World Competitiveness Yearbook
The World Competitiveness Yearbook is an annual report published by the Swiss-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD) on the competitiveness of nations and has been published since 1989.[1] The yearbook benchmarks the performance of 63 countries based on 340 criteria measuring different facets of competitiveness. It uses two types of data:
- 2/3 hard statistical data (international/national sources)
- 1/3 survey data (Executive Opinion Survey)
Ranking of countries in 5-year periods
    
| Nation/Territory | 1997 | 2002 | 2007 | 2012 | 2017 | 2019[lower-alpha 2] | 2020[3] | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Singapore | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 
|  Hong Kong | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 
|  United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 
|  Switzerland | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 
|  United Arab Emirates | - | - | - | 16 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 
|  Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 
|  Ireland | 10 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 
|  Denmark | 13 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 
|  Sweden | 19 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 
|  Qatar | - | - | - | 10 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 
|  Norway | 5 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 
|  Luxembourg | 8 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 
| .svg.png.webp) Canada | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 
|  China | 27 | 28 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 
|  Finland | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 
|  Taiwan | 18 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 
|  Germany | 16 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 
| .svg.png.webp) Australia | 15 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 
|  Austria | 20 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 
|  Iceland | 21 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 
|  New Zealand | 11 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 
|  Malaysia | 14 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 
|  United Kingdom | 9 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 
|  Israel | 25 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 
|  Thailand | 31 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 
|  Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | - | 36 | 26 | 24 | 
| .svg.png.webp) Belgium | 23 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 
|  South Korea | 30 | 29 | 29 | 22 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 
|  Lithuania | - | - | 31 | 36 | 33 | 29 | 31 | 
|  Japan | 17 | 27 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 
|  France | 22 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 
|  Indonesia | 38 | 47 | 54 | 42 | 42 | 32 | 40 | 
|  Czech Republic | 33 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 28 | 33 | 33 | 
|  Kazakhstan | - | - | - | 32 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 
|  Estonia | - | 21 | 22 | 31 | 30 | 35 | 28 | 
|  Spain | 26 | 23 | 30 | 39 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 
|  Slovenia | - | 35 | 40 | 51 | 43 | 37 | 35 | 
|  Poland | 43 | 45 | 52 | 34 | 38 | 38 | 39 | 
|  Portugal | 32 | 33 | 39 | 41 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 
|  Latvia | - | - | - | - | 40 | 40 | 41 | 
|  Cyprus | - | - | - | - | 37 | 41 | 30 | 
|  Chile | 24 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 38 | 
|  India | 41 | 41 | 27 | 35 | 45 | 43 | 43 | 
|  Italy | 39 | 34 | 42 | 40 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 
|  Russia | 46 | 44 | 43 | 48 | 46 | 45 | 50 | 
|  Philippines | 29 | 40 | 45 | 43 | 41 | 46 | 45 | 
|  Hungary | 37 | 30 | 35 | 45 | 52 | 47 | 47 | 
|  Bulgaria | - | - | 41 | 54 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 
|  Romania | - | - | 44 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 51 | 
|  Mexico | 40 | 43 | 47 | 37 | 48 | 50 | 53 | 
|  Turkey | 35 | 49 | 48 | 38 | 47 | 51 | 46 | 
|  Colombia | 45 | 42 | 38 | 52 | 54 | 52 | 54 | 
|  Slovakia | - | 38 | 34 | 47 | 51 | 53 | 57 | 
|  Ukraine | - | - | 46 | 56 | 60 | 54 | 55 | 
|  Peru | - | - | - | 44 | 55 | 55 | 52 | 
|  South Africa | 42 | 39 | 50 | 50 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 
|  Jordan | - | - | 37 | 49 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 
|  Greece | 36 | 36 | 36 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 49 | 
|  Brazil | 34 | 37 | 49 | 46 | 61 | 59 | 56 | 
|  Croatia | - | - | 53 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 
|  Argentina | 28 | 48 | 51 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 62 | 
|  Mongolia | - | - | - | - | 62 | 62 | 61 | 
|  Venezuela | 44 | 46 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 
Notes
    
- Search Criteria: Competitiveness ranking, Consolidated rankings, Overall competitiveness, All countries, All years
- Latest year reported.
References
    
- "IMD International". IMD. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
-  "IMD World Competitiveness Online - Custom Search". IMD World Competitiveness Online. Retrieved 14 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
- "World Competitiveness Ranking 2020". IMD business school. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
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