The UAE’s performance
The UAE was ranked 10th globally in the IMD World Competitiveness Booklet 2023 issued by the World Competitiveness Centre of the World Institute for Management Development (IMD). In the same report, it was ranked 1st in the Middle East and North Africa region for the 7th consecutive year.
Its global ranking in the various factors is as follows:
- 4th in economic performance
- 8th in government efficiency
- 16th in business efficiency
- 26th in infrastructure.
Its global ranking in the various sub-factors is as follows:
- 1st in international trade
- 2nd in basic infrastructure
- 4th in domestic economy
- 4th in tax policy
- 6th in employment
- 6th in labour market
- 8th in attitudes and values
- 9th in business legislation.
Updated on 13 Jul 2023