IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2020

IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2020 by IMD World Competitiveness Center: 63 economies ranked, led by Singapore. Full list with movement since the last edition...

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Top three: Singapore, Denmark, Switzerland. 63 economies ranked. Singapore kept first place; the United States fell to 10th.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Since 2019
1	Singapore	Singapore	No change
2	Denmark	Denmark	Up 6
3	Switzerland	Switzerland	Up 1
4	Netherlands	Netherlands	Up 2
5	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Down 3
6	Sweden	Sweden	Up 3
7	Norway	Norway	Up 4
8	Canada	Canada	Up 5
9	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	Down 4
10	United States	United States	Down 7
11	Taiwan	Taiwan	Up 5
12	Ireland	Ireland	Down 5
13	Finland	Finland	Up 2
14	Qatar	Qatar	Down 4
15	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Down 3
16	Austria	Austria	Up 3
17	Germany	Germany	No change
18	Australia	Australia	No change
19	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Up 4
20	China	China	Down 6
21	Iceland	Iceland	Down 1
22	New Zealand	New Zealand	Down 1
23	South Korea	South Korea	Up 5
24	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Up 2
25	Belgium	Belgium	Up 2
26	Israel	Israel	Down 2
27	Malaysia	Malaysia	Down 5
28	Estonia	Estonia	Up 7
29	Thailand	Thailand	Down 4
30	Cyprus	Cyprus	Up 11
31	Lithuania	Lithuania	Down 2
32	France	France	Down 1
33	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	No change
34	Japan	Japan	Down 4
35	Slovenia	Slovenia	Up 2
36	Spain	Spain	No change
37	Portugal	Portugal	Up 2
38	Chile	Chile	Up 4
39	Poland	Poland	Down 1
40	Indonesia	Indonesia	Down 8
41	Latvia	Latvia	Down 1
42	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Down 8
43	India	India	No change
44	Italy	Italy	No change
45	Philippines	Philippines	Up 1
46	Turkey	Turkey	Up 5
47	Hungary	Hungary	No change
48	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	No change
49	Greece	Greece	Up 9
50	Russia	Russia	Down 5
51	Romania	Romania	Down 2
52	Peru	Peru	Up 3
53	Mexico	Mexico	Down 3
54	Colombia	Colombia	Down 2
55	Ukraine	Ukraine	Down 1
56	Brazil	Brazil	Up 3
57	Slovakia	Slovakia	Down 4
58	Jordan	Jordan	Down 1
59	South Africa	South Africa	Down 3
60	Croatia	Croatia	No change
61	Mongolia	Mongolia	Up 1
62	Argentina	Argentina	Down 1
63	Venezuela	Venezuela	No change

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