Slovenia was ranked 49th out of 70 countries in the Swiss institute IMD's competitiveness ranking, falling three places compared with last year. The country recorded the best ranking in the area of infrastructure, and the worst in the area of business efficiency. The worst ranking was in the area of government efficiency. We have a rather difficult job ahead of us in strengthening the competitiveness of the Slovenian economy, Prime Minister Janez Janša commented on Slovenia's fall in the competitiveness ranking upon arriving at the EU summit in Brussels.
As Janez Janša, who is in a hurry to attend the two-day meeting of EU Heads of State and Government, recalled, one of the key points of the coalition agreement of the new government is a successful Slovenia. 'The first condition for a successful Slovenia is that we strengthen the competitiveness of our economy, and here we have a lot of hard work ahead of us,' said the Prime Minister.
Janša also touched on the agenda for this meeting of EU leaders, believing that some key EU topics such as the budget for the next seven years, EU competitiveness and the situation in the internal market are still too much in the background.
Janša: It is clear that we have two conflicts, but we must not forget that Europe must be economically strong
"It is clear that we have two military conflicts here on two sides, with the fact that the war in Ukraine is essentially a European war, but nevertheless we must not forget that Europe must be economically strong", he said, stressing that efforts to spend more on defence could also only come from a strong economy.
"We have a very difficult job ahead of us in strengthening the competitiveness of the Slovenian economy", said Janez Janša.
Singapore, Hong Kong and Switzerland at the top of the list
At the top of the ranking are Singapore, Hong Kong and Switzerland, which have consistently ranked highest in government efficiency. This year they switched places Singapore has improved in several areas, especially in business efficiency, Hong Kong is successful in all four sets, and Switzerland has slipped from first to third place due to a significant deterioration in economic performance caused by the deterioration of direct investment flows, Uršič said.
Switzerland has slipped from first to third place.
From sixth to ninth place are EU countries Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden. The ranking has deteriorated for 15 EU countries, most notably Lithuania and Romania. The US has moved up to tenth place, helped by an improvement in the mood among managers, and China to 12th. Five EU countries have maintained their ranking, including Croatia, which is in 53rd place. Seven countries have improved their ranking, most notably Poland, which has moved up 11 places to 41st.
The IMD study ranks countries' ability to maintain an environment that supports business competitiveness. e overall index is based on 262 indicators under the four pillars economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency and infrastructure. e roughly two-thirds of the indicators are statistical data, while the third is based on a survey of senior managers carried out in Slovenia in March during the pre-election period, said Mateja Drnovšek of the Ljubljana Faculty of Economics.
International trade remains an advantage for Slovenia
In the economic performance pillar, Slovenia dropped five places to 42nd place. The deterioration is due to a decline in the domestic economy sub-pillar to 56th place, due to a slowdown in economic growth and a weaker resilience of the economy to the cycle. The improvement in this area was reflected in the growth of gross business investment and the economic complexity index. In the price sub-pillar, the country fell to 22nd place, mainly due to higher rental prices for housing, business premises and gasoline.
"In the area of international trade, we gained two places and climbed to eighth place.
This is Sonja Uršić.
"The level of foreign direct investment is significantly lower than in neighbouring or Visegrad countries, companies have significantly worsened their assessment of the risk of relocating business activities from Slovenia, where we have fallen by 30 places to 65", she pointed out.
In the sub-section on employment, the country ranked 40th, one place better than last year. 'The lower we rank on the share of the working population declining due to ageing, the better we rank on the unemployment rate,' she said.
The biggest drop in government efficiency
In the government efficiency pillar, Slovenia recorded the largest drop, falling seven places to 55th place. e country fell in all sub-pillars except for tax policy, for which the data refer to the previous year and where the competitive advantage is low corporate taxation and the disadvantage is high labour taxation.
The biggest declines, according to the survey indicators, were in business legislation (61st place) and within it in the efficiency…
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