Most competitive nations

The U.S. was knocked out of the top spot of the world’s most competitive economies – a position it has held since 2013 – after being overtaken by Hong Kong and Switzerland

2016 rankings
2015 rankings
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Hong Kong
Switzerland
U.S.
Singapore
Sweden
Denmark
Ireland
Netherlands
Norway
Canada
Lux.
Germany
Qatar
Taiwan
UAE
N. Zealand
Australia
UK
Malaysia
Finland
2
4
1
3
9
8
16
15
7
5
6
10
10
11
12
17
18
19
14
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
Israel
Belgium
Iceland
Austria
China
Japan
Czech Rep.
Thailand
Korea Rep.
Lithuania
Estonia
France
Poland
Spain
Italy
Chile
Latvia
Turkey
Portugal
Slovakia
21
23
24
26
22
27
29
30
25
28
31
32
33
37
38
35
43
40
36
46

Source: IMD World Competitiveness Center
Picture: Associated Press