Sentence examples for most competitive countries from inspiring English sources

Their small country (5m people) is at or near the top of most league tables: first in the World Economic Forum's list of most competitive countries, and second in its business-competitiveness index; first in the OECD's world ranking of educational performance; second-highest share of R&D spending in the European Union.

Even Europe's most competitive countries are slipping.

Cash flowed to the most competitive countries; those unable to swim in the new sea found life rafts unavailable.

Australian wine's export-revenues have quadrupled since 1997; Britain, America and Canada the most competitive countries for wine sales—are Australia's three top customers.

That said, the World Economic Forum's rankings of the most competitive countries includes Sweden, Norway and Finland, which have similar employment protections to France, showing that winning foreign investment and creating jobs is about more than just attacking workers' rights.

"We in Europe face the danger that we won't rank among the most competitive countries, and one day we will discover we don't have the wealth we once had".

By some measures Finland is the world's most competitive country, with Denmark, Ireland and Sweden close behind.

But they all form one glorious building site that should restore Germany to its rightful place as the most productive, most competitive country in Europe.

"If you want to be the most competitive country in the world in 2040 or 2050, you have to think large," Mr. Gingrich said in 2009 at a videotaped forum sponsored by the National Governors Association and Building America's Future, an infrastructure advocacy group.

"China is the most competitive country for hardware," says Mr Lee.

Its economy development once ranked the second only to USA as the most competitive country globally in 2007.