India’s position has remained unchanged at 43 for the third year in a row in the World Competitiveness Ranking by Switzerland-based Institute for Management Development (IMD).

World Competitiveness Ranking

• The IMD World Competitiveness Ranking ranks 64 economies and assesses the extent to which a country promotes the prosperity of its people by measuring economic well-being through hard data and survey responses from executives.
• The ranking examines four factors — economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency, and infrastructure.
• The top-performing economies are characterized by varying degrees of investment in innovation, diversified economic activities, and supportive public policy.

India’s performance

• Among the BRICS nations, India is ranked second after China (16), followed by Russia (45th), Brazil (57th) and South Africa (62th).
• Among the four indices used, India’s ranking in government efficiency increased to 46 from 50 a year ago, while its ranking in other parameters such as economic performance (37), business efficiency (32) and infrastructure (49) remained the same.
• India has maintained its position for the past three years but this year, it had significant improvements in government efficiency.

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