Global Competitiveness Report

The Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) is a ranking of the economies with the highest growth opportunities created by the World Economic Forum (WEF ). It analyzes 144 economies. The report is based on the Global Competitiveness Index ( GCI). Data on infrastructure, health, education, efficiency of product markets, labor market efficiency, technological development level, etc. The classification is based on the analysis of publicly available data and interviews with business leaders: In the index a flow.

2012

The twelve top rankings were dominated in 2012 by North European countries. 2007, the U.S. imported the list yet. In the last four years, Switzerland was the top. In 2012, Germany passed the first time the United States: Germany finished sixth, the seventh United States. Germany received praise for its innovative power and good infrastructure. In the category of " flexibility of wage determination " there is Germany, however, only ranked 139 out of 144 seats, as well as the dismissal was poorly rated.