{"id":35702,"date":"2025-06-18T08:11:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/?p=35702"},"modified":"2025-06-18T08:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:11:36","slug":"uae-ranks-5th-in-2025-world-competitiveness-ranking-by-imd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae-ranks-5th-in-2025-world-competitiveness-ranking-by-imd\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Ranks 5th in 2025 World Competitiveness Ranking by IMD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>UAE has climbed to 5th place in the 2025 IMD World Competitiveness Ranking<\/strong>. This puts the country ahead of major global economies like the United States, Germany, and Sweden \u2014 and marks a steady rise from its 28th position in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2025 results, the UAE secured:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1st place in absence of bureaucracy<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2nd \u2014 in policy adaptability<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4th \u2014 in government efficiency<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26105\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2577763313.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2577763313.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2577763313-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2577763313-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2577763313-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The annual ranking, conducted by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), assesses 69 countries based on key indicators including economic performance, business efficiency, infrastructure, and government effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>At the <strong>top of the list were Switzerland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Denmark<\/strong>, with the UAE rounding out the global top five.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32717\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shutterstock_2470096769.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shutterstock_2470096769.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shutterstock_2470096769-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shutterstock_2470096769-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shutterstock_2470096769-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This milestone adds to a series of recent recognitions for the UAE on the international stage. The country was ranked the <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae-named-second-in-2025-global-safety-index-after-a-small-european-country\/\"><strong>2nd in the Global Safety Index<\/strong><\/a> in March 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae-ranks-among-top-15-in-un-human-development-index-2025-globally\/\"><strong>15th in the UN Human Development Index <\/strong><\/a>in May 2025, and <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae-climbs-in-world-happiness-index-2025-ranking-above-us-and-uk\/\"><strong>21st in the World Happiness Index<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Together, these rankings paint a clear picture of a country steadily building toward long-term resilience, innovation, and well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UAE has climbed to 5th place in the 2025 IMD World Competitiveness Ranking. This puts the country ahead of major global economies like the United States, Germany, and Sweden \u2014 and marks a steady rise from its 28th position in 2009. In the 2025 results, the UAE secured: 1st place in absence of bureaucracy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":30461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15498,"slug":"dubai","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/dubai\/","api_id":1,"title":{"rendered":"Dubai"}},{"id":15499,"slug":"abu-dhabi","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/abu-dhabi\/","api_id":2,"title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}