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2008. - Croatia 61st on global competitiveness ranking
In the rankings for the Global Competitiveness Index Croatia has fallen by four places, compared to last year, from 57th to 61st place. Croatia, for the third year in a row, is better ranked than the newest European Union member states Romania and Bulgaria. Moreover, Croatia is better positioned this year than Hungary that has fallen for 14 places, from 47th to 62nd place, and Turkey that has sunken from 53rd to 63rd place.
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2007. – Croatia Closer to EU Countries in Competitiveness
In the rankings for the Global Competitiveness Index Croatia is
in 57th place, and has drawn closer to some of the new members
states of the European Union (EU) – Poland in 51st place and Hungary
in 47th place. Romania and Bulgaria, the newest members of the EU
are both ranked lower than 70th place. The most competitive country
in the world is the United States. According to the Business
Competitiveness Index, which measures the competitive ability of a
company, Croatia is in 60th place, while the new members of the EU
are ranked between 30th and 50th place (the Czech Republic - 32nd,
Slovenia - 35th, Slovakia - 44th and Hungary - 47th).
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2006. – Croatia significantly improves its global competitiveness
According to the Global Competitiveness Index, Croatia has made a
significant jump in comparison to last year, moving from 64th place
to 51st place (with an equal number of average scores -- 4.3 -- as
Indonesia, which is ranked in 50th place). This represents a gain of
13 positions. With this result Croatia is now very close to the
advanced transition countries -- Slovakia in 37th place, Hungary in
41st place, and Poland in 48th place while other candidate countries
for EU membership are ranked lower - Romania and Bulgaria in 68th
and in 72nd place respectively. The neighboring countries of
Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina
are all ranked lower than 80th place, while Slovenia this year is
ranked three positions lower. At the same time, according to the
Business Competitiveness Index, which measures the competitive
capabilities of companies, Croatia has registered a rise of nine
places, from 65th place to 56th place out of 121 countries. ---------------------------------------
2005. – Some visible indications of positive
changes in Croatia
On the Growth Competitiveness Index, Croatia's ranking improved
to 62nd place out of 117 countries. This represents, comparing to
last year, a real improvement of two places. In the Business
Competitiveness Index, Croatia jumped from 72 to 63, a real
improvement of 12 places. At the same time, Croatia advanced from 79
out of 104 counties to 64 out of 117 countries on the Global
Competitiveness Index, whose methodology has been partially revised
from last year. Most noticeably, Croatia now occupies roughly the
same position -- between 62nd and 64th place -- on all three
indexes. The results of the Report demonstrate that Croatia's
competitiveness is improving, and that it is now in a group with
Bulgaria and Romania. Other comparable transition countries, for
example, Slovenia, Estonia, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic
are in front of Croatia, while Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina remain behind Croatia.
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Significant Decline in Croatia's Position
According to the Growth Competitiveness Index, Croatia fell from
53rd place to 61st place out of 104 countries ranked, which
represents a real decline of five places. According to the Business
Competitiveness Index, Croatia was ranked in 62nd place in 2003 but
in 2004 it occupies 67th place out of 93 countries, a real decline
of four places.
The results of the Report show that comparable transition countries,
for example, Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Slovakia, and the Czech
Republic, registered growth in both Indexes in comparison to the
previous year. Also, according to the new Global Competitiveness
Index, Croatia is lagging behind the transition countries, and is
only ranked ahead of Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovina, while
countries like Bulgaria and Romania are considerably ahead of it.
Conclusion: Three-year Trend in Croatia (2002-2004)
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Croatia's Position Has Deteriorated
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The Dynamic of Change in Croatia is Too Slow -
Comparable Counties Have Passed Us
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Businessmen are constantly pointing to the same
problems: inefficient bureaucracy, corruption, technological
backwardness, and inadequately educated workforce....
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OTHER COUNTRIES ARE TAKING FASTER AND BIGGER
STEPS THAN WE ARE!
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2003. – No Significant Changes in Croatia's Position
According to the Growth Competitiveness Index (GCI), Croatia's
position shifted from 58th place among 80 countries to 53rd place
among 102 countries. According to the Business Competitiveness Indes
(BCI, which replaced the Microeconomic Competitiveness Index in
2002), Croatia was ranked 62nd among 95 countries, while in the
previous year it was ranked 52nd among 80 countries.
It is noticeable that the countries closest to Croatia -- Slovenia,
Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria registered a decline in both Indexes
of competitiveness. The inclusion of new countries in the analysis
did not have a significant effect on Croatia's overall
competitiveness rankings because the majority of these countries
occupy positions lower than Croatia. For example, Serbia was ranked
77th and Macedonia was ranked 88th in the Growth Competitiveness
Index. In 2002, for the first time, Croatia was included in the «Global Competitiveness Report 2002-2003»
published by the World Economic Forum and Harvard University, USA.
This is the most extensive and the most current comparative source
of data on competitive advantages and weaknesses of economies around
the world. It examines growth potential, opportunities for achieving
competitive advantage at the company level, and the business climate
in 80 countries.
In these competitiveness rankings for 2002-2003, Croatia came in
58th in the growth potential index, and 52nd in the microeconomic
competitiveness index. A comparison of Croatia's results with the
results of neighbouring countries in transition showed that Croatian
companies are going through basic structural changes, although more
slowly than other countries. Croatia fares better than Romania and
Bulgaria, but is far behind the more advanced transition countries
such as Slovenia and Hungary.
In more detail: the «Global Competitiveness Report 2002-2003: an Analysis of Croatia»
Executive Summary
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