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| World Competitiveness Scoreboard
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| | Rankings |
| Country |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
| USA |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Singapore |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Finland |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| Luxembourg |
4 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
| Netherlands |
5 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| Hong Kong |
6 |
12 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
| Ireland |
7 |
5 |
8 |
7 |
10 |
| Sweden |
8 |
14 |
14 |
16 |
19 |
| Canada |
9 |
8 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
| Switzerland |
10 |
7 |
7 |
9 |
12 |
| Australia |
11 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
15 |
| Germany |
12 |
11 |
12 |
15 |
16 |
| Iceland |
13 |
9 |
13 |
18 |
21 |
| Austria |
14 |
15 |
18 |
24 |
20 |
| Denmark |
15 |
13 |
9 |
10 |
13 |
| Israel |
16 |
21 |
22 |
25 |
25 |
| Belgium |
17 |
19 |
21 |
23 |
23 |
| Taiwan |
18 |
20 |
15 |
14 |
18 |
| U.K. |
19 |
16 |
19 |
13 |
9 |
| Norway |
20 |
17 |
16 |
11 |
5 |
| New Zealand |
21 |
18 |
17 |
17 |
11 |
| Estonia |
22 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spain |
23 |
23 |
20 |
26 |
26 |
| Chile |
24 |
25 |
25 |
27 |
24 |
| France |
25 |
22 |
23 |
22 |
22 |
| Japan |
26 |
24 |
24 |
20 |
17 |
| Hungary |
27 |
26 |
26 |
28 |
37 |
| Korea |
28 |
28 |
41 |
36 |
30 |
| Malaysia |
29 |
27 |
28 |
19 |
14 |
| Greece |
30 |
34 |
32 |
33 |
36 |
| Brazil |
31 |
31 |
34 |
35 |
34 |
| Italy |
32 |
32 |
30 |
31 |
39 |
| China |
33 |
30 |
29 |
21 |
27 |
| Portugal |
34 |
29 |
27 |
29 |
32 |
| Czech Rep. |
35 |
40 |
37 |
37 |
33 |
| Mexico |
36 |
33 |
35 |
34 |
40 |
| Slovak Rep. |
37 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Thailand |
38 |
35 |
36 |
41 |
31 |
| Slovenia |
39 |
36 |
39 |
- |
- |
| Philippines |
40 |
37 |
31 |
32 |
29 |
| India |
41 |
39 |
42 |
38 |
41 |
| South Africa |
42 |
43 |
43 |
42 |
42 |
| Argentina |
43 |
41 |
33 |
30 |
28 |
| Turkey |
44 |
42 |
38 |
39 |
35 |
| Russia |
45 |
47 |
46 |
43 |
46 |
| Colombia |
46 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
| Poland |
47 |
38 |
40 |
44 |
43 |
| Venezuela |
48 |
46 |
44 |
46 |
44 |
| Indonesia |
49 |
44 |
47 |
40 |
38 |
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