Global Competitiveness Report

Greece's position in terms of competitiveness fell by just one position compared to last year, according to data from Swiss-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD) published today. The country is now in 47th place in the relevant ranking, falling from 46th place last year, among 63 countries.

BELGRADE - Serbia ranks 78th out of 138 countries in the World Economic Forum's 2017 Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) after moving up 12 positions from last year, the Serbian Association of Managers (SAM) announced on Wednesday.

Serbia's index is 4.14 - the country's best result since 2010.

Greece has dropped 27 places in the latest Economic Freedom of the World report compiled by the Fraser Institute think tank in Canada, falling to 116th among 159 countries, just days after learning it had also sunk on the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index.

Just like a year ago, Serbia made the biggest progress in WEF's Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) in terms of macroeconomic indicators (by 31 positions).

Serbia is up 12 places in the latest the World Economic Forum's 2017 Global Competitiveness Index (GCI).

Serbia ranks 78th out of 138 countries, it was announced on Wednesday.

This is country's best result since 2010, representatives of the Serbian Association of Managers (SAM) and the Foundation for the Advancement of Economics (FREN) have told a news conference.

According to the Global Competitiveness Index released by World Economic Forum (WEF), Turkey has fallen 10 places compared to two years ago.

While our country was in the 45th slot in 2014-2015, Turkey was in 51st place last year out of 140 countries, while in the 2016-2017 index Turkey is in 55th slot. 

Turkey has dropped four places to 55th from among 138 countries in the World Bank's latest Global Competitiveness Index.

Greece has seen its competitiveness drop five places to 86th in a list of 138 countries, according to the Global Competitiveness Report 2016-17 released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday.

If you thought my last column painted a gloomy picture of the Turkish economy, you should know that you didn?t see even half of it. Space constraints prevented me from going over the plunge in exports, lending, and the Central Bank?s reserves as well as several reports.

The largest improvement in Serbia’s macroeconomic indicators was recorded for inflation, the NBS said, quoting the WEF Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015.

The country moved in a shot from 127th to 1st position in terms of this criterion, according to the central bank.