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The 2006 World Competitiveness Yearbook shows Australia continuing to place near the top of the global economic ladder.
Overall, Australia ranked as the sixth most competitive of the 61 major economies in the 2006 Yearbook. The 2006 numbers suggest Australia has most of its economic management right.
The numbers also show that Australia remains relatively uninvolved in global trade. Of 61 national and regional economies, Australia ranked 50th or worse on three key trade indicators.
Australia's government bodies attracted some of the nation's highest individual scores in the Yearbook. The Australian businesses surveyed for the Yearbook gave high ratings to governments for their consistent policy direction. And Australia's political parties ranked fourth in the world in their understanding of economic challenges.
Australia was among 18 nations and regions where the Yearbook described government efficiency as making a "positive contribution" to the economy.
The Yearbook says Australia's ranking is being held back by personal tax rates. It ranks 35th for effective personal income tax rate on taxpayers earning the equivalent of Australia's per-capita GDP ($35,000). The 2006 Budget, delivered after results were compiled, is unlikely to have a substantial effect on that ranking.
1.United States (1) 2.Hong Kong (2) 3.Singapore (3) 4.Iceland (4) 5.Denmark (7) 6.Australia (9) 7.Canada (5) 8.Switzerland (8) 9.Luxembourg (10) 10.Finland (6) 11.Ireland (12) 12.Norway (15) 13.Austria (17) 14.Sweden (14) 15.Netherlands (13) 16.Bavaria, Germany (18) 17.Japan (21) 18.Taiwan (11) 19.China (31) 20.Estonia (26) |
21.Britain (22) 22.New Zealand (16) 23.Malaysia (28) 24.Chile (19) 25.Israel (25) 26.Germany (23) 27.Belgium (24) 28.Ile-de-France, France (30) 29.India (39) 30.Scotland (35) 31.Czech Republic (36) 32.Thailand (27) 33.Zhejiang, China (20) 34.Catalonia, Spain (32) 35.France (30) 36.Spain (38) 37.Maharashtra, India (42) 38.South Korea (29) 39.Slovakia (40) 40.Colombia (47) |
41.Hungary (37) 42.Greece (50) 43.Portugal (45) 44.South Africa (46) 45.Slovenia (52) 46.Jordan (44) 47.Bulgaria (unranked) 48.Sao Paulo, Brazil (43) 49.Philippines (49) 50.Lombardy, Italy (41) 51.Turkey (48) 52.Brazil (51) 53.Mexico (56) 54.Russia (54) 55.Argentina (58) 56.Italy (53) 57.Romania (55) 58.Poland (57) 59.Croatia (unranked) 60.Indonesia (59) 61.Venezuela (60) |
Each year, CEDA coordinates Australia's contribution to the World Competitiveness Yearbook.
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