IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2025
IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2025 by IMD World Competitiveness Center: 15 economies ranked, led by Switzerland. The entries on record, movement since the...
37th edition, covering 69 economies. Switzerland ranked first, followed by Singapore, Hong Kong, Denmark and the UAE; the United States placed 13th.
The list on record
This page shows the 15 entries on record of 69 published. Top 15 only, from Ireland's National Competitiveness and Productivity Council bulletin (secondary). IMD's 2025 booklet (https://www.imd.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Booklet-WCR-2025-v3.pdf) holds the full table as a graphic that could not be extracted. The original list.
| Rank | Name | Location | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | Switzerland | Up 1 |
| 2 | Singapore | Singapore | Down 1 |
| 3 | Hong Kong SAR | Hong Kong SAR | New |
| 4 | Denmark | Denmark | Down 1 |
| 5 | UAE | UAE | New |
| 6 | Taiwan | Taiwan | Up 2 |
| 7 | Ireland | Ireland | Down 3 |
| 8 | Sweden | Sweden | Down 2 |
| 9 | Qatar | Qatar | Up 2 |
| 10 | Netherlands | Netherlands | Down 1 |
| 11 | Canada | Canada | Up 8 |
| 12 | Norway | Norway | Down 2 |
| 13 | USA | USA | New |
| 14 | Finland | Finland | Up 1 |
| 15 | Iceland | Iceland | Up 2 |
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