Baku. Anakhanim Hidayatova - APA. Azerbaijan has ranked 70th among the 144 countries in the Global Competitiveness Index 2012-2013 report.
APA-Economics says Azerbaijan has 49.8 points from 100 points and is among the first three countries in CIS. Russia ranked 39th with 66.9 points and Kazakhstan – 57th with 55 points.
List of other CIS countries:
89. Armenia (35.9 points)
94. Ukraine (34.4 points)
112. Moldova (26.5 points)
134. Tajikistan (17.9 points)
Note that in 2012, Azerbaijan, Russia and Kazakhstan ranked 45th, 69th and 72nd.
First place was held by Switzerland. Other second and third places were occupied by Singapore and Finland. Top ten includes:
4. Sweden
5. Netherlands
6. Germany
7. USA
8. Great Britain
9. Hong Kong
10. Japan
Last place was occupied by Zimbabwe (5.3 points). Brunei Darussalam and Puerto Rico had no points.