2.1: Country/Economy Profiles




United States
Key indicators, 2011
                                                                                                GDP (PPP) per capita (int’l $), 1990–2011
Population (millions) ...................................... 325.1
                                                                                          50,000                   United States             Advanced economies
GDP (US$ billions) ................................... 15,094.0
GDP per capita (US$) ................................. 48,387                             40,000
GDP (PPP) as share (%) of world total .......... 19.13
                                                                                          30,000

                                                                                          20,000

                                                                                          10,000
                                                                                                     1991     1993        1995     1997      1999     2001       2003        2005    2007       2009        2011




The Global Competitiveness Index
                                                                           Rank
                                                                    (out of 144)
                                                                                     Score
                                                                                      (1–7)
                                                                                                         Stage of development
GCI 2012–2013 ........................................................ 7 ..... 5.5                                                Transition                                 Transition
                                                                                                                   1                 1–2                  2                     2–3                  3
GCI 2011–2012 (out of 142) ....................................... 5 ......5.4
GCI 2010–2011 (out of 139) ....................................... 4 ......5.4                                Factor                                 Efficiency                                 Innovation
                                                                                                              driven                                   driven                                     driven
Basic requirements (20.0%) .......................................33 ......5.1
                                                                                                                                                    Institutions
Institutions ................................................................ 41 ......4.6                                                                   7
Infrastructure ............................................................ 14 ......5.8                                      Innovation                                      Infrastructure
                                                                                                                                                             6
Macroeconomic environment ................................. 111 ......4.0                                                                                    5
                                                                                                               Business                                                                   Macroeconomic
Health and primary education ................................... 34 ......6.1                                                                                4
                                                                                                             sophistication                                                                environment
                                                                                                                                                             3
Efficiency enhancers (50.0%) .......................................2 ......5.6                                                                              2                                 Health and
Higher education and training ..................................... 8 ......5.7                             Market size                                      1                                   primary
Goods market efficiency .......................................... 23 ......4.9                                                                                                                 education
Labor market efficiency .............................................. 6 ......5.4
Financial market development .................................. 16 ......5.1                                 Technological                                                                Higher education
                                                                                                               readiness                                                                     and training
Technological readiness ............................................ 11 ......5.8
Market size ................................................................. 1 ......6.9                              Financial market                                        Goods market
                                                                                                                         development                                             efficiency
Innovation and sophistication factors (30.0%) .............7 ......5.4                                                                         Labor market efficiency
Business sophistication ........................................... 10 ......5.3
Innovation ................................................................... 6 ......5.5                                       United States               Innovation-driven economies




The most problematic factors for doing business
Inefficient government bureaucracy ...................................15.0
Tax rates............................................................................14.1
Tax regulations ..................................................................10.8
Access to financing .............................................................9.5
Restrictive labor regulations .................................................7.1
Inflation ................................................................................7.1
Inadequately educated workforce ........................................6.8
Policy instability ...................................................................6.5
Poor work ethic in national labor force ................................6.1
Insufficient capacity to innovate ...........................................4.3
Inadequate supply of infrastructure ......................................3.1
Foreign currency regulations ................................................2.7
Government instability/coups ..............................................2.5
Corruption ...........................................................................2.2
Crime and theft ...................................................................1.1
Poor public health ...............................................................1.0
                                                                                                0              5                  10                15                  20                25                  30
                                                                                                                                          Percent of responses

Note:    From the list of factors above, respondents were asked to select the five most problematic for doing business in their country and to rank them between
         1 (most problematic) and 5. The bars in the figure show the responses weighted according to their rankings.

360 | The Global Competitiveness Report 2012–2013
                                                                                         © 2012 World Economic Forum
2.1: Country/Economy Profiles




                                                                                                                                               United States
The Global Competitiveness Index in detail
         INDICATOR                                                          VALUE RANK/144                         INDICATOR                                                            VALUE RANK/144
         1st pillar: Institutions                                                                                  6th pillar: Goods market efficiency
 1.01    Property rights ....................................................... 5.0 ............42        6.01    Intensity of local competition .................................. 5.6 ............18
 1.02    Intellectual property protection ............................... 5.0 ............29               6.02    Extent of market dominance .................................. 5.2 ..............9
 1.03    Diversion of public funds ........................................ 4.6 ............34             6.03    Effectiveness of anti-monopoly policy ..................... 4.9 ............17
 1.04    Public trust in politicians ......................................... 3.1 ............54          6.04    Extent and effect of taxation................................... 3.5 ............68
 1.05    Irregular payments and bribes ................................ 4.8 ............42                 6.05    Total tax rate, % profits* ....................................... 46.7 ..........103
 1.06    Judicial independence............................................ 4.9 ............38              6.06    No. procedures to start a business* .......................... 6 ............47
 1.07    Favoritism in decisions of government officials ....... 3.2 ............59                        6.07    No. days to start a business* .................................... 6 ............16
 1.08    Wastefulness of government spending ................... 3.2 ............76                        6.08    Agricultural policy costs.......................................... 3.9 ............65
 1.09    Burden of government regulation ........................... 3.3 ............76                    6.09    Prevalence of trade barriers ................................... 4.6 ............50
 1.10    Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes .... 4.5 ............35                        6.10    Trade tariffs, % duty* .............................................. 1.4 ............35
 1.11    Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regs. ... 4.2 ............37                         6.11    Prevalence of foreign ownership............................. 5.0 ............51
 1.12    Transparency of government policymaking............. 4.4 ............56                           6.12    Business impact of rules on FDI ............................. 4.7 ............64
 1.13    Gov’t services for improved business performance 4.2 ............33                               6.13    Burden of customs procedures .............................. 4.5 ............48
 1.14    Business costs of terrorism .................................... 4.4 ..........124                6.14    Imports as a percentage of GDP* ........................ 17.6 ..........142
 1.15    Business costs of crime and violence..................... 4.5 ............86                      6.15    Degree of customer orientation .............................. 5.4 ............18
 1.16    Organized crime ..................................................... 4.9 ............87          6.16    Buyer sophistication ............................................... 4.6 ............10
 1.17    Reliability of police services .................................... 5.5 ............30
 1.18    Ethical behavior of firms ......................................... 5.0 ............29                    7th pillar: Labor market efficiency
 1.19    Strength of auditing and reporting standards ......... 5.2 ............37                         7.01    Cooperation in labor-employer relations ................. 4.7 ............42
 1.20    Efficacy of corporate boards .................................. 5.1 ............23                7.02    Flexibility of wage determination ............................. 5.4 ............34
 1.21    Protection of minority shareholders’ interests ......... 4.8 ............33                       7.03    Hiring and firing practices ....................................... 5.0 ..............8
 1.22    Strength of investor protection, 0–10 (best)* .......... 8.3 ..............5                      7.04    Redundancy costs, weeks of salary* ......................... 0 ..............1
                                                                                                           7.05    Pay and productivity............................................... 4.8 ............12
         2nd pillar: Infrastructure                                                                        7.06    Reliance on professional management ................... 5.4 ............19
 2.01    Quality of overall infrastructure ............................... 5.6 ............25              7.07    Brain drain ............................................................. 5.6 ..............5
 2.02    Quality of roads ...................................................... 5.7 ............20        7.08    Women in labor force, ratio to men* ..................... 0.86 ............44
 2.03    Quality of railroad infrastructure .............................. 4.8 ............18
 2.04    Quality of port infrastructure ................................... 5.6 ............19                     8th pillar: Financial market development
 2.05    Quality of air transport infrastructure....................... 5.8 ............30                 8.01    Availability of financial services ............................... 6.0 ............12
 2.06    Available airline seat kms/week, millions* ...... 32,294.3 ..............1                        8.02    Affordability of financial services ............................. 5.3 ............13
 2.07    Quality of electricity supply ..................................... 6.0 ............33            8.03    Financing through local equity market .................... 4.6 ............18
 2.08    Mobile telephone subscriptions/100 pop.* ......... 105.9 ............72                           8.04    Ease of access to loans ......................................... 3.8 ............20
 2.09    Fixed telephone lines/100 pop.* ........................... 47.9 ............15                   8.05    Venture capital availability ....................................... 4.1 ............10
                                                                                                           8.06    Soundness of banks .............................................. 5.0 ............80
         3rd pillar: Macroeconomic environment                                                             8.07    Regulation of securities exchanges ........................ 4.8 ............39
 3.01    Government budget balance, % GDP* ..................-9.6 ..........140                            8.08    Legal rights index, 0–10 (best)* ................................. 9 ............11
 3.02    Gross national savings, % GDP* .......................... 12.9 ..........114
 3.03    Inflation, annual % change* .................................... 3.1 ............31                       9th pillar: Technological readiness
 3.04    General government debt, % GDP* ................... 102.9 ..........136                           9.01    Availability of latest technologies ............................ 6.3 ............14
 3.05    Country credit rating, 0–100 (best)* ...................... 89.4 ............11                   9.02    Firm-level technology absorption ............................ 5.9 ............14
                                                                                                           9.03    FDI and technology transfer ................................... 4.9 ............43
         4th pillar: Health and primary education                                                          9.04    Individuals using Internet, %* ............................... 77.9 ............20
 4.01    Business impact of malaria .............................. n/appl. ..............1                 9.05    Broadband Internet subscriptions/100 pop.* ........ 28.7 ............17
 4.02    Malaria cases/100,000 pop.* ................................(NE) ..............1                  9.06    Int’l Internet bandwidth, kb/s per user* ................ 47.2 ............33
 4.03    Business impact of tuberculosis ............................. 5.6 ............59                  9.07    Mobile broadband subscriptions/100 pop.*.......... 65.5 ..............8
 4.04    Tuberculosis cases/100,000 pop.* ......................... 4.1 ..............4
 4.05    Business impact of HIV/AIDS ................................. 5.0 ............90                          10th pillar: Market size
 4.06    HIV prevalence, % adult pop.* ............................... 0.6 ............92                10.01 Domestic market size index, 1–7 (best)*................. 7.0 ..............1
 4.07    Infant mortality, deaths/1,000 live births* ................ 6.5 ............41                 10.02 Foreign market size index, 1–7 (best)* .................... 6.7 ..............2
 4.08    Life expectancy, years*......................................... 78.2 ............34
 4.09    Quality of primary education ................................... 4.6 ............38                       11th pillar: Business sophistication
 4.10    Primary education enrollment, net %* .................. 94.6 ............58                     11.01     Local supplier quantity ........................................... 5.4 ............14
                                                                                                         11.02     Local supplier quality.............................................. 5.5 ............14
         5th pillar: Higher education and training                                                       11.03     State of cluster development.................................. 5.0 ............12
 5.01    Secondary education enrollment, gross %* .......... 96.0 ............47                         11.04     Nature of competitive advantage ............................ 5.2 ............18
 5.02    Tertiary education enrollment, gross %*................ 94.8 ..............2                    11.05     Value chain breadth................................................ 5.1 ............13
 5.03    Quality of the educational system ........................... 4.7 ............28                11.06     Control of international distribution ......................... 5.1 ............10
 5.04    Quality of math and science education .................. 4.3 ............47                     11.07     Production process sophistication.......................... 5.7 ............11
 5.05    Quality of management schools ............................. 5.4 ............12                  11.08     Extent of marketing ................................................ 5.9 ..............3
 5.06    Internet access in schools ...................................... 5.7 ............24            11.09     Willingness to delegate authority ............................ 5.1 ............10
 5.07    Availability of research and training services ........... 5.6 ..............9
 5.08    Extent of staff training ............................................ 5.0 ............15                  12th pillar: Innovation
                                                                                                         12.01     Capacity for innovation........................................... 5.2 ..............7
                                                                                                         12.02     Quality of scientific research institutions ................. 5.8 ..............6
                                                                                                         12.03     Company spending on R&D................................... 5.3 ..............7
                                                                                                         12.04     University-industry collaboration in R&D ................. 5.6 ..............3
                                                                                                         12.05     Gov’t procurement of advanced tech products ...... 4.4 ............15
                                                                                                         12.06     Availability of scientists and engineers .................... 5.4 ..............5
                                                                                                         12.07     PCT patents, applications/million pop.* .............. 137.9 ............12


Notes: Values are on a 1-to-7 scale unless otherwise annotated with an asterisk (*). For further details and explanation, please refer to the section “How to Read
       the Country/Economy Profiles” on page 83.

                                                                                                                                     The Global Competitiveness Report 2012–2013 | 361
                                                                                     © 2012 World Economic Forum

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Indice de Competitividad Mundial para Estados Unidos, 2011 (WEF 2011)

  • 1. 2.1: Country/Economy Profiles United States Key indicators, 2011 GDP (PPP) per capita (int’l $), 1990–2011 Population (millions) ...................................... 325.1 50,000 United States Advanced economies GDP (US$ billions) ................................... 15,094.0 GDP per capita (US$) ................................. 48,387 40,000 GDP (PPP) as share (%) of world total .......... 19.13 30,000 20,000 10,000 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 The Global Competitiveness Index Rank (out of 144) Score (1–7) Stage of development GCI 2012–2013 ........................................................ 7 ..... 5.5 Transition Transition 1 1–2 2 2–3 3 GCI 2011–2012 (out of 142) ....................................... 5 ......5.4 GCI 2010–2011 (out of 139) ....................................... 4 ......5.4 Factor Efficiency Innovation driven driven driven Basic requirements (20.0%) .......................................33 ......5.1 Institutions Institutions ................................................................ 41 ......4.6 7 Infrastructure ............................................................ 14 ......5.8 Innovation Infrastructure 6 Macroeconomic environment ................................. 111 ......4.0 5 Business Macroeconomic Health and primary education ................................... 34 ......6.1 4 sophistication environment 3 Efficiency enhancers (50.0%) .......................................2 ......5.6 2 Health and Higher education and training ..................................... 8 ......5.7 Market size 1 primary Goods market efficiency .......................................... 23 ......4.9 education Labor market efficiency .............................................. 6 ......5.4 Financial market development .................................. 16 ......5.1 Technological Higher education readiness and training Technological readiness ............................................ 11 ......5.8 Market size ................................................................. 1 ......6.9 Financial market Goods market development efficiency Innovation and sophistication factors (30.0%) .............7 ......5.4 Labor market efficiency Business sophistication ........................................... 10 ......5.3 Innovation ................................................................... 6 ......5.5 United States Innovation-driven economies The most problematic factors for doing business Inefficient government bureaucracy ...................................15.0 Tax rates............................................................................14.1 Tax regulations ..................................................................10.8 Access to financing .............................................................9.5 Restrictive labor regulations .................................................7.1 Inflation ................................................................................7.1 Inadequately educated workforce ........................................6.8 Policy instability ...................................................................6.5 Poor work ethic in national labor force ................................6.1 Insufficient capacity to innovate ...........................................4.3 Inadequate supply of infrastructure ......................................3.1 Foreign currency regulations ................................................2.7 Government instability/coups ..............................................2.5 Corruption ...........................................................................2.2 Crime and theft ...................................................................1.1 Poor public health ...............................................................1.0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Percent of responses Note: From the list of factors above, respondents were asked to select the five most problematic for doing business in their country and to rank them between 1 (most problematic) and 5. The bars in the figure show the responses weighted according to their rankings. 360 | The Global Competitiveness Report 2012–2013 © 2012 World Economic Forum
  • 2. 2.1: Country/Economy Profiles United States The Global Competitiveness Index in detail INDICATOR VALUE RANK/144 INDICATOR VALUE RANK/144 1st pillar: Institutions 6th pillar: Goods market efficiency 1.01 Property rights ....................................................... 5.0 ............42 6.01 Intensity of local competition .................................. 5.6 ............18 1.02 Intellectual property protection ............................... 5.0 ............29 6.02 Extent of market dominance .................................. 5.2 ..............9 1.03 Diversion of public funds ........................................ 4.6 ............34 6.03 Effectiveness of anti-monopoly policy ..................... 4.9 ............17 1.04 Public trust in politicians ......................................... 3.1 ............54 6.04 Extent and effect of taxation................................... 3.5 ............68 1.05 Irregular payments and bribes ................................ 4.8 ............42 6.05 Total tax rate, % profits* ....................................... 46.7 ..........103 1.06 Judicial independence............................................ 4.9 ............38 6.06 No. procedures to start a business* .......................... 6 ............47 1.07 Favoritism in decisions of government officials ....... 3.2 ............59 6.07 No. days to start a business* .................................... 6 ............16 1.08 Wastefulness of government spending ................... 3.2 ............76 6.08 Agricultural policy costs.......................................... 3.9 ............65 1.09 Burden of government regulation ........................... 3.3 ............76 6.09 Prevalence of trade barriers ................................... 4.6 ............50 1.10 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes .... 4.5 ............35 6.10 Trade tariffs, % duty* .............................................. 1.4 ............35 1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regs. ... 4.2 ............37 6.11 Prevalence of foreign ownership............................. 5.0 ............51 1.12 Transparency of government policymaking............. 4.4 ............56 6.12 Business impact of rules on FDI ............................. 4.7 ............64 1.13 Gov’t services for improved business performance 4.2 ............33 6.13 Burden of customs procedures .............................. 4.5 ............48 1.14 Business costs of terrorism .................................... 4.4 ..........124 6.14 Imports as a percentage of GDP* ........................ 17.6 ..........142 1.15 Business costs of crime and violence..................... 4.5 ............86 6.15 Degree of customer orientation .............................. 5.4 ............18 1.16 Organized crime ..................................................... 4.9 ............87 6.16 Buyer sophistication ............................................... 4.6 ............10 1.17 Reliability of police services .................................... 5.5 ............30 1.18 Ethical behavior of firms ......................................... 5.0 ............29 7th pillar: Labor market efficiency 1.19 Strength of auditing and reporting standards ......... 5.2 ............37 7.01 Cooperation in labor-employer relations ................. 4.7 ............42 1.20 Efficacy of corporate boards .................................. 5.1 ............23 7.02 Flexibility of wage determination ............................. 5.4 ............34 1.21 Protection of minority shareholders’ interests ......... 4.8 ............33 7.03 Hiring and firing practices ....................................... 5.0 ..............8 1.22 Strength of investor protection, 0–10 (best)* .......... 8.3 ..............5 7.04 Redundancy costs, weeks of salary* ......................... 0 ..............1 7.05 Pay and productivity............................................... 4.8 ............12 2nd pillar: Infrastructure 7.06 Reliance on professional management ................... 5.4 ............19 2.01 Quality of overall infrastructure ............................... 5.6 ............25 7.07 Brain drain ............................................................. 5.6 ..............5 2.02 Quality of roads ...................................................... 5.7 ............20 7.08 Women in labor force, ratio to men* ..................... 0.86 ............44 2.03 Quality of railroad infrastructure .............................. 4.8 ............18 2.04 Quality of port infrastructure ................................... 5.6 ............19 8th pillar: Financial market development 2.05 Quality of air transport infrastructure....................... 5.8 ............30 8.01 Availability of financial services ............................... 6.0 ............12 2.06 Available airline seat kms/week, millions* ...... 32,294.3 ..............1 8.02 Affordability of financial services ............................. 5.3 ............13 2.07 Quality of electricity supply ..................................... 6.0 ............33 8.03 Financing through local equity market .................... 4.6 ............18 2.08 Mobile telephone subscriptions/100 pop.* ......... 105.9 ............72 8.04 Ease of access to loans ......................................... 3.8 ............20 2.09 Fixed telephone lines/100 pop.* ........................... 47.9 ............15 8.05 Venture capital availability ....................................... 4.1 ............10 8.06 Soundness of banks .............................................. 5.0 ............80 3rd pillar: Macroeconomic environment 8.07 Regulation of securities exchanges ........................ 4.8 ............39 3.01 Government budget balance, % GDP* ..................-9.6 ..........140 8.08 Legal rights index, 0–10 (best)* ................................. 9 ............11 3.02 Gross national savings, % GDP* .......................... 12.9 ..........114 3.03 Inflation, annual % change* .................................... 3.1 ............31 9th pillar: Technological readiness 3.04 General government debt, % GDP* ................... 102.9 ..........136 9.01 Availability of latest technologies ............................ 6.3 ............14 3.05 Country credit rating, 0–100 (best)* ...................... 89.4 ............11 9.02 Firm-level technology absorption ............................ 5.9 ............14 9.03 FDI and technology transfer ................................... 4.9 ............43 4th pillar: Health and primary education 9.04 Individuals using Internet, %* ............................... 77.9 ............20 4.01 Business impact of malaria .............................. n/appl. ..............1 9.05 Broadband Internet subscriptions/100 pop.* ........ 28.7 ............17 4.02 Malaria cases/100,000 pop.* ................................(NE) ..............1 9.06 Int’l Internet bandwidth, kb/s per user* ................ 47.2 ............33 4.03 Business impact of tuberculosis ............................. 5.6 ............59 9.07 Mobile broadband subscriptions/100 pop.*.......... 65.5 ..............8 4.04 Tuberculosis cases/100,000 pop.* ......................... 4.1 ..............4 4.05 Business impact of HIV/AIDS ................................. 5.0 ............90 10th pillar: Market size 4.06 HIV prevalence, % adult pop.* ............................... 0.6 ............92 10.01 Domestic market size index, 1–7 (best)*................. 7.0 ..............1 4.07 Infant mortality, deaths/1,000 live births* ................ 6.5 ............41 10.02 Foreign market size index, 1–7 (best)* .................... 6.7 ..............2 4.08 Life expectancy, years*......................................... 78.2 ............34 4.09 Quality of primary education ................................... 4.6 ............38 11th pillar: Business sophistication 4.10 Primary education enrollment, net %* .................. 94.6 ............58 11.01 Local supplier quantity ........................................... 5.4 ............14 11.02 Local supplier quality.............................................. 5.5 ............14 5th pillar: Higher education and training 11.03 State of cluster development.................................. 5.0 ............12 5.01 Secondary education enrollment, gross %* .......... 96.0 ............47 11.04 Nature of competitive advantage ............................ 5.2 ............18 5.02 Tertiary education enrollment, gross %*................ 94.8 ..............2 11.05 Value chain breadth................................................ 5.1 ............13 5.03 Quality of the educational system ........................... 4.7 ............28 11.06 Control of international distribution ......................... 5.1 ............10 5.04 Quality of math and science education .................. 4.3 ............47 11.07 Production process sophistication.......................... 5.7 ............11 5.05 Quality of management schools ............................. 5.4 ............12 11.08 Extent of marketing ................................................ 5.9 ..............3 5.06 Internet access in schools ...................................... 5.7 ............24 11.09 Willingness to delegate authority ............................ 5.1 ............10 5.07 Availability of research and training services ........... 5.6 ..............9 5.08 Extent of staff training ............................................ 5.0 ............15 12th pillar: Innovation 12.01 Capacity for innovation........................................... 5.2 ..............7 12.02 Quality of scientific research institutions ................. 5.8 ..............6 12.03 Company spending on R&D................................... 5.3 ..............7 12.04 University-industry collaboration in R&D ................. 5.6 ..............3 12.05 Gov’t procurement of advanced tech products ...... 4.4 ............15 12.06 Availability of scientists and engineers .................... 5.4 ..............5 12.07 PCT patents, applications/million pop.* .............. 137.9 ............12 Notes: Values are on a 1-to-7 scale unless otherwise annotated with an asterisk (*). 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