1、IMD World Competitiveness Booklet2026World CompetitivenessCenter2IMD,IMD REAL LEARNING.REAL IMPACT,and IMD WORLD COMPETITIVENESS YEARBOOK are trademarks of IMD International Institute for Management DevelopmentChoose the product that meets your needsVisit our e-shop:www.wcceshop.orgJune 2026IMD WORL
2、D COMPETITIVENESS BOOKLET 2026ISBN-13 978-2-940485-66-6ISSN 1026-2628Copyright 2026IMD International Institute for Management Development23,Ch.de BelleriveP.O.Box 915CH-1001 LausanneSwitzerlande-mail:wccinfoimd.org Internet:www.imd.org/wcc Database:https:/worldcompetitiveness.imd.org/3This booklet i
3、s just a summary.The complete Yearbook with full profjles and all the statistics is available digitally and in print.Visit our e-shop:www.wcceshop.orgTable of ContentsPreface4The IMD World Competitiveness Center7Partner Institutes8Analysis The power of reliable institutions:Buffering against geopoli
4、tical shocks17The Rule of Law:A Quiet Advantage Amid the Rumble of a Fragmented World18Geopolitical volatility and its interplay with business confjdence32Top 10 Overview52Rankings in a Nutshell63What is the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking?642026 Overall Results 66Methodology68Selected Breakdowns7
5、0Factor Rankings84Ceppee Pe Ecpe89Statistical Tables161Factor I:Economic Performance162Factor II:Government Effjciency164Factor III:Business Effjciency166Factor IV:Infrastructure1684Every year I am asked the same question:what makes an economy competitive?And every year,the honest answer drifts a li
6、ttle further from the textbook one.Costs matter.Scale matters.Talent,technology,infrastructure,and market access all matter.And yet,none of them explain why in a world that is visibly fragmenting capital,people,and trust keep gravitating toward the same handful of places.They arent always the cheape