The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a Swiss nonprofit foundation whose mission is "improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas". The WEF publishes a Global Competitiveness Report every year since 2004. In this report countries are ranked based on the Global Competitiveness Index.

"The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 assesses the competitiveness landscape of 140 economies, providing insight into the drivers of their productivity and prosperity. The Report series remains the most comprehensive assessment of national competitiveness worldwide".

According to the Global Competitiveness Index 2015–2016 countries rank as it follows:

1. Switzerland

2. Singapore

3. Unites States

4. Germany

5. Netherlands

6. Japan

7. Hong Kong SAR

8. Finland

9. Sweden

10. United Kigdom

11. Norway

12. Denmark

13. Canada

14. Qatar

15. Taiwan, China

16. New Zealand

17. UAE

18. Malaysia

19. Belgium

20. Luxembourg


Source:
http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2015-2016/report-highlights/