The UAE was ranked 9th in the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2020. It is the only Arab country to have maintained its position among the top 10 competitive countries for 4 years in a row. The UAE was ranked 3rd in government efficiency, 4th in economic performance and 7th in business efficiency.
The UAE was ranked 9th in the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2020, issued by the World Competitiveness Centre of the World Institute for Management Development (IMD). It is ahead of countries such as the United States of America, Ireland, Finland, Luxembourg, Germany and the United Kingdom. It is the only Arab country to have maintained its position among the top 10 competitive countries for 4 years in a row.
The World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) evaluated 63 countries on 338 indicators which are spread across 4 factors: economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency and infrastructure. Each of these 4 factors are further sub-divided into 5 sub-factors.
The UAE’s performance in the 4 main factors is as follows:
The following chart shows the 20 sub-factors and the UAE’s rank in each of those:
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Image source: IMD World Competitiveness Online
The UAE showed an improvement in 7 sub-factors, including:
The UAE was ranked 1st in 23 indicators. Some of the indicators are:
The UAE was ranked among the top 5 in 59 indicators and in top 10 in 106 indicators.
Read the news coverage on WAM and Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre.
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