Small gain in Malaysia's Global Competitiveness ranking


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia moved up one notch to the 25th spot out of 140 countries in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2018 Global Competitiveness Report (GCR).

This came after the nation gained 1.1 points to achieve an overall score of 74.4 points in the survey that rates economies based on 12 pillars, namely, institutions; infrastructure; information communications technology (ICT) adoption; macro-economic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability.

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