France is the 15 most competitive nation in the world out of 140 countries ranked in the 2018 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. source: World Economic Forum

Competitiveness Rank in France averaged 18.23 from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 23 in 2014 and a record low of 15 in 2007. This page provides the latest reported value for - France Competitiveness Rank - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. France Competitiveness Rank - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on May of 2021.

Competitiveness Rank in France is expected to reach 17.00 by the end of 2020, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the France Competitiveness Rank is projected to trend around 17.00 in 2021, according to our econometric models.

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France Competitiveness Rank

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
15.00 17.00 23.00 15.00 2007 - 2019 Yearly

France Business Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Business Confidence 104.00 99.00 124.00 67.00 points [+]
Manufacturing PMI 58.90 59.30 59.30 31.50 points [+]
Services PMI 50.30 48.20 62.90 10.20 points [+]
Composite PMI 51.60 50.00 60.30 11.10 points [+]
Industrial Production 13.70 -6.60 13.70 -35.00 percent [+]
Industrial Production Mom 0.80 -4.80 19.30 -20.60 percent [+]
Manufacturing Production 15.70 -7.10 68.90 -37.90 percent [+]
Capacity Utilization 75.58 74.42 90.30 66.80 percent [+]
New Orders -25.00 -28.90 25.90 -65.20 points [+]
Bankruptcies 151.00 136.00 811.00 125.00 Companies [+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index 66.70 63.40 79.80 -63.90 [+]
Car Registrations 140380.00 182624.00 292625.00 20997.00 [+]
Internet Speed 10756.57 10015.55 10756.57 3070.86 KBps [+]
IP Addresses 29887339.00 27078127.00 29887339.00 14688459.00 IP [+]
Mining Production 49.70 2.80 49.70 -57.30 percent [+]
Steel Production 1154.61 1149.15 2466.00 643.00 Thousand Tonnes [+]
Corruption Index 69.00 69.00 75.00 63.00 Points [+]
Corruption Rank 23.00 23.00 26.00 18.00 [+]
Ease of Doing Business 32.00 32.00 38.00 26.00 [+]
Electricity Production 47827.27 47795.71 61424.00 31896.00 Gigawatt-hour [+]
Changes In Inventories 390.00 4861.00 11370.00 -5934.00 EUR Million [+]
Competitiveness Index 78.81 78.01 78.81 5.05 Points [+]
Competitiveness Rank 15.00 17.00 23.00 15.00 [+]
Business Climate Indicator 95.00 97.00 119.00 54.00 points [+]
Car Production 2202460.00 2269600.00 3701870.00 1740220.00 Units [+]


France Competitiveness Rank
The most recent 2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 140 economies. In 2018, the World Economic Forum introduced a new methodology emphasizing the role of human capital, innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers but also defining features of economic success in the 4th Industrial Revolution. As a result, the GCI scale changed to 1 to 100 from 1 to 7, with higher average score meaning higher degree of competitiveness. The report is made up of 98 variables organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions; infrastructure; ICT adoption; macroeconomic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability.