Global Competitiveness Index 2009-2010 Rank (out of 133) - 12
Ease of Doing Business 2010 Rank (out of 183) - 46
IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2009 (out of 57) - 23
Index of Economic Freedom 2010 Rank (out of 179) - 27
Corruption Perceptions Index 2009 Rank (out of 180) - 37
NATION BRAND PERCEPTION INDEX 2009 (
East West Communications)
Global Rank – 24 / 200
Regional Rank – 7 / 27
Score – 57.097 (mean of 50.0)
2009-2010 Score (1-7) – 5.2
Basic Requirements
Rank – 18
Score (1-7) – 5.5
1st Pillar: Institutions
Rank – 38
Score (1-7) – 4.7
2nd Pillar: Infrastructure
Rank – 16
Score (1-7) – 5.6
3rd Pillar: Macroeconomic Stability
Rank – 25
Score (1-7) – 5.3
4th Pillar: Health and Primary Education
Rank – 15
Score (1-7) – 6.2
Efficiency Enhancers
Rank – 17
Score (1-7) – 5.1
5th Pillar: Higher Education and Training
Rank – 13
Score (1-7) – 5.4
6th Pillar: Goods Market Efficiency
Rank – 14
Score (1-7) – 5.1
7th Pillar: Labor Market Efficiency
Rank – 24
Score (1-7) – 4.8
8th Pillar: Financial Market Sophistication
Rank – 54
Score (1-7) – 4.4
9th Pillar: Technological Readiness
Rank – 18
Score (1-7) – 5.4
10th Pillar: Market Size
Rank – 17
Score (1-7) – 5.2
Innovation and Sophistication Factors
Rank – 8
Score – 5.2
11th Pillar: Business Sophistication
Rank – 13
Score (1-7) – 5.2
12th Pillar: Innovation
Rank – 6
Score (1-7) – 5.3
DOING BUSINESS 2010 (
World Bank-IFC)
Ease of Doing Business 2010 Rank – 46 / 183
Starting a BusinessProcedures (number) – 6
Time (days) – 23
Cost (% of income per capita) – 3.9
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) – 0.0
Dealing with Construction Permits
Procedures (number) – 28
Time (days) – 142
Cost (% of income per capita) – 96.2
Employing Workers
Difficulty of Hiring Index (0-100) – 78
Rigidity of Hours Index (0-100) – 20
Difficulty of Redundancy Index (0-100) – 40
Rigidity of Employment Index (0-100) – 46
Redundancy Cost (weeks of salary) – 91
Registering Property
Procedures (number) – 3
Time (days) – 5
Cost (% of property value) – 6.2
Getting Credit
Strength of Legal Rights Index (0-10) – 4
Depth of Credit Information Index (0-6) – 5
Public Registry Coverage (% of adults) – 0.0
Private Bureau Coverage (% of adults) – 63.2
Protecting Investors
Extent of Disclosure Index (0-10) – 7
Extent of Director Liability Index (0-10) – 4
Ease of Shareholder Suits Index (0-10) – 5
Strength of Investor Protection Index (0-10) – 5.3
Paying Taxes
Payments (number per year) – 18
Time (hours per year) – 281
Total Tax Rate (% of profit) – 40.4
Trading Across Borders
Documents to Export (number) – 7
Time to Export (days) – 13
Cost to Export (US$ per container) – 720
Documents to Import (number) – 7
Time to Import (days) – 12
Cost to Import (US$ per container) – 732
Enforcing Contracts
Procedures (number) – 47
Time (days) – 510
Cost (% of claim) – 17.7
Closing A Business
Time (years) – 1.9
Cost (% of estate) – 4
Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar) - 80.9
IMD WORLD COMPETITIVENESS YEARBOOK 2009 (
IMD)
IMD World Competitiveness Scoreboard 2009 – 23 / 57
INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM 2009 (
The Heritage Foundation)
2010 Global Rank – 27 / 179
Economic Freedom (all scores 0-100) – 70.4
Business Freedom – 83.0
Trade Freedom – 85.8
Fiscal Freedom – 75.9
Government Spending – 90.5
Monetary Freedom – 79.33218
Investment Freedom – 65
Financial Freedom – 50
Property Rights – 70
Freedom from Corruption – 57
Labor Freedom – 47.7
Surveys Used – 9
Confidence Range – 5.4 - 5.9
