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The Global Competitiveness Report 2000 - Brief Article
Business Asia, Oct, 2000
GROWTH COMPETITIVENESS
RANKING(*)
GROWTH COMPETITIVENESS
COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 1999
RANKING 2000
United States 1 2
Singapore 2 1
Luxembourg 3 7
Netherlands 4 9
Ireland 5 10
Finland 6 11
Canada 7 5
Hong Kong SAR 8 3
United Kingdom 9 8
Switzerland 10 6
Taiwan 11 4
Australia 12 12
Sweden 13 19
Denmark 14 17
Germany 15 25
Norway 16 15
Belgium 17 24
Austria 18 20
Israel 19 28
New Zealand 20 13
Japan 21 14
France 22 23
Portugal 23 27
Iceland 24 18
Malaysia 25 16
Hungary 26 38
Spain 27 26
Chile 28 21
Korea 29 22
Italy 30 35
Thailand 31 30
Czech Republic 32 39
South Africa 33 47
Greece 34 41
Poland 35 43
Mauritius 36 29
Philippines 37 33
Costa Rica 38 34
Slovak Republic 39 45
Turkey 40 44
China 41 32
Egypt 42 49
Mexico 43 31
Indonesia 44 37
Argentina 45 42
Brazil 46 51
Jordan 47 40
Peru 48 36
India 49 52
El Salvador 50 46
Bolivia 51 55
Columbia 52 54
Vietnam 53 48
Venezuela 54 50
Russia 55 59
Zimbabwe 56 57
Ukraine 57 58
Bulgaria 58 56
Ecuador 59 53
CURRENT COMPETITIVENESS
INDEX RANKING
CURRENT CURRENT
COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITIVENESS
INDEX RANKING 2000 INDEX RANKING 1999
Finland 1 2
United States 2 1
Germany 3 6
Netherlands 4 3
Switzerland 5 5
Denmark 6 7
Sweden 7 4
United Kingdom 8 l0
Singapore 9 12
Australia 10 13
Canada 11 8
Belgium 12 15
Austria 13 11
Japan 14 14
France 15 9
Hong Kong 16 21
Iceland 17 22
Israel 18 20
New Zealand 19 16
Norway 20 18
Taiwan 21 19
Ireland 22 17
Spain 23 23
Italy 24 25
South Africa 25 26
Chile 26 24
Korea 27 28
Portugal 28 29
Turkey 29 31
Malaysia 30 27
Brazil 31 35
Hungary 32 33
Greece 33 36
Czech Republic 34 41
Jordan 35 32
Slovak Republic 36 48
India 37 42
Mauritius 38 30
Egypt 39 43
Thailand 40 39
Poland 41 37
Mexico 42 34
Costa Rica 43 38
China 44 49
Argentina 45 40
Philippines 46 44
Indonesia 47 53
Colombia 48 52
Peru 49 46
Zimbabwe 50 45
El Salvador 51 47
Russia 52 55
Vietnam 53 50
Venezuela 54 51
Bulgaria 55 54
Ukraine 56 56
Ecuador 57 57
Bolivia 58 58
ECONOMIC
CREATIVITY INDEX(#)
COUNTRY ECONOMIC TECHNOLOGY STARTUP
CREATIVITY INDEX INDEX
United States 2.02 2.02 2.02
Finland 1.73 2.02 1.43
Singapore 1.63 1.95 1.31
Luxembourg 1.44 1.37 1.51
Sweden 1.36 1.52 1.21
Israel 1.35 1.55 1.15
Ireland 1.31 1.74 0.87
Netherlands 1.26 1.20 1.32
United Kingdom 1.22 1.08 1.36
Iceland 1.16 0.80 1.51
Switzerland 1.11 1.62 0.60
Hong Kong 1.10 0.58 1.63
Denmark 1.07 1.25 0.88
Germany 1.04 1.66 0.41
Canada 0.99 1.21 0.77
Australia 0.97 0.91 1.04
Taiwan 0.97 0.90 1.04
Belgium 0.95 1.00 0.90
Norway 0.80 0.61 0.98
Japan 0.69 1.59 -0.21
Hungary 0.66 1.06 0.27
New Zealand 0.64 0.73 0.56
Malaysia 0.59 1.08 0.11
France 0.59 1.36 -0.18
Poland 0.56 1.14 -0.01
South Africa 0.51 0.52 0.50
Korea 0.50 0.82 0.19
Austria 0.45 0.99 -0.08
Turkey 0.44 0.65 0.23
Spain 0.28 0.54 0.02
Brazil 0.20 0.99 -0.59
Portugal 0.13 0.45 -0.19
Chile 0.11 0.36 -0.15
Egypt 0.04 0.24 -0.17
Mexico 0.03 1.29 -1.23
Philippines 0.03 0.54 -0.48
Greece -0.01 -0.04 0.02
India -0.03 0.32 -0.38
Italy -0.07 0.25 -0.39
Thailand -0.11 -0.07 -0.15
Czech Republic -0.15 0.38 -0.69
Slovak Republic -0.29 -0.08 -0.50
Indonesia -0.32 -0.66 0.02
Mauritius -0.43 -0.69 -0.17
Argentina -0.43 -0.04 -0.82
Zimbabwe -0.50 -0.35 -0.65
Jordan -0.52 -0.84 -0.21
China -0.56 -0.35 -0.78
Costa Rica -0.58 -0.05 -1.10
Vietnam -0.60 -0.51 -0.68
Peru -0.88 -0.24 -1.53
Russia -0.90 -0.34 -1.46
El Salvador -0.99 -0.89 -1.09
Venezuela -1.11 -0.70 -1.52
Ukraine -1.21 -0.93 -1.48
Colombia -1.29 -1.10 -1.49
Bulgaria -1.43 -0.94 -1.92
Ecuador -1.66 -1.31 -2.01
Bolivia -1.69 -1.84 -1.55
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