The global competitive report

The Global
Competitiveness Report

2009–2010
Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum
Geneva, Switzerland 2009

Professor Klaus Schwab

World Economic Forum
Editor

The Global
Competitiveness Report
2009–2010

Professor Xavier Sala-i-Martin

Columbia University
Chief Advisor of the Global Competitiveness Network

The Global CompetitivenessReport 2009-2010 © 2009 World Economic Forum


The Global Competitiveness Report
2009–2010 is published by the World
Economic Forum within the framework of the
Global Competitiveness Network.

Professor Klaus Schwab

Executive Chairman

Professor Xavier Sala-i-Martin

Chief Advisor of the Global Competitiveness
Network

Robert Greenhill

Chief Business OfficerGLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS NETWORK

Jennifer Blanke, Director, Senior Economist,
Head of Global Competitiveness Network
Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz, Director,
Senior Economist
Irene Mia, Director, Senior Economist
Thierry Geiger, Associate Director,
Economist, Global Leadership Fellow
Ciara Browne, Associate Director
Pearl Samandari, Community Manager
Eva Trujillo Herrera, ResearchAssistant
Carissa Sahli, Coordinator

We thank Hope Steele for her superb editing
work and Neil Weinberg for his excellent
graphic design and layout. We are grateful to
Joelle Latina for her invaluable research
assistance.

The terms country and nation as used in this
report do not in all cases refer to a territorial
entity that is a state as understood by international
law andpractice. The terms cover
well-defined, geographically self-contained
economic areas that may not be states but
for which statistical data are maintained on
a separate and independent basis.

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ISBN-13: 978-92-95044-25-8
ISBN-10: 92-95044-25-8

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Contents

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Preface
by Klaus Schwab
v
xi
Part 1: Measuring Competitiveness
1.1 The Global Competitiveness Index 2009–2010:
Contributing to Long-Term Prosperity amid the
Global Economic Crisis
by Xavier Sala-i-Martin, Jennifer Blanke, Margareta Drzeniek
Hanouz, Thierry Geiger, and Irene Mia
1.2 TheExecutive Opinion Survey:
Capturing the Views of the Business Community
by Ciara Browne and Thierry Geiger
1
3
49

Part 2: Data Presentation

2.1 Country/Economy Profiles 61
How to Read the Country/Economy Profiles ...............................63
List of Countries/Economies .........................................................65
Country/Economy Profiles.............................................................66

2.2 Data Tables 333
How to Read the Data Tables......................................................335
Index of Data Tables....................................................................337
Data Tables ..................................................................................339

Technical Notes and Sources 473
About theAuthors 477
Acknowledgments 479

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