Qatar is Arabia’s most economically competitive country, followed by Saudi, UAE and Kuwait

Qatar led Arab countries in The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009, a global index issued annually by the World Economic Forum. The ranking depend on several aspects such as institutions, infrastructure, macroeconomic stability, health and primary education, higher education, goods market efficiency, labor market efficiency, financial market sophistication, market size, business sophistication and innovation.

Majority of Arabian Gulf countries moved up in the report; Qatar moved up from 31 to 26, Saudi Arabia moved up from 35 to 27, UAE moving up 6 positions and ranking 31. Kuwait dropped 5 spots and came 35, Bahrain up from 43 to 37 and Oman up from 42 to 38. Tunisia dropped 4 spots and ranked 36, while Jordan moved up one spot and ranked 48.

Arab countries in World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009:
26. Qatar
27. Saudi Arabia
31. United Arab Emirates
35. Kuwait
36. Tunisia
37. Bahrain
38. Oman
48. Jordan
73. Morocco
78. Syria
81. Egypt
91. Libya
99. Algeria
131. Mauritania

Worldwide, USA maintained its leading ranking, followed Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Singapore, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Japan and Canada.

Top 20 countries in World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009:
1. United States
2. Switzerland
3. Denmark
4. Sweden
5. Singapore
6. Finland
7. Germany
8. Netherlands
9. Japan
10. Canada
11. Hong Kong SAR
12. United Kingdom
13. Korea, Rep
14. Austria
15. Norway
16. France
17. Taiwan, China
18. Australia
19. Belgium
20. Iceland

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2 Comments so far

  1. on October 9, 2008 at 12:27 pm CHG wrote:

    Honduras is not an Arabic country…despite its large arab population..

  2. on October 9, 2008 at 4:45 pm Samer Marzouq wrote:

    oops! I don’t know how it slipped

    thanx CHG for spotting it!

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