View source for Global Competitiveness Index, World Economic Forum

= Summary =
The World Economic Forum is an international advocacy non-governmental organization and think tank, based in Cologny, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer Klaus Schwab.

= Tables In IFs =
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!Variable
!Definition
!Name in Source
!UsedInPreprocessor
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|WEFGCIBusinessSophisticationP11
|Global Competitiveness Index, Business Sophistication
|11th pillar: business sophistication pillar,  1-7 (higher is better)
|0
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|WEFGCIFinmarketdevP8
|Global Competitiveness Index, Financial market development
|8th pillar: Financial market development, 1-7 (higher is better)
|0
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|WEFGCIGoodsmarketefficiencyP6
|Global Competitiveness Index, Goods Market Efficiency
|6th pillar: Goods market efficiency, pillar 6, 1-7 (higher is better)
|0
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|WEFGCIHealthPriEduP4
|Global Competitiveness Index, Health and primary education
|4th pillar: Health and primary education, 1-7 (higher is better)
|0
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|WEFGCIHigherEd&TrainingP5
|Global Competitiveness Index, Higher education and training
|5th pillar: Higher education and training, 1-7 (higher is better)
|0
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|WEFGCIInfrastructureP2
|Global Competitiveness Index, Infrastructure
|2nd pillar: Infrastructure, 1-7 (higher is better)
|0
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|WEFGCIInstitutionsP1
|Global Competitiveness Index, Institutions
|1st pillar: Institutions, 1-7 (higher is better)
|0
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|WEFGCILabmarketefficiencyP7
|Global Competitiveness Index, Labor market efficiency
|7th pillar: Labor market efficiency, 1-7 (higher is better)
|0
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|WEFGCIMacroeconomicEnvironmentP3
|Global Competitiveness Index, Macroeconomic environment
|3rd pillar: Macroeconomic environment, 1-7 (higher is better)
|0
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|WEFGCIMarketSizeP10
|Global Competitiveness Index, Market Size
|10th pillar: Market size, 1-7 (higher is better)
|0
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|WEFGCIPrivateInstitutionsP1B
|Global Competitiveness Index, Private institutions
|1.B. Private institutions, 1-7 (best)
|0
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|WEFGCIPublicInstitutionsP1A
|Global Competitiveness Index, Public instituions
|1.A. Public institutions, 1-7 (higher is better)
|0
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|WEFGCIR&DInnovationP12
|Global Competitiveness Index, Innovation
|12th pillar: Innovation, 1-7 (higher is better)
|0
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|WEFGCITechReadinessP9
|Global Competitiveness Index, Technological Readiness
|9th pillar: Technological readiness, 1-7 (higher is better)
|0
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|WEFGlobalCompetitivenessIndex
|Global Competitiveness Index, Overall Indexpolicies, and factors that determine the level ofproductivity of a country.
|World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index, 1-7 (higher is better)
|0
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= Data Pulling Instructions =

# Navigate to https://data360.worldbank.org/en/dataset/WEF_GCI
# Download the excel file. 

= Data Notes =
Last updated in 2020.