| NOTABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES Rank/131 | NOTABLE COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGES Rank/131 |
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1st pillar: Institutions 01.17 Efficacy of corporate boards 3 01.16 Strength of auditing and reporting standards 4 01.05 Judicial independence 6 01.01 Property rights 8 01.18 Protection of minority shareholders’ interests 8 01.02 Intellectual property protection 10 01.03 Diversion of public funds 10 01.07 Wastefulness of government spending 10 01.09 Efficiency of legal framework 11 01.15 Ethical behavior of firms 12 01.14 Reliability of police services 12 01.10 Transparency of government policymaking 12 01.06 Favoritism in decisions of government officials 13 01.04 Public trust of politicians 16 2nd pillar: Infrastructure 02.06 Available seat kilometers (hard data) 8 02.05 Quality of air transport infrastructure 14 02.08 Telephone lines (hard data) 16 3rd pillar: Macroeconomic stability 03.05 Government debt (hard data) 16 4th pillar: Health and primary education 04.02 Malaria incidence (hard data) 1 04.08 Life expectancy (hard data) 3 04.04 Tuberculosis incidence (hard data) 9 04.09 Quality of primary education 12 5th pillar: Higher education and training 05.01 Secondary enrollment (hard data) 1 05.03 Quality of the educational system 8 05.02 Tertiary enrollment (hard data) 13 05.06 Internet access in schools 15 05.05 Quality of management schools 16 05.07 Local availability of specialized research and training services 16 6th pillar: Goods market efficiency 06.06 Number of procedures required to start a business (hard data) 1 06.07 Time required to start a business (hard data) 1 06.03 Effectiveness of anti-monopoly policy 5 06.08 Agricultural policy costs 10 06.01 Intensity of local competition 15 7th pillar: Labor market efficiency 07.04 Rigidity of employment (hard data) 4 07.08 Reliance on professional management 5 07.06 Firing costs (hard data) 6 8th pillar: Financial market sophistication 08.08 Regulation of securities exchanges 2 08.09 Legal rights index (hard data) 3 08.02 Financing through local equity market 6 08.01 Financial market sophistication 8 08.07 Soundness of banks 9 08.04 Venture capital availability 13 08.03 Ease of access to loans 13 9th pillar: Technological readiness 09.06 Internet users (hard data) 4 09.07 Personal computers (hard data) 6 09.02 Firm-level technology absorption 18 10th pillar: Market size 10.01 Domestic market size index (hard data) 17 11th pillar: Business sophistication 11.08 Extent of marketing 12 11.09 Willingness to delegate authority 14 11.02 Local supplier quality 16 12th pillar: Innovation 12.02 Quality of scientific research institutions 15 12.07 Utility patents (hard data) 17 |
1st pillar: Institutions 01.11 Business costs of terrorism 79 01.08 Burden of government regulation 68 01.12 Business costs of crime and violence 26 01.13 Organized crime 24 2nd pillar: Infrastructure 02.04 Quality of port infrastructure 29 02.02 Quality of roads 25 02.07 Quality of electricity supply 23 02.03 Quality of railroad infrastructure 22 02.01 Quality of overall infrastructure 21 3rd pillar: Macroeconomic stability 03.02 National savings rate (hard data) 73 03.04 Interest rate spread (hard data) 66 03.03 Inflation (hard data) 53 03.01 Government surplus/deficit (hard data) 38 4th pillar: Health and primary education 04.01 Business impact of malaria 48 04.11 Education expenditure (hard data) 45 04.05 Business impact of HIV/AIDS 37 04.10 Primary enrollment (hard data) 34 04.06 HIV prevalence (hard data) 25 04.03 Business impact of tuberculosis 22 04.07 Infant mortality (hard data) 22 5th pillar: Higher education and training 05.04 Quality of math and science education 24 05.08 Extent of staff training 20 6th pillar: Goods market efficiency 06.05 Total tax rate (hard data) 83 06.04 Extent and effect of taxation 75 06.10 Trade-weighted tariff rate (hard data) 67 06.12 Business impact of rules on FDI 54 06.11 Prevalence of foreign ownership 25 06.13 Burden of customs procedures 25 06.09 Prevalence of trade barriers 24 06.15 Buyer sophistication 20 06.02 Extent of market dominance 20 06.14 Degree of customer orientation 19 7th pillar: Labor market efficiency 07.02 Flexibility of wage determination 87 07.03 Non-wage labor costs (hard data) 83 07.05 Hiring and firing practices 63 07.01 Cooperation in labor-employer relations 47 07.10 Female participation in labor force (hard data) 42 07.07 Pay and productivity 40 07.09 Brain drain 36 8th pillar: Financial market sophistication 08.05 Restriction on capital flows 50 08.06 Strength of investor protection (hard data) 35 9th pillar: Technological readiness 09.08 Broadband Internet subscribers (hard data) 30 09.05 Mobile telephone subscribers (hard data) 29 09.04 FDI and technology transfer 19 09.03 Laws relating to ICT 19 09.01 Availability of latest technologies 19 10th pillar: Market size 10.02 Foreign market size index (hard data) 36 11th pillar: Business sophistication 11.05 Value chain breadth 86 11.03 State of cluster development 49 11.04 Nature of competitive advantage 43 11.06 Control of international distribution 34 11.01 Local supplier quantity 33 11.07 Production process sophistication 23 12th pillar: Innovation 12.06 Availability of scientists and engineers 34 12.01 Capacity for innovation 30 12.05 Government procurement of advanced technology products 28 12.03 Company spending on R&D 25 12.04 University-industry research collaboration 22 |