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IMD World Competitiveness Ranking

The IMD World Competitiveness Ranking, compiled each year by the IMD business school's World Competitiveness Center in Switzerland, ranks economies on how well they create and sustain an environment in which businesses can compete. It combines statistical hard data with an executive opinion survey across four factors: economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency and infrastructure. Rank 1 is the most competitive economy, and the number of economies covered changes from year to year.

India's rank
44 / 70
2026
Change
▼ 3
since 2025
Published by
IMD World Competitiveness Center
annual

Rank history

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1995–2026 · 32 observations · higher on the chart is better
View as table
PeriodRank
202644
202541
202439
202340
202237
202143
202043
201943
201844
201745
201641
201544
201444
201340
201235
201132
201031
200930
200829
200727
200629
200539
200434
200350
200242
200141
200043
199939
199841
199741
199638
199539

Source

IMD World Competitiveness Center — https://www.imd.org/centers/wcc/world-competitiveness-center/rankings/world-competitiveness-ranking/