Malaysia down in competitiveness


MALAYSIA dropped two rungs in global competitiveness ranking to 27 out of 141 countries in the recently published Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2019 by the World economic Forum (WEF).

While the country improved 0.2 points to achieve a score of 74.6 in the Global competitive Index (GCI), it was insufficient for Malaysia to maintain its 25th position in 2018 and was overtaken by Spain and the United Arab Emirates.

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