East Africa and the Global Competitiveness Index

The World Economic Forum has just released its "The Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018" edited by Klaus Schwab.

The report covers 137 economies and measures national competitiveness defined as the set of institutions, policies and factors that determine the level of productivity. The best scoring country in East Africa was Kenya at position 91 (up from 96 last year). Ethiopia scored 108 (up from 109 last year). Tanzania ranked 114 (up from 116 last year). Uganda was in position 115 (down from 113 last year). The study did not include any other country in the Horn of Africa.