Urenio Watch Watch: Knowledge Economy

Global Competitiveness Report 2006-2007

Switzerland, Finland and Sweden are the world’s most competitive economies according to The Global Competitiveness Report 2006-2007, released by the World Economic Forum on 26 September 2006. Denmark, Singapore, the United States, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom complete the top ten list, but the United States shows the most pronounced drop, falling from first to sixth.

Country Rankings 2006-2007

  1. Switzerland
  2. Finland
  3. Sweden
  4. Denmark
  5. Singapore
  6. US
  7. Japan
  8. Germany
  9. Netherlands
  10. UK
  11. Hong Kong
  12. Norway
  13. Taiwan,China
  14. Iceland
  15. Israel
  16. Canada

The rankings are drawn from a combination of publicly available hard data and the results of the Executive Opinion Survey, a comprehensive annual survey conducted by the World Economic Forum, together with its network of Partner Institutes (leading research institutes and business organizations) in the countries covered by the Report. This year, over 11,000 business leaders were polled in a record 125 economies worldwide.

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