The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 Summary:
Switzerland tops the overall ranking in The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
The United States falls one place to second position, with weakening in
its financial markets and macroeconomic stability. Singapore,
Sweden and Denmark round out the top five. European economies continue
to prevail in the top 10 with Finland, Germany and the Netherlands
following suit. The United Kingdom, while remaining very competitive,
has continued its fall from last year, moving down one more place this
year to 13th, mainly attributable to continuing weakening of its
financial markets.
The rankings are calculated from both publicly available data and
the Executive Opinion Survey, a comprehensive annual survey conducted
by the World Economic Forum together with its network of Partner
Institutes (leading research institutes and business organizations) in
the countries covered by the Report.