The United Kingdom is the 9 most competitive nation in the world out of 140 countries ranked in the 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. source: World Economic Forum

Competitiveness Rank in the United Kingdom averaged 9.08 from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 13 in 2010 and a record low of 2 in 2007. This page provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Competitiveness Rank - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United Kingdom Competitiveness Rank - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on October of 2021.

Competitiveness Rank in the United Kingdom is expected to reach 11.00 by the end of 2020, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Competitiveness Rank is projected to trend around 11.00 in 2021, according to our econometric models.

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United Kingdom Competitiveness Rank


United Kingdom Last Unit Reference Previous Highest Lowest
Competitiveness Rank 9.00 Dec/19 8.00 13.00 2.00
Competitiveness Index 81.20 Points Dec/19 81.99 82.11 5.18


United Kingdom Competitiveness Rank
The most recent 2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 140 economies. In 2018, the World Economic Forum introduced a new methodology emphasizing the role of human capital, innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers but also defining features of economic success in the 4th Industrial Revolution. As a result, the GCI scale changed to 1 to 100 from 1 to 7, with higher average score meaning higher degree of competitiveness. The report is made up of 98 variables organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions; infrastructure; ICT adoption; macroeconomic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability.