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Intensity of local competition
Competition in the local market is (1 = limited in most industries and price-cutting is rare, 7 = intense in most industries as market leadership changes over time)>
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey 2007, 2008

Rank	Country	Score
1	Germany	6.38
2	Austria	6.27
3	Netherlands	6.11
4	United States	6.07
5	Taiwan, China	6.06
6	Belgium	6.02
7	Hong Kong SAR	5.97
8	Puerto Rico	5.96
9	Japan	5.91
10	United Kingdom	5.89
11	India	5.86
12	France	5.84
13	Czech Republic	5.83
14	Sweden	5.76
15	Spain	5.76
16	Finland	5.7
17	Slovak Republic	5.68
18	Australia	5.67
19	Chile	5.67
20	Switzerland	5.67
21	Norway	5.66
22	Estonia	5.62
23	Canada	5.6
24	Jordan	5.6
25	Denmark	5.58
26	Cyprus	5.58
27	China	5.58
28	United Arab Emirates	5.58
29	Malta	5.55
30	Singapore	5.53
31	Malaysia	5.53
32	Israel	5.48
33	Sri Lanka	5.44
34	Tunisia	5.44
35	Senegal	5.42
36	Nigeria	5.41
37	Lithuania	5.41
38	Hungary	5.36
39	Ireland	5.36
40	Poland	5.35
41	Portugal	5.34
42	Turkey	5.31
43	Brazil	5.29
44	Indonesia	5.27
45	Thailand	5.27
46	Bahrain	5.25
47	Peru	5.24
48	Costa Rica	5.23
49	Korea, Rep.	5.19
50	Saudi Arabia	5.16
51	Jamaica	5.16
52	Greece	5.15
53	Qatar	5.13
54	Kuwait	5.12
55	Guatemala	5.12
56	Vietnam	5.12
57	Iceland	5.11
58	New Zealand	5.11
59	South Africa	5.09
60	Slovenia	5.09
61	Ghana	5.08
62	Syria	5.08
63	Latvia	5.08
64	Luxembourg	5.06
65	Moldova	5.05
66	Bulgaria	5.02
67	El Salvador	4.99
68	Croatia	4.96
69	Uganda	4.94
70	Colombia	4.94
71	Kenya	4.92
72	Panama	4.91
73	Mali	4.89
74	Philippines	4.88
75	Trinidad and Tobago	4.87
76	Bangladesh	4.86
77	Malawi	4.85
78	Mexico	4.84
79	Botswana	4.83
80	Mauritius	4.78
81	Brunei Darussalam	4.78
82	Benin	4.78
83	Côte d'Ivoire	4.75
84	Oman	4.73
85	Gambia, The	4.71
86	Romania	4.71
87	Dominican Republic	4.67
88	Guyana	4.61
89	Morocco	4.61
90	Cameroon	4.58
91	Montenegro	4.58
92	Egypt	4.57
93	Honduras	4.57
94	Suriname	4.57
95	Mongolia	4.55
96	Azerbaijan	4.55
97	Kazakhstan	4.53
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.48
99	Namibia	4.48
100	Madagascar	4.48
101	Barbados	4.46
102	Burkina Faso	4.45
103	Zambia	4.45
104	Italy	4.44
105	Ukraine	4.43
106	Nepal	4.41
107	Macedonia, FYR	4.38
108	Russian Federation	4.36
109	Argentina	4.33
110	Tajikistan	4.28
111	Tanzania	4.26
112	Pakistan	4.24
113	Algeria	4.22
114	Georgia	4.17
115	Uruguay	4.16
116	Mauritania	4.14
117	Paraguay	4.11
118	Cambodia	4.02
119	Burundi	4.02
120	Lesotho	4.02
121	Libya	3.98
122	Nicaragua	3.93
123	Kyrgyz Republic	3.92
124	Bolivia	3.89
125	Ecuador	3.84
126	Ethiopia	3.76
127	Albania	3.75
128	Serbia	3.69
129	Mozambique	3.47
130	Zimbabwe	3.4
131	Venezuela	3.36
132	Armenia	3.34
133	Chad	3.11
134	Timor-Leste	2.78

Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009