GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS 2011-2012 OF EU COUNTRIES

The World Economic Forum's Center for Global Competiveness and Performance reviews the business operating environment and competitiveness of 142 economies worldwide. The report identifies the advantages as well as the impediments to national growth. Among EU countries only  Sweden, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark and the United Kingdom rank among the top 10 out of 142 countries. Here below is the complete ranking of the 27 EU Member States: Sweden (3), Finland (4), Germany (6), Netherlands (7), Denmark (8), United Kingdom (10) Belgium (15), France (18), Austria (19), Luxembourg (23) Ireland (29), Estonia (33), Spain (36), Czech Republic (38), Poland (41), Italy (43), Lithuania (44), Portugal (45), Cyprus (47), Hungary (48), Malta (51), Slovenia (57), Latvia (64), Slovakia (69), Bulgaria (74), Romania (77) and Greece (90)