Table A2.

Components of national competitiveness by country in 2017

RegionMicroconditions (diamond)Macroconditions
CountryTotalFactor condition (0.967)Demand condition (0.952)Supporting industries (0.948)Strategy and rivalry (0.941)Macroeconomic policy (0.404)Social infra. and [plitical inst. (0.896)
North America
Canada1.1481.2351.0321.0411.1890.2011.198
Mexico−0.281−0.159−0.0500.1160.1170.124−1.385
USA1.7271.9521.7481.9541.4940.1461.418
Europe
Austria1.2211.1660.9281.7451.3550.3330.804
Belgium1.1901.3351.1211.3531.2230.2180.855
Denmark1.1971.2240.8511.2521.3090.3031.262
Finland1.5551.6171.1211.1361.6570.3642.118
France0.9651.2990.5691.2391.0130.1610.676
Germany1.5631.6531.3641.8851.3700.4661.363
Hungary−0.486−0.141−0.407−0.772−0.4500.318−0.674
Ireland0.9670.8890.9270.8470.9870.2031.159
Italy−0.0250.0980.3210.859−0.480−0.098−0.791
Luxembourg1.3481.2331.3340.8791.3470.5191.774
The Netherlands1.6521.7591.1361.7401.7530.2311.790
Norway1.3421.2121.1201.1771.2070.6041.790
Poland−0.045−0.0640.0640.0810.1350.240−0.440
Portugal0.3270.6440.3070.1100.1020.1700.479
Russia−0.393−0.177−0.273−0.360−0.7110.045−0.336
Spain0.3080.5990.0690.6030.298−0.0730.079
Sweden1.5151.5721.3741.5451.5210.4061.411
Switzerland1.9332.0011.8702.1651.4510.4971.969
Turkeyn/a −0.0410.088−0.0380.3570.154n/a 
UK1.3811.4791.1241.4641.3850.2851.361
Asia Pacific
Australia0.9551.0400.7310.6131.2280.0701.187
China0.2580.4450.3740.222−0.3170.1420.601
India0.2230.4040.4810.182−0.234−0.1570.442
Indonesia0.2350.3100.2750.1900.2150.0490.254
Japan1.6261.3471.8562.2661.3010.2621.267
Malaysia0.9721.1051.0941.0050.7400.1920.880
Singapore1.6091.7891.3280.7071.8350.4402.218
South Korea0.7080.8251.2961.1380.1980.493−0.081
Taiwan1.0791.2851.4820.9280.9090.3330.676
Thailand0.0790.1210.820−0.055−0.1120.323−0.429
Other region
Brazil−0.678−0.362−0.373−0.170−0.499−2.047−1.002
Israel0.8871.4180.3371.0570.8560.2480.704
Saudi Arabia0.3190.1790.0790.2770.177−0.6221.261
South Africa0.0160.3130.0070.2070.2960.111−0.710
UAEn/a n/a 1.5321.1301.2650.1872.127
Venezuela−1.922−0.820−1.675−2.231−2.097−0.851−2.261

Note(s): Authors’ calculation. Values in parentheses under column titles are the second-order loading factors from the two-stage principal component analysis

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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