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WCY PRINTED VERSIONThe IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook printed edition with CD-ROM |
The reference on the market
The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) is the leading annual report on the competitiveness of nations and has been published by IMD since 1989.The yearbook benchmarks the performance of 59 countries (the United Arab Emirates has been added in 2011) based on 331 criteria measuring different facets of competitiveness.
- 2/3 hard statistical data (international/national sources)
- 1/3 survey data (Executive Opinion Survey)
- Earliest data on the market every year
Overall ranking and competitiveness factors
Customized rankings
The WCY provides several customized rankings in addition to one global ranking. For example, rankings split by population size, by wealth or by regions (Europe-Middle East-Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas). In addition, the 5-year evolutions of overall and factor rankings are available.
Country profiles
For each of the 59 countries, we have created an in-depth analysis showing overall performance, challenges, competitiveness landscape, greatest improvements and biggest declines, strengths and weaknesses and evolution.
Statistical tables
We have also created criteria rankings of 58 countries (327 tables). These tables enable easy country comparisons.
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"As a university professor and business consultant I find the analysis of the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook extremely useful in my business classes, as well as in my consultancy projects. It is important for businesses to better understand the global environmental changes, among them economic, social, cultural and political ones.
Dr. Magdolna Csath, Professor |
Your next step
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Call World Competitiveness Center +41 (0)21 618 0251 |
