Greece remained stagnant in 2026 in the competitiveness of its economy, ranking 50th out of 70 countries in the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook for the second consecutive year. Last year, 69 economies were assessed.
This stagnation demonstrates that despite the individual improvements recorded in recent years, there are still critical weaknesses in Greece’s competitiveness, starting with the problematic functioning of the market, bureaucracy and tax policy, and reach the delay in creating the required infrastructure and the slow integration of new technologies.
At the same time, this year’s assessment (the reference year is 2025) confirms the overall competitiveness gap of the European Union, and the dominance of Asian economies.
This is illustrated by the fact that Singapore and Hong Kong moved up to the top two positions in the Global Competitiveness Yearbook, leaving Switzerland in third place, while Taiwan is in fourth place, up from sixth place last year.
The United Arab Emirates is in fifth place.
