The World Economic Forum has just released their 30th edition of The Global Competitiveness Report (2009-2010) ranking and featuring 133 economies in the world. This report stand out as one of the world's most comprehensive and respected assessment of countries' competitiveness.
The Top 10 ranking for 2009-2010 are:
- 1. Switzerland
- 2. USA
- 3. Singapore
- 4. Sweden
- 5. Denmark
- 6. Finland
- 7. Germany
- 8. Japan
- 9. Canada
- 10. Netherlands
While Singapore has improved its position from the previous 5th to 3rd, Malaysia has falled from 21st to 24th now. Taiwan shows a good progress from 17th to 12ve. Brunei also moved on from 39th to 32nd. Korea dropped from 13th to 19th.
Click here to read the article in The Star highlighting about Malaysia's ranking in the Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
Click here to get more information about the Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010. You can also download the full report there.
1 comments:
Singapore in third place....hmmmm...its not a very competitive place when your business is based on principles like freedom of speech, fair and transparent legal process etc. The fact that Singapore appears anywhere near the top of these rankings does not reflect well on WEF.
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