Table 3. National, home region and...

Table 3.

National, home region and global competitiveness by country

Region	National			(Rest of) home region			Global
Country	1999	2008	2017	1999	2008	2017	1999	2008	2017
North America							0.94	0.70	0.54
Canada	1.80	1.37	1.15	1.93	1.41	1.60
Mexico	−0.05	−0.31	−0.28	2.04	1.52	1.67
USA	2.06	1.55	1.73	0.91	0.65	0.53
Europe							1.33	0.90	0.83
Austria	N/A	1.73	1.22	N/A	0.89	0.82
Belgium	1.26	1.39	1.19	1.19	0.89	0.82
Denmark	1.74	1.88	1.20	1.18	0.89	0.83
Finland	1.91	1.75	1.55	1.18	0.89	0.82
France	1.62	1.37	0.97	1.12	0.83	0.81
Germany	1.64	1.79	1.56	1.07	0.73	0.68
Hungary	−0.05	−0.28	−0.49	1.20	0.91	0.84
Ireland	1.06	1.11	0.97	1.19	0.90	0.83
Italy	0.57	−0.13	−0.03	1.28	1.02	0.92
Luxembourg	N/A	1.11	1.35	N/A	0.90	0.83
The Netherlands	1.90	1.68	1.65	1.16	0.87	0.80
Norway	1.04	1.50	1.34	1.19	0.89	0.82
Poland	−0.38	−0.26	−0.05	1.22	0.93	0.85
Portugal	0.30	0.40	0.33	1.20	0.91	0.84
Russia	−1.44	−0.59	−0.39	1.24	1.02	0.93
Spain	0.79	0.70	0.31	1.22	0.92	0.87
Sweden	1.80	1.86	1.52	1.17	0.88	0.81
Switzerland	1.75	1.88	1.93	1.17	0.88	0.79
Turkey	N/A	−0.17	N/A	N/A	0.94	N/A
UK	1.56	1.12	1.38	1.12	0.87	0.75
Asia Pacific							1.44	0.94	0.97
Australia	1.45	1.35	0.96	0.81	0.75	0.57
China	−0.56	0.17	0.26	1.06	1.04	0.83
India	−0.49	0.41	0.22	0.92	0.82	0.62
Indonesia	N/A	0.23	0.23	N/A	0.81	0.60
Japan	1.38	1.42	1.63	0.12	0.48	0.36
Malaysia	0.23	0.88	0.97	0.84	0.79	0.58
Singapore	1.48	1.70	1.61	0.83	0.78	0.57
South Korea	0.24	1.18	0.71	0.88	0.76	0.58
Taiwan	0.99	1.18	1.08	0.83	0.78	0.57
Thailand	−0.20	0.15	0.08	0.85	0.80	0.59
Other region							1.36	1.03	0.97
Brazil	N/A	−0.27	−0.68	N/A	−0.18	−0.22
Israel	0.70	0.72	0.89	−0.22	−0.24	−0.39
Saudi Arabia	N/A	0.44	0.32	N/A	−0.26	−0.40
South Africa	0.00	0.51	0.02	−0.17	−0.25	−0.35
UAE	N/A	1.10	N/A	N/A	−0.27	N/A
Venezuela	−1.05	−1.41	−1.92	−0.10	−0.15	−0.34

Region	National			(Rest of) home region			Global
Country	1999	2008	2017	1999	2008	2017	1999	2008	2017
North America							0.94	0.70	0.54
Canada	1.80	1.37	1.15	1.93	1.41	1.60
Mexico	−0.05	−0.31	−0.28	2.04	1.52	1.67
USA	2.06	1.55	1.73	0.91	0.65	0.53
Europe							1.33	0.90	0.83
Austria	N/A	1.73	1.22	N/A	0.89	0.82
Belgium	1.26	1.39	1.19	1.19	0.89	0.82
Denmark	1.74	1.88	1.20	1.18	0.89	0.83
Finland	1.91	1.75	1.55	1.18	0.89	0.82
France	1.62	1.37	0.97	1.12	0.83	0.81
Germany	1.64	1.79	1.56	1.07	0.73	0.68
Hungary	−0.05	−0.28	−0.49	1.20	0.91	0.84
Ireland	1.06	1.11	0.97	1.19	0.90	0.83
Italy	0.57	−0.13	−0.03	1.28	1.02	0.92
Luxembourg	N/A	1.11	1.35	N/A	0.90	0.83
The Netherlands	1.90	1.68	1.65	1.16	0.87	0.80
Norway	1.04	1.50	1.34	1.19	0.89	0.82
Poland	−0.38	−0.26	−0.05	1.22	0.93	0.85
Portugal	0.30	0.40	0.33	1.20	0.91	0.84
Russia	−1.44	−0.59	−0.39	1.24	1.02	0.93
Spain	0.79	0.70	0.31	1.22	0.92	0.87
Sweden	1.80	1.86	1.52	1.17	0.88	0.81
Switzerland	1.75	1.88	1.93	1.17	0.88	0.79
Turkey	N/A	−0.17	N/A	N/A	0.94	N/A
UK	1.56	1.12	1.38	1.12	0.87	0.75
Asia Pacific							1.44	0.94	0.97
Australia	1.45	1.35	0.96	0.81	0.75	0.57
China	−0.56	0.17	0.26	1.06	1.04	0.83
India	−0.49	0.41	0.22	0.92	0.82	0.62
Indonesia	N/A	0.23	0.23	N/A	0.81	0.60
Japan	1.38	1.42	1.63	0.12	0.48	0.36
Malaysia	0.23	0.88	0.97	0.84	0.79	0.58
Singapore	1.48	1.70	1.61	0.83	0.78	0.57
South Korea	0.24	1.18	0.71	0.88	0.76	0.58
Taiwan	0.99	1.18	1.08	0.83	0.78	0.57
Thailand	−0.20	0.15	0.08	0.85	0.80	0.59
Other region							1.36	1.03	0.97
Brazil	N/A	−0.27	−0.68	N/A	−0.18	−0.22
Israel	0.70	0.72	0.89	−0.22	−0.24	−0.39
Saudi Arabia	N/A	0.44	0.32	N/A	−0.26	−0.40
South Africa	0.00	0.51	0.02	−0.17	−0.25	−0.35
UAE	N/A	1.10	N/A	N/A	−0.27	N/A
Venezuela	−1.05	−1.41	−1.92	−0.10	−0.15	−0.34

Note(s): Calculated based on Global Competitiveness Report by National Economic Forum (1998, 2008, 2017)

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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