THE WORLD COMPETITIVENESS

SCOREBOARD 2008
100.000
99.330
94.964
89.656
84.405
83.852
83.500
82.852
82.464
80.476
79.516
77.638
77.359
75.028
75.025
74.735
73.758
73.374
73.199
72.408
71.904
70.028
69.648
68.746
66.012
64.173
63.096
62.247
60.625
59.365
58.884
57.904
57.515
56.725
56.284
56.234
54.657
52.932
51.392
50.478
50.396
48.761
48.576
47.986
47.549
46.921
45.736
45.535
45.203
43.825
41.520
40.205
39.054
38.170
31.143
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(1) USA 1
(2) SINGAPORE 2
(3) HONG KONG 3
(6) SWITZERLAND 4
(4) LUXEMBOURG 5
(5) DENMARK 6
(12) AUSTRALIA 7
(10) CANADA 8
(9) SWEDEN 9
(8) NETHERLANDS 10
(13) NORWAY 11
(14) IRELAND 12
(18) TAIWAN 13
(11) AUSTRIA 14
(17) FINLAND 15
(16) GERMANY 16
(15) CHINA MAINLAND 17
(19) NEW ZEALAND 18
(23) MALAYSIA 19
(21) ISRAEL 20
(20) UNITED KINGDOM 21
(24) JAPAN 22
(22) ESTONIA 23
(25) BELGIUM 24
(28) FRANCE 25
(26) CHILE 26
(33) THAILAND 27
(32) CZECH REPUBLIC 28
(27) INDIA 29
(34) SLOVAK REPUBLIC 30
(29) KOREA 31
(40) SLOVENIA 32
(30) SPAIN 33
(37) JORDAN 34
PERU 35
(31) LITHUANIA 36
(39) PORTUGAL 37
(35) HUNGARY 38
(41) BULGARIA 39
(45) PHILIPPINES 40
(38) COLOMBIA 41
(36) GREECE 42
(49) BRAZIL 43

The World Competitiveness Scoreboard presents

the 2008 overall rankings for the 55 economies
covered by the WCY. The economies are ranked
from the most to the least competitive and the
results from the previous years scoreboard (2007)
are shown in brackets. The Scores shown to the
left are actually indices (0 to 100) generated for
the unique purpose of constructing charts and
graphics.

(52) POLAND 44
(44) ROMANIA 45
(42) ITALY 46
(43) RUSSIA 47
(48) TURKEY 48
(53) CROATIA 49
(47) MEXICO 50
(54) INDONESIA 51
(51) ARGENTINA 52
(50) SOUTH AFRICA 53
(46) UKRAINE 54
(55) VENEZUELA 55

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IMD WORLD COMPETITIVENESS YEARBOOK 2008

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