United States Competitiveness Index 2007-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

The United States scored 5.85 points out of 7 on the 2017-2018 Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. Competitiveness Index in the United States averaged 5.61 Points from 2007 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 5.85 Points in 2018 and a record low of 5.42 Points in 2012.

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United States Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	61.30	58.10	77.50	29.40	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	55.60	54.70	57.90	50.70		[+]
Services PMI	52.90	54.80	61.00	49.30	Index Points	[+]
Non Manufacturing PMI	58.50	55.70	62.00	37.60		[+]
Composite Pmi	53.40	54.70	61.00	50.00	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	4.90	4.00	62.00	-33.70	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.40	0.40	16.60	-10.40	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	3.10	2.60	67.90	-39.40	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	78.08	77.90	89.39	66.71	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders	-1.70	0.70	23.50	-19.00	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense	-1.00	1.20	26.00	-19.70	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transportation	0.20	0.10	7.50	-6.80	percent	[+]
Factory Orders Ex Transportation	0.20	0.40	4.60	-7.20	percent	[+]
New Orders	497754.00	501718.00	565232.00	223500.00	USD Million	[+]
Factory Orders	-0.80	0.60	10.60	-10.00	percent	[+]
Business Inventories	0.60	0.10	1.30	-2.00	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	-26.93	30.34	166.37	-245.13	USD Billion	[+]
Wholesale Inventories	0.60	0.10	2.10	-2.00	percent	[+]
Bankruptcies	22245.00	23106.00	82446.00	19695.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	2012.60	1965.30	2012.60	14.70	USD Billion	[+]
NFIB Business Optimism Index	108.80	107.90	108.80	80.10	Index Points	[+]
Ism New York Index	76.50	75.00	88.80	23.40	percent	[+]
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	22.90	11.90	58.50	-57.90	Index Points	[+]
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	19.00	25.60	39.00	-35.10	Index Points	[+]
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	24.00	20.00	27.00	-44.00	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Fed National Activity Index	0.18	0.18	2.76	-5.21		[+]
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index	28.10	30.90	47.10	-60.10	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Pmi	63.60	65.50	81.00	20.70	Index Points	[+]
Car Production	2.45	3.00	9.92	1.29	Million Units	[+]
Car Registrations	445.58	464.21	1149.00	331.50	Thousand	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	16.72	16.77	21.77	9.05	Million	[+]
Crude Oil Stocks Change	-2.06	-5.30	14.42	-15.22	BBL/1Million	[+]
Natural Gas Stocks Change	86.00	69.00	147.00	-359.00	Billion cf	[+]
Gasoline Stocks Change	-1719.00	1250.00	11456.00	-8428.00	Thousand Barrels	[+]
Leading Economic Index	123.61	123.25	123.61	46.91	Index Points	[+]
Internet Speed	18747.58	17235.62	18747.58	3609.31	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	128949703.00	127873899.00	146874246.00	89399946.00	IP	[+]
API Crude Oil Stock Change	1.25	-8.64	14.30	-12.40	BBL/1Million	[+]
Crude Oil Rigs	866.00	867.00	1609.00	98.00		[+]
Corruption Index	75.00	74.00	78.00	71.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	16.00	18.00	24.00	14.00		[+]
Competitiveness Index	5.85	5.70	5.85	5.42	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	2.00	3.00	7.00	1.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	6.00	8.00	8.00	4.00		[+]
Steel Production	7275.00	6847.00	11951.00	3799.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Mining Production	14.10	12.70	108.20	-28.80	percent	[+]

United States Competitiveness Index

The most recent 2017-2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 137 economies. The report is made up of over 110 variables, of which two thirds come from the Executive Opinion Survey representing the sample of business leaders, and one third comes from publicly available sources such as the United Nations. The variables are organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions, infrastructure, macroeconomic framework, health and primary education and higher education and training. The GCI score varies between 1 and 7 scale, higher average score means higher degree of competitiveness. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Competitiveness Index - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Competitiveness Index - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	5.85	5.70	5.85	5.42	2007 - 2018	Points	Yearly

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competitiveness index by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Argentina	3.95	Dec/18	3.81	4.02	3.76	Points	Yearly
Australia	5.19	Dec/18	5.19	5.2	5.08	Points	Yearly
Brazil	4.14	Dec/18	4.06	4.4	3.98	Points	Yearly
Canada	5.35	Dec/18	5.27	5.37	5.2	Points	Yearly
China	5.00	Dec/18	4.95	5	4.55	Points	Yearly
France	5.18	Dec/18	5.2	5.21	5.05	Points	Yearly
Germany	5.65	Dec/18	5.57	5.65	5.37	Points	Yearly
India	4.59	Dec/18	4.52	4.59	4.2	Points	Yearly
Indonesia	4.68	Dec/18	4.52	4.68	4.18	Points	Yearly
Italy	4.54	Dec/18	4.5	4.54	4.3	Points	Yearly
Japan	5.49	Dec/18	5.48	5.5	5.36	Points	Yearly
Mexico	4.44	Dec/18	4.41	4.44	4.18	Points	Yearly
Netherlands	5.66	Dec/18	5.57	5.66	5.32	Points	Yearly
Russia	4.64	Dec/18	4.51	4.64	4.13	Points	Yearly
Saudi Arabia	4.83	Dec/18	4.84	5.19	4.54	Points	Yearly
Singapore	5.71	Dec/18	5.72	5.72	5.44	Points	Yearly
South Africa	4.32	Dec/18	4.47	4.54	4.31	Points	Yearly
South Korea	5.07	Dec/18	5.03	5.39	4.93	Points	Yearly
Spain	4.70	Dec/18	4.68	4.71	4.49	Points	Yearly
Switzerland	5.86	Dec/18	5.81	5.86	5.54	Points	Yearly
Turkey	4.42	Dec/18	4.39	4.46	4.13	Points	Yearly
United Kingdom	5.51	Dec/18	5.49	5.56	5.18	Points	Yearly
United States	5.85	Dec/18	5.7	5.85	5.42	Points	Yearly