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The following pages present the ranks and scores of Two types of data are used in the GCI 2007: Survey
the 13 Arab World countries included in this Report data and hard data.
on all the variables composing the updated Global
• Survey data: average responses in each country to
Competitiveness Index 2007 (GCI 2007). In addition,
questions included in the World Economic Forum’s
for the sake of comparison, 10 additional countries
Executive Opinion Survey, conducted in the early
are listed. Numbers to the left of the country names
months of 2006.
correspond to the ranks among the 128 economies
covered by the GCI 2007. • Hard data: indicators obtained from a variety of
The data are organized into nine sections, sources.
corresponding to the nine pillars of the GCI 2007:
Hard data
4: Data Tables | Macroeconomy 3.01 3.02 While Survey data provide qualitative information,
Government balance National savings rate
Government fiscal surplus/deficit as a percentage of GDP, 2005 or
most recent year available
National savings rate as a percentage of GDP, 2005 or most recent
year available
hard data are an objective measure of a quantity (for
example, gross domestic product, malaria incidence,
RANK COUNTRY HARD DATA
1 Kuwait ...............................36.8
RANK COUNTRY HARD DATA
1 Kuwait ...............................59.0
number of personal computers, number of procedures
2 Libya ..................................32.2
3 United Arab Emirates ........24.9
2 Qatar..................................58.4
3 Libya ..................................57.3
required to start a business, and so on).We use the latest
4 Qatar..................................19.7 4 Algeria ...............................51.2
5 Norway ..............................15.8
6 Algeria ...............................14.2
5 China .................................47.6
6 Singapore ..........................47.1
data available from international organizations (such as
7 Oman.................................10.6
9 Russian Federation..............7.5
8 United Arab Emirates ........44.5
10 Norway ..............................37.1 the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank,
10 Bahrain ................................6.2 18 Russian Federation............32.1
12 Singapore ............................6.0
57 China..................................–1.3
21 India...................................29.1
25 Bahrain ..............................27.9
various United Nations agencies, and the International
64 Mexico...............................–1.6 27 Japan .................................26.8
78 Tunisia................................–2.8
88 Brazil ..................................–3.3
29 Morocco ............................25.7
36 Oman.................................24.8
Telecommunication Union).These data are completed,
22
92 Syria...................................–3.4
104 United States.....................–4.1
50 Tunisia................................22.1
53 Brazil..................................21.8 if necessary, by national sources. In the following pages,
112 Jordan................................–5.2 58 Mexico...............................21.0
116 Morocco ............................–5.7
117 Japan .................................–5.8
61 Syria...................................20.9
69 Egypt .................................19.5
hard data variables are presented in black-shaded bar
118 Turkey ................................–5.9 77 Turkey ................................18.0
122 Mauritania..........................–6.8
125 India ...................................–7.5
102 United States.....................13.6
119 Mauritania..........................10.0
graphs. A detailed description and full source for each
127 Egypt ...............................–10.5 124 Jordan..................................5.6
variable can be found in the Technical Notes and
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Section I
Institutions
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.6 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.9 7 SD
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1.03 1.04
RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 2.7 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.9 7 SD
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.2 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.3 7 SD
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1.07 1.08
RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.1 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 5.0 7 SD
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.2 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.3 7 SD
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1.11 1.12
RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.8 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.3 7 SD
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.6 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.4 7 SD
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Infrastructure
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.8 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 2.9 7 SD
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2.03 2.04
RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.7 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.5 7 SD
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SOURCE: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey 2006 SOURCE: International Telecommunication Union, World
Telecommunication Indicators 2006
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Macroeconomy
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3.03 3.04
SOURCE: IMF, World Economic Outlook Database (April 2006) SOURCE: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Economist Intelligence
Unit, CountryData Database (June 2006)
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SOURCE: IMF SOURCE: IMF, Information Notice Systems Database (June 2006)
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Data Tables
Section IV
Health and primary education
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4.01 4.02
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 5.7 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 5.5 7 SD
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4.03 4.04
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4.05 4.06
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SOURCE: World Health Organization, The World Health Report 2006 SOURCE: World Health Organization, World Health Statistics 2006,
The World Health Report 2006 Edition
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4.07 4.08
SOURCE: World Health Organization and UNICEF, World Malaria Report SOURCE: World Health Organization, World Health Statistics 2006, The
2005; World Health Organization Regional Offices; UNFPA, World Health Report 2006 Edition; national sources
State of World Population 2005
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Primary enrollment
Net primary education enrollment rate, 2004 or most recent year
available
1 Japan .................................99.9
11 Norway ..............................98.9
21 Mexico...............................97.8
26 Tunisia................................97.6
33 Bahrain ..............................96.8
35 Algeria ...............................96.7
36 Brazil..................................96.5
37 Singapore ..........................96.4
41 Egypt .................................95.4
47 Qatar..................................94.8
48 China .................................94.6
49 Syria...................................94.5
62 United States.....................92.4
69 Russian Federation............91.5
70 Jordan................................91.1
77 India...................................89.7
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81 Turkey ................................89.3
89 Libya ..................................87.0
94 Morocco ............................86.1
96 Kuwait ...............................86.0
107 Oman.................................77.9
111 Mauritania..........................74.3
112 United Arab Emirates ........71.2
Data Tables
Section V
Higher education and training
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SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (June 2006); national sources SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (June 2006); World Bank,
World Development Indicators 2006
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.7 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.0 7 SD
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.1 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.9 7 SD
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Market efficiency
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.7 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.9 7 SD
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6.03 6.04
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SOURCE: World Bank, Doing Business 2007: How to Reform (2006) SOURCE: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey 2006
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6.07 6.08
SOURCE: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey 2006 SOURCE: Economist Intelligence Unit, CountryData Database (June
2006); IMF Country Reports; World Bank, World Development
Indicators 2006
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.5 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 5.0 7 SD
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6.11 6.12
SOURCE: Economist Intelligence Unit, CountryData Database (June SOURCE: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey 2006
2006)
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 5.0 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.6 7 SD
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6.15 6.16
RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.5 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.0 7 SD
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.4 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.7 7 SD
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6.19 6.20
RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.9 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.4 7 SD
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.3 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 5.5 7 SD
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Technological readiness
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.9 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.7 7 SD
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7.03 7.04
RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.7 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.9 7 SD
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SOURCE: International Telecommunication Union, World SOURCE: International Telecommunication Union, World
Telecommunication Indicators 2006 Telecommunication Indicators 2006
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7.07
2 United States.....................76.2
10 Singapore ..........................62.2
15 Norway ..............................57.2
18 Japan .................................54.1
32 Kuwait ...............................22.3
36 United Arab Emirates ........19.8
40 Qatar..................................17.9
41 Bahrain ..............................16.9
50 Mexico...............................13.1
52 Russian Federation............12.1
56 Brazil..................................10.5
69 Tunisia..................................5.6
70 Jordan..................................5.3
71 Turkey ..................................5.1
74 Oman...................................4.7
81 Syria.....................................4.2
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83 China ...................................4.1
87 Egypt ...................................3.8
91 Morocco ..............................2.4
92 Libya ....................................2.3
99 India.....................................1.5
100 Mauritania............................1.4
106 Algeria .................................1.1
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Section VIII
Business sophistication
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.7 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.3 7 SD
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8.03 8.04
RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.8 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.3 7 SD
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 4.0 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.7 7 SD
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.6 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.8 7 SD
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Innovation
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.9 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.4 7 SD
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.2 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.8 7 SD
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SOURCE: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey 2006 SOURCE: US Patent and Trademark Office (March 2006)
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RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.8 7 SD RANK COUNTRY SCORE 1 MEAN: 3.5 7 SD
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