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    World Competitiveness Ranking

    A comprehensive annual report and a globally renowned reference point for governments and the private sector

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    World Competitiveness Ranking

    A comprehensive annual report and a globally renowned reference point for governments and the private sector

    Read the white paper

    A word on “competitiveness”

    An economy’s competitiveness cannot be reduced to its GDP, productivity, or employment levels; it can be gauged only by considering a complex matrix of political, social, and cultural dimensions.

    Economic competitiveness is synonymous with people’s quality of life, and governments play just as important a role as companies. How? Why? And in what ways does the constantly evolving macroeconomic landscape have an impact?

    The IMD World Competitiveness Center, with its flagship World Competitiveness Ranking, has for 37 years provided data and analysis on just this.

    It takes a global, regional, sub-regional, economic, and “people” lens, using external hard data and the results of a home-grown survey of senior executives in 69 global economies.

    The latest edition was released in June 2025.

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    Government efficiency is key to fighting social divides and keeping economies afloat
    Switzerland, Singapore, and Hong Kong have been named the world’s most competitive economies in the 2025 IMD World Competitiveness Ranking, with Canada, Germany, and Luxembourg the most improved within the top 20.

    The results, report, and accompanying white paper for executives paint a picture of a shifting global landscape. Regional disparities persist, fresh momentum is emerging in Eastern Asia, Western Europe, Western Asia, Africa, and South America, and government efficiency is becoming a cornerstone for long-term resilience. Efficiency encompasses agility, inclusiveness, and forward-looking policy frameworks.

    “Strong currencies are emerging as an indicator of long-term success,” said Arturo Bris, Director of the World Competitiveness Center. “At the same time, the reorganization of global trade networks is exposing how accessible countries have been acting in their best interests, and consensus is revealing itself to be a good thing for economies, in stark contrast to the effects of polarization.”

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    Arturo Bris, WCC Director, reacting to the 2025 results:

    “In a fragmented world, in the context of a trade war with economies protecting their own assets and investments, it’s important that the private and public sector work together.”

    World Competitiveness Booklet 2025

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