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The Most Competitive? – Urban Projectization

February 9, 2020 by centroidpm Leave a Comment

What makes a country successful from an economic perspective? Many think of this in terms of GDP per capita—but in a rapidly changing world, our definitions of progress have evolved to encompass much more.

This animated Chart of the Week visualizes 10 years of global competitiveness, according to the World Economic Forum, and tracks how rankings have changed in this time.

How Do You Measure Competition?

The WEF’s annual Global Competitiveness Report defines the concept of ‘competitiveness’ as an economy’s productivity—and the institutions, policies, and factors which shape this.

This year’s edition unpacks the national competitiveness of 141 countries, using the newly-introduced Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) 4.0 which looks at four key metrics:

    1. Enabling Environment
      Includes: Institutions, Infrastructure, ICT Adoption*, Macroeconomic Activity
      *Refers to information and communications technology
    2. Human Capital
      Includes: Health, Skills
    3. Markets
      Includes: Product Market, Labor Market, Financial System, Market Size
    4. Innovation Ecosystem
      Includes: Business Dynamics, Innovation Capability

Each country’s overall competitiveness score is an average of these 12 main pillars of productivity. With that out of the way, let’s dive into the countries which emerge triumphant.

The Most Competitive: Movers and Shakers

The world’s top countries excel in many fields—but there can only be one #1. In 2019, Singapore wins the coveted “most competitive economy” title, with a 84.8 score on the GCI.

The nation’s developed infrastructure, health, labor market, and financial system have all propelled it forward—swapping with the U.S. (83.7) for the top spot. However, more can be done, as the report notes Singapore still lacks press freedom and demonstrates a low commitment to sustainability.

How have the current scores of the most competitive economies improved or fallen behind, compared to 2018?

Rank Economy 2019 Score 2018 Score 2018-2019 Change
#1 🇸🇬 Singapore 84.8 83.5 +1.3
#2 🇺🇸 United States 83.7 85.6 -2
#3 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 83.1 82.3 +0.9
#4 🇳🇱 Netherlands 82.4 82.4 0
#5 🇨🇭 Switzerland 82.3 82.6 -0.3
#6 🇯🇵 Japan 82.3 82.5 -0.2
#7 🇩🇪 Germany 81.8 82.8 -1
#8 🇸🇪 Sweden 81.2 81.7 -0.4
#9 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 81.2 82 -0.8
#10 🇩🇰 Denmark 81.2 80.6 +0.6

Finland (80.2) and Canada (79.6) are notable exits from this top 10 list over the years. Meanwhile, Denmark (81.2) disappeared from the rankings for five years, but managed to climb back up in 2018.

Regional Competitiveness: Highs and Lows

Another perspective on the most competitive economies is to look at how countries fare within regions, and how these regions compete among each other.

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has the widest gap in competitiveness scores—Israel (76.7) scores over double that of poorest-performing Yemen (35.5). Interestingly, the MENA region showed the most progress, growing its median score by 2.77% between 2018-2019.

The narrowest gap is actually in South Asia, with just a single-digit difference between India (61.4) and Nepal (51.6). However, the region also grew the slowest, with only 0.08% increase in median score over a year.

Region Best Performer 2019 Score Worst Performer 2019 Score Regional
Gap
Europe and North America 🇺🇸 United States 83.7 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina 54.7 29
Latin America and the Caribbean 🇨🇱 Chile 70.5 🇭🇹 Haiti 36.3 34.2
East Asia and Pacific 🇸🇬 Singapore 84.8 🇱🇦 Laos 50.1 34.7
South Asia 🇮🇳 India 61.4 🇳🇵 Nepal 51.6 9.8
Eurasia 🇷🇺 Russia 66.7 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 52.4 14.3
Middle East and North Africa 🇮🇱 Israel 76.7 🇾🇪 Yemen 35.5 41.2
Sub-Saharan Africa 🇲🇺 Mauritius 64.3 🇹🇩 Chad 35.1 29.2

Across all regions, the WEF found that East Asia’s 73.9 median score was the highest. Europe and North America were not far behind with a 70.9 median score. This is consistent with the fact that the most competitive economies have all come from these regions in the past decade.

As all these countries race towards the frontier—an ideal state where productivity growth is not constrained—the report notes that competitiveness “does not imply a zero-sum game”. Instead, any and all countries are capable of improving their productivity according to the GCI measures.

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