1.01 Property rights, 1-7 (best) |
1.02 Intellectual property protection, 1-7 (best) |
1.03 Diversion of public funds, 1-7 (best) |
1.04 Public trust in politicians, 1-7 (best) |
1.05 Irregular payments and bribes, 1-7 (best) |
1.06 Judicial independence, 1-7 (best) |
1.07 Favoritism in decisions of government officials, 1-7 (best) |
1.08 Efficiency of government spending, 1-7 (best) |
1.09 Burden of government regulation, 1-7 (best) |
1.10 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes, 1-7 (best) |
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regs., 1-7 (best) |
1.12 Transparency of government policymaking, 1-7 (best) |
1.13 Business costs of terrorism, 1-7 (best) |
1.14 Business costs of crime and violence, 1-7 (best) |
1.15 Organized crime, 1-7 (best) |
1.16 Reliability of police services, 1-7 (best) |
1.17 Ethical behavior of firms, 1-7 (best) |
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards, 1-7 (best) |
1.19 Efficacy of corporate boards, 1-7 (best) |
1.20 Protection of minority shareholders’ interests, 1-7 (best) |
1.21 Strength of investor protection, 0–10 (best)* |
2.01 Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) |
2.02 Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) |
2.03 Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) |
2.04 Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) |
2.05 Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) |
2.06 Available airline seat km/week, millions* |
2.07 Quality of electricity supply, 1-7 (best) |
2.08 Mobile telephone subscriptions/100 pop.* |
2.09 Fixed telephone lines/100 pop.* |
3.01 Government budget balance, % GDP* |
3.02 Gross national savings, % GDP* |
3.03 Inflation, annual % change* |
3.04 General government debt, % GDP* |
3.05 Country credit rating, 0–100 (best)* |
4.02 Business impact of malaria, 1-7 (best) |
4.01 Malaria cases/100,000 pop.* |
4.04 Business impact of tuberculosis, 1-7 (best) |
4.03 Tuberculosis cases/100,000 pop.* |
4.06 Business impact of HIV/AIDS, 1-7 (best) |
4.05 HIV prevalence, % adult pop.* |
4.07 Infant mortality, deaths/1,000 live births* |
4.08 Life expectancy, years* |
4.09 Quality of primary education, 1-7 (best) |
4.10 Primary education enrollment, net %* |
5.01 Secondary education enrollment, gross %* |
5.02 Tertiary education enrollment, gross %* |
5.03 Quality of the education system, 1-7 (best) |
5.04 Quality of math and science education, 1-7 (best) |
5.05 Quality of management schools, 1-7 (best) |
5.06 Internet access in schools, 1-7 (best) |
5.07 Availability of research and training services, 1-7 (best) |
5.08 Extent of staff training, 1-7 (best) |
6.01 Intensity of local competition, 1-7 (best) |
6.02 Extent of market dominance, 1-7 (best) |
6.03 Effectiveness of anti-monopoly policy, 1-7 (best) |
6.04 Effect of taxation on incentives to invest, 1-7 (best) |
6.05 Total tax rate, % profits* |
6.06 No. procedures to start a business* |
6.07 No. days to start a business* |
6.08 Agricultural policy costs, 1-7 (best) |
6.09 Prevalence of trade barriers, 1-7 (best) |
6.10 Trade tariffs, % duty* |
6.11 Prevalence of foreign ownership, 1-7 (best) |
6.12 Business impact of rules on FDI, 1-7 (best) |
6.13 Burden of customs procedures, 1-7 (best) |
6.14 Imports as a percentage of GDP* |
6.15 Degree of customer orientation, 1-7 (best) |
6.16 Buyer sophistication, 1-7 (best) |
7.01 Cooperation in labor-employer relations, 1-7 (best) |
7.02 Flexibility of wage determination, 1-7 (best) |
7.03 Hiring and firing practices, 1-7 (best) |
7.04 Redundancy costs, weeks of salary* |
7.05 Effect of taxation on incentives to work, 1-7 (best) |
7.06 Pay and productivity, 1-7 (best) |
7.07 Reliance on professional management, 1-7 (best) |
7.08 Country capacity to retain talent, 1-7 (best) |
7.09 Country capacity to attract talent, 1-7 (best) |
7.10 Women in labor force, ratio to men* |
8.01 Financial services meeting business needs, 1-7 (best) |
8.02 Affordability of financial services, 1-7 (best) |
8.03 Financing through local equity market, 1-7 (best) |
8.04 Ease of access to loans, 1-7 (best) |
8.05 Venture capital availability, 1-7 (best) |
8.06 Soundness of banks, 1-7 (best) |
8.07 Regulation of securities exchanges, 1-7 (best) |
8.08 Legal rights index, 0–10 (best)* |
9.01 Availability of latest technologies, 1-7 (best) |
9.02 Firm-level technology absorption, 1-7 (best) |
9.03 FDI and technology transfer, 1-7 (best) |
9.04 Individuals using Internet, %* |
9.05 Fixed broadband Internet subscriptions/100 pop.* |
9.06 Int’l Internet bandwidth, kb/s per user* |
9.07 Mobile broadband subscriptions/100 pop.* |
10.01 Domestic market size index, 1–7 (best)* |
10.02 Foreign market size index, 1–7 (best)* |
10.03 GDP (PPP$ billions)* |
10.04 Exports as a percentage of GDP* |
11.01 Local supplier quantity, 1-7 (best) |
11.02 Local supplier quality, 1-7 (best) |
11.03 State of cluster development, 1-7 (best) |
11.04 Nature of competitive advantage, 1-7 (best) |
11.05 Value chain breadth, 1-7 (best) |
11.06 Control of international distribution, 1-7 (best) |
11.07 Production process sophistication, 1-7 (best) |
11.08 Extent of marketing, 1-7 (best) |
11.09 Willingness to delegate authority, 1-7 (best) |
12.01 Capacity for innovation, 1-7 (best) |
12.02 Quality of scientific research institutions, 1-7 (best) |
12.03 Company spending on R&D, 1-7 (best) |
12.04 University-industry collaboration in R&D, 1-7 (best) |
12.05 Gov’t procurement of advanced tech products, 1-7 (best) |
12.06 Availability of scientists and engineers, 1-7 (best) |
12.07 PCT patents, applications/million pop.* |
Basic requirements |
1st pillar: Institutions |
A. Public institutions |
1. Property rights |
2. Ethics and corruption |
3. Undue influence |
4. Government efficiency |
5. Security |
B. Private institutions |
1. Corporate ethics |
2. Accountability |
2nd pillar: Infrastructure |
A. Transport infrastructure |
B. Electricity and telephony infrastructure |
3rd pillar: Macroeconomic environment |
4th pillar: Health and primary education |
A. Health |
B. Primary education |
Efficiency enhancers |
5th pillar: Higher education and training |
A. Quantity of education |
B. Quality of education |
C. On-the-job training |
6th pillar: Goods market efficiency |
A. Competition |
1. Domestic competition |
2. Foreign competition |
B. Quality of demand conditions |
7th pillar: Labor market efficiency |
A. Flexibility |
B. Efficient use of talent |
8th pillar: Financial market development |
A. Efficiency |
B. Trustworthiness and confidence |
9th pillar: Technological readiness |
A. Technological adoption |
B. ICT use |
10th pillar: Market size |
A. Domestic market size |
B. Foreign market size |
Innovation and sophistication factors |
11th pillar: Business sophistication |
12th pillar: Innovation |
Global Competitiveness Index |