Expat hotspots top global competitive ranking

By Kirsten Hastings, 1 Jun 17

Hong Kong and Singapore ranked first and third as the most competitive countries in the world, with Switzerland coming in second, according to the 2017 IMD World Competitiveness Ranking.

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2017 Ranking	Country	2016 Ranking
1	Hong Kong	1
2	Switzerland	2
3	Singapore	4
4	United States	3
5	Netherlands	8
6	Ireland	7
7	Denmark	6
8	Luxembourg	11
9	Sweden	5
10	UAE	15
11	Norway	9
12	Canada	10
13	Germany	12
14	Taiwan	14
15	Finland	20
16	New Zealand	16
17	Qatar	13
18	Mainland China	25
19	United Kingdom	18
20	Iceland	23
21	Australia	17
22	Israel	21
23	Belgium	22
24	Malaysia	19
25	Austria	24
26	Japan	26
27	Thailand	28
28	Czech Republic	27
29	Korea Republic	29
30	Estonia	31
31	France	32
32	Kazakhstan	47
33	Lithuania	30
34	Spain	34
35	Chile	36
36	Saudi Arabia	New Entry
37	Cyprus	New Entry
38	Poland	33
39	Portugal	39
40	Latvia	37
41	Philippines	42
42	Indonesia	48
43	Slovenia	43
44	Italy	35
45	India	41
46	Russia	44
47	Turkey	38
48	Mexico	45
49	Bulgaria	50
50	Romania	49
51	Slovak Republic	40
52	Hungary	46
53	South Africa	52
54	Colombia	51
55	Peru	54
56	Jordan	53
57	Greece	56
58	Argentina	55
59	Croatia	58
60	Ukraine	59
61	Brazil	57
62	Mongolia	60
63	Venezuela	61