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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...

Published
June 17, 2025
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15 of 69 ranked
Method
Mixed
Reliability
Grade B

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. See the original list.

RankNameLocationSince 2024
1SwitzerlandSwitzerlandUp 1
2SingaporeSingaporeDown 1
3Hong Kong SARHong Kong SARNew
4DenmarkDenmarkDown 1
5UAEUAENew
6TaiwanTaiwanUp 2
7IrelandIrelandDown 3
8SwedenSwedenDown 2
9QatarQatarUp 2
10NetherlandsNetherlandsDown 1
11CanadaCanadaUp 8
12NorwayNorwayDown 2
13USAUSANew
14FinlandFinlandUp 1
15IcelandIcelandUp 2

This list is reproduced as IMD World Competitiveness Center (IMD Business School) published it, from a secondary source. Names are shown as printed. The ranking belongs to its publisher.

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