour
market
Financial
system
Market
size
Business
dynamism
Innovation
capability
46
49 51
34
58
36
47
51 49 48
45
57
28
Zambia 118th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 115th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
17.2
1,479.5
5.8
0.05
7.8
5.6
1.0
3.0
57.1
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Zambia 118th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 48.8 96 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.2 73 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 5.3 83.7 = 91 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 51 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.4 98 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 54.3 54.3 44 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 50.0 50.0 = 77 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 3.0 34.0 104 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.6 118 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 35.4 64.6 92 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.4 62 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.6 43.9 72 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.40 39.9 115 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.3 82 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 37.0 37.0 80 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 4.2 53.6 76 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.1 97 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 7.0 23.3 = 122 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.1 118 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 65 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 81 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 51.0 114 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 67.2 67.2 = 61 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.6 96 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km n/a 36.1 n/a Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.4 107 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 4,819.8 25.0 117 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.9 99 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.4 122 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 33.7 33.7 125 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 9.8 94.0 60 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 35.9 65.4 = 117 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.2 119 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 33.7 106 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 78.6 65.5 121 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 45.2 n/a 103 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.2 0.4 124 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.0 n/a 98 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 25.5 25.5 109 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 58.0 127 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change 12.2 77.2 127 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 38.8 38.8 126 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 35.8 138 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 51.5 35.8 137 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 47.1 112 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 7.9 52.7 = 95 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 106 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.7 45.3 95 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.9 47.8 81 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.5 99 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.8 37 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 12.5 69.4 = 95 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.5 110 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 47.9 5.1 = 132 Multiple (6)
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Zambia 118th/140
Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 50.7 111 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.9 96 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.9 109 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.6 60.0 100 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.9 94 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 10.77 28.2 113 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 6.3 88.0 = 50 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.2 29.5 121 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 21.0 79.0 = 39 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 49.1 124 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 50.6 3.0 = 132 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.1 75 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.9 115 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 5.3 71.8 38 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.8 116 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 71.1 71.1 60 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.5 38 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.8 62.9 43 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.7 96 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.6 42.7 92 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.34 16.9 120 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 10.4 96.7 = 32 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 48.3 121 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 17.4 18.3 126 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.6 119 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 1.9 14.9 131 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 13.8 13.8 = 88 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP 1.1 17.8 = 98 Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 4.2 54.1 100 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 9.7 81.5 101 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -2.3 100.0 50 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio 22.4 100.0 = 12 Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 44.8 92 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 63 n/a 90 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 39.9 n/a 81 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 57.0 77 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 34.2 82.9 118 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 8.5 92.0 = 51 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 48.5 52.2 41 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 6.0 37.5 = 110 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.0 50.5 64 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.4 53 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.2 89 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.7 111 United States
0-100 (best) - 28.1 115 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.9 72 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 3.5 42.1 90 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.02 0.5 112 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 3.2 36.4 106 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 104.3 69.0 94 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.02 0.3 117 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP 0.3 9.3 = 85 Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.5 91 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.5 118 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 32.93 37.9 117 Multiple (7)
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Zimbabwe 128th/140
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 edition Rank in 2017 edition: 124th/135
Selected contextual indicators
Social and environmental performance
Population millions
GDP per capita US$
10-year average annual GDP growth %
GDP (PPP) % world GDP
Unemployment rate %
5-year average FDI inward flow % GDP
Environmental footprint gha/capita
Inclusive Development Index 1-7 (best)
Global Gender Gap Index 0-1 (gender parity)
Income Gini 0 (perfect equality) -100 (perfect inequality)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
0-100 (best) - 43.0 124 New Zealand Pillar 1: Institutions
1.01 Organized crime 1-7 (best) 5.4 73.2 33 Finland
1.02 Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 6.7 79.1 = 101 Multiple (9)
1.03 Terrorism incidence 0 (very high) -100 (no incidence) 99.9 99.9 69 Multiple (24)
1.04 Reliability of police services 1-7 (best) 3.3 39.1 116 Finland
1.05 Social capital 0-100 (high) 48.7 48.7 86 Australia
1.06 Budget transparency 0-100 (best) 38.5 38.5 = 110 Multiple (2)
1.07 Judicial independence 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.1 109 Finland
1.08 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.9 108 Finland
1.09 Freedom of the press 0-100 (worst) 40.5 59.5 102 Norway
1.10 Burden of government regulation 1-7 (best) 2.2 20.2 134 Singapore
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.9 87 Singapore
1.12 E-Participation Index 0-1 (best) 0.28 27.5 126 Multiple (3)
1.13 Future orientation of government 1-7 (best) 2.4 23.8 132 Singapore
1.14 Incidence of corruption 0-100 (best) 22.0 22.0 = 131 New Zealand
1.15 Property rights 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.3 137 Finland
1.16 Intellectual property protection 1-7 (best) 3.4 39.9 113 Finland
1.17 Quality of land administration 0-30 (best) 10.0 33.3 102 Singapore
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 1-7 (best) 4.9 64.3 56 Finland
1.19 Conflict of interest regulation 0-10 (best) 5.0 50.0 = 95 Multiple (2)
1.20 Shareholder governance 0-10 (best) 5.7 57.0 = 69 Kazakhstan
0-100 (best) - 42.9 122 Singapore Pillar 2: Infrastructure
2.01 Road connectivity index 0-100 (best) 80.2 80.2 = 31 United States
2.02 Quality of roads 1-7 (best) 2.7 28.9 122 Singapore
2.03 Railroad density km of roads/square km 6.6 16.5 = 61 Multiple (20)
2.04 Efficiency of train services 1-7 (best) 1.8 12.8 124 Switzerland
2.05 Airport connectivity score 3,605.3 22.5 122 Multiple (8)
2.06 Efficiency of air transport services 1-7 (best) 3.5 41.7 115 Singapore
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 0–157.1 (best) n/a n/a n/a Multiple (4)
2.08 Efficiency of seaport services 1-7 (best) 3.1 34.6 103 Singapore
2.09 Electrification rate % pop. 33.8 33.8 124 Multiple (66)
2.10 Electric power transmission and distribution losses % output 17.2 86.2 106 Multiple (9)
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water % pop. 38.4 62.9 = 120 Multiple (23)
2.12 Reliability of water supply 1-7 (best) 2.5 25.1 129 Switzerland
0-100 (best) - 32.6 110 Korea, Rep. Pillar 3: ICT adoption
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 85.3 71.0 115 Multiple (68)
3.02 Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 41.3 n/a 106 United Arab Emirates
3.03 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 1.1 2.3 108 Switzerland
3.04 Fibre Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 0.1 n/a 86 Korea, Rep.
3.05 Internet users % pop. 23.1 23.1 114 Iceland
0-100 (best) - 65.1 120 Multiple (31) Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
4.01 Inflation annual % change -0.2 98.2 93 Multiple (74)
4.02 Debt dynamics 0-100 (best) 32.0 32.0 135 Multiple (36)
0-100 (best) - 37.7 134 Multiple (4) Pillar 5: Health
5.01 Healthy life expectancy years 52.1 37.7 133 Multiple (4)
0-100 (best) - 48.1 109 Finland Pillar 6: Skills
6.01 Mean years of schooling Years 8.1 54.3 = 89 Finland
6.02 Extent of staff training 1-7 (best) 3.7 44.9 87 Switzerland
6.03 Quality of vocational training 1-7 (best) 3.5 40.9 116 Switzerland
6.04 Skillset of graduates 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.5 79 Switzerland
6.05 Digital skills among population 1-7 (best) 3.8 46.1 93 Sweden
6.06 Ease of finding skilled employees 1-7 (best) 4.2 52.9 64 United States
6.07 School life expectancy Years 10.2 56.7 = 120 Multiple (9)
6.08 Critical thinking in teaching 1-7 (best) 3.1 35.3 91 United States
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education Ratio 36.4 34.0 = 117 Multiple (6)
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Index Component Value Score *     Rank/140 Best Performer
* Scores are on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 represents the optimal situation or 'frontier'. Arrows indicate the direction of the change in score from the previous
edition, if available.
Note: For detailed methodology, definitions, sources, and periods, visit http://gcr.weforum.org/
0-100 (best) - 38.2 139 Singapore Pillar 7: Product market
7.01 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition 1-7 (best) 3.3 38.7 104 Singapore
7.02 Extent of market dominance 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.0 123 Switzerland
7.03 Competition in services 1-7 (best) 4.4 57.5 112 Hong Kong SAR
7.04 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 1-7 (best) 3.8 47.1 126 Singapore
7.05 Trade tariffs % duty 15.01 0.0 134 Hong Kong SAR
7.06 Complexity of tariffs 1-7 (best) 4.5 58.6 98 Hong Kong SAR
7.07 Efficiency of the clearance process 1–5 (best) 2.0 25.0 130 Germany
7.08 Services trade openness 0-100 (worst) 64.2 35.8 = 96 Ecuador
0-100 (best) - 49.7 122 United States Pillar 8: Labour market
8.01 Redundancy costs weeks of salary 25.3 55.7 = 108 Multiple (8)
8.02 Hiring and firing practices 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.5 134 Hong Kong SAR
8.03 Cooperation in Labour-employer relations 1-7 (best) 4.1 51.0 97 Switzerland
8.04 Flexibility of wage determination 1-7 (best) 2.9 31.8 136 Hong Kong SAR
8.05 Active Labour policies 1-7 (best) 1.6 10.8 138 Switzerland
8.06 Workers' rights 0-100 (best) 62.9 62.9 92 Multiple (4)
8.07 Ease of hiring foreign labour 1-7 (best) 2.3 21.1 140 Albania
8.08 Internal Labour mobility 1-7 (best) 4.8 63.0 42 Guinea
8.09 Reliance on professional management 1-7 (best) 4.7 62.4 40 Finland
8.10 Pay and productivity 1-7 (best) 3.2 37.3 123 United States
8.11 Female participation in Labour force ratio 0.49 36.3 100 Multiple (4)
8.12 Labour tax rate % 5.6 100.0 = 20 Multiple (26)
0-100 (best) - 50.4 108 United States Pillar 9: Financial system
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector % GDP 22.8 24.0 = 113 Multiple (29)
9.02 Financing of SMEs 1-7 (best) 2.8 29.8 130 United States
9.03 Venture capital availability 1-7 (best) 1.9 14.7 133 United States
9.04 Market capitalization % GDP 54.8 54.8 = 37 Multiple (12)
9.05 Insurance premium % GDP n/a 6.1 = n/a Multiple (16)
9.06 Soundness of banks 1-7 (best) 3.3 37.9 129 Finland
9.07 Non-performing loans % loan portfolio value 7.1 86.7 = 85 Multiple (2)
9.08 Credit gap percentage points -0.7 100.0 = 66 Multiple (97)
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio ratio n/a 100.0 = n/a Multiple (72)
0-100 (best) - 37.1 114 China Pillar 10: Market size
10.01 Gross domestic product PPP $ billions 31 n/a 112 China
10.02 Imports % GDP 31.8 n/a 102 Hong Kong SAR
0-100 (best) - 41.0 132 United States Pillar 11: Business dynamism
11.01 Cost of starting a business % GNI per capita 110.0 45.0 136 Multiple (2)
11.02 Time to start a business days 61.0 39.2 133 New Zealand
11.03 Insolvency recovery rate cents/$ 19.7 21.2 115 Norway
11.04 Insolvency regulatory framework 0-16 (best) 5.0 31.3 = 121 Multiple (5)
11.05 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk 1-7 (best) 4.1 52.2 54 Israel
11.06 Willingness to delegate authority 1-7 (best) 4.5 57.6 58 Denmark
11.07 Growth of innovative companies 1-7 (best) 3.9 48.0 79 Israel
11.08 Companies embracing disruptive ideas 1-7 (best) 3.0 33.8 122 United States
0-100 (best) - 25.5 128 Germany Pillar 12: Innovation capability
12.01 Diversity of workforce 1-7 (best) 4.4 56.1 78 Canada
12.02 State of cluster development 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.6 137 United States
12.03 International co-inventions applications/million pop. 0.04 1.2 98 Multiple (7)
12.04 Multi-stakeholder collaboration 1-7 (best) 2.9 32.4 128 United States
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 113.7 70.2 86 Multiple (7)
12.06 Patent applications applications/million pop. 0.04 0.7 108 Multiple (8)
12.07 R&D expenditures % GDP n/a 8.3 n/a Multiple (7)
12.08 Quality of research institutions index 0.00 0.4 103 Multiple (7)
12.09 Buyer sophistication 1-7 (best) 2.6 26.7 122 United States
12.10 Trademark applications applications/million pop. 19.26 32.4 121 Multiple (7)
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The following pages report the GCI 4.0 2018 rankings
for the twelve pillars of the Index (Tables 1–3). The
pillars fall under four categories: Enabling Environment,
Human Capital, Markets, and Innovation Ecosystem.
Detailed scorecards for all the economies are available
in the Economy Profiles section of the report. Enhanced
scorecards and sortable rankings for every component
of the GCI 4.0 are available at http://gcr.weforum.org/.
APPENDIX A
Global
Competitiveness
Index 4.0
2018 Pillar Rankings
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ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
1. Institutions 2. Infrastructure 3. ICT adoption 4. Macroeconomic stability
Economy Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score
Albania 68 53.9 100 57.3 74 52.3 97 70.0
Algeria 120 44.4 88 61.2 83 47.2 111 68.5
Angola 134 37.2 127 40.7 119 27.4 139 31.1
Argentina 77 51.5 68 67.6 65 56.2 136 44.9
Armenia 67 54.0 74 66.3 56 59.2 89 72.4
Australia 15 73.6 31 77.9 22 73.5 1 100.0
Austria 18 72.7 12 88.3 46 64.7 1 100.0
Azerbaijan 58 55.8 46 73.6 69 54.0 126 59.8
Bahrain 42 60.9 30 78.0 38 66.7 119 65.3
Bangladesh 108 46.5 109 53.4 102 39.8 88 72.6
Belgium 21 69.8 13 86.5 40 66.1 1 100.0
Benin 114 45.1 126 41.0 133 20.0 94 71.6
Bolivia 129 41.2 102 56.2 87 45.7 84 73.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 111 45.6 89 60.7 86 45.8 73 74.4
Botswana 62 54.7 108 53.9 98 42.0 1 100.0
Brazil 93 49.7 81 64.3 66 55.6 122 64.6
Brunei Darussalam 45 58.3 54 71.3 17 76.2 81 73.7
Bulgaria 70 53.6 58 69.9 30 69.6 52 89.2
Burkina Faso 86 50.6 128 37.9 124 26.2 80 73.8
Burundi 135 36.3 132 36.6 134 18.4 129 56.5
Cambodia 126 41.9 112 51.7 92 44.4 74 74.4
Cameroon 125 43.0 125 42.1 131 22.0 76 74.3
Canada 11 75.5 25 80.6 34 68.6 1 100.0
Cape Verde 79 51.5 106 54.7 79 48.1 107 68.9
Chad 137 34.6 137 34.1 140 12.8 91 72.3
Chile 32 63.6 41 75.2 49 61.3 1 100.0
China 65 54.6 29 78.1 26 71.5 39 98.3
Colombia 89 50.3 83 63.0 84 46.7 56 87.3
Congo, Democratic Rep. 136 36.0 139 33.1 137 17.1 138 39.1
Costa Rica 44 59.1 78 65.1 55 59.6 85 73.0
Côte d'Ivoire 118 44.5 113 51.2 104 38.9 68 75.0
Croatia 74 52.0 36 76.8 53 60.2 106 69.3
Cyprus 37 63.0 43 74.9 33 68.8 63 78.9
Czech Republic 43 60.5 18 83.5 42 65.7 1 100.0
Denmark 10 75.9 14 86.3 8 82.3 1 100.0
Dominican Republic 99 48.5 77 65.3 82 47.4 77 74.2
Ecuador 100 48.4 59 69.7 89 45.7 87 73.0
Egypt 102 48.1 56 70.5 100 40.6 135 51.0
El Salvador 131 40.7 90 59.7 103 39.5 69 74.9
Estonia 22 69.5 42 75.2 14 77.4 1 100.0
Eswatini 97 48.8 94 58.8 125 24.9 115 67.8
Ethiopia 116 44.9 120 45.5 138 16.0 113 68.0
Finland 2 81.0 23 82.3 16 77.0 1 100.0
France 23 69.5 8 90.1 29 71.1 33 99.9
Gambia, The 95 49.3 110 52.1 114 28.3 123 63.6
Georgia 40 61.0 72 66.7 45 64.8 72 74.5
Germany 16 73.5 7 90.2 31 69.3 1 100.0
Ghana 59 55.7 116 50.3 88 45.7 132 54.8
Greece 87 50.5 38 76.2 57 58.9 83 73.6
Guatemala 123 43.5 96 58.3 112 31.1 75 74.4
Guinea 128 41.6 131 37.2 132 21.0 108 68.7
Haiti 138 32.9 140 28.6 129 22.6 125 61.0
Honduras 117 44.7 98 58.0 115 28.1 78 74.2
Hong Kong SAR 6 76.9 2 94.0 2 87.9 1 100.0
Hungary 66 54.2 28 78.4 51 61.0 43 90.0
Iceland 14 74.3 37 76.4 7 82.7 1 100.0
India 47 57.9 63 68.7 117 28.0 49 89.8
Indonesia 48 57.9 71 66.8 50 61.1 51 89.7
Iran, Islamic Rep. 121 44.3 76 65.4 80 47.6 117 66.9
Ireland 17 73.1 34 77.0 41 66.0 37 99.4
Israel 26 66.3 20 83.3 39 66.7 38 99.1
Italy 56 56.4 21 83.1 52 60.3 58 85.0
Jamaica 82 50.9 82 63.5 91 44.4 97 70.0
Japan 20 71.1 5 91.5 3 87.4 41 93.9
Jordan 50 57.7 73 66.6 75 52.3 101 69.9
Kazakhstan 61 54.9 69 67.3 44 64.9 62 80.3
Kenya 64 54.6 105 54.8 113 30.2 104 69.5
Korea, Rep. 27 65.4 6 91.3 1 91.3 1 100.0
Kuwait 57 56.0 61 69.3 62 56.8 1 100.0
Kyrgyz Republic 88 50.4 107 54.3 73 52.8 64 75.0
Table 1: The Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018: Enabling environment
(Cont’d.)
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Appendix A: Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 Pillar Rankings
Table 1: The Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018: Enabling environment (cont’d.)
ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
1. Institutions 2. Infrastructure 3. ICT adoption 4. Macroeconomic stability
Economy Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score
Lao PDR 119 44.5 99 57.5 96 42.7 110 68.5
Latvia 49 57.9 47 73.1 11 80.4 1 100.0
Lebanon 113 45.2 95 58.5 59 57.0 114 67.9
Lesotho 107 46.5 134 35.6 107 33.5 90 72.4
Liberia 115 45.1 136 34.8 139 14.9 124 63.4
Lithuania 41 60.9 44 74.7 18 75.8 1 100.0
Luxembourg 12 75.2 16 84.7 20 74.8 1 100.0
Macedonia, FYR 85 50.6 80 64.5 70 54.0 70 74.6
Malawi 103 48.0 129 37.8 128 23.0 128 57.5
Malaysia 24 68.7 32 77.9 32 69.1 1 100.0
Mali 132 40.3 123 42.7 121 26.7 82 73.7
Malta 33 63.5 52 71.7 24 72.4 1 100.0
Mauritania 133 38.4 135 35.4 118 27.7 97 70.0
Mauritius 38 62.8 67 68.0 47 62.1 43 90.0
Mexico 105 47.7 49 72.9 76 51.3 35 99.4
Moldova 84 50.8 79 65.0 48 61.7 95 71.6
Mongolia 80 51.1 103 56.2 78 48.7 121 65.0
Montenegro 63 54.7 86 62.2 58 57.1 102 69.7
Morocco 54 56.6 53 71.5 93 44.2 47 90.0
Mozambique 130 41.2 130 37.3 122 26.3 137 44.5
Namibia 51 57.2 91 59.7 105 37.3 100 69.9
Nepal 98 48.5 117 48.5 101 40.5 96 70.3
Netherlands 4 77.9 4 92.4 19 75.1 1 100.0
New Zealand 1 81.6 39 76.1 23 73.4 1 100.0
Nicaragua 122 43.9 104 55.2 111 32.0 79 74.0
Nigeria 127 41.7 124 42.3 123 26.2 130 56.4
Norway 8 76.7 45 74.7 10 81.6 1 100.0
Oman 36 63.1 24 81.8 61 56.9 58 85.0
Pakistan 109 46.3 93 59.0 127 23.6 103 69.6
Panama 83 50.9 66 68.3 81 47.5 50 89.8
Paraguay 112 45.3 101 56.3 99 41.5 71 74.6
Peru 90 50.2 85 62.4 94 43.9 1 100.0
Philippines 101 48.3 92 59.4 67 54.8 43 90.0
Poland 53 57.1 27 79.3 68 54.4 1 100.0
Portugal 30 63.9 19 83.3 37 67.1 58 85.0
Qatar 31 63.8 26 80.0 9 81.9 40 96.5
Romania 46 58.1 55 71.2 36 67.1 53 89.2
Russian Federation 72 52.7 51 72.2 25 72.1 55 87.5
Rwanda 29 64.4 115 50.8 120 27.1 92 71.8
Saudi Arabia 39 62.2 40 75.5 54 59.9 1 100.0
Senegal 73 52.5 111 51.8 116 28.0 105 69.4
Serbia 76 51.6 48 73.0 60 56.9 64 75.0
Seychelles 52 57.1 70 67.0 63 56.6 64 75.0
Sierra Leone 106 46.9 133 36.3 130 22.4 134 52.3
Singapore 3 80.7 1 95.7 4 85.2 42 92.6
Slovak Republic 55 56.4 33 77.6 35 67.8 32 99.9
Slovenia 35 63.1 35 76.9 43 65.6 1 100.0
South Africa 69 53.8 64 68.6 85 46.1 57 86.7
Spain 28 64.5 10 89.1 21 73.8 43 90.0
Sri Lanka 78 51.5 65 68.6 109 32.9 112 68.2
Sweden 9 76.0 17 84.4 5 85.2 1 100.0
Switzerland 5 77.1 3 93.3 15 77.0 36 99.4
Taiwan, China 25 68.5 22 82.6 13 77.9 1 100.0
Tajikistan 81 50.9 87 61.5 108 33.0 109 68.6
Tanzania 91 50.0 119 46.0 135 18.3 86 73.0
Thailand 60 55.1 60 69.7 64 56.6 48 89.9
Trinidad and Tobago 92 49.7 97 58.0 72 53.3 54 87.8
Tunisia 75 52.0 84 62.5 90 45.1 118 65.7
Turkey 71 52.9 50 72.6 71 53.5 116 67.4
Uganda 104 47.9 121 43.2 126 24.5 93 71.6
Ukraine 110 46.3 57 70.1 77 51.0 131 55.9
United Arab Emirates 19 71.8 15 86.2 6 83.7 1 100.0
United Kingdom 7 76.8 11 89.0 28 71.1 1 100.0
United States 13 74.6 9 89.5 27 71.2 34 99.6
Uruguay 34 63.2 62 68.8 12 78.1 61 83.8
Venezuela 140 27.3 118 47.5 97 42.6 140 0.0
Viet Nam 94 49.5 75 65.4 95 43.3 64 75.0
Yemen 139 29.5 138 33.5 136 17.6 133 53.7
Zambia 96 48.8 114 51.0 106 33.7 127 58.0
Zimbabwe 124 43.0 122 42.9 110 32.6 120 65.1
Note: Ranks out of 140 economies and scores measured on a 0-to-100 scale.
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HUMAN CAPITAL MARKETS
5. Health 6. Skills 7. Product market 8. Labour market
Economy Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score
Albania 45 86.8 47 68.7 58 57.0 34 64.8
Algeria 66 81.5 88 57.4 128 45.4 134 44.0
Angola 118 50.9 138 31.1 140 37.5 135 43.5
Argentina 53 85.1 51 68.4 120 48.3 116 50.7
Armenia 61 82.7 55 67.6 39 61.2 33 65.0
Australia 8 98.5 12 81.0 8 70.2 22 68.5
Austria 15 96.7 17 78.4 17 66.5 26 67.3
Azerbaijan 91 73.1 54 67.8 37 61.4 40 63.6
Bahrain 74 79.2 28 73.6 28 63.0 46 63.0
Bangladesh 96 71.2 116 44.0 123 47.8 115 50.9
Belgium 28 94.1 16 79.5 22 64.3 37 64.4
Benin 121 49.8 119 42.5 86 54.0 118 50.6
Bolivia 87 75.0 93 56.6 119 48.5 126 47.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 52 85.3 87 57.5 106 51.6 112 51.2
Botswana 115 51.9 92 56.7 95 53.1 57 60.5
Brazil 73 79.6 94 56.0 117 48.9 114 51.0
Brunei Darussalam 50 85.9 58 66.0 44 60.9 38 64.2
Bulgaria 70 80.0 60 64.7 62 56.7 50 62.0
Burkina Faso 129 40.4 137 31.7 101 52.3 109 51.6
Burundi 127 42.2 134 32.9 127 45.6 133 44.5
Cambodia 104 62.9 121 41.0 114 50.0 65 59.7
Cameroon 132 39.0 111 47.4 109 51.1 106 51.9
Canada 12 97.5 11 81.0 20 64.9 6 77.0
Cape Verde 86 75.6 98 53.3 96 52.8 84 57.6
Chad 136 36.6 139 29.9 138 38.4 139 42.0
Chile 30 93.4 42 69.6 13 68.2 45 63.2
China 44 87.0 63 64.1 55 57.4 69 59.3
Colombia 35 90.9 80 59.9 85 54.0 80 57.9
Congo, Democratic Rep. 128 41.0 117 42.7 126 46.3 81 57.8
Costa Rica 13 97.4 44 69.1 46 60.4 64 59.7
Côte d'Ivoire 133 38.0 130 37.3 90 53.5 105 52.1
Croatia 51 85.7 65 63.4 71 55.7 96 54.8
Cyprus 26 94.4 33 72.8 26 63.3 28 66.9
Czech Republic 41 87.8 25 73.7 47 60.4 47 63.0
Denmark 31 93.4 5 84.9 15 66.9 5 78.0
Dominican Republic 63 82.5 90 57.0 84 54.1 51 61.6
Ecuador 39 88.1 75 61.0 125 47.1 113 51.2
Egypt 99 68.9 99 52.8 121 48.2 130 46.4
El Salvador 60 82.7 107 48.3 87 54.0 104 52.2
Estonia 54 84.9 18 78.0 21 64.8 21 69.3
Eswatini 139 30.1 102 52.3 104 51.6 86 57.5
Ethiopia 113 56.0 135 32.6 135 41.0 98 54.6
Finland 22 95.4 1 87.9 14 66.9 19 70.9
France 7 99.1 34 72.6 31 62.5 53 61.5
Gambia, The 111 57.1 115 44.0 97 52.6 99 54.5
Georgia 80 78.2 45 68.9 42 61.0 31 65.6
Germany 25 94.5 4 85.4 7 72.0 12 74.1
Ghana 112 56.0 104 51.3 61 56.8 89 55.9
Greece 21 95.7 39 70.4 63 56.7 107 51.8
Guatemala 89 74.6 101 52.6 40 61.1 110 51.3
Guinea 130 40.4 136 32.5 94 53.1 128 46.5
Haiti 122 49.7 126 39.0 133 42.8 123 49.4
Honduras 85 75.8 108 48.2 59 56.9 88 56.4
Hong Kong SAR 1 100.0 19 77.4 2 79.0 11 74.2
Hungary 69 80.7 49 68.5 82 54.4 83 57.8
Iceland 10 98.4 9 83.3 43 60.9 9 75.0
India 108 59.0 96 54.5 110 50.9 75 58.3
Indonesia 95 71.7 62 64.1 51 58.5 82 57.8
Iran, Islamic Rep. 84 77.5 91 57.0 134 42.0 136 43.1
Ireland 24 95.1 15 79.9 23 64.2 7 76.8
Israel 11 98.2 14 80.0 41 61.1 15 71.9
Italy 6 99.2 40 70.1 30 62.6 79 58.1
Jamaica 75 79.2 76 60.9 72 55.7 27 67.2
Japan 1 100.0 26 73.7 5 72.9 18 71.1
Jordan 78 78.4 61 64.4 88 53.8 91 55.6
Kazakhstan 97 70.8 57 67.0 57 57.3 30 65.8
Kenya 110 58.1 95 55.4 79 54.8 60 59.9
Korea, Rep. 19 96.1 27 73.6 67 56.2 48 62.4
Kuwait 38 88.2 79 60.1 69 55.9 120 50.0
Kyrgyz Republic 98 70.2 82 58.8 105 51.6 85 57.5
Table 2: The Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018: Human capital and Markets (Pillars 7–8)
(Cont’d.)
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Table 2: The Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018: Human capital and Markets (Pillars 7–8) (cont’d.)
HUMAN CAPITAL MARKETS
5. Health 6. Skills 7. Product market 8. Labour market
Economy Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score
Lao PDR 107 59.6 105 49.5 91 53.5 94 55.4
Latvia 76 78.8 23 74.5 49 59.8 29 66.8
Lebanon 37 88.4 64 63.6 108 51.2 101 54.2
Lesotho 140 11.9 110 47.8 93 53.2 61 59.9
Liberia 123 47.7 129 37.8 124 47.2 108 51.8
Lithuania 77 78.8 31 73.3 53 57.7 32 65.2
Luxembourg 14 96.8 22 74.7 9 69.3 13 73.7
Macedonia, FYR 71 80.0 81 59.0 107 51.5 78 58.1
Malawi 131 39.7 127 38.1 116 49.2 76 58.2
Malaysia 62 82.6 24 74.2 24 63.6 20 70.2
Mali 126 42.8 133 34.1 113 50.4 127 46.6
Malta 16 96.6 35 72.4 36 61.5 24 67.8
Mauritania 103 65.6 131 34.6 136 39.4 137 42.8
Mauritius 83 77.7 74 61.0 19 65.6 74 58.3
Mexico 56 84.6 86 57.9 54 57.5 100 54.4
Moldova 92 72.7 73 61.2 70 55.7 71 59.1
Mongolia 105 62.2 89 57.4 100 52.3 41 63.5
Montenegro 55 84.8 52 68.1 45 60.9 25 67.5
Morocco 88 74.9 114 45.2 75 55.2 119 50.0
Mozambique 135 37.7 140 28.2 115 49.6 138 42.5
Namibia 117 51.5 100 52.7 80 54.4 39 63.7
Nepal 102 66.8 106 48.4 130 44.8 125 49.1
Netherlands 20 96.0 6 84.5 6 72.3 10 74.9
New Zealand 18 96.2 10 83.2 4 73.5 4 78.4
Nicaragua 36 90.4 113 45.5 89 53.8 103 52.8
Nigeria 119 50.9 124 40.2 99 52.4 73 58.5
Norway 9 98.4 8 83.9 29 62.8 14 73.5
Oman 65 81.9 36 71.6 33 62.5 93 55.6
Pakistan 109 58.2 125 39.9 122 47.9 121 49.7
Panama 33 91.8 85 58.2 52 58.0 87 56.5
Paraguay 81 78.0 103 51.8 68 56.1 97 54.6
Peru 32 93.3 83 58.6 50 59.5 72 58.8
Philippines 101 67.6 67 62.9 60 56.9 36 64.5
Poland 49 86.2 32 72.9 38 61.2 62 59.8
Portugal 23 95.3 41 69.9 35 61.9 35 64.7
Qatar 40 88.0 38 70.7 25 63.6 54 61.3
Romania 72 79.8 69 61.8 56 57.3 56 60.7
Russian Federation 100 68.5 50 68.5 83 54.2 67 59.5
Rwanda 106 60.9 123 40.9 65 56.6 49 62.1
Saudi Arabia 64 82.4 30 73.4 32 62.5 102 53.4
Senegal 114 55.9 118 42.5 81 54.4 92 55.6
Serbia 67 81.5 56 67.5 66 56.5 52 61.5
Seychelles 82 78.0 43 69.3 48 60.1 23 67.8
Sierra Leone 137 36.3 128 38.1 132 44.1 132 44.7
Singapore 1 100.0 20 76.0 1 81.2 3 80.2
Slovak Republic 57 84.0 48 68.6 78 55.0 58 60.2
Slovenia 34 91.6 29 73.5 27 63.1 43 63.4
South Africa 125 43.2 84 58.4 74 55.2 55 61.0
Spain 1 100.0 37 70.7 34 62.0 68 59.5
Sri Lanka 46 86.7 70 61.7 129 44.9 117 50.6
Sweden 17 96.5 7 84.2 10 68.8 17 71.1
Switzerland 5 99.8 2 87.3 16 66.8 2 80.4
Taiwan, China 27 94.2 21 75.6 18 65.7 16 71.4
Tajikistan 93 72.2 72 61.4 64 56.6 70 59.2
Tanzania 116 51.7 120 41.5 112 50.6 95 54.8
Thailand 42 87.3 66 63.0 92 53.4 44 63.3
Trinidad and Tobago 90 73.5 68 62.6 98 52.4 59 60.2
Tunisia 58 83.2 71 61.4 103 51.7 129 46.4
Turkey 48 86.2 77 60.5 76 55.2 111 51.2
Uganda 124 44.8 122 40.9 118 48.7 63 59.8
Ukraine 94 72.0 46 68.9 73 55.3 66 59.5
United Arab Emirates 79 78.4 53 68.1 11 68.8 42 63.4
United Kingdom 29 93.9 13 80.2 12 68.7 8 76.5
United States 47 86.5 3 86.3 3 73.8 1 81.9
Uruguay 43 87.3 59 65.3 77 55.2 77 58.1
Venezuela 59 83.0 78 60.2 137 39.2 131 46.1
Viet Nam 68 81.0 97 54.3 102 52.1 90 55.6
Yemen 120 50.0 132 34.4 131 44.2 140 37.6
Zambia 138 35.8 112 47.1 111 50.7 124 49.1
Zimbabwe 134 37.7 109 48.1 139 38.2 122 49.7
Note: Ranks out of 140 economies and scores measured on a 0-to-100 scale.
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MARKETS INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM
9. Financial system 10. Market size 11. Business dynamism 12. Innovation capability
Economy Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score
Albania 105 51.3 108 39.2 48 64.1 91 31.7
Algeria 122 47.8 38 66.4 113 51.3 106 29.9
Angola 137 40.1 66 53.9 137 34.5 140 16.8
Argentina 97 52.5 34 68.6 84 55.4 54 40.5
Armenia 87 54.2 118 36.7 62 60.2 60 38.8
Australia 13 85.6 25 72.3 15 75.2 18 69.8
Austria 28 72.9 43 64.3 26 69.9 15 74.3
Azerbaijan 96 52.6 65 54.0 31 68.8 71 36.0
Bahrain 33 70.3 90 45.8 54 61.9 72 35.9
Bangladesh 103 51.8 36 66.5 120 50.0 102 30.6
Belgium 24 78.4 33 68.9 18 73.8 17 73.4
Benin 132 43.8 125 34.9 105 52.7 126 26.7
Bolivia 85 54.8 87 46.2 130 45.0 122 26.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 83 55.1 99 41.8 106 52.7 114 28.2
Botswana 69 59.5 111 38.6 103 53.0 101 30.6
Brazil 57 63.2 10 80.9 108 52.4 40 47.8
Brunei Darussalam 107 51.2 115 37.0 68 58.5 79 33.9
Bulgaria 71 58.2 64 54.6 61 60.3 48 43.9
Burkina Faso 124 47.6 112 38.3 112 51.6 130 24.9
Burundi 135 42.2 136 22.6 123 48.8 131 23.8
Cambodia 92 53.6 88 46.2 128 45.3 96 31.2
Cameroon 130 45.0 89 46.0 117 50.3 109 29.1
Canada 11 86.1 15 76.7 13 76.0 13 75.0
Cape Verde 75 57.3 138 17.1 131 44.0 137 21.4
Chad 139 38.7 120 36.7 138 28.6 136 21.6
Chile 20 80.3 46 62.7 46 64.3 53 41.3
China 30 71.9 1 100.0 43 64.6 24 64.4
Colombia 53 63.8 37 66.5 49 63.6 73 35.5
Congo, Democratic Rep. 133 43.6 96 42.8 133 40.5 139 18.8
Costa Rica 68 59.8 86 46.2 80 55.9 55 40.4
Côte d'Ivoire 115 49.0 83 47.8 88 55.3 113 28.3
Croatia 62 60.6 78 49.5 81 55.7 63 37.7
Cyprus 95 53.3 110 39.1 34 66.9 45 44.7
Czech Republic 40 67.5 42 64.6 25 70.2 29 57.3
Denmark 12 85.8 55 59.6 6 79.1 12 75.4
Dominican Republic 70 58.8 69 53.1 90 54.8 94 31.4
Ecuador 82 55.1 68 53.7 129 45.2 88 32.0
Egypt 99 52.3 24 72.8 97 54.1 64 37.7
El Salvador 64 60.1 95 43.2 111 51.6 123 26.9
Estonia 46 65.9 97 42.3 29 69.3 33 52.5
Eswatini 102 51.9 133 27.0 116 50.7 134 22.7
Ethiopia 126 46.0 63 54.6 125 47.9 127 26.5
Finland 3 89.7 61 57.4 8 78.3 10 76.3
France 17 82.9 9 81.5 28 69.4 11 76.1
Gambia, The 110 49.6 140 16.0 126 47.9 104 30.4
Georgia 88 54.1 102 40.9 53 62.1 85 32.7
Germany 21 80.2 5 85.8 2 81.6 1 87.5
Ghana 112 49.6 73 51.8 87 55.3 83 32.7
Greece 114 49.4 58 59.0 72 58.0 44 45.0
Guatemala 74 57.4 74 50.8 91 54.6 100 30.7
Guinea 111 49.6 116 37.0 65 59.4 90 31.8
Haiti 134 42.9 129 33.3 140 14.9 138 20.3
Honduras 67 59.8 98 41.9 100 53.9 92 31.5
Hong Kong SAR 2 90.1 26 71.1 17 74.5 26 61.9
Hungary 66 59.8 48 61.7 75 57.2 39 48.0
Iceland 36 69.3 131 31.5 11 76.6 23 65.7
India 35 69.5 3 92.7 58 61.2 31 53.8
Indonesia 52 63.9 8 81.6 30 69.0 68 37.1
Iran, Islamic Rep. 98 52.5 19 74.5 119 50.0 65 37.6
Ireland 37 68.5 44 64.0 10 76.9 21 67.0
Israel 22 80.1 57 59.2 5 79.6 16 74.0
Italy 49 64.3 12 79.1 42 65.4 22 65.8
Jamaica 50 64.0 123 36.1 32 68.5 76 34.3
Japan 10 86.4 4 86.7 14 75.7 6 79.3
Jordan 32 70.7 81 48.7 94 54.4 59 38.9
Kazakhstan 100 52.2 45 63.0 37 66.0 87 32.1
Kenya 73 57.8 71 52.2 63 60.2 69 36.5
Korea, Rep. 19 81.4 14 78.5 22 71.6 8 78.2
Kuwait 48 64.8 54 59.9 96 54.2 103 30.5
Kyrgyz Republic 118 48.5 124 36.0 93 54.5 125 26.7
Table 3: The Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018: Markets (Pillars 9–10) and Innovation ecosystem
(Cont’d.)
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Table 3: The Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018: Markets (Pillars 9–10) and Innovation ecosystem (cont’d.)
MARKETS INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM
9. Financial system 10. Market size 11. Business dynamism 12. Innovation capability
Economy Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score
Lao PDR 106 51.3 100 41.1 134 40.1 117 27.4
Latvia 94 53.5 94 44.0 47 64.3 52 42.0
Lebanon 43 66.7 80 48.9 109 52.4 61 38.6
Lesotho 120 48.5 135 24.8 118 50.0 132 23.7
Liberia 127 45.8 137 20.8 85 55.3 135 22.0
Lithuania 76 56.9 76 50.1 44 64.5 42 47.4
Luxembourg 9 86.5 77 50.0 38 65.8 19 68.2
Macedonia, FYR 80 55.6 109 39.2 57 61.2 98 31.1
Malawi 123 47.7 127 34.2 127 47.4 112 28.6
Malaysia 15 84.1 23 73.0 19 73.8 30 55.5
Mali 129 45.6 106 39.8 110 51.6 108 29.3
Malta 29 72.2 119 36.7 66 59.2 34 51.0
Mauritania 138 38.9 130 32.2 135 38.7 129 25.5
Mauritius 25 77.7 117 36.9 35 66.5 62 38.3
Mexico 61 60.8 11 80.6 41 65.5 50 42.7
Moldova 128 45.6 126 34.4 69 58.3 105 30.2
Mongolia 109 50.2 103 40.5 89 55.0 99 31.0
Montenegro 51 63.9 132 28.2 50 63.4 74 34.9
Morocco 44 66.3 53 60.0 99 53.9 78 34.0
Mozambique 113 49.5 104 40.3 104 52.8 120 27.1
Namibia 47 65.7 121 36.2 121 49.7 77 34.1
Nepal 58 62.9 84 46.7 98 54.0 110 29.0
Netherlands 16 83.7 21 73.9 3 80.3 9 77.5
New Zealand 26 76.1 67 53.8 12 76.4 27 61.4
Nicaragua 90 54.0 107 39.7 122 49.6 121 27.0
Nigeria 131 44.1 30 70.8 83 55.4 93 31.4
Norway 23 80.1 50 61.3 9 77.0 20 67.8
Oman 56 63.4 62 55.8 52 62.7 86 32.6
Pakistan 89 54.1 31 70.7 67 59.1 75 34.9
Panama 41 66.9 79 48.9 71 58.3 66 37.5
Paraguay 72 57.9 91 45.0 115 50.7 111 28.9
Peru 63 60.5 49 61.6 92 54.5 89 31.9
Philippines 39 67.9 32 70.2 39 65.8 67 37.2
Poland 55 63.4 22 73.4 55 61.5 38 48.7
Portugal 38 68.4 52 60.1 27 69.7 32 53.1
Qatar 34 70.1 51 60.4 40 65.7 37 50.3
Romania 101 51.9 41 64.7 64 60.1 57 39.6
Russian Federation 86 54.8 6 84.0 51 62.9 36 50.7
Rwanda 84 54.9 128 33.8 60 60.6 118 27.3
Saudi Arabia 45 65.9 17 76.3 114 51.2 41 47.4
Senegal 104 51.7 101 41.1 95 54.3 97 31.2
Serbia 79 55.9 75 50.7 59 60.9 56 39.7
Seychelles 93 53.6 139 16.4 74 57.6 49 43.5
Sierra Leone 136 42.0 134 26.9 124 48.7 124 26.8
Singapore 5 89.3 27 71.1 16 74.7 14 75.0
Slovak Republic 54 63.7 60 57.7 45 64.5 43 46.6
Slovenia 60 62.3 82 47.8 24 70.3 28 57.9
South Africa 18 82.1 35 68.4 56 61.4 46 44.3
Spain 27 75.1 16 76.7 36 66.3 25 62.9
Sri Lanka 77 56.8 59 57.9 70 58.3 80 33.7
Sweden 6 89.0 40 65.1 4 79.8 5 79.8
Switzerland 4 89.4 39 65.9 20 72.6 3 82.1
Taiwan, China 7 87.9 20 74.2 21 72.4 4 80.8
Tajikistan 125 46.0 122 36.2 102 53.1 116 27.4
Tanzania 116 48.9 72 52.0 107 52.7 119 27.2
Thailand 14 84.2 18 74.9 23 71.0 51 42.1
Trinidad and Tobago 42 66.8 105 40.0 78 56.8 81 33.5
Tunisia 78 56.1 70 52.7 73 57.8 84 32.7
Turkey 65 59.9 13 78.5 76 57.2 47 44.0
Uganda 119 48.5 85 46.4 82 55.5 107 29.8
Ukraine 117 48.7 47 62.7 86 55.3 58 39.0
United Arab Emirates 31 70.8 28 71.0 33 67.4 35 51.0
United Kingdom 8 87.8 7 81.7 7 79.0 7 79.2
United States 1 92.1 2 99.2 1 86.5 2 86.5
Uruguay 81 55.3 93 44.5 79 56.3 70 36.4
Venezuela 91 54.0 56 59.3 139 27.7 95 31.2
Viet Nam 59 62.3 29 70.9 101 53.7 82 33.4
Yemen 140 37.2 113 37.8 136 38.5 133 22.8
Zambia 121 48.3 92 44.8 77 57.0 115 28.1
Zimbabwe 108 50.4 114 37.1 132 41.0 128 25.5
Note: Ranks out of 140 economies and scores measured on a 0-to-100 scale.
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For almost 40 years, the Executive Opinion Survey
(the Survey) has been a key ingredient of the Global
Competitiveness Report series. The Survey provides a
yearly evaluation of critical aspects of competitiveness
for which statistical data is missing because it is either
impossible or extremely difficult to measure on a global
scale. The aim of the Survey is to capture reality as best
as possible, and business leaders are arguably the best
positioned to assess these aspects.
The indicators derived from the Survey are used
in the calculation of the Global Competitiveness Index
4.0 (GCI), as well as a number of other World Economic
Forum indexes, such as the Networked Readiness
Index, the Enabling Trade Index, the Travel & Tourism
Competitiveness Index, the Gender Gap Index, and
the Human Capital Index, as well as several other
reports, including The Inclusive Economic Growth and
Development Report, The Global Risks Report and a
number of regional competitiveness studies. A truly
unique source of data, the Survey has also long been
used by a number of international and nongovernmental
organizations, think tanks and academia for empirical
and policy work.
THE SURVEY 2018 IN NUMBERS
The 2018 edition captured the views of 16,658 business
executives in 140 economies between January and
April 2018. Following the data editing process described
below, a total of 12,274 responses were retained. This
year half of the retained surveys (50.7%) were completed
online. In 52 economies over 90% of respondents
complete the Survey online, while in a further 21
economies, at least 50% of respondents completed
the Survey online (see Figure 1). The 2018 edition of the
Survey was made available in 42 languages (see Table 1).
SURVEY STRUCTURE, ADMINISTRATION
AND METHODOLOGY
The Survey comprises 148 questions divided into 15
sections. Most questions ask respondents to evaluate on
a scale of 1 (considered among the worst in the world)
to 7 (considered among the best in the world) specific
aspects of the business environment in the country
where the respondent operates. The 2018 edition of the
Survey instrument is available in the Downloads section
of the Global Competitiveness Report’s page at http://gcr.
weforum.org/.
The administration of the Survey is supervised by the
World Economic Forum and conducted at the national
level by the Forum’s network of Partner Institutes. Partner
Institutes are typically universities or other research
organizations, business associations, competitiveness
councils, or survey companies. These organizations have
the private sector network for reaching out to leading
APPENDIX B
The Executive
Opinion Survey:
The Voice of the
Business Community
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Albanian
Arabic
Armenian
Azeri
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Chinese
Chinese (traditional)
Croatian
Czech
Danish
English
Estonian
Farsi
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Italian
Khmer
Korean
Lao
Latvian
Lithuanian
Macedonian
Mongolian
Montenegrin
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Tajik
Thai
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese
140 economies
surveyed
Minimum 31: Norway
Maximum 378: India
339: Pakistan
3 largest
samples
291: United States
1st quartile 62.50
3rd quartile 96.50
Average 92.25
Median 83
Administration method
134
economies
with enough
valid responses*
16,658
surveys collected
NUMBER OF ECONOMIES NUMBER OF SURVEYS
Collected
12,274
surveys
retained*
SAMPLE SIZE
(number of valid surveys by economy)
Online
(50.7%)
Paper
(49.3%)
Figure 1: Descriptive statistics of the Executive Opinion Survey 2018
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey, 2018 edition.
Note: Not all charts are drawn to scale.
* Following data treatment. See text for details.
Table 1: Available languages in 2018
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business executives and a firm commitment to improving
the competitiveness of their respective economies (for
the full list, see the Contributors and Acknowledgments
section of this report).1
In administering the Survey and in order to gather
the strongest dataset, Partner Institutes are asked to
follow detailed sampling guidelines and collect the data
in a specific timeframe. The collection process is based
on best practices in the field of Survey administration
and on discussions with survey experts. It is put in place
to ensure that the sample of respondents is the most
representative possible and comparable across the globe.
The sampling guidelines specify that the Partner
Institutes create a sample frame (Figure 2) that is a large
list of potential business executives from companies of
various sizes and from the various sectors of activity,
as detailed below. The Partner Institutes separate the
frame into two lists: one that includes only large firms,
and a second that includes all other firms (both lists
representing the various economic sectors). To reduce
bias, Partner Institutes randomly select firms from each
list to receive the Survey.
The sample frame should reflect the structure of the
country/economy:
•	 In proportion to the share of GDP by sector:
agriculture, manufacturing industry, nonmanufacturing
industry (mining and quarrying,
electricity, gas and water supply, construction), and
services.
•	 Ensuring the representation of both large- (more
than 250 employees) and small-sized companies
(249 employees or fewer), again reflecting each
sector. At least one-third of companies are large
and one-third are small, and the remaining one-third
are determined by the structure of the economy in
proportion to the share of GDP by company size.
•	 Ensuring the chosen companies also have a
sufficiently wide geographical coverage.
The Survey is administered in a variety of formats,
including face-to-face or telephone interviews with
business executives, mailed paper forms and online
surveys. For energy, time and cost considerations,
the Forum encourages the use of a dedicated online
Survey tool.
The Partner Institutes also play an active and
essential role in disseminating the findings of The Global
Competitiveness Report and other reports published
by the World Economic Forum by holding press events
and workshops to highlight the results at the national
level to the business community, the public sector and
other stakeholders.
DATA TREATMENT AND SCORE
COMPUTATION
This section details the process whereby individual
responses are edited and aggregated in order to
produce the Survey question scores of each economy.
These are the results that then feed into the GCI other
indices and projects listed above.
Data editing
Prior to aggregation, the respondent-level data are
subjected to a careful editing process. The following
observations are excluded from the dataset: Surveys
where the respondent gives the same answer to at least
80% of the questions; Surveys with a completion rate
inferior to 50%; respondents who are not based in the
same country as the Partner Institute; respondents who
are not in a leadership position within their firm; and
finally, duplicate Surveys—which can occur, for example,
when a Survey is both completed online and mailed in.
In a second step, a multivariate test is applied to the
data using the Mahalanobis distance method. This test
estimates the probability that an individual Survey in a
specific country “belongs” to the sample of that country by
comparing the pattern of answers of that Survey against
the average pattern of answers in the country sample.
A univariate outlier test is then applied at the
country level for each question of each survey. We use
the standardized score—or “z-score”—method, which
indicates by how many standard deviations any one
individual answer deviates from the mean of the country
Figure 2: Sample frame requirements
REGIONAL
COVERAGE
SECTORS OF
ACTIVITY
SIZE OF
COMPANIES
Partner
Institutes
database
Agriculture
Industry
(manufacturing)
Industry
(non-
manufacturing)
Services
SME, large
companies
SME, large
companies
SME, large
companies
SME, large
companies
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Period 1 Period 2
Economy Survey edition
No. of
respondents Weight (%)* Survey edition
No. of
respondents Weight (%)* Online (%)
†
Albania 2017 71 41.5 2018 94 58.5 —
Algeria 2017 130 50.0 2018 87 50.0 —
Angola 2017 data not available 2018 120 100.0 100.0
Argentina 2017 99 47.0 2018 84 53.0 100.0
Armenia 2017 76 47.3 2018 63 52.7 100.0
Australia 2017 78 46.5 2018 69 53.5 98.6
Austria 2017 98 41.7 2018 128 58.3 59.4
Azerbaijan 2016 77 42.8 2017 92 57.2 —
Bahrain 2015 50 38.0 2016 89 62.0 —
Bangladesh 2017 81 43.4 2018 92 56.6 —
Belgium 2017 99 51.9 2018 56 48.1 100.0
Benin 2017 78 45.0 2018 78 55.0 —
Bolivia 2017 data not available 2018 54 100.0 90.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2017 76 43.3 2018 87 56.7 100.0
Botswana 2017 110 47.4 2018 91 52.6 —
Brazil 2017 103 43.3 2018 118 56.7 100.0
Brunei Darussalam 2017 77 47.9 2018 61 52.1 67.2
Bulgaria 2017 104 46.1 2018 95 53.9 —
Burkina Faso 2017 data not available 2018 73 100.0 —
Burundi 2016 96 47.1 2017 81 52.9 —
Cambodia 2017 69 47.2 2018 58 52.8 —
Cameroon 2017 81 46.3 2018 73 53.7 —
Canada 2017 79 39.9 2018 119 60.1 100.0
Cape Verde 2017 71 46.7 2018 62 53.3 75.8
Chad 2017 73 43.5 2018 82 56.5 —
Chile 2017 140 39.1 2018 227 60.9 100.0
China 2016 355 43.6 2017 396 56.4 —
Colombia 2017 134 47.1 2018 113 52.9 81.4
Congo, Dem. Rep. 2017 126 46.7 2018 110 53.3 12.7
Costa Rica 2017 69 43.6 2018 77 56.4 84.4
Cote d'Ivoire 2017 data not available 2018 120 100.0 —
Croatia 2017 81 44.8 2018 82 55.2 100.0
Cyprus 2017 73 44.7 2018 75 55.3 10.7
Czech Republic 2017 84 43.5 2018 95 56.5 100.0
Denmark 2017 85 48.7 2018 63 51.3 100.0
Dominican Republic 2017 54 43.9 2018 59 56.1 88.1
Ecuador 2017 99 44.9 2018 100 55.1 26.0
Egypt 2017 99 45.6 2018 94 54.4 —
El Salvador 2017 41 39.9 2018 62 60.1 98.4
Estonia 2017 77 46.7 2018 67 53.3 100.0
Eswatini 2017 50 46.3 2018 45 53.7 33.3
Ethiopia 2016 89 46.5 2017 79 53.5 —
Finland 2017 50 47.2 2018 42 52.8 100.0
France 2017 81 48.3 2018 62 51.7 100.0
Gambia, The 2017 74 43.0 2018 87 57.0 —
Georgia 2017 44 46.2 2018 40 53.8 100.0
Germany 2017 112 49.3 2018 79 50.7 93.7
Ghana 2017 80 43.5 2018 90 56.5 —
Greece 2017 78 44.2 2018 83 55.8 97.6
Guatemala 2017 93 45.3 2018 91 54.7 —
Guinea 2017 data not available 2018 66 100.0 —
Haiti 2017 52 40.8 2018 73 59.2 —
Honduras 2017 90 44.6 2018 93 55.4 —
Hong Kong SAR 2017 93 46.1 2018 85 53.9 67.1
Hungary 2017 83 44.1 2018 89 55.9 18.0
Iceland 2017 70 43.0 2018 82 57.0 100.0
India 2017 201 37.4 2018 378 62.6 57.4
Indonesia 2017 94 46.1 2018 86 53.9 —
Iran, Islamic Rep. 2017 200 49.2 2018 143 50.8 100.0
Ireland 2017 105 53.0 2018 54 47.0 100.0
Israel 2017 82 44.6 2018 85 55.4 100.0
Italy 2017 98 46.2 2018 89 53.8 —
Jamaica 2017 71 50.1 2018 47 49.9 97.9
Japan 2017 63 46.9 2018 54 53.1 29.6
Jordan 2017 154 50.4 2018 99 49.6 2.0
Kazakhstan 2017 86 40.5 2018 124 59.5 16.9
Kenya 2017 113 44.9 2018 114 55.1 —
Korea, Rep. 2017 100 45.0 2018 100 55.0 —
Kuwait 2017 68 42.2 2018 85 57.8 35.3
Kyrgyz Republic 2017 97 44.3 2018 103 55.8 —
Lao PDR 2017 87 49.8 2018 59 50.2 6.8
Table 2: Executive Opinion Survey: Descriptive statistics and weightings
(Cont’d.)
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Table 2: Executive Opinion Survey: Descriptive statistics and weightings (cont’d.)
Period 1 Period 2
Economy Survey edition
No. of
respondents Weight (%)* Survey edition
No. of
respondents Weight (%)* Online (%)
†
Latvia 2017 55 43.5 2018 62 56.5 56.5
Lebanon 2017 78 44.7 2018 80 55.3 100.0
Lesotho 2017 92 44.5 2018 96 55.5 —
Liberia 2017 55 42.2 2018 69 57.8 —
Lithuania 2017 116 46.5 2018 103 53.5 64.1
Luxembourg 2017 43 46.2 2018 39 53.8 100.0
Macedonia, FYR 2017 data not available 2018 58 100.0 98.3
Malawi 2017 75 42.6 2018 91 57.4 20.9
Malaysia 2017 96 47.6 2018 78 52.4 —
Mali 2017 65 43.2 2018 75 56.8 —
Malta 2017 58 47.4 2018 48 52.6 100.0
Mauritania 2017 118 48.1 2018 92 51.9 —
Mauritius 2017 61 50.8 2018 38 49.2 97.4
Mexico 2017 291 49.2 2018 208 50.8 77.4
Moldova 2017 132 50.3 2018 86 49.7 —
Mongolia 2017 82 45.3 2018 80 54.7 67.5
Montenegro 2017 80 45.2 2018 79 54.8 —
Morocco 2017 89 50.5 2018 57 49.5 100.0
Mozambique 2017 95 46.5 2018 84 53.5 1.2
Namibia 2017 74 45.3 2018 72 54.7 —
Nepal 2017 91 45.3 2018 89 54.7 7.9
Netherlands 2017 78 45.0 2018 78 55.0 100.0
New Zealand 2017 32 36.3 2018 66 63.7 100.0
Nicaragua 2017 47 42.2 2018 59 57.8 86.4
Nigeria 2017 85 42.4 2018 105 57.6 —
Norway 2017 39 47.9 2018 31 52.1 100.0
Oman 2017 86 46.1 2018 79 53.9 26.6
Pakistan 2017 290 43.1 2018 339 56.9 5.6
Panama 2017 89 43.9 2018 97 56.1 74.2
Paraguay 2017 111 47.2 2018 93 52.8 100.0
Peru 2017 90 43.9 2018 98 56.1 90.8
Philippines 2017 55 44.1 2018 59 55.9 66.1
Poland 2017 204 44.9 2018 205 55.1 98.5
Portugal 2017 140 43.0 2018 165 57.0 99.4
Qatar 2017 97 44.9 2018 98 55.1 6.1
Romania 2017 103 45.4 2018 100 54.6 22.0
Russian Federation 2017 268 43.8 2018 296 56.2 —
Rwanda 2017 92 46.6 2018 81 53.4 —
Saudi Arabia 2017 164 50.9 2018 101 49.1 64.4
Senegal 2017 80 44.5 2018 83 55.5 —
Serbia 2017 98 43.9 2018 107 56.1 100.0
Seychelles 2017 47 42.8 2018 56 57.2 —
Sierra Leone 2017 79 50.6 2018 50 49.4 —
Singapore 2017 148 47.4 2018 122 52.6 100.0
Slovak Republic 2017 110 56.2 2018 42 43.8 100.0
Slovenia 2017 89 46.3 2018 80 53.7 86.3
South Africa 2017 170 47.0 2018 145 53.0 100.0
Spain 2017 75 44.2 2018 80 55.8 90.0
Sri Lanka 2017 75 44.4 2018 79 55.6 100.0
Sweden 2017 71 46.7 2018 62 53.3 100.0
Switzerland 2017 52 43.2 2018 60 56.8 100.0
Taiwan, China 2017 121 45.7 2018 114 54.3 69.3
Tajikistan 2017 89 44.1 2018 96 55.9 6.3
Tanzania 2017 80 43.5 2018 90 56.5 —
Thailand 2017 115 47.4 2018 95 52.6 95.8
Trinidad and Tobago 2017 70 46.5 2018 62 53.5 75.8
Tunisia 2017 102 47.1 2018 86 52.9 62.8
Turkey 2017 84 45.6 2018 80 54.4 23.8
Uganda 2017 86 43.6 2018 96 56.4 26.0
Ukraine 2017 99 45.0 2018 99 55.0 —
United Arab Emirates 2017 85 46.1 2018 78 53.9 73.1
United Kingdom 2017 83 49.9 2018 56 50.1 100.0
United States 2017 249 43.1 2018 291 56.9 100.0
Uruguay 2017 71 43.8 2018 78 56.2 100.0
Venezuela 2017 47 48.3 2018 36 51.7 100.0
Vietnam 2017 90 46.8 2018 78 53.2 33.3
Yemen 2017 65 46.4 2018 58 53.6 13.8
Zambia 2017 61 42.1 2018 77 57.9 —
Zimbabwe 2017 43 41.9 2018 55 58.1 90.9
Note: All statistics are computed following the editing of the data; see text for details. “—” indicates that there was no online administration of the Survey.
* Weight applied to the country score in that edition of the Survey. See Box 1 for an example of a calculation.
†
Share of surveys completed online (2018 only).
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sample. Individual answers with a standardized score
greater than 3 are dropped.2
Aggregation and computation of country averages
We use a simple average to compute scores at the
economy level. As the sample frame aims to replicate
an economy’s sectoral composition and includes
companies of different sizes, the country-level score of
each Executive Opinion Survey question is the arithmetic
mean of all answers in each country. That is, for a given
question, all individual answers carry the same weight.
Formally, the average of a Survey indicator i for
country c, qi,c , is computed as follows:
qi,c =
⌺qi,c,j
N i,c
j
Ni,c
where
qi,c,j is the answer to question i in country c from
respondent j; and
Ni,c is the number of respondents to question i in
country c.
Once responses have been aggregated at the
country level, a test to detect statistical outliers is
run. We leverage the strong relationship between
the indicators derived from the Survey and some 50
statistical indicators included in the GCI: countries doing
well on these indicators tend to do well in the Survey.
A univariate linear regression is used to predict the
expected average score of Survey indicators based on
the average performance in the other indicators. Average
Survey scores that lie outside the 90% confidence
interval around the predicted values are considered
“outliers”. The scores of individual Survey indicators are
systematically corrected by a factor corresponding to the
distance between the observed average Survey score
and the predicted Survey average at the limit of the
confidence interval.
In addition, an analysis to assess the reliability and
consistency of the Survey data over time is carried out.
As part of this analysis, an inter-quartile range (IQR)
test is performed to identify large swings—positive and
negative— between two editions. For each country,
we compute the year-on-year difference, d, in the
average score of a core set of 66 Survey questions.
We then compute the inter-quartile range (i.e. the
difference between the 25th percentile and the 75th
percentile). Any value d outside the range bounded by
the 25th percentile minus 1.5 times the IQR and the
75th percentile plus 1.5 times the IQR is identified as a
potential “outlier”. This test is complemented by a series
of additional empirical tests, including an analysis of fiveyear
trends and a comparison of changes in the Survey
results with changes in other indicators capturing similar
concepts. We interview local experts and consider the
latest developments in a country in order to assess the
plausibility of the Survey results. Based on the result of
this test and the complementary qualitative analysis, the
data collected in 2018 for Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Burundi,
China, Ethiopia and Guinea were not used. Instead,
Survey results from the previous editions were used (for
details see Table 2).
Moving average and computation of country scores
We then proceed to compute moving averages of
country scores. The moving average technique consists
of taking a weighted average of the most recent year’s
Survey results, together with a discounted average of
the previous year. There are several reasons for doing
this. First, it makes results less sensitive to the specific
point in time when the Survey is administered. Second,
it increases the amount of available information by
providing a larger sample size. Additionally, because the
Survey is carried out during the first quarter of the year,
the average of the responses in the first quarter of 2017
and the first quarter of 2018 better aligns the Survey
data with many of the data indicators from sources other
than the Survey, which are often annual-averages data.
To calculate the moving average, we use a weighting
scheme composed of two overlapping elements. We
place more weight on the year with the larger sample
size to attribute equal weight to each response. At the
same time, we attribute greater weight to the most
recent sample because it contains most up to date
information. That is, we also “discount the past.” Table 2
reports the exact weights used in the computation of the
scores of each country.
Economy score calculation
The details of the method applied to compute the
country scores for the vast majority of economies
included in The Global Competitiveness Report 2018 are
as follows.
For any given Survey question i, country c’s final
score, 2017–18
qi,c , is given by:
qi,c
2017–18
qi,c
2017
wc
2017
wc
2018
ϭ ϫ ϩ qi,c
2018
ϫ 	 (1)
where
qi,c
t
is country c’s score on question i in year t,
with t = 2017, 2018, as computed following the
approach described in the text; and
wc
t
is the weight applied to country c’s score in
year t.
The weights for each year are determined as follows:
wc
2017
ϭ
ϩ
ϩ
Nc
2017
N
(1Ϫ␣)
2
c
2017
Nc
2018
	 (2a)
and
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For this example, we compute the score of Denmark for
the indicator Hiring and firing practices, which is included
in the Global Competitiveness Index (indicator 8.02) and
derived from the following Survey question: “In your
country, to what extent do regulations allow for the flexible
hiring and firing of workers? (1 = not at all, 7 = to a great
extent).” This question is not a new Survey question and
therefore the normal treatment applies, using Equation
(1). Denmark’s Survey score was 4.93 in 2017 and 5.15 in
2018. The weighting scheme described above indicates
how the two scores are combined. In Denmark, the size
of the sample was 63 in 2017 and 85 in 2018. Using a =
0.6 and applying Equations (2a) and (2b) yields weights of
48.7% for 2017 and 51.3% for 2018 (see Table 2). The final
country score for this question is therefore:
ϩ0.487ϫ 4.93
Ά
2017
0.513ϫ 5.15 5.04
Ά
2018
ϭ
.
This is the final score used in the computation of the
GCI. Although numbers are rounded to two decimal places
in this example and to one decimal place in the Denmark
country profile, exact figures are used in all calculations.
Box 1: Example of score computation
wc
2018
ϭ
ϩ
ϩ
Nc
2018
N
␣
2
c
2017
Nc
2018
	 (2b)
where Nc
t
is the sample size (i.e. the number of
respondents) for country c in year t, with t = 2017, 2018.
a is the discount factor that accounts for temporality set
at 0.6.
Plugging Equations (2a) and (2b) into (1) and
rearranging yields:
qi,c
2017–18
ϭ ϫ ϫϫ ϩqi,c
2017
ϫ ϩqi,c
2017
ϫ qi,c
2018
(1Ϫ␣) ␣
ϩ
Nc
2017
Nc
2017
Nc
2018
2
1
ϩ ϫ
2
1
ϩ
Nc
2018
Nc
2017
Nc
2018qi,c
2018
Ά΄ ΅
Ά
΄ ΅
discounted-past weighted average sample-size weighted average
ϫϫ ϩqi,c
2017
ϫ ϩqi,c
2017
ϫ qi,c
2018
␣
ϩ
Nc
2017
Nc
2017
Nc
2018ϩ ϫ
2
1
ϩ
Nc
2018
Nc
2017
Nc
2018qi,c
2018
Ά
΅
Ά΄ ΅
ed-past weighted average sample-size weighted average
	 (3)
In Equation (3), the first component of the weighting
scheme is the discounted-past weighted average.
The second component is the sample-size weighted
average. The two components are given half-weight
each. One additional characteristic of this approach is
that it prevents a country sample that is much larger in
one year from overwhelming the smaller sample from the
other year.
In the case of Survey questions that were introduced
in 2018 for which, by definition, no past data exist, full
weight is given to the 2018 score. For newly covered
economies, this treatment is applied to all questions. For
countries whose 2018 data were discarded, the results
from the previous editions of the report are used instead.
Box 1 provides a clarifying example of the methodology.
NOTES
	 1	 The World Economic Forum’s Centre for the New Economy
and Society acknowledges Research Now for carrying out the
Executive Opinion Survey 2018 in the United States, Germany,
Denmark, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden and
the United Kingdom following the detailed sampling guidelines.
The World Economic Forum also acknowledges IPSOS for
carrying out the Executive Opinion Survey 2018 following the
detailed sampling guidelines in Norway.
	 2	 For a more detailed formal description of the various tests
presented here, see Browne and Geiger, 2009.
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This Appendix presents the methodology and detailed
structure of the Global Competitiveness Index 4.0
(Section A); provides information about each of the
indicators included in the Index (Section B); presents
the methodology used to impute missing data points
and reports the imputed values by indicator (Section C);
presents the methodology used to compute progress
scores (Section D); and details the computation of the
2017 (“backcast”) GCI 4.0 scores (Section E).
A. COMPUTATION AND COMPOSITION OF
THE GCI 4.0
The computation of the Global Competitiveness Index
4.0 (GCI) is based on successive aggregations of
scores, from the indicator level (the most disaggregated
level) to the overall GCI score (the highest level). At
every aggregation level, each aggregated measure is
computed by taking the average (i.e. arithmetic mean)
of the scores of its components, with a few exceptions
described in Section B. The overall GCI score is the
average of the twelve pillars.
For individual indicators, prior to aggregation raw
values are transformed into a progress score ranging
from 0 to 100, with 100 being the ideal state. See
Section D for more details.
In the list below, weights are rounded to one
decimal place, but full precision is used in the
computation.
	 Weight (%) within
	 immediate parent category
ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
(not used in calculation)1
Pillar 1: Institutions...............................................8.3%
A.	 Security.....................................................................14.3%
	 1.01	 Business costs of organized crime
	 1.02	 Homicide rate
	 1.03	 Terrorism incidence
	 1.04	 Reliability of police services
B. Social capital............................................................14.3%
	 1.05	 Social capital
C. Checks and balances...............................................14.3%
	 1.06 	Budget transparency
	 1.07	 Judicial independence
	 1.08	 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging
regulations
	 1.09	 Freedom of the press
APPENDIX C
The Global
Competitiveness
Index 4.0 Methodology
and Technical Notes
	 1	 For presentation and analysis purposes, the 12 pillars are
also organized into four overarching components—Enabling
environment, Human capital, Markets, and Innovation
ecosystem—but these components do not enter into the
computation of the GCI.
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D. Public-sector performance......................................14.3%
	 1.10	 Burden of government regulation
	 1.11	 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes
	 1.12	 E-Participation
	 1.13	 Future orientation of government
E. Transparency.............................................................14.3%
	 1.14	 Incidence of corruption
F. Property rights...........................................................14.3%
	 1.15	 Property rights
	 1.16	 Intellectual property protection
	 1.17 	Quality of land administration
G. Corporate governance.............................................14.3%
	 1.18	 Strength of auditing and accounting standards
	 1.19	 Conflict of interest regulation
	 1.20	 Shareholder governance
Pillar 2: Infrastructure...........................................8.3%
A. Transport infrastructure............................................. 50%2
I.	 Road....................................................................... 25%
	 2.01	 Quality of road network
	 2.02	 Quality of road infrastructure
II.	 Rail.......................................................................... 25%
	 2.03	 Railroad density
	 2.04	 Efficiency of train services
III.	 Air ........................................................................... 25%
	 2.05	 Airport connectivity
	 2.06	 Efficiency of air transport services
IV.	 Sea.......................................................................... 25%
	 2.07	 Liner shipping connectivity3
	 2.08	 Efficiency of seaport services
B. Utility infrastructure.....................................................50%
I.	 Electricity ................................................................ 50%
	 2.09	 Electricity access
	 2.10 	Electricity quality
II.	 Water ...................................................................... 50%
	 2.11	 Exposure to unsafe drinking water
	 2.12 	Reliability of water supply
Pillar 3: ICT adoption4
..........................................8.3%
	 3.01	 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions
	 3.02	 Mobile-broadband subscriptions
	 3.03	 Fixed-broadband internet subscriptions
	 3.04	 Fiber internet subscriptions
	 3.05	 Internet users
Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability........................8.3%
	 4.01	 Inflation
	 4.02	 Debt dynamics
HUMAN CAPITAL
(not used in calculation)
Pillar 5: Health......................................................8.3%
	 5.01	 Healthy life expectancy
Pillar 6: Skills........................................................8.3%
A. Current workforce........................................................50%
I.	 Education of current workforce................................ 50%
	 6.01	 Mean years of schooling
II.	 Skills of current workforce…………….……………….50%
	 6.02	 Extent of staff training
	 6.03	 Quality of vocational training
	 6.04	 Skillset of graduates
	 6.05	 Digital skills among active population
	 6.06	 Ease of finding skilled employees
B. Future workforce..........................................................50%
I.	 Education of future workforce.................................. 50%
	 6.07	 School life expectancy
II.	 Skills of future workforce……………..……………….50%
	 6.08	 Critical thinking in teaching
	 6.09	 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education
MARKETS
(not used in calculation)
Pillar 7: Product market.......................................8.3%
A. Domestic market competition.....................................50%
	 7.01	 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on
competition
	 7.02	 Extent of market dominance
	 7.03	 Competition in services
B. Trade openness...........................................................50%
	 7.04	 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers
	 7.05	 Trade tariffs
	 7.06	 Complexity of tariffs
	 7.07	 Border clearance efficiency
	 7.08	 Service trade openness
Pillar 8: Labour market.........................................8.3%
A. Flexibility......................................................................50%
	 8.01	 Redundancy costs
	 8.02	 Hiring and firing practices
	 8.03	 Cooperation in labour-employer relations
	 8.04	 Flexibility of wage determination
	 8.05	 Active labour policies
	 8.06	 Workers’ rights
	 8.07	 Ease of hiring foreign labour
	 8.08	 Internal labour mobility
	 2	 For economies where there is no regular train service or where
the network covers only a negligible portion of the territory, the
Transport infrastructure sub-pillar corresponds to the average
score of the Road, Air and Sea components. Assessment of the
existence of a network was conducted by the World Economic
Forum based on various sources.
	 3	 For landlocked countries, this indicator is not included in the
computation and the Sea component score corresponds to the
score of Indicator 2.08.
	 4	 In computing the score of this pillar, indicator 3.02 is not directly
used in the calculation. Instead the ratio of indicator 3.02 to
indicator 3.01 is used, as an approximation of the share of mobilecellular
telephone subscriptions that have broadband capability.
The same approach is used for indicator 3.04, as a way to
approximate the share of fixed broadband connections that are
optical fiber subscriptions. In both cases, the ratios are converted
onto 0-100 scale and used in the computation. See Section D for
more details.
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B. Meritocracy and incentivization..................................50%
	 8.09	 Reliance on professional management
	 8.10	 Pay and productivity
	 8.11	 Female participation in labour force
	 8.12	 Labour tax rate
Pillar 9: Financial system.....................................8.3%
A. Depth............................................................................50%
	 9.01	 Domestic credit to private sector
	 9.02	 Financing of SMEs
	 9.03	 Venture capital availability
	 9.04	 Market capitalization
	 9.05	 Insurance premiums
B. Stability........................................................................50%
	 9.06	 Soundness of banks
	 9.07	 Non-performing loans
	 9.08	 Credit gap
	 9.09 	Banks’ regulatory capital ratio
Pillar 10: Market size5
..........................................8.3%
	10.01	 Gross domestic product
	10.02	 Imports of goods and services
INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM
(not used in calculation)
Pillar 11: Business dynamism..............................8.3%
A. Administrative requirements.......................................50%
	11.01	 Cost of starting a business
	11.02	 Time to start a business
	11.03	 Insolvency recovery rate
	11.04	 Insolvency regulatory framework
B. Entrepreneurial culture................................................50%
	11.05	 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk
	11.06	 Willingness to delegate authority
	11.07 	Growth of innovative companies
	11.08	 Companies embracing disruptive ideas
Pillar 12: Innovation capability6
...........................8.3%
A. Interaction and diversity
	12.01	 Diversity of workforce
	12.02	 State of cluster development
	12.03	 International co-inventions
	12.04	 Multistakeholder collaboration
B. Research and development
	12.05	 Scientific publications
	12.06	 Patent applications
	12.07	 R&D expenditures
	12.08	 Research institutions prominence index
C. Commercialization
	12.09	 Buyer sophistication
	12.10	 Trademark applications
B. TECHNICAL NOTES AND SOURCES
The following notes provide sources for all the
individual indicators included in the GCI 4.0. The title
of each indicator appears on the first line, preceded
by its number to allow for quick reference. Below is a
description of each indicator or, in the case of Executive
Opinion Survey data, the full question and associated
answers. If necessary, additional information is provided
underneath.
The interactive ranking tables at
http://gcr.weforum.org provide information about the
source and period for each individual data point. Select
the indicator of interest from the selector and click on
the “info” icon next to each economy to access the
information. For indicators not sourced from the World
Economic Forum, users are urged to refer to the original
source for any additional information and exceptions for
certain economies and/or data points.
The data used in the computation of the GCI 4.0
2018 represent the most recent and best data available
at the time when they were collected. It is possible that
data were updated or revised subsequently.
Pillar 1: Institutions
	 1.01	 Business costs of organized crime
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent does organized crime (mafia-oriented racketeering,
extortion) impose costs on businesses?” [1 = to a great extent,
imposes huge costs; 7 = not at all, imposes no costs] | 2017–
2018 weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 1.02	 Homicide rate
Number of intentional homicides per 100,000 population. | 2016
or most recent year available
“Intentional homicide” refers to unlawful death inflicted upon a
person with the intent to cause death or serious injury. More
details about the methodology can be found at https://dataunodc.
un.org/crime/intentional-homicide-victims.
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
	 1.03	 Terrorism incidence
Assesses the frequency and severity of terror attacks. The
scale ranges from 0 (highest incidence) to 100 (no incidence). |
Weighted count 2013–2017
This indicator has two components: number of terrorism-related
casualties (injuries and fatalities) and the number of terrorist
attacks over a five-year period, with each year assigned half the
weight of the following year. Each component is normalized on a
0 to 100 scale, with 100 meaning “no casualty” and “no attack”,
respectively, and then averaged.
Source: National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and
Responses to Terrorism (START).
	 5	 The score of this pillar corresponds to the natural logarithm of the
sum of GDP and imports, both valued at purchasing power parity
(PPP). Valuation of imports at PPP is estimated by multiplying the
share of exports (indicator 10.02) by the value of GDP (indicator
10.01).
	 6	 The score of this pillar corresponds to the average of the scores of
the 10 individual indicators. Components A, B, and C are used for
presentation purposes only, and do not enter the calculation.
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	 1.04	 Reliability of police services
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent can police services be relied upon to enforce law and
order?” [1 = not at all; 7 = to a great extent] | 2017–2018
weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 1.05	 Social capital
Score on the Social Capital pillar of the Legatum Prosperity
Index™, which assesses social cohesion and engagement,
community and family networks, and political participation and
institutional trust. The scale ranges from 0 (low) to 100 (high). |
2017 edition
This indicator measures national performance in three areas:
social cohesion and engagement (bridging social capital),
community and family networks (bonding social capital), and
political participation and institutional trust (linking social capital).
More details about the methodology can be found at http://www.
prosperity.com/about/methodology.
Source: Legatum Institute.
	 1.06	 Budget transparency
Represents the Open Budget Data Score, which indicates
the extent to which the government publishes data related
to budget and spending. The scale ranges from 0 (low
transparency) to 100 (high transparency). | 2017
The score is based on the evaluation of 20 key criteria related
to government practices in publishing open budget data. More
details can be found at http://www.worldbank.org/publicfinance/
fmis.
Source: The World Bank Group.
	 1.07	 Judicial independence
Response to the survey question “In your country, how
independent is the judicial system from influences of the
government, individuals, or companies?” [1 = not independent
at all; 7 = entirely independent] | 2017–2018 weighted average
or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 1.08	 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations
Response to the survey question “In your country, how easy
is it for private businesses to challenge government actions
and/or regulations through the legal system?” [1 = extremely
difficult; 7 = extremely easy] | 2017–2018 weighted average or
most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 1.09	 Freedom of the press
Score on the World Press Freedom Index, which measures the
level of freedom available to journalists. The scale ranges from
0 (good) to 100 (very bad). | 2018 edition
The index measures media independence, the quality of the
infrastructure that supports the production of news, and
information and acts of violence against journalists. It is based on
two sources: 1) a database of the level of abuses and violence
against journalists and media; and 2) an expert opinion survey on
pluralism, media independence, self-censorship, transparency and
infrastructure in each country. More details about the methodology
can be found at https://rsf.org/en/world-press-freedom-index.
Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
	 1.10	 Burden of government regulation
Response to the survey question “In your country, how
burdensome is it for companies to comply with public
administration’s requirements (e.g., permits, regulations,
reporting)?” [1 = extremely burdensome; 7 = not burdensome
at all] | 2017–2018 weighted average or most recent period
available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 1.11	 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes
In your country, how easy is it for private businesses to
challenge government actions and/or regulations through the
legal system? [1 = extremely difficult; 7 = extremely easy] |
2017–2018 weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 1.12	 E-Participation
Score on the E-Participation Index, which assesses the use
of online services to facilitate the provision of information by
governments to citizens. The scale ranges from 0 to 1 (best). |
2018
The E-Participation Index measures the use of online services
to facilitate provision of information by governments to
citizens (“e-information sharing”), interaction with stakeholders
(“e-consultation”) and engagement in decision-making processes
(“e-decision making”). More details about the methodology can be
found at https://publicadministration.un.org.
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs (UNDESA).
	 1.13	 Future orientation of government
Average of the responses to the following four Executive
Opinion Survey questions: 1) “In your country, how fast is
the legal framework of your country in adapting to digital
business models (e.g. e-commerce, sharing economy, fintech,
etc.)?” [1 = not fast at all; 7 = very fast]; 2) “In your country,
to what extent does the government ensure a stable policy
environment for doing business?”; 3) “In your country, to what
extent does the government respond effectively to change
(e.g. technological changes, societal and demographic trends,
security and economic challenges)?”; and 4) “In your country,
to what extent does the government have a long-term vision
in place?”. For the last three questions, the answer ranges
from 1 (not at all) to 7 (to a great extent). | 2017–2018 weighted
average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 1.14	 Incidence of corruption
Score on the Corruption Perceptions Index, which measures
perceptions of corruption in the public sector. This is a
composite indicator, and the scale ranges from 0 (highly
corrupt) to 100 (very clean). | 2016
The index aggregates data from a number of different sources
that provide perceptions of business people and country experts
of the level of corruption in the public sector. More details can be
found at https://www.transparency.org/cpi.
Source: Transparency International.
	 1.15	 Property rights
Response to the survey question “In your country, to
what extent are property rights, including financial assets,
protected?” [1 = not at all; 7 = to a great extent] | 2017–2018
weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
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	 1.16	 Intellectual property protection
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent is intellectual poperty protected?” [1 = not at all; 7 = to
a great extent] | 2017–2018 weighted average or most recent
period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 1.17	 Quality of land administration
Score on the quality of land administration index, which
assesses the reliability of infrastructure, transparency of
information, geographic coverage, land dispute resolution and
equal access to property rights. The scale ranges from 0 to 30
(best). | 2017
More details about the methodology can be found at http://www.
doingbusiness.org/Methodology.
Source: The World Bank Group.
	 1.18	 Strength of auditing and reporting standards
Response to the survey question “In your country, how strong
are financial auditing and reporting standards?” [1 = extremely
weak; 7 = extremely strong] | 2017–2018 weighted average or
most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 1.19	 Conflict of interest regulation
Score on the extent of conflict of interest regulation index,
which measures the protection of shareholders against
directors’ misuse of corporate assets for personal gain. The
scale ranges from 0 to 10 (best). | 2017
The index assesses three dimensions of regulation that address
conflicts of interest: 1) transparency of related-party transactions, 2)
shareholders’ ability to sue and hold directors liable for self-dealing,
and 3) access to evidence and allocation of legal expenses in
shareholder litigation. More details about the methodology can be
found at http://www.doingbusiness.org/Methodology.
Source: The World Bank Group.
	 1.20	 Shareholder governance
Score on the extent of shareholder governance index, which
measures shareholders’ rights in corporate governance. The
scale ranges from 0 to 10 (best). | 2017
The index assesses three dimensions of good governance: 1)
shareholders’ rights and role in major corporate decisions, 2)
governance safeguards protecting shareholders from undue board
control and entrenchment, and 3) corporate transparency on
ownership stakes, compensation, audits and financial prospects.
More details about the methodology can be found at http://www.
doingbusiness.org/Methodology.
Source: The World Bank Group.
Pillar 2: Infrastructure
	 2.01	 Quality of road network
Score on the Road Quality Index, which measures average
speed and straightness of a driving itinerary connecting the 10
or more largest cities that together account for at least 15% of
the economy’s total population. The scale ranges from 0 to 100
(excellent). | 2016
The Road Quality Index, developed by the World Economic
Forum, comprises two elements: 1) a measure of the average
speed of a driving itinerary connecting the 10 or more
largest cities in an economy accounting for at least 15% of
the economy’s total population; and 2) a measure of road
straightness. The itinerary was not optimized and connects the
cities from the largest to the smallest. Any leg involving a ferry
was excluded from the average speed calculation. As a first step
to the identification of cities to include in the itinerary, pairwise
distances (“as the crow flies”) were calculated, and when the
distance was less than 20 kilometres, the smallest city in the pair
was excluded. The road straightness corresponds to the ratio of
the sum of driving distances between each city in the journey to
the sum of crow fly distances between each city in the journey.
For this component, legs involving a ferry were included. The
APIs of Google Directions and Open Street Map were used to
compute the itinerary. The Geonames database was used for city
populations and coordinates. For more information about this
indicator, please contact gcp@weforum.org.
Source: World Economic Forum’s calculations.
	 2.02	 Quality of road infrastructure
Response to the survey question “In your country, what is the
quality (extensiveness and condition) of road infrastructure?” [1
= extremely poor—among the worst in the world; 7 = extremely
good—among the best in the world] | 2017–2018 weighted
average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 2.03	 Railroad density
Kilometres of railroad per 1,000 square kilometres of land. |
2016
Source: The World Bank Group.
	 2.04	 Efficiency of train services
Response to the survey question “In your country, how efficient
(i.e. frequency, punctuality, speed, price) are train transport
services?” [1 = extremely inefficient, among the worst in the
world; 7 = extremely efficient, among the best in the world] |
2017–2018 weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 2.05	 Airport connectivity
Represents the IATA airport connectivity indicator, which
measures the degree of integration of a country within the
global air transport network. | 2018
For each airport, the number of available seats to each destination
is weighted by the size of the destination airport (in terms of
number of passengers handled). The weighted totals are then
summed for all destinations, then for all airports in the country to
produce a score. The log transformation of the raw value is raised
to a cubic power before converting it to the 0 to 100 score.
Source: International Air Transport Association (IATA).
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	 2.06	 Efficiency of air transport services
Response to the survey question “In your country, how efficient
(i.e. frequency, punctuality, speed, price) are air transport
services?” [1 = extremely inefficient, among the worst in the
world; 7 = extremely efficient, among the best in the world] |
2017–2018 weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 2.07	 Liner shipping connectivity
Score on the Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, which
assesses a country’s connectivity to global shipping networks.
The index uses an open scale, with the benchmark score of
100 corresponding to the most connected country in 2004
(China).| 2017
The index is based on five components of the maritime transport
sector: the number of ships, their container-carrying capacity, the
maximum vessel size, the number of services and the number of
companies that deploy container ships in a country’s ports.
Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD).
	 2.08	 Efficiency of seaport services
Response to the survey question “In your country, how efficient
(i.e. frequency, punctuality, speed, price) are seaport services
(ferries, boats) (for landlocked countries: assess access to
seaport services)?” [1 = extremely inefficient, among the worst
in the world; 7 = extremely efficient, among the best in the
world] | 2017–2018 weighted average or most recent period
available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 2.09	 Electricity access
Percentage of population with access to electricity. | 2016
estimate
Electricity access entails a household having initial access to
sufficient electricity to power a basic bundle of energy services—
at a minimum, several lightbulbs, task lighting (such as a
flashlight), phone.
Source: International Energy Agency (IEA).
	 2.10	 Electricity quality
Electric power transmission and distribution losses as a
percentage of domestic supply. | 2015 estimate
Source: International Energy Agency (IEA).
	 2.11	 Exposure to unsafe drinking water
Risk-weighted percentage of population exposed to unsafe
drinking water. | 2016
This indicator is reported as a summary exposure value (SEV): it
measures a population’s exposure to unsafe drinking water, taking
into account the extent of exposure by risk level and the severity
of that risk’s contribution to disease burden. The indicator takes
the value 0 when no excess risk for a population exists and the
value 1 when the population is at the highest level of risk.
Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
	 2.12	 Reliability of water supply
Response to the survey question “In your country, how
reliable is the water supply (lack of interruptions and flow
fluctuations)?” [1 = extremely unreliable; 7 = extremely reliable]
| 2017–2018 weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
Pillar 3: ICT adoption
	 3.01	 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions
Number of mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100
population. | 2016
This indicator includes post-paid subscriptions, active prepaid
accounts (i.e. that have been active during the past three
months), and all mobile-cellular subscriptions that offer voice
communications.
Source: International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
	 3.02	 Mobile-broadband subscriptions
Number of active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100
population. | 2016
This indicator includes standard mobile-broadband subscriptions
and dedicated mobile-broadband data subscriptions to the public
internet.
Source: International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
	 3.03	 Fixed-broadband internet subscriptions
Number of fixed-broadband internet subscriptions per 100
population. | 2016
This indicator refers to the number of subscriptions for high-speed
access to the public internet (a TCP/IP connection), including
cable modem, DSL, fiber, and other fixed (wired)-broadband
technologies—such as Ethernet, LAN and broadband over
powerline communications.
Source: International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
	 3.04	 Fiber internet subscriptions
Fiber-to-the-home/building internet subscriptions per 100
population. | 2016
This indicator refers to the number of internet subscriptions
using fiber-to-the-home or fiber-to-the-building at downstream
speeds equal to or greater than 256 kb/s. This should include
subscriptions where fiber goes directly to the subscriber’s
premises or fiber-to-the-building subscriptions that terminate no
more than two metres from an external wall of the building. Fiberto-the-cabinet
and fiber-to-the-node are excluded.
Source: World Economic Forum calculations based on
International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
	 3.05	 Internet users
Percentage of individuals who used the internet from any
location and for any purpose, irrespective of the device and
network used, in the last three months. | 2016
Source: International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
Pillar 4: Macroeconomic stability
	 4.01	 Inflation
Annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index. |
2016–2017 moving average
Inflation is normalized in a U-shaped function to capture the
detrimental effects of high inflation and deflation. Countries with
inflation rates between 0.5% and 4% receive the highest possible
score of 100. Outside this range, scores decrease linearly as the
distance between the optimal value and the actual value increases.
Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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	 4.02	 Debt dynamics
Index measuring the change in public debt-to-GDP ratio,
weighted by a country’s credit rating and debt level in relation
to its GDP. | Difference between the 2017 and 2018 expected
values of the debt-to-GDP ratio
This indicator is a category-based min-max normalization of the
debt change. The debt change is the difference between the
2017 and 2018 of the debt to GDP ratio expected values. To
transform the debt change value into a 0 to 100 score, each
country is assigned to a specific category that determines the
value boundaries. Categories are based on three criteria: general
credit rating, government debt to GDP level for the year 2017,
and country classification (1 if country is considered advanced,
0 otherwise according to IMF’s classification). The general
credit rating for each country is computed as the average of
Fitch, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) and Moody’s credit ratings.
A country’s rating is considered “investment grade 1” for S&P’s
grades AAA to A, Moody’s grades Aaa to A1, and Fitch’s grades
AAA to A. A country’s rating is considered “investment grade
2” for S&P’s grades A- to BBB-, Moody’s grades Baa3 to Baa1,
and Fitch’s grades A- to BBB+. A country’s rating is considered
“speculative” for S&P’s grades BB+ to CCC+, Moody’s grades
Ba3 to Caa2, and Fitch’s grades BBB- to B-. A country credit
rating is considered “default” for S&P’s grade SD, Moody’s grades
Caa1 and C, and Fitch’s grades CC and RD. Based on these
criteria, 12 cases are identified: ii) if a country’s average rating is
“investment grade 1” and its debt to GDP level is less than 60%,
its debt change is normalized to 100; ii) if a country’s average
rating is “investment grade 1” and its debt to GDP level is less
than 110%, its debt change is normalized to a score between 90
and 100; iii) if a country’s average rating is graded as “investment
grade 1” and its debt to GDP level is greater than 110%, its
debt change is normalized to a score between 80 and 90; iv) if
the average credit rating is rated as “investment grade 2” and
the debt level is lower than 110%, its debt change is normalized
to a score between 70 and 80; v) if the average credit rating is
“investment grade 2” and the debt level is greater than 110%,
its debt change is normalized to a score between 60 and 70;
vi) if the average credit rating is “speculative”, the debt level is
less than 110%, and the country classification is “advanced”,
its debt change is normalized to a score between 50 and 60;
vii) if the average credit rating is “speculative”, the debt level is
greater than 110%, and the country classification is “advanced”,
its debt change is normalized to a score between 40 and 50;
viii) if the average credit rating is “speculative”, the debt level is
less than 60%, and the country classification is “developing”, its
debt change is normalized to a score between 40 and 50; ix) if
the average credit rating is “speculative”, the debt level is greater
than 60%, and the country classification is “developing”, its debt
change is normalized to a score between 30 and 40; x) if the
average credit rating is “default”, the debt change is normalized
to a score between 0 and 30; xi) if a country does not receive a
credit rating from any rating agency and its debt level is below
60%, its debt change is normalized to a score between 40 and
50; and xii) if a country does not receive a credit rating from a
rating agency and its debt is above 60% of GDP, its debt change
is normalized to a score between 30 and 40. To determine the
final value of the debt dynamics indicator within the assigned
boundaries, we’ve calculated the normalized debt change, which
ranges from a minimum observed value of 0 and the maximum
observed value of 20. As part of the normalization process, we
assigned a score equivalent to the minimum value of each bracket
if the debt change was 20% or higher; assigned the maximum
value of the bracket if the debt change was 0% or lower; and
assigned a score between the two values if the debt change was
between 0% and 20%.
Source: World Economic Forum; calculations based on data
from International Monetary Fund and the rating agencies Fitch,
Moody’s, and Standard and Poor’s.
Pillar 5: Health
	 5.01	 Healthy life expectancy
Number of years that a newborn can expect to live in good
health, taking into account mortality and disability. | 2016
estimate
More details about the methodology can be found at http://www.
healthdata.org/research-article/gbd-2015-dalys-hale.
Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
Pillar 6: Skills
	 6.01	 Mean years of schooling
Average number of completed years of education of a
country’s population aged 25 years and older, excluding years
spent repeating individual grades. | 2015
Sources: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO); Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and
Global Human Capital.
	 6.02	 Extent of staff training
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent do companies invest in training and employee
development?” [1 = not at all; 7 = to a great extent] | 2017–
2018 weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 6.03	 Quality of vocational training
Response to the survey question “In your country, how do you
assess the quality of vocational training?” [1 = extremely poor
among the worst in the world; 7 = excellent among the best in
the world] | 2017–2018 weighted average or most recent period
available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 6.04	 Skillset of graduates
Average score of the following two Executive Opinion Survey
questions: “In your country, to what extent do graduating
students from secondary education possess the skills needed
by businesses?” and “In your country, to what extent do
graduating students from university possess the skills needed
by businesses?” In each case, the answer ranges from 1 (not
at all) to 7 (to a great extent).| 2017–2018 weighted average or
most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 6.05	 Digital skills among active population
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent does the active population possess sufficient digital
skills (e.g. computer skills, basic coding, digital reading)?” [1 =
not all; 7 = to a great extent] | 2017–2018 weighted average or
most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 6.06	 Ease of finding skilled employees
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent can companies find people with the skills required to fill
their vacancies?” [1 = not at all; 7 = to a great extent] | 2017–
2018 weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
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	 6.07	 School life expectancy
Total number of years of schooling (primary through tertiary)
that a child of school entrance age can expect to receive. |
2015
This indicator assumes that the probability of a person being
enrolled in school at any particular future age is equal to the
current enrolment ratio at that age. More details about the
methodology can be found at http://uis.unesco.org/en/glossary.
Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO).
	 6.08	 Critical thinking in teaching
Response to the survey question “In your country, how do you
assess the style of teaching?” [1 = frontal, teacher based, and
focused on memorizing; 7 = encourages creative and critical
individual thinking] | 2017–2018 weighted average or most
recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 6.09	 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education
Average number of pupils per teacher, based on headcounts of
both pupils and teachers. | 2016
Source: The World Bank Group.
Pillar 7: Product market
	 7.01	 Distortive effect of taxes and subsidies on competition
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent do fiscal measures (subsidies, tax breaks, etc.) distort
competition?” [1 = distort competition to a great extent; 7 = do
not distort competition at all] | 2017–2018 weighted average or
most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 7.02	 Extent of market dominance
Response to the survey question “In your country, how do
you characterize corporate activity?” [1 = dominated by a few
business groups; 7 = spread among many firms]. | 2017–2018
weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 7.03	 Competition in services
Average of the scores of the three components of the
following Executive Opinion Survey question: “In your
country, how competitive is the provision of the following
services: (a) professional services (legal services, accounting,
engineering, etc.); (b) retail services; and (c) network sector
(telecommunications, utilities, postal, transport, etc.)?” In each
case, the answer ranges from 1 (not at all competitive) to 7
(extremely competitive). | 2017–2018 weighted average or most
recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 7.04	 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent do non-tariff barriers (e.g. health and product standards,
technical and labelling requirements, etc.) limit the ability of
imported goods to compete in the domestic market?” [1 =
strongly limit; 7 = do not limit at all] | 2017–2018 weighted
average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 7.05	 Trade tariffs
Measured as the weighted average applied tariff rate,
expressed in percentage points. | 2017
The weighted mean applied tariff is the average of effectively
applied rates weighted by the product import shares
corresponding to each partner country. Applied tariffs are
considered to be the tariff rates applied by a customs
administration on imported goods. They are the rates published
by national customs authorities for duty administration purposes.
Source: International Trade Centre (ITC).
	 7.06	 Complexity of tariffs
Score on an index that measures the complexity of a country’s
tariff regime. The index ranges from 1 (very complex) to 7 (not
complex). | 2017
Tariff complexity is assessed on four criteria: tariff dispersion, the
prevalence of tariff peaks, the prevalence of specific tariffs and the
number of distinct tariffs. This index is calculated as the simple
average of the normalized score of these four criteria.
Source: International Trade Centre (ITC).
	 7.07	 Border clearance efficiency
Assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of the clearance
process by customs and other border control agencies in the
eight major trading partners of each country. The scale ranges
from 1 (worst) to 5 (best). | 2018
More details about the methodology can be found at https://lpi.
worldbank.org/about.
Source: The World Bank Group; Turku School of Economics.
	 7.08	 Service trade openness
Score on the Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI),
which assesses the overall openness of the service sector of
a country. The scale ranges from 0 (completely open) to 100
(completely closed). | 2011
The STRI measures openness for five major services sectors
(financial services, telecommunications, retail distribution,
transportation and professional services) and three modes of
supply (cross-border supply of services, supply of services
through commercial presence or FDI and temporary presence
of natural persons). More details about the methodology can be
found at http://iresearch.worldbank.org/servicetrade/aboutData.
htm#MeasuringRestrictions.
Source: The World Bank Group.
Pillar 8: Labour market
	 8.01	 Redundancy costs
Measures the cost of advance notice requirements and
severance payments due when terminating a redundant worker,
expressed in weeks of salary. | 2017
The average value of notice requirements and severance
payments applicable to a worker with 1 year of tenure, 5 years of
tenure, and 10 years of tenure is considered.
Source: The World Bank Group.
	 8.02	 Hiring and firing practices
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent do regulations allow for the flexible hiring and firing of
workers?” [1 = not at all; 7 = to a great extent] | 2017–2018
weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
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	 8.03	 Cooperation in labour-employer relations
Response to the survey question “In your country, how do
you characterize labour-employer relations?” [1 = generally
confrontational; 7 = generally cooperative] | 2017–2018
weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 8.04	 Flexibility of wage determination
Response to the survey question “In your country, how are
wages generally set?” [1 = by a centralized bargaining process;
7 = by each individual company] | 2017–2018 weighted average
or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 8.05	 Active labour policies
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent do labour market policies help unemployed people to
reskill and find new employment (including skills matching,
retraining, etc.)?” [1 = not at all; 7 = to a great extent] | 2017–
2018 weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 8.06	 Workers’ rights
Score adapted from the ITUC Global Rights Index, which
measures the level of protection of internationally recognized
core labour standards. The scale of this indicator ranges from 1
(no protection) to 7 (high protection). | 2017
Dimensions of labour protection include civil rights, the right
to bargain collectively, the right to strike, the right to associate
freely, and access to due process rights. The indicator does not
consider firing regulations. More details about the methodology
of the Global Rights Index can be found at https://survey.ituc-csi.
org/ITUC-Global-Rights-Index.html.
Sources: International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); World
Economic Forum.
	 8.07	 Ease of hiring foreign labour
Response to the survey question “In your country, how
restrictive are regulations related to the hiring of foreign
labour?” [1 = highly restrictive; 7 = not restrictive at all] | 2017–
2018 weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 8.08	 Internal labour mobility
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent do people move to other parts of the country for
professional reasons?” [1 = not at all; 7 = to a great extent] |
2017–2018 weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 8.09	 Reliance on professional management
Response to the survey question “In your country, who
holds senior management positions in companies?” [1 =
usually relatives or friends without regard to merit; 7 = mostly
professional managers chosen for merit and qualifications] |
2017–2018 weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 8.10	 Pay and productivity
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent is pay related to employee productivity?” [1 = not at all;
7 = to a great extent] | 2017–2018 weighted average or most
recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 8.11	 Female participation in labour force
Illustrates the ratio of the percentage of women aged 15–64
participating in the labour force as wage and salaried workers
to the percentage of men aged 15–64 participating in the
labour force as wage and salaried workers. | 2017
Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers
who hold the type of jobs defined as “paid employment jobs,”
where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit
employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that
is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which
they work.
Sources: International Labour Organization (ILO); World Economic
Forum.
	 8.12	 Labour tax rate
Labour tax and contributions are the amount of taxes (at any
level—federal, state, or local) and mandatory contributions on
labour paid by the business, expressed as a percentage of
commercial profits. | 2016
This measure includes government-mandated contributions paid
by the employer to a requited private pension fund or workers’
insurance fund. More details about this indicator can be found at
http://www.doingbusiness.org/Methodology/Paying-Taxes.
Source: The World Bank Group.
Pillar 9: Financial system
	 9.01	 Domestic credit to private sector
The total value of financial resources provided to the private
sector, expressed as a percentage of GDP. | 2014–2016
moving average
This indicator is computed as the sum of loans, purchases of
non-equity securities, trade credits and other accounts receivable
that establish a claim for repayment provided by financial
corporations to firms and households.
Source: The World Bank Group.
	 9.02	 Financing of SMEs
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent can small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access
finance they need for their business operations through the
financial sector?” [1 = not at all; 7 = to a great extent] | 2017–
2018 weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 9.03	 Venture capital availability
Response to the survey question “In your country, how easy is
it for start-up entrepreneurs with innovative but risky projects
to obtain equity funding?” [1 = extremely difficult; 7 = extremely
easy] | 2017–2018 weighted average or most recent period
available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
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	 9.04	 Market capitalization
The total value of listed domestic companies, expressed as a
percentage of GDP. | 2014–2016 moving average
Calculated as the share price of all listed domestic companies
multiplied by the number of their outstanding shares. Investment
funds, unit trusts and companies whose only business goal is to
hold shares of other listed companies are excluded. Data are endof-year
values.
Source: World Federation of Exchanges.
	 9.05	 Insurance premiums
Life and non-life insurance premium volumes, expressed as a
percentage of GDP. | 2013–2015 moving average
Computed as the sum of life and non-life insurance premium
volume divided by GDP. The premium volume is the insurer’s
direct premiums earned (if property/casualty) or received (if life/
health) during the previous calendar year.
Source: The World Bank Group.
	 9.06	 Soundness of banks
Response to the survey question “In your country, how do
you assess the soundness of banks?” [1 = extremely low
banks may require recapitalization; 7 = extremely high banks
are generally healthy with sound balance sheets] | 2017–2018
weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	 9.07	 Non-performing loans
The ratio of the value of nonperforming loans divided by the
total value of the loan portfolio of all banks operating in a
country. | 2016
Defaulting loans are payments of interest and principal past due
by 90 days or more. The loan amount recorded as nonperforming
includes the gross value of the loan as recorded on the balance
sheet, not just the amount that is overdue.
Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF).
	 9.08	 Credit gap
Measures the difference between the credit-to-GDP ratio and
its long-term trend. | 2016
Computed as the difference between the latest “Domestic
credit to private sector (as a percentage of GDP)” and its
trend. Following the methodology from Bank of International
Settlements, the trend value is calculated by applying a Hodrick–
Prescott filter to the 15-year time series of the “Domestic credit
to private sector (% of GDP)” indicator. More details about the
methodology can be found at https://www.bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/r_
qt1403g.htm.
Source: World Economic Forum; calculations based on The World
Bank Group data.
	 9.09	 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio
Banks’ regulatory capital ratio. | 2013–2015 moving average
This indicator measures the capital adequacy of deposit takers.
It is a ratio of total banks’ regulatory capital (shareholders’ equity,
disclosed and undisclosed reserves, revaluation reserves, general
provisions and other instruments) to total banks’ assets, weighted
according to the risk of these assets. A log transformation is
applied to the raw score before it is normalized to a 0 to 100
scale.
Source: The World Bank Group.
Pillar 10: Market size
	10.01	 Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product (GDP) valued at purchasing power
parity in billions of international dollars (constant 2011 prices).
| 2017
Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF).
	10.02	 Imports of goods and services
Imports of goods and services, expressed as a percentage of
GDP. | 2017
This indicator illustrates the value of all goods and other market
services received from the rest of the world, as a percentage of
the country’s GDP. Imports include the value of merchandise,
freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees and
other services, such as communication, construction, financial,
information, business, personal, and government services. They
exclude compensation of employees and investment income
(formerly called factor services) and transfer payments.
Sources: World Trade Organization (WTO); International Monetary
Fund (IMF).
Pillar 11: Business dynamism
	11.01	 Cost of starting a business
Expressed as a percentage of the economy’s income per
capita. | 2017
The costs include all official fees and fees for legal or professional
services if such services are required by law or commonly used in
practice. Fees for purchasing and legalizing company books are
included if these transactions are required by law. Although valueadded
tax registration can be counted as a separate procedure,
value-added tax is not part of the incorporation cost. More details
of the methodology can be found at http://www.doingbusiness.
org/Methodology/Starting-a-Business.
Source: The World Bank Group.
	11.02	 Time to start a business
Number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures
to legally operate a business. | 2017
The measure captures the median duration that incorporation
lawyers or notaries indicate is necessary in practice to complete
a procedure with minimum follow-up with government agencies
and no unofficial payments. If a procedure can be sped up at
additional cost, the fastest procedure, independent of cost, is
chosen. More details about the methodology can be found at
http://www.doingbusiness.org/Methodology/Starting-a-Business.
Source: The World Bank Group.
	11.03	 Insolvency recovery rate
Recorded as cents on the dollar recovered by secured
creditors through judicial reorganization, liquidation or debt
enforcement (foreclosure or receivership) proceedings. | 2017
The calculation takes into account the outcome, whether the
business emerges from the proceedings as a going concern or
the assets are sold piecemeal. Then the costs of the proceedings
are deducted (1 cent for each percentage point of the value of
the debtor’s estate). Finally, the value lost as a result of the time
the money remains tied up in insolvency proceedings is taken
into account, including the loss of value due to depreciation of
the hotel furniture. More details about the methodology can be
found at http://www.doingbusiness.org/Methodology/Resolving-
Insolvency.
Source: The World Bank Group.
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	11.04	 Insolvency regulatory framework
Score on an index that measures the adequacy and integrity of
the legal framework applicable to liquidation and reorganization
proceedings. Scores range from 0 to 16, with higher values
indicating insolvency legislation that is better designed for
rehabilitating viable firms and liquidating nonviable ones. | 2017
The index is calculated as the sum of the scores on the
commencement of proceedings index, management of debtor’s
assets index, reorganization proceedings index and creditor
participation index.
Source: The World Bank Group.
	11.05	 Attitudes toward entrepreneurial risk
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent do people have an appetite for entrepreneurial risk?”
[1 = not at all; 7 = to a great extent] | 2017–2018 weighted
average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	11.06	 Willingness to delegate authority
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent does senior management delegate authority to
subordinates?” [1 = not at all; 7 = to a great extent] | 2017–
2018 weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	11.07	 Growth of innovative companies
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent do new companies with innovative ideas grow rapidly?”
[1 = not at all; 7 = to a great extent] | 2017–2018 weighted
average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	11.08	 Companies embracing disruptive ideas
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent do companies embrace risky or disruptive business
ideas?” [1 = not at all; 7 = to a great extent] | 2017–2018
weighted average or most recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
Pillar 12: Innovation capability
	12.01	 Diversity of workforce
Response to the survey question “In your country, to what
extent do companies have a diverse workforce (e.g. in terms of
ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender)?” [1 = not at all;
7 = to a great extent] | 2017–2018 weighted average or most
recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	12.02	 State of clusters development
Response to the survey question “In your country, how
widespread are well-developed and deep clusters (geographic
concentrations of firms, suppliers, producers of related
products and services, and specialized institutions in a
particular field)?” [1 = non-existent; 7 = widespread in many
fields] | 2017–2018 weighted average or most recent period
available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	12.03	 International co-inventions
Number of patent family applications with co-inventors located
abroad per million population. | 2012–2014 average
Computed as the sum of the patent family applications with at
least one co-inventor located abroad, filed in at least two of the
major five (IP5) offices in the World: the European Patent Office
(EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean Intellectual
Property Office (KIPO), the State Intellectual Property Office of
the People’s Republic of China (SIPO), and the United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Data is extracted from the
PATSTAT database by earliest filing date and inventor country,
using fractional counts, and expressed in applications per million
population. A log transformation is applied to the raw score before
it is normalized to a 0 to 100 scale.
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD).
	12.04	 Multistakeholder collaboration
Average score of the following three Executive Opinion
Survey questions: “In your country, to what extent do people
collaborate and share ideas within a company?” [1 = not at
all; 7 = to a great extent]; “In your country, to what extent do
companies collaborate in sharing ideas and innovating?” [1
= not at all; 7 = to a great extent]; “In your country, to what
extent do business and universities collaborate on research
and development (R&D)?” [1 = do not collaborate at all; 7 =
collaborate extensively] | 2017–2018 weighted average or most
recent period available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	12.05	 Scientific publications
Score on an index measuring the number of publications and
their citations, expressed at the country level. | 2015–2017
average
The H-index measures the number of published papers cited
in other papers at least h times. The H-index reflects both
the number of publications and the number of citations per
publication. Only articles, reviews and conference papers are
considered. The document universe is defined by those tracked
by Scopus, an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed
literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
A log transformation is applied to the raw score before it is
normalized to a 0 to 100 scale.
Source: SCImago.
	12.06	 Patent applications
Total number of patent family applications per million
population. | 2012–2014 average
Computed as the sum of the patent family applications filed in at
least two of the major five (IP5) offices in the World: the European
Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean
Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the State Intellectual Property
Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO), and the United
States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Data are extracted
from the PATSTAT database by earliest filing date and inventor
country, using fractional counts, and expressed in applications per
million population. A log transformation is applied to the raw score
before it is normalized to a 0 to 100 scale.
Sources: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD).
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	12.07	 R&D expenditures
Expenditures on research and development (R&D), expressed
as a percentage of GDP. | 2015
Expenditures for research and development are current and
capital expenditures (both public and private) on creative work
undertaken systematically to increase knowledge—including
knowledge of humanity, culture, and society—and the use of
knowledge for new applications. R&D covers basic research,
applied research and experimental development.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
	12.08	 Research institutions prominence index
Score on an index that measures the prominence and standing
of private and public research institutions. | 2017
The index is computed as the sum of the inverse ranks of
all research institutions in a country included in the SCImago
Institutions Rankings (SIR). A log transformation is applied to
the raw score before it is normalized to a 0 to 100 scale. More
details about the SIR methodology can be found at https://www.
scimagoir.com/methodology.php.
Sources: SCImago; World Economic Forum.
	12.09	 Buyer sophistication
Response to the survey question “In your country, on what
basis do buyers make purchasing decisions?” [1 = based solely
on the lowest price; 7 = based on sophisticated performance
attributes] | 2017–2018 weighted average or most recent period
available
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey. For
more details, refer to Appendix B of this report.
	12.10	 Trademark applications
Number of trademark applications per million population. |
2014–2016 moving average
Number of international trademark applications issued directly
or through the Madrid System by country of origin per million
population. The residence of the first-named applicant is used to
determine the origin of an application. When there are multiple
applicants, only the first one is considered. This indicator is based
on the concept of “equivalent count”. That is, an application filed
at a regional IP office is counted multiple times according to the
number of its members. A log transformation is applied to the raw
score before it is normalized to a 0 to 100 scale.
Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
C. MISSING DATA IMPUTATION
Missing values and values older than 2008 are imputed
for the purpose of the calculation, with the exception
of indicator 1.05 Social capital, for which missing data
is not imputed. Table 1 below presents the imputation
method and the imputed values by indicator. Note that
the Economy Profiles and Ranking tables (available
online at http://gcr.weforum.org) do not report imputed
values.
D. COMPUTATION OF PROGRESS SCORES
AND FRONTIER VALUES
To allow the aggregation of indicators of different nature
and magnitude, each indicator entering the GCI is
converted into a unit-less score, called ‘progress score’,
ranging from 0 to 100 using a min-max transformation.
Formally, each indicator is re-scaled according to the
following formula:
scorei,c ϭ ϫ΂ ΃
valuei,c Ϫ wpi
Ά
␣
frontieri Ϫ wpi
100,
where valuei,c is the “raw” value of country c for
indicator i, worst performance (wpi,c) is the lowest
acceptable value for indicator i and frontieri,c
corresponds to the best possible outcome. Depending
on the indicator, the frontier may be a policy target or
aspiration, the maximum possible value, or a number
was derived from statistical analysis of the distribution
(e.g. 90th or 95th percentile). If a value is below the worst
performance value, its score is 0; if a value is above the
frontier value, its score is capped at 100. In the case of
indicators where a higher value corresponds to a worse
outcome (e.g. terrorism incidence, power losses), the
normalized score becomes 100 minus the expression
above, so 100 always corresponds to the ideal
outcome. In some cases, signalled in Section A above, a
logarithmic transformation is applied to the value, prior to
conversion. The following table provides the actual floor
and frontier values used for the normalization of each
individual indicator.
E. BACKCASTING THE 2017 EDITION OF
THE GCI 4.0
In order to provide a point of reference against
which to compare the inaugural edition of the Global
Competitiveness Index 4.0, the index was computed for
2017. The ‘backcast’ edition results were produced by
using the GCI 4.0 methodology, the weighted averages
of the 2016 and 2017 editions of the Executive Opinion
Survey (in most cases) and the values for all the other
indicators from one period earlier than the period used
in the 2018 edition of the GCI 4.0. For example, for
indicator 1.02 Homicide rate, the GCI 4.0 uses 2016
data. For the backcast 2017 edition, the 2015 data
was used. More generally, if for any given indicator and
country the value used for the 2018 edition of the GCI
4.0 is from period t, for the backcast 2017 edition, the
value from period t-1 was used provided the value is
available. In most cases, this amounts to ‘going back in
the past’, to collect for each indicator the data that would
have been available as of July 2017. When doing so
would have led to using values older than 2015, the value
used for the 2018 edition is used instead. In case the
value used for the 2018 edition is from an earlier period,
this value is automatically used for the backcast edition.
For indicators 2.01, 2.03, 2.05, 6.01, 6.07, 9.05, and 9.10,
the exact same dataset was used for both editions. As
a result, the differences between the two editions are
slightly underestimated.
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Indicator Imputation method Economy Imputed value
1.05 Social capital Linear regression estimation.
Regressors: Mean years of schooling, Corruption Perception
Index, General trust among population, and GDP (log).
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia
Taiwan, China
53.02
45.62
54.22
1.12 E-Participation Linear regression estimation.
Regressors: Corruption Perception Index, Net users, and Open
Budget Data score.
Hong Kong SAR
Taiwan, China
0.93
0.94
2.03 Railroad density Linear regression estimation.
Regressors: Electrification rate, Road quality index,
Urbanization rate, Land-locked country (binary), and regional
dummies (IMF classification).
Zambia 14.45
2.10 Electricity quality Linear regression estimation.
Regressors: Electrification rate and GDP (log).
Burundi
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Guinea
Gambia, The
Lao PDR
Liberia
Lesotho
Mauritania
Malawi
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
Eswatini
Seychelles
Chad
Uganda
26.04
23.00
7.30
23.29
18.16
8.80
25.69
20.72
20.94
25.23
21.05
26.10
9.52
6.94
25.65
22.73
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking
water
Peer group mean. Group is defined as the combination
or World Bank income group and regional dummies (IMF
classification).
Hong Kong SAR 4.15
Ratio of fiber internet subscriptions
(indicator 3.04) to fixed-broadband
internet subscriptions (indicator 3.03)
In the absence of data for indicator
3.04, instead of imputing a value for this
indicator, we directly impute the ratio.
Linear regression estimation.
Regressors: Net users, Electrification rate, and regional
dummies (IMF classification).
Benin
Burkina Faso
Congo, Democratic Rep.
Cape Verde
Egypt
Ghana
Guinea
Honduras
Haiti
Lebanon
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Nicaragua
Philippines
Sierra Leone
Eswatini
Seychelles
Tajikistan
Uganda
0.04
0.04
0.02
0.20
0.09
0.15
0.03
0.01
0.00
0.18
0.02
0.05
0.06
0.00
0.46
0.03
0.13
0.22
0.32
0.06
5.01 Healthy life expectancy Linear regression estimation.
Regressors: Life expectancy, GDP (log), and regional dummies
(IMF classification).
Hong Kong SAR 72.80
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in
primary education
Linear regression estimation.
Regressors: Net primary education enrollment, Gross
secondary education enrollment, GDP (log), and regional
dummies (IMF classification).
Montenegro
Venezuela
15.35
22.63
7.07 Border clearance efficiency Peer group mean. Group is defined as the combination
or World Bank income group and regional dummies (IMF
classification).
Cape Verde
Eswatini
Seychelles
2.40
2.40
3.34
Table 1: GCI 4.0 imputation methodology and imputed values
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Indicator Imputation method Economy Imputed value
7.08 Service trade openness Linear regression estimation.
Regressors: Regional service trade agreements count, Service
Imports-to-GDP, GDP (log), and regional dummies (IMF
classification).
Angola
United Arab Emirates
Azerbaijan
Benin
Burkina Faso
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brunei Darussalam
Switzerland
Congo, Democratic Rep.
Cape Verde
Cyprus
Estonia
Guinea
Gambia, The
Hong Kong SAR
Croatia
Haiti
Iceland
Israel
Jamaica
Lao PDR
Liberia
Luxembourg
Latvia
Moldova
Macedonia, FYR
Malta
Montenegro
Mauritania
Norway
Singapore
Sierra Leone
El Salvador
Serbia
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Eswatini
Seychelles
Chad
Tajikistan
Taiwan, China
Yemen
33.46
46.92
17.80
30.20
30.56
18.16
25.51
12.90
32.47
25.74
11.77
13.45
30.27
26.60
29.31
16.02
17.53
13.15
46.71
17.56
44.60
27.70
10.50
14.66
14.60
16.77
32.21
14.74
29.32
27.20
10.80
28.57
18.93
18.73
18.10
15.08
28.67
23.59
28.91
15.82
32.00
43.85
8.06 Workers’ rights Linear regression estimation and peer group means.
Regressors: World Press Freedom Index, Ratio of wage
and salaried female workers to men workers, and regional
dummies (IMF classification).
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Brunei Darussalam
Cape Verde
Cyprus
Guinea
Gambia, The
Kyrgyz Republic
Luxembourg
Malta
Mongolia
Malawi
Nicaragua
Slovenia
Seychelles
Tajikistan
69.78
55.29
62.04
79.70
86.89
63.81
64.67
68.66
86.98
62.38
75.16
76.15
65.23
85.51
88.37
60.37
9.05 Insurance premiums Linear regression estimation.
Regressors: Domestic credit to private sector, GDP (log), and
regional dummies (IMF classification).
Armenia
Congo, Democratic Rep.
Liberia
Montenegro
Zimbabwe
0.63
0.37
0.37
1.30
0.37
9.07 Non-performing loans Linear regression estimation.
Regressors: Domestic credit to private sector, Credit gap, GDP
(log), and GDP growth rate.
Haiti
Montenegro
10.35
15.40
(Continued)
Table 1: GCI 4.0 imputation methodology and imputed values (cont’d.)
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Indicator Imputation method Economy Imputed value
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio Linear regression estimation.
Regressors: Domestic credit to private sector, GDP (log), and
regional dummies (IMF classification).
Angola
Benin
Burkina Faso
Côte d’Ivoire
Congo, Democratic Rep.
Cape Verde
Ethiopia
Gambia, The
Haiti
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Jamaica
Lao PDR
Liberia
Mali
Montenegro
Mongolia
Malawi
Nicaragua
Nepal
Chad
Taiwan, China
Zimbabwe
18.35
20.05
19.63
18.96
19.26
20.60
18.18
21.80
18.36
15.06
17.86
20.71
21.25
19.62
21.65
19.96
20.39
17.44
15.24
20.25
14.98
19.78
12.07 R&D expenditures Linear regression estimation.
Regressors: IP 5 patent applications per million population,
Gross tertiary education enrollment, Mean years of schooling,
and GDP (log).
Benin
Brunei Darussalam
Côte d’Ivoire
Cameroon
Guinea
Honduras
Haiti
Lao PDR
Lebanon
Liberia
Mauritania
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
Eswatini
Seychelles
Chad
Venezuela
Yemen
Zimbabwe
0.13
0.40
0.18
0.29
0.10
0.29
0.15
0.25
0.53
0.00
0.06
0.29
0.12
0.41
0.18
0.26
0.04
0.53
0.11
0.25
12.10 Trademark applications Peer group mean. Group is defined as the combination of
World Bank income group and IMF regional classification.
Burundi
Greece
Guatemala
Paraguay
Slovenia
Taiwan, China
64.74
8,080.30
232.27
908.42
8,080.30
8,080.30
Table 1: GCI 4.0 imputation methodology and imputed values (cont’d.)
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Indicator title and units Frontier
Worst
performance
Applied
transformation Guiding principle
1.02 Homicides per 100,000 population 0.5 30 — Winsorization
1.03 Terrorism incidence (0=very high; 100=no
incidence)
100 0 — Range of possible values
1.05 Social capital (0–100, high) 100 0 — Range of possible values
1.06 Open Budget Data score (0–100, best) 100 0 — Range of possible values
1.09 World Press Freedom (0=most free; 100=least
free)
0 100 — Range of possible values
1.12 E-Participation Index (0–1, best) 1 0 — Range of possible values
1.14 Corruption Perception Index (0=highly corrupt;
100=very clean)
100 0 — Range of possible values
1.17 Quality of land administration index (0–30,
best)
30 0 — Range of possible values
1.19 Extent of conflict of interest regulation (0–10,
best)
10 0 — Range of possible values
1.20 Extent of shareholder governance (0–10, best) 10 0 — Range of possible values
2.01 Road quality index (0–100, best) 100 0 — Range of possible values
2.03 Railroad density (km/1,000 km2) 40 0 — Winsorization
2.05 Airport connectivity (score) 200 0 Cubic power of logarithm Winsorization
2.07 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (0–100,
best)
100 0 — Range of possible values
2.09 Electrification rate (% of population) 100 0 — Winsorization
2.10 Electric power losses (% of output) 4 100 — Winsorization
2.11 Exposure to unsafe drinking water (% of
population)
2 100 — Winsorization
3.01 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per
100 pop.)
120 0 — 120 is the value above which
mobile broadband technology is
considered sufficiently widespread
not to consitute a constraint for the
average user
— Ratio of mobile broadband subs. to total
mobile subs.
0.9 0 Ratio of mobile broadband
subscription and minimum
between actual mobile
subcriptions and 120 (see
indicator 3.01)
Winsorization
3.03 Fixed-broadband internet subscriptions (per
100 pop.)
50 0 — 50 is the value above which
fixed broadband technology is
considered sufficiently widespread
not to constitute a constraint for
the average user
— Ratio of fibre subs. to fixed-broadband subs. 0.9 0 Ratio of fiber broadband
subscription and minimum
between actual fixed
broadband subcriptions and
50 (See indicator 3.03)
Winsorization
3.05 Internet users (% of adult population) 100 0 — Based on ITU (International
Telecommunications Union)
practice
4.01 Inflation (%) 4 40 Any value between 0 and 4
is assigned a value of 0.5.
Values lower than 4 are
transformed into 4+ (0.5-value)
Central banks' target and
winsorization
4.02 Debt dynamic (0–100, best) 100 0 — Winsorization
5.01 Health-adjusted life expectancy (years) 72 40 — Winsorization
6.01 Mean years of schooling (years) 15 0 — Based on Human Development
Report 2016 practice
6.07 School life expectancy (years) 18 0 — Based on Human Development
Report 2016 practice
6.09 Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education 10 50 — Winsorization
Table 2: Normalization of indicators
(Continued)
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Table 2: Normalization of indicators (cont’d.)
Indicator title and units Frontier
Worst
performance
Applied
transformation Guiding principle
7.05 Trade tariffs (%) 0 15 — Frontier set at minimum possible
value, winsorization for worst
performance
7.06 Complexity of tariffs (1–7, least complex) 7 1 — Range of possible values
7.07 Border clearance efficiency (1–5, best) 5 1 — Range of possible values
7.08 Service Trade Restrictiveness Index
(0=completely open; 100=completely closed)
0 100 — Range of possible values
8.01 Redundancy costs (weeks of salary) 0 52 — Frontier set at minimum possible
value, winsorization for worst
performance
8.06 Workers’ Rights Index (0–100, best) 100 0 — Range of possible values
8.11 Ratio of wage and salaried female workers to
male workers (%)
1 0.2 — Winsorization
8.12 Total tax on labour (%) 8 80 — Winsorization
9.01 Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) 95 0 — Winsorization for frontier, worst
performance set at minimum
possible value
9.04 Market capitalization (% of GDP) 100 0 — Winsorization for frontier, worst
performance set at minimum
possible value
9.05 Life and non-life insurance premium (% of
GDP)
6 0 — Winsorization for frontier, worst
performance set at minimum
possible value
9.07 Bank nonperforming loans (% of loan portfolio
value)
0.5 50 — Winsorization
9.08 Credit gap (%) 2 40 — Winsorization
9.09 Banks’ regulatory capital ratio (% of riskweighted
assets)
17 0 Logarithmic Winsorization for frontier, worst
performance set at minimum
possible value
Pillar
10
Market size 10 0 Logarithm of (GDP + imports) Winsorization for frontier, worst
performance set at minimum
possible value
11.01 Cost required to start a business (% of GNI
per capita)
0 200 — Frontier set at minimum possible
value, winsorization for worst
performance
11.02 Time required to start a business (days) 0.5 100 — Winsorization
11.03 Resolving Insolvency - Recovery rate (cents
to the dollar)
92.9 0 — Winsorization for frontier, worst
performance set at minimum
possible value
11.04 Strength of insolvency framework (0–16, best) 16 0 — Range of possible values
12.03 IP5 international patent applications (per
million pop.)
25 0 Logarithmic Winsorization for frontier, worst
performance set at minimum
possible value
12.05 Scientific publications H Index 855 0 Logarithmic Winsorization for frontier, worst
performance set at minimum
possible value
12.06 IP 5 patent applications (per million pop.) 230 0 Logarithmic Winsorization for frontier, worst
performance set at minimum
possible value
12.07 R&D expenditures (% of GDP) 3 0 — Winsorization for frontier, worst
performance set at minimum
possible value
12.08 Research institutions prominence index 0.43 0 Logarithmic Winsorization for frontier, worst
performance set at minimum
possible value
12.10 Trademark applications (per million pop.) 10,890 0 Logarithmic Winsorization for frontier, worst
performance set at minimum
possible value
Note: “Winsorization” means that the Frontier/Worst performance values are set based on percentile values of the indicator’s distribution such that outliers
are excluded.
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EDITOR
Professor Klaus Schwab
Executive Chairman
World Economic Forum
PROJECT TEAM AT THE CENTRE
FOR THE NEW ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
Thierry Geiger
Head, Research and Benchmarking Practice
Roberto Crotti
Practice Lead
Jean-Francois Trinh Tan
Economist
Sophie Brown
Project Specialist
Silja Baller
Practice Lead
Attilio Di Battista
Practice Lead
We are immensely grateful to Professor Xavier Sala-iMartín,
Chief Advisor of The Global Competitiveness
Report, for his longstanding guidance and support, and to
Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz, former Head of the System
Initiative on Shaping the Future of Economic Progress, for
her leadership and friendship over the years. We thank
Saadia Zahidi, Head of the Centre for the New Economy
and Society and Member of the Managing Board, for her
unwavering support.
We are extremely grateful to Ilaria Marchese for her
invaluable research assistance and to our colleagues
in the Centre for the New Economy and Society for
their help and support, in particular Ciara Porawski and
Genesis Elhussein. We thank Michael Fisher and Andrew
Wright for their excellent editing work and Neil Weinberg
for his superb graphic design and layout.
The authors would like to thank the many experts,
practitioners and government who provided valuable
suggestions and feedback during the development of the
Global Competitiveness Index 4.0.
We are also grateful to all the organizations, from which
we source the indicators that compose the Index. Without
their tremendous efforts in collecting data, this work
would not be possible. In particular, we thank the staff
of the following organizations for providing privileged
access to datasets, and for their help, guidance, and
feedback: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation,
International Air Transport Association, International
Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, International
Telecommunications Union, International Trade Centre,
International Trade Union Confederation, OECD,
UNESCO, and the World Bank.
Finally, we acknowledge and thank the organizations listed
on the following pages as our valued Partner Institutes,
which help administer the Executive Opinion Survey and
advance the competitiveness agenda in their respective
economies.
Contributors and Acknowledgements
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Albania
Institute for Contemporary Studies (ISB)
Artan Hoxha, President
Elira Jorgoni, Research Director
Helton Cevi, Researcher
Algeria
Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée pour le
Développement (CREAD)
Yacine Belarbi, Director
Khaled Menna, Director of Macroeconomics and Economic
Integration Division
Angola
Jobartis
Luis Verdeja, Director
João Freitas, Country Manager
Argentina
IAE—Universidad Austral
Carlos Marcelo Belloni, Research Analyst
Eduardo Luis Fracchia, Director of Academic Department of
Economics
Armenia
Economy and Values Research Center
Manuk Hergnyan, Chairman
Sevak Hovhannisyan, Board Member and Senior Associate
Australia
Australian Industry Group
Colleen Dowling, Senior Research Analyst
Julie Toth, Chief Economist
Innes Willox, Chief Executive
Austria
Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
Christoph Badelt, Director
Gerhard Schwarz, Coordinator, Survey Department
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Marketing Society
Fuad Aliyev, Consultant
Ashraf Hajiyev, Coordinator
Bahrain
Bahrain Economic Development Board
Khalid Al Rumaihi, Chief Executive
Nada Azmi, Senior Manager, Competitiveness Advocacy
Rana Abdel Haq, Junior Executive, Competitiveness Advocacy
Bangladesh
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
Fahmida Khatun, Executive Director
Mustafizur Rahman, Professor and Distinguished Fellow
Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Research Director
Belgium
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
Soha Saati, Corporate Alliances Manager
Benin
Institut de Recherche Empirique en Economie Politique
(IREEP)
Horace Gninanfon, Research Assistant
Stéphania Houngan, Research Associate
Léonard Wantchekon, Director
Bosnia and Herzegovina
MIT Center, School of Economics and Business in Sarajevo,
University of Sarajevo
Zlatko Lagumdzija, Professor
Zeljko Sain, Executive Director
Jasmina Selimovic, Assistant Director
Botswana
Botswana National Productivity Centre
Letsogile Batsetswe, Research Consultant and Statistician
Baeti Molake, Executive Director
Phumzile Thobokwe, Manager, Information and Research
Services Department
Brazil
Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Center
Carlos Arruda, Professor and Director
Ana Burcharth, Associate Professor
Debora Rodrigues Dias, Research Assistant
Brunei Darussalam
Ease of Doing Business Unit, Ministry of Energy (Energy and
Manpower) and Industry
Bulgaria
Center for Economic Development
Maria Prohaska, Director
Burkina Faso
Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie du Burkina Faso (CCI-
BF)
Issaka Kargougou, Directeur Général
Thimothée Dabire, Directeur des Etudes et de la Stratégie
Zakaya Ramde, Chef du Service Statistiques
Burundi
Faculty of Economics and Management, Research Centre for
Economic and Social Development (CURDES), University of
Burundi
Isaac Bizimana, Dean of the Faculty
Léonidas Ndayizeye, Head of Department
Arcade Ndoricimpa, Director of the Centre
Cambodia
Nuppun Research and Consulting Co., Ltd
Pisey Khin, Managing Director
Sonng Sin, Research Assistant
Chakriya Heng, Admin and Finance Assistant
Cameroon
Comité de Compétitivité (Competitiveness Committee)
Lucien Sanzouango, Secrétaire Permanent (Permanent
Secretary)
Justin Otsin, Expert Senior Survey
Partner Institutes
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Canada
The Conference Board of Canada
Michael Burt, Executive Director, Industrial Economic Trends
Eleni Kachulis, Research Associate
Cape Verde
Center for Applied Statistics and Econometrics Research –
INOVE
Júlio Delgado, Director
Jerónimo Freire, Project Manager
Frantz Tavares, Chief Executive Officer
Chad
Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur la Gouvernance,
les Industries Extractives et le Développement durable
(CERGIED)
Mbairassem Simael, Researcher
Gilbert Maoundonodji, Director
Chile
School of Government, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Ignacio Briones, Dean
Julio Guzman, Assistant Professor
China
Institute of Economic System and Management, National
Development and Reform Commission
Chen Wei, Division Director and Professor
Li Yeyan, Research Fellow
Wang Hai, Deputy Director
The China Center for Economic Statistics Research, Tianjin
University of Finance and Economics
Bojuan Zhao, Professor
Lu Dong, Professor
Jian Wang, Associate Professor
Colombia
National Planning Department
Luis Fernando Mejía, Director
Juan Sebastian Robledo, Director, Private Sector
Development
Sara Rivera, Project Manager
Colombian Private Council on Competitiveness
Rosario Córdoba, President
Rafael Puyana, Vice President
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Congo-Invest Consulting (CIC)
Teza Bila, Managing Director
Alphonse Mande, Project Coordinator
Côte d’Ivoire
Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Côte d’Ivoire
Kouakou Germain Yao, Directeur des Etudes et de
l’Information Economique
Centre de Promotion des Investissements en Côte d’Ivoire
(CEPICI)
Esmel Emmanuel Essis, Directeur Général
Croatia
National Competitiveness Council
Jadranka Gable, Advisor
Kresimir Jurlin, Research Fellow
Cyprus
European University Cyprus
Bambos Papageorgiou, Project Coordinator
Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd
Michalis Persianis, Director for Corporate Affairs
Czechia
CMC Graduate School of Business
Tomáš Janča, Executive Director
Denmark
Danish Technological Institute
Stig Yding Sørensen, Senior Specialist, Center for Business
and Policy Analysis
Karsten Frøhlich Hougaard, Center Director, Center for
Business and Policy Analysis
Ecuador
ESPAE Graduate School of Management, Escuela Superior
Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL)
Xavier Ordeñana, Dean
Sara Wong, Professor
Tania Tenesaca, Project Coordinator
Egypt
The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES)
Abla Abdel Latif, Executive Director and Director of Research
Khaled Wahid, Head of Statistical Department
Estonia
Estonian Institute of Economic Research (EKI)
Marje Josing, Director
Enterprise Estonia (EAS)
Veiko Pärn, Member of the Board
Eswatini
Federation of Swaziland Employers and Chamber of
Commerce (FSE & CC)
Musa Maseko, Trade and Business Support Coordinator
Ntsandvose Dlamini, Trade and Commerce Officer
Ethiopia
African Institute of Management, Development and
Governance
Tegegne Teka, Senior Expert and Team Leader
Adugna Girma, Operations Manager
Finland
ETLA—The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
Markku Kotilainen, Research Director
Petri Rouvinen, Research Director
Vesa Vihriälä, Managing Director
France
HEC Paris, HEC Paris Executive Education
Armelle Dufour, Global Initiatives Director, Global Business
Development
Gambia, The
The Gambia Economic and Social Development Research
Institute (GESDRI)
Makaireh A. Njie, Director
Georgia
Business Initiative for Reforms in Georgia
Vakhtang Charaia, Executive Director
Giga Makharadze, Founding Member of the Board of Directors
Mamuka Tsereteli, Founding Member of the Board of Directors
Germany
WHU—Otto Beisheim School of Management
Ralf Fendel, Professor, Chair of Monetary Economics
Michael Frenkel, Professor, Chair of Macroeconomics and
International Economics
Ghana
Association of Ghana Industries (AGI)
Yaw Adu Gyamfi, President
Seth Twum-Akwaboah, Chief Executive Officer
John Defor, Director for Policy & Research
Greece
SEV Hellenic Federation of Enterprises
Michael Mitsopoulos, Senior Advisor, Macroeconomic Analysis
and European Policy
Thanasis Printsipas, Associate Advisor, Macroeconomic
Analysis and European Policy
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Guatemala
FUNDESA
Juan Carlos Paiz, President of the Board of Directors
Juan Carlos Zapata, Chief Executive Officer
Guinea
Confédération Patronale Des Entreprises De Guinée
Hadja Aïssatou Gnouma Traore, Présidente
Kerfalla Camara, 1er Vice-Président chargé de l’International
Mohamed Benogo Conde, Secrétaire Général
Haiti
Group Croissance S.A.
Kesner F. Pharel, Chief Executive Officer
University Quisqueya
Hong Kong SAR
Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
Watson Chan, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Policy &
Business Development)
Wilson Chong, Senior Economist
Hungary
KOPINT-TÁRKI Economic Research Ltd.
Éva Palócz, Chief Executive Officer
Peter Vakhal, Project Manager
Iceland
Innovation Center Iceland
Karl Fridriksson, Managing Director of Human Resources and
Marketing
Fjalar Sigurdarson, Marketing Manager
Snaebjorn Kristjansson, Operational R&D Manager
India
LeadCap Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd (LeadCap Ventures)
Sangeeth Varghese, Managing Director
Vidyadhar Prabhudesai, Director
Indonesia
Center for Industry, SME & Business Competition Studies,
University of Trisakti
Ida Busnetti, Vice Director
Tulus Tambunan, Director
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and
Agriculture, Deputy of Economic Affairs
Morteza Allahdad, Economic Deputy
Mohammadreza Doostmohammadi, Project Manager
Farnaz Safdari, Research Associate
Ireland
Ibec, representing Irish Business
Fergal O’Brien, Director of Policy and Public Affairs
Geraldine Anderson, Head of Research
Israel
Manufacturers Association of Israel (MAI)
Shraga Brosh, President
Dan Catarivas, Foreign Trade & International Relations Director
General
Ruby Ginel, Chief Executive Officer
Italy
SDA Bocconi School of Management
Paola Dubini, Associate Professor, Bocconi University
Francesco A. Saviozzi, SDA Professor, Strategic and
Entrepreneurial Management Department
Jamaica
Mona School of Business & Management (MSBM), The
University of the West Indies, Mona
David McBean, Executive Director
William Lawrence, Director, Professional Services Unit
Patricia Douce, Project Administrator, Professional Services
Unit
Japan
Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives)
Hironori Saito, General Manager for Policy Studies
Jordan
Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation
Mary Kawar, Minister of Planning and International
Cooperation
Ziad Obeidat, Secretary General
Basem Kanan, Director of Policies and Studies Dept
Kazakhstan
Center for Strategic Initiatives
Olzhas Khudaibergenov, Senior Partner
Bakytzhan Sarkeyev, Director
Sanzhar Batyrov, Consultant
Kenya
Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
Paul Kamau, Senior Research Fellow
Dorothy McCormick, Research Professor
Winnie Mitullah, Director and Associate Research Professor
Korea, Republic of
Korea Development Institute
Joonghae Suh, Executive Director, Economic Information and
Education Center
Youngho Jung, Head, Public Opinion Analysis Unit
Jiyeon Park, Senior Research Associate, Public Opinion
Analysis Unit
Kuwait
Kuwait National Competitiveness Committee
Adel Al-Husainan, Committee Member
Fahed Al-Rashed, Committee Chairman
Sayer Al-Sayer, Committee Member
Kyrgyz Republic
Economic Policy Institute
Marat Tazabekov, Chairman
Lao PDR
Enterprise & Development Consultants Co., Ltd
Latvia
Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
Arnis Sauka, Head of the Centre for Sustainable Development
Lebanon
InfoPro, Research Department
Joseph Haddad, Research Operations Manager
Barrak Dbeiss, Project Manager
Lesotho
Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho
Manapo Mofolo, Researcher
Thabo Qhesi, Chief Executive Officer
Kutloano Sello, President, Researcher
Lithuania
Statistics Lithuania
Ona Grigiene, Deputy Head, Knowledge Economy and
Special Surveys Statistics Division
Gediminas Samuolis, Head, Knowledge Economy and Special
Surveys Statistics Division
Vilija Lapeniene, Director General
Luxembourg
Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce
Carlo Thelen, Chief Economist, Director General
Jean-Baptiste Nivet, Research Analyst
Laure Demezet, Research Analyst
Macedonia
Economic Chamber of North-West Macedonia
Drilon Iseni, Executive Director
Milaim Ameti, Operational Manager
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Malawi
Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and
Industry
Hope Chavula, Head, Real Sector and Macroeconomic Policy
Chancellor L. Kaferapanjira, Chief Executive Officer
Malaysia
Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC)
Zainon Bakar, Director
Mohd Razali Hussain, Director General
Abdul Latif Abu Seman, Deputy Director General
Mali
Groupe de Recherche en Economie Appliquée et Théorique
(GREAT)
Massa Coulibaly, Executive Director
Malta
Competitive Malta
Matthew Castillo, Board Secretary
Mauritania
Mauritania Bicom-Service Commercial
Habib Sy, Administrative Director and Analyst
Ousmane Samb, Technical and Marketing Director
Modou Werzeg Fall, Financial Director
Mauritius
Economic Development Board
Ken Poonoosamy, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Manaesha Fowdar, Senior Investment Executive
Mexico
Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO)
Juan E. Pardinas Carpizo, General Director
Manuel J. Molano Ruiz, Deputy General Director
César Ruiz Sosa, Researcher and Editor
Ministry of the Economy
María del Rocío Ruiz Chávez, Undersecretary for
Competitiveness and Business Regulation
Francisco Javier Anaya Rojas, Head of the Competitiveness
Unit
Daniel Zaga Szenker, Deputy General Director
Center for Intellectual Capital and Competitiveness
Erika Ruiz Manzur, Executive Director
René Villarreal Arrambide, President and Chief Executive
Tania Guiot, Director
Centro de Competitividad de México
Ivan Rivas Rodríguez, General Director
Moldova
Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (AESM)
Grigore Belostecinic, Rector
Institute of Economic Research and European Studies (IERES)
Corneliu Gutu, Director
Mongolia
Open Society Forum (OSF)
Oyunbadam Davaakhuu, Manager of Economic Policy
Program
Erdenejargal Perenlei, Executive Director
Enkhtsetseg Uuganbayar, Program Assistant
Montenegro
Institute for Strategic Studies and Prognoses (ISSP)
Maja Drakic Grgur, Project Manager
Jadranka Kaludjerovic, Program Director
Veselin Vukotic, President
Morocco
Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM)
Meriem Bensalah Cheqroun, President
Si Mohamed Elkhatib, Project Head, Commission Climat des
Affaires et Partenariat Public Privé
Ahmed Rahhou, President, Commission Climat des Affaires et
Partenariat Public Privé
Mozambique
EconPolicy Research Group, Lda.
Peter Coughlin, Director
Mwikali Kieti, Project Coordinator
Namibia
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
Ndeshi Fikameni, Research Associate
Graham Hopwood, Executive Director
Salmi Shigwedha, Research Associate
Nepal
Competitiveness and Development Institute (CODE)
Ramesh Chandra Chitrakar, Professor, Country Coordinator
and Project Director
Menaka Shrestha, Team Member
Netherlands
Erasmus Centre for Business Innovation, Erasmus University
Henk W. Volberda, Director and Professor
New Zealand
BusinessNZ
Kirk Hope, Chief Executive
Kathryn Asare, Project Manager
Nigeria
Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)
Ifeanyi Edeh, Research Analyst
Olaoye Jaiyeola, Chief Executive Officer
Olusegun Omisakin, Head of Research and Information
Services
Oman
National Competitiveness Office
Bader Alabdali, Acting Director
Nadia Ali Al Balushi, Head of International Cooperation and
Media
Buthaina Alsadi, Statistician
Pakistan
Mishal Pakistan
Puruesh Chaudhary, Director of Content
Amir Jahangir, Chief Executive Officer
Hasan Saeed, Research Associate
Paraguay
Fundación Paraguaya
Martin Burt, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Luis Fernando Sanabria, Chief Operating Officer
Alejandro Carrizosa, Institutional Management Assistant
Peru
Centro de Desarrollo Industrial (CDI), Sociedad Nacional de
Industrias
Luis Tenorio, Executive Director
Maria Elena Baraybar, Project Assistant
Philippines
Makati Business Club (MBC)
Edgar O. Chua, Chairman
Coco Alcuaz, Executive Director
Elizabeth A. Bautista, Programs Officer
Poland
Department of Economic Analysis, National Bank of Poland
Piotr Boguszewski, Economic Advisor
Piotr Szpunar, Director
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Portugal
PROFORUM, Associação para o Desenvolvimento da
Engenharia
Ilídio António de Ayala Serôdio, President of the Board of
Directors
Fórum de Administradores de Empresas (FAE)
Luis Filipe Pereira, President of the Board of Directors
José Gomes da Costa, Vice President of the board of
Directors
Paulo Bandeira, General Director
Qatar
Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA)
Issa Abdull Salam Abu Issa, Secretary-General
Sarah Abdallah, Deputy General Manager
Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI)
Hassan Al Sayed, Director
Raymond Carasig, Senior Survey Support Specialist
Romania
ADAF (Association of Women Entrepreneurship Development)
Cornelia Rotaru, President
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania
Cristina Mihai, Director, Internal Relations and ICC Romania
Division
Russian Federation
Eurasia Competitiveness Institute (ECI)
Alexey Prazdnichnykh, Managing Director
Nikita Popov, Project Associate
Rwanda
Private Sector Federation (PSF)
Robert Bafakulera, Chairman
Stephen Ruzibiza, Chief Executive Officer
Saudi Arabia
Alfaisal University
Mohammed Kafaji, Director of Quality Assurance and
Accreditation
National Competiveness Center (NCC)
Eiman Habbas AlMutairi, Head
Salman AlTukhaifi, Analytical Director
Nawaf AlSalloum, Associate Specialist for Research and
Reports
Senegal
Centre de Recherches Economiques Appliquées (CREA),
Université Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar
Babacar Sène, Directeur du Centre de Recherches
Economiques Appliquées
Mamadou Marone, Coordonnateur des enquêteurs,
Chercheur au CREA
Serbia
Foundation for the Advancement of Economics (FREN)
Aleksandar Radivojevic, Project Coordinator
Svetozar Tanaskovic, Researcher
Jelena Zarkovic Rakic, Director
Seychelles
Better Life Foundation
Marco L. Francis, Partner
Selma Francis-Belle, Corporate Manager
Singapore
Economic Development Board
Cheng Wai San, Director, Research and Statistics Unit
Teo Xinyu, Executive Officer, Research and Statistics Unit
Slovak Republic
Business Alliance of Slovakia (PAS)
Robert Kicina, Executive Board Member
Peter Kremsky, Executive Director
Slovenia
Institute for Economic Research
Peter Stanovnik, Professor
Sonja Uršič, Senior Research Assistant
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics
Mateja Drnovšek, Professor
South Africa
Business Leadership South Africa
Bonang Mohale, Chief Executive Officer
Tebele Makhetha, Head of Policy and Legislation
Business Unity South Africa
Tanya Cohen, Chief Executive Officer
Olivier Serrao, Director, Economic and Trade Policy
Tyson Thamsanqa Sibanda, Co-Ordinator, Economic and
Trade Policy
Spain
IESE Business School, International Center for
Competitiveness
Pascual Berrone, Professor
María Luisa Blázquez, Research Associate
Sri Lanka
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS)
Dushni Weerakoon, Executive Director
Kithmina Hewage, Research Officer
Harini Weerasekera, Research Assistant
Sweden
International University of Entrepreneurship and Technology
Association (IUET)
Thomas Andersson, President
In partnership with Deloitte Sweden
Switzerland
University of St. Gallen, Executive School of Management,
Technology and Law (ES-HSG)
Tobias Trütsch, Head of Economics Division
Taiwan, China
National Development Council
Cheng-Mount Cheng, Deputy Minister
Minghuei Wu, Director, Economic Development Department
Chung-Chung Shieh, Researcher, Economic Development
Department
Tajikistan
Center of Sociological Research “Zerkalo”
Qahramon Baqozoda, Director
Gulchehra Tabarova, Head of Data Collection Department
Tanzania
REPOA Ltd
Cornel Jahari, Researcher
Lucas Katera, Senior Researcher
Donald Mmari, Executive Director
Thailand
Chulalongkorn Business School, Chulalongkorn University
Pasu Decharin, Dean
Siri-on Setamanit, Assistant Dean
Trinidad and Tobago
Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business, The University of
the West Indies, St. Augustine
Balraj Kistow, Lecturer and Programme Director
Nirmala Maharaj, Director, Internationalisation and Institutional
Relations Centre
Sade Lazzar, Internationalisation and Institutional Relations
Officer
Tunisia
Institut Arabe des Chefs d’Entreprises
Taieb Bayahi, President
Majdi Hassen, Executive Counsellor
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Turkey
TUSIAD Sabanci University Competitiveness Forum
Izak Atiyas, Director
Sezen Uğurlu Sum, Project Specialist
Uganda
Kabano Research and Development Centre
Robert Apunyo, Program Manager
Delius Asiimwe, Executive Director
Anna Namboonze, Research Associate
Ukraine
CASE Ukraine, Center for Social and Economic Research
Dmytro Boyarchuk, Executive Director
Vladimir Dubrovskiy, Leading Economist
United Arab Emirates
Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority
H.E. Abdulla Nasser Lootah, Director General
Department of Economic Development Abu Dhabi
H.E. Khaleefa Salem Al Mansouri, Undersecretary
United Kingdom
LSE Enterprise Ltd
Elitsa Garnizova, Project Manager and Researcher
Robyn Klingler-Vidra, Senior Researcher
Uruguay
Universidad ORT Uruguay
Bruno Gili, Professor
Isidoro Hodara, Professor
Venezuela
CONAPRI—The Venezuelan Council for Investment Promotion
Litsay Guerrero, Economic Affairs and Investor Services
Manager
Juan Pérez, Executive Director
Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh Institute for Development Studies (HIDS)
Tran Anh Tuan, Acting Director
Du Phuoc Tan, Head of Urban Management Studies
Department
Trieu Thanh Son, Deputy Head of Research Management and
Cooperation Department
Yemen
Yemeni Business Club (YBC)
Fathi Abdulwasa Hayel, Chairman
Ghadeer Al-Maqhafi, Executive Manager
Ejlal Al-Wadei, Projects Coordinator
Zambia
Institute of Economic and Social Research (INESOR),
University of Zambia
Patricia Funjika, Research Fellow and Project Coordinator
Jolly Kamwanga, Senior Research Fellow and Director
Grayson Koyi, Research Fellow
Zimbabwe
Fulham Economics, Harare
A. M. Hawkins, Chairman
Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
INCAE Business School, Latin American Center for
Competitiveness and Sustainable Development (CLACDS)
Ronald Arce, Researcher
Enrique Bolaños, President
Víctor Umaña, Director
Liberia and Sierra Leone
FJP Development and Management Consultants
Omodele R. N. Jones, Chief Executive Officer
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