IMD launches country competitiveness “stress test ranking”

The recently published IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2009 shows some significant changes over last years overall rankings, though not much at the top.

Italy lost another few positions, from 46th in 2008 to 50th in 2009. Big and unexpected movements in the middle of the range, though possibly due to the different recession timing in different geographies. It will be interesting how the global recession plays into 2010 rankings:

Particularly noteworthy this year is the aptly-named, newly-reported “Stress Test on Competitiveness” ranking which measures the level of risk and exposure to financial stress. Despite finishing first in the overall 2009 rankings, the United States comes in 28th position in the Stress Test. Denmark is first.

Interesting. Here’s the 2009 scoreboard (PDF file). Original post.