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2.1: Country/Economy Profiles Greece Key indicators, 2010 GDP (PPP) per capita (int’l $), 1985–2010 Population (millions).................................................11.2 GDP (US$ billions)...................................................305.4 GDP per capita (US$) ...........................................27,302 GDP (PPP) as share (%) of world total..................0.44 Greece 40,000 Advanced economies 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 Global Competitiveness Index Rank (out of 142) Stage of development Score (1–7) GCI 2011–2012 ........................................................ 90......3.9 Factor driven Basic requirements (20.0%)...............................................80........ 4.4 Institutions.............................................................................96........ 3.5 Infrastructure........................................................................45........ 4.5 Macroeconomic environment .........................................140........ 3.3 Health and primary education...........................................37........ 6.1 188 Transition 1–2 1 GCI 2010–2011 (out of 139)..................................................83........ 4.0 GCI 2009–2010 (out of 133)..................................................71........ 4.0 Transition 2–3 2 3 Efficiency driven Innovation driven Institutions 7 Innovation 5 Business sophistication Efficiency enhancers (50.0%)............................................65........ 4.1 Higher education and training...........................................46........ 4.7 Goods market efficiency...................................................107........ 3.9 Labor market efficiency....................................................126........ 3.6 Financial market development ........................................110........ 3.5 Technological readiness.....................................................47........ 4.2 Market size ...........................................................................42........ 4.4 Infrastructure 6 Macroeconomic environment 4 3 2 Market size Health and primary education 1 Higher education and training Technological readiness Innovation and sophistication factors (30.0%) ..............81........ 3.4 Business sophistication .....................................................77........ 3.8 Innovation..............................................................................88........ 3.0 Financial market development Goods market efficiency Labor market efficiency Greece Innovation-driven economies The most problematic factors for doing business Inefficient government bureaucracy................................22.1 Access to financing.............................................................13.8 Corruption..............................................................................13.0 Tax regulations .....................................................................11.8 Policy instability ...................................................................10.6 Tax rates ..................................................................................8.5 Restrictive labor regulations................................................8.2 Inadequate supply of infrastructure...................................3.6 Poor work ethic in national labor force.............................3.2 Government instability/coups..............................................2.5 Foreign currency regulations ..............................................1.0 Inadequately educated workforce .....................................0.9 Inflation....................................................................................0.7 Crime and theft.......................................................................0.2 Poor public health..................................................................0.1 0 5 10 15 Percent of responses 20 25 Note: From a list of 15 factors, respondents were asked to select the five most problematic for doing business in their country and to rank them between 1 (most problematic) and 5. The bars in the figure show the responses weighted according to their rankings. The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012 © 2011 World Economic Forum 30 The Global Competitiveness Index in detail INDICATOR VALUE RANK/142 INDICATOR 1st pillar: Institutions VALUE RANK/142 6th pillar: Goods market efficiency 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 Property rights....................................................... 4.5 ............56 Intellectual property protection ............................. 3.8 ............52 Diversion of public funds ...................................... 2.7 .......... 102 Public trust of politicians ........................................1.9 .......... 123 Irregular payments and bribes .............................. 3.5 ............98 Judicial independence........................................... 3.3 ............85 Favoritism in decisions of government officials .... 2.6 ............98 Wastefulness of government spending ................ 2.1 .......... 131 Burden of government regulation ......................... 2.3 .......... 133 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes 2.8 .......... 121 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regs. 2.8 .......... 121 Transparency of government policymaking........... 3.8 .......... 109 Business costs of terrorism .................................. 5.4 ............81 Business costs of crime and violence .................. 4.8 ............72 Organized crime .................................................... 5.5 ............59 Reliability of police services.................................. 4.0 ............81 Ethical behavior of firms ....................................... 3.1 .......... 125 Strength of auditing and reporting standards ....... 4.5 ............ 76 Efficacy of corporate boards ................................. 3.7 .......... 134 Protection of minority shareholders’ interests...... 4.7 ............44 Strength of investor protection, 0–10 (best)* ....... 3.3 .......... 125 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 Quality of overall infrastructure ............................. 4.5 ............62 Quality of roads..................................................... 4.0 ............67 Quality of railroad infrastructure............................ 2.6 ............67 Quality of port infrastructure................................. 4.1 ............71 Quality of air transport infrastructure .................... 5.4 ............45 Available airline seat kms/week, millions* .........577.4 ............35 Quality of electricity supply................................... 5.1 ............58 Fixed telephone lines/100 pop.* ......................... 45.8 ............17 Mobile telephone subscriptions/100 pop.* ....... 108.2 ............59 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 Government budget balance, % GDP*................ -9.6 .......... 136 Gross national savings, % GDP* .......................... 4.1 .......... 137 Inflation, annual % change*.................................. 4.7 ............88 Interest rate spread, %* ....................................... 6.5 ............87 General government debt, % GDP* ................. 142.0 .......... 141 Country credit rating, 0–100 (best)* ................... 46.9 ............75 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 Business impact of malaria ............................ N/Appl. ..............1 Malaria cases/100,000 pop.* .............................. (NE) ..............1 Business impact of tuberculosis ........................... 6.5 ............17 Tuberculosis incidence/100,000 pop.* .................. 4.5 ..............6 Business impact of HIV/AIDS ............................... 6.3 ............15 HIV prevalence, % adult pop.* ............................. 0.1 ............21 Infant mortality, deaths/1,000 live births*............. 2.8 ..............9 Life expectancy, years*....................................... 80.2 ............18 Quality of primary education................................. 3.6 ............75 Primary education enrollment, net %* ............... 99.4 ..............8 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 Secondary education enrollment, gross %*...... 101.8 ............19 Tertiary education enrollment, gross %* ............ 90.8 ..............3 Quality of the educational system ........................ 2.9 .......... 120 Quality of math and science education ................ 4.1 ............61 Quality of management schools ........................... 3.7 .......... 104 Internet access in schools..................................... 3.9 ............78 Availability of research and training services ........ 3.8 ............89 Extent of staff training .......................................... 3.4 .......... 114 2nd pillar: Infrastructure 3rd pillar: Macroeconomic environment 4th pillar: Health and primary education 5th pillar: Higher education and training 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 Intensity of local competition................................ 4.6 ............82 Extent of market dominance................................. 3.7 ............61 Effectiveness of anti-monopoly policy................... 3.8 ............83 Extent and effect of taxation................................. 2.8 .......... 128 Total tax rate, % profits*......................................47.2 ............97 No. procedures to start a business*...................... 15 .......... 134 No. days to start a business* ................................ 19 ............ 74 Agricultural policy costs ........................................ 3.0 .......... 133 Prevalence of trade barriers .................................. 5.1 ............27 Trade tariffs, % duty*............................................ 0.8 ..............4 Prevalence of foreign ownership........................... 4.4 ............95 Business impact of rules on FDI........................... 3.4 .......... 129 Burden of customs procedures ............................ 4.0 ............78 Imports as a percentage of GDP* ...................... 23.1 .......... 131 Degree of customer orientation............................ 4.4 ............88 Buyer sophistication.............................................. 3.5 ............66 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 Cooperation in labor-employer relations................ 3.5 .......... 130 Flexibility of wage determination .......................... 3.1 .......... 135 Rigidity of employment index, 0–100 (worst)* ... 50.0 .......... 125 Hiring and firing practices ..................................... 3.0 .......... 125 Redundancy costs, weeks of salary* .................... 24 ............46 Pay and productivity .............................................. 3.1 .......... 122 Reliance on professional management ................. 3.8 ............97 Brain drain ............................................................. 2.5 .......... 119 Women in labor force, ratio to men*.................. 0.70 ............92 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 Availability of financial services............................. 4.6 ............68 Affordability of financial services .......................... 3.9 ............86 Financing through local equity market .................. 3.2 ............91 Ease of access to loans ........................................ 2.2 ...........111 Venture capital availability ..................................... 2.2 .......... 103 Soundness of banks.............................................. 4.6 .......... 106 Regulation of securities exchanges....................... 4.0 ............84 Legal rights index, 0–10 (best)* ............................ 3.0 .......... 105 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 Availability of latest technologies .......................... 5.3 ............56 Firm-level technology absorption .......................... 4.6 ............89 FDI and technology transfer.................................. 4.0 .......... 108 Internet users/100 pop.*..................................... 44.4 ............55 Broadband Internet subscriptions/100 pop.* ...... 19.8 ............32 Internet bandwidth, kb/s/capita*......................... 13.8 ............40 2.1: Country/Economy Profiles Greece 7th pillar: Labor market efficiency 8th pillar: Financial market development 9th pillar: Technological readiness 10th pillar: Market size 10.01 Domestic market size index, 1–7 (best)*.............. 4.4 ............34 10.02 Foreign market size index, 1–7 (best)* ................. 4.6 ............60 11th pillar: Business sophistication 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 Local supplier quantity .......................................... 4.8 ............69 Local supplier quality............................................. 4.5 ............69 State of cluster development................................ 2.8 .......... 115 Nature of competitive advantage .......................... 3.6 ............57 Value chain breadth ............................................... 3.3 ............83 Control of international distribution....................... 4.1 ............61 Production process sophistication ........................ 3.7 ............64 Extent of marketing............................................... 4.2 ............67 Willingness to delegate authority ......................... 3.2 .......... 105 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 Capacity for innovation.......................................... 2.7 ............96 Quality of scientific research institutions .............. 3.3 ............90 Company spending on R&D.................................. 2.4 .......... 129 University-industry collaboration in R&D............... 2.9 .......... 120 Gov’t procurement of advanced tech products..... 3.0 .......... 113 Availability of scientists and engineers ................. 5.0 ............16 Utility patents granted/million pop.* ..................... 4.2 ............36 12th pillar: Innovation Notes: Values are on a 1-to-7 scale unless otherwise annotated with an asterisk (*). For further details and explanation, please refer to the section “How to Read the Country/Economy Profiles” on page 89. The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012 © 2011 World Economic Forum 189