IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2026

IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2026 by IMD World Competitiveness Center: 70 economies ranked, led by Singapore. Full list with movement since the last edition...

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38th edition, covering 70 economies (Vietnam added). Singapore returned to first, followed by Hong Kong and Switzerland; Taiwan reached fourth, its best position. Malaysia rose from 23rd to 15th and the United States from 13th to 10th.

IMD states 341 criteria with 20 equally weighted sub-factors; 70 economies versus 69 in 2025.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Score	Since 2025
1	Singapore	Singapore	100	Up 1
2	Hong Kong SAR	Hong Kong SAR	95.6	Up 1
3	Switzerland	Switzerland	95.3	Down 2
4	Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)	Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)	94.3
5	UAE	UAE	94.1	No change
6	Denmark	Denmark	94.1	Down 2
7	Ireland	Ireland	94.1	No change
8	Netherlands	Netherlands	90.1	Up 2
9	Sweden	Sweden	88.5	Down 1
10	United States	United States	86.8
11	Qatar	Qatar	85.9	Down 2
12	China	China	84.4
13	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	84
14	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	82.1
15	Malaysia	Malaysia	81.9
16	Canada	Canada	81	Down 5
17	Australia	Australia	79.2
18	Norway	Norway	78.1	Down 6
19	Finland	Finland	76.8	Down 5
20	Bahrain	Bahrain	76.3
21	Korea Rep.	Korea Rep.	75.6
22	Iceland	Iceland	75.1	Down 7
23	Germany	Germany	73.6
24	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	72.5
25	Oman	Oman	71.7
26	Thailand	Thailand	71.1
27	Vietnam	Vietnam	70.6
28	Estonia	Estonia	70.5
29	Austria	Austria	70.4
30	Japan	Japan	70.1
31	Kuwait	Kuwait	70.1
32	Belgium	Belgium	69
33	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	67.3
34	Lithuania	Lithuania	67.3
35	Latvia	Latvia	67.2
36	France	France	66.7
37	New Zealand	New Zealand	66.7
38	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	65.4
39	Spain	Spain	65
40	Portugal	Portugal	64.8
41	Poland	Poland	64.1
42	Cyprus	Cyprus	63.2
43	Chile	Chile	63.1
44	India	India	62
45	Italy	Italy	61.7
46	Jordan	Jordan	59.3
47	Philippines	Philippines	59.1
48	Indonesia	Indonesia	57.6
49	Slovenia	Slovenia	55.2
50	Greece	Greece	53.3
51	Hungary	Hungary	51.3
52	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	51.1
53	Croatia	Croatia	51
54	South Africa	South Africa	50.2
55	Kenya	Kenya	50
56	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	47.6
57	Türkiye	Türkiye	47.2
58	Argentina	Argentina	46.9
59	Colombia	Colombia	45.9
60	Peru	Peru	43.3
61	Romania	Romania	43.1
62	Mexico	Mexico	42.8
63	Slovak Republic	Slovak Republic	42.5
64	Ghana	Ghana	41.5
65	Brazil	Brazil	40.1
66	Botswana	Botswana	39.9
67	Mongolia	Mongolia	39
68	Nigeria	Nigeria	38.8
69	Namibia	Namibia	28.5
70	Venezuela	Venezuela	22.4

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