Ranking of the top 16 of 125 economies surveyed
Israel is the world's 15th most competitive economy according to The Global Competitiveness Report 2006-2007, recently released by the World Economic Forum. The rankings are drawn from a combination of publicly available hard data and the results of 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. This year, over 11,000 business leaders were polled in a record 125 economies worldwide.
1. Switzerland
2. Finland
3. Sweden
4. Denmark
5. Singapore
6. US
7. Japan
8. Germany
9. Netherlands
10. UK
11. Hong Kong
12. Norway
13. Taiwan, China
14. Iceland
15. Israel
16. Canada