United States Falls in Competitiveness Rankings 

Richard Elliott, Associate Director, Media,Tel.: +41 (0)22 869 1292; E-mail: richard.elliott@weforum.org 

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• The United States falls two places to fourth position, overtaken by Sweden and Singapore in the rankings of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 
• The People’s Republic of China continues to move up the rankings, with marked improvements in several other Asian countries 
• Germany moves up two places to fifth place, leading the Eurozone countries 
• Switzerland tops the rankings 
• Watch video interview with Jennifer Blanke, Lead Economist Director, Head of Centre for Global Competitiveness and Performance and download the full report profiling 139 economies, highlights, rankings and more