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Competitiveness rankings
Rank within
country group 3*
(out of 40)
Overall
rank (out
of 128)
Score
(17)
Stage of development
Transition
12
1
Factor
driven
Transition
23
2
Efficiency
driven
3
Innovation
driven
Institutions
7
Innovation
Infrastructure
5
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Business
sophistication
Health and
primary
education
Technological
readiness
Higher education
and training
Market efficiency
Macroeconomy
101
United Arab Emirates
Innovation-driven economies
10
15
20
25
Percent of responses
Note: From a list of 14 factors, respondents were asked to select the five most problematic for doing business in their country/economy and to rank them
between 1 (most problematic) and 5. The bars in the figure show the responses weighted according to their rankings.
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INDICATOR
I Competitve Advantage
RANK/128
INDICATOR
4.01
4.02
4.03
4.04
4.05
4.06
4.07
4.08
4.09
5.01
5.02
5.03
5.04
5.05
5.06
5.07
RANK/128
8.01
8.02
8.03
8.04
8.05
8.06
8.07
8.08
I Competitve Disadvantage
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30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
10,000
Projected
FDI inflows
(percent of GDP)
12,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
6
4
2
Percent of GDP
10
14,000
I FDI inflows
(US$ millions)
US$ millions
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2,000
0
0
Source: UNCTAD; Columbia University; IMF
2,000
2000
2005
2010
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Trade
Exports by country of destination
Exports by sector
Korea: 15%
Japan: 38%
Thailand: 8%
Petroleum,
petroleum
products: 57%
Non-metallic mineral
manufactures: 5%
Telecom and sound
equipment: 3%
Singapore: 4%
Pakistan: 4%
Gold, non-monetary
excluding ores: 3%
Others: 31%
Others: 24%
Trade diversification
Tariffs
Percent
10
2001..................................................................................3.2
2005..................................................................................4.5
I MENA countries
I World
6
4
2
0
Average
faced tariff
Source: International Trade Centre; UN Comtrade
Note: For descriptions of variables and detailed sources, please refer to How to Read the Country Profiles.
Average
applied tariff