The Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2019 Rankings

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Report by World Economic Forum could be downloaded at this site:

https://www.weforum.org/reports/how-to-end-a-decade-of-lost-productivity-growth

It is one of the best rankings of comperehensive total country strength and competitiveness.

It has over 100 metrics combined into one score on 0-100 scale.

The parameters are good and could be used to make own analyses for various purposes.

Covering 141 economies, the Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 measures national competitiveness—defined as the set of institutions, policies and factors that determine the level of productivity.

2019		Diff. from 2018
Rank	Economy		Score1	Rank	Score
1	Singapore		84.8	+1	+1.3
2	United States		83.7	–1	-2.0
3	Hong Kong SAR		83.1	+4	+0.9
4	Netherlands		82.4	+2	—
5	Switzerland		82.3	–1	–0.3
6	Japan		82.3	–1	–0.2
7	Germany		81.8	–4	–1.0
8	Sweden		81.2	+1	–0.4
9	United Kingdom		81.2	–1	–0.8
10	Denmark		81.2	—	+0.6
11	Finland		80.2	—	—
12	Taiwan, China		80.2	+1	+1.0
13	Korea, Rep.		79.6	+2	+0.8
14	Canada		79.6	–2	–0.3
15	France		78.8	+2	+0.8
16	Australia		78.7	–2	–0.1
17	Norway		78.1	–1	–0.1
18	Luxembourg		77.0	+1	+0.4
19	New Zealand		76.7	–1	–0.8
20	Israel		76.7	—	+0.1
21	Austria		76.6	+1	+0.3
22	Belgium		76.4	–1	–0.2
23	Spain		75.3	+3	+1.1
24	Ireland		75.1	–1	–0.6
25	United Arab Emirates		75.0	+2	+1.6
26	Iceland		74.7	–2	+0.2
27	Malaysia		74.6	–2	+0.2
28	China		73.9	—	+1.3
29	Qatar		72.9	+1	+1.9
30	Italy		71.5	+1	+0.8
31	Estonia		70.9	+1	+0.2
32	Czech Republic		70.9	–3	–0.3
33	Chile		70.5	—	+0.3
34	Portugal		70.4	—	+0.2
35	Slovenia		70.2	—	+0.6
36	Saudi Arabia		70.0	+3	+2.5
37	Poland		68.9	—	+0.7
38	Malta		68.5	–2	–0.2
39	Lithuania		68.4	+1	+1.2
40	Thailand		68.1	–2	+0.6
41	Latvia		67.0	+1	+0.7
42	Slovak Republic		66.8	–1	–0.1
43	Russian Federation		66.7	—	+1.1
44	Cyprus		66.4	—	+0.8
45	Bahrain		65.4	+5	+1.7
46	Kuwait		65.1	+8	+3.0
47	Hungary		65.1	+1	+0.8