Table 3: The Business Competitiveness Index

BCI ranking Company operations and strategy ranking Quality of the national business environment ranking BCI ranking Company operations and strategy ranking Quality of the national business environment ranking

Country United States Finland Germany Denmark Singapore United Kingdom Switzerland Japan Netherlands Austria France Sweden Canada Taiwan Australia Belgium Iceland New Zealand Ireland Hong Kong SAR Norway Israel Malaysia Korea, Rep. Spain Estonia Czech Republic South Africa Chile Portugal India Slovenia United Arab Emirates Hungary Tunisia Cyprus Thailand Italy Slovak Republic Greece Lithuania Poland Jordan Qatar Ghana Malta Kuwait Latvia Brazil Costa Rica Turkey Mauritius Jamaica Bahrain Botswana Colombia China El Salvador Indonesia Mexico Panama Kazakhstan Croatia Argentina Trinidad and Tobago Pakistan Romania Kenya Philippines Uruguay

Country Egypt Sri Lanka Namibia Russian Federation Ukraine Nigeria Azerbaijan Bulgaria Morocco Vietnam Peru Tanzania Macedonia, FYR Zimbabwe Uganda* Serbia and Montenegro Mali* Armenia Cameroon* Gambia Malawi Venezuela Moldova Bosnia and Herzegovina Algeria Georgia Madagascar Mozambique Benin* Bangladesh Dominican Republic Tajikistan Guatemala Mongolia Honduras Nicaragua Ecuador Kyrgyz Republic Cambodia Guyana Ethiopia Albania Bolivia Paraguay East Timor* Chad*

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

1 9 2 4 14 6 5 3 8 11 10 7 18 13 23 12 15 21 16 20 22 19 24 17 25 33 29 26 31 39 30 27 36 40 46 48 35 28 47 42 41 43 59 64 56 61 63 51 32 34 38 45 54 67 76 49 53 57 50 55 37 72 70 52 62 68 69 60 44 79

2 1 4 3 5 6 7 10 8 9 11 14 13 15 12 17 18 16 20 19 21 22 23 24 26 25 27 30 29 28 31 35 33 32 34 36 37 39 38 40 41 46 42 43 47 44 45 48 52 53 51 49 54 55 50 57 58 56 59 62 68 60 61 64 63 65 67 69 78 66

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116

58 73 75 77 71 65 74 82 80 81 66 93 89 78 91 108 109 87 84 100 86 85 90 101 111 94 102 97 106 99 88 107 83 98 95 110 96 92 103 105 113 104 115 112 114 116

74 73 72 70 76 79 80 71 75 77 82 81 83 84 87 86 85 90 92 89 93 97 94 91 88 95 96 99 98 101 103 100 104 102 105 106 108 111 107 109 110 113 112 114 115 116

* Survey data for these countries have high within-country variance; until the reliability of survey responses improves with future educational efforts and improved sampling in these countries, their rankings should be interpreted with caution.

(contd.)

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