GCI

GCI

GCI

Country

2005 Rank

2005 Score

2004 Rank

Changes 2004-2005

Changes 2004-2005

Finland

1

5.94

1

à

0

United States

2

5.81

2

à

0

Sweden

3

5.65

3

à

0

Denmark

4

5.65

5

ä

1

Taiwan

5

5.58

4

æ

-1

Singapore

6

5.48

7

ä

1

Iceland

7

5.48

10

ä

3

Switzerland

8

5.46

8

à

0

Norway

9

5.4

6

æ

-3

Australia

10

5.21

14

ä

4

Netherlands

11

5.21

12

ä

1

Japan

12

5.18

9

æ

-3

United Kingdom

13

5.11

11

æ

-2

Canada

14

5.1

15

ä

1

Germany

15

5.1

13

æ

-2

New Zealand

16

5.09

18

ä

2

Korea, Rep.

17

5.07

29

ä

12

United Arab Emirates

18

4.99

16

æ

-2

Qatar

19

4.97

—

n/a

n/a

Estonia

20

4.95

20

à

0

Austria

21

4.95

17

æ

-4

Portugal

22

4.91

24

ä

2

Chile

23

4.91

22

æ

-1

Malaysia

24

4.9

31

ä

7

Luxembourg

25

4.9

26

ä

1

Ireland

26

4.86

30

ä

4

Israel

27

4.84

19

æ

-8

Hong Kong SAR

28

4.83

21

æ

-7

Spain

29

4.8

23

æ

-6

France

30

4.78

27

æ

-3

Belgium

31

4.63

25

æ

-6

Slovenia

32

4.59

33

ä

1

Kuwait

33

4.58

—

n/a

n/a

Cyprus

34

4.54

38

ä

4

Malta

35

4.54

32

æ

-3

Thailand

36

4.5

34

æ

-2

Bahrain

37

4.48

28

æ

-9

Czech Republic

38

4.42

40

ä

2

Hungary

39

4.38

39

à

0

Tunisia

40

4.32

42

ä

2

Slovak Republic

41

4.31

43

ä

2

South Africa

42

4.31

41

æ

-1

Lithuania

43

4.3

36

æ

-7

Latvia

44

4.29

44

à

0

Jordan

45

4.28

35

æ

-10

Greece

46

4.26

37

æ

-9

Italy

47

4.21

47

à

0

Botswana

48

4.21

45

æ

-3

China

49

4.07

46

æ

-3

India

50

4.04

55

ä

5

Poland

51

4

60

ä

9

Mauritius

52

4

49

æ

-3

Egypt

53

3.96

62

ä

9

Uruguay

54

3.93

54

à

0

Mexico

55

3.92

48

æ

-7

El Salvador

56

3.86

53

æ

-3

Colombia

57

3.84

64

ä

7

Bulgaria

58

3.83

59

ä

1

Ghana

59

3.82

68

ä

9

Trinidad and Tobago

60

3.81

51

æ

-9

Kazakhstan

61

3.77

—

n/a

n/a

Croatia

62

3.74

61

æ

-1

Namibia

63

3.72

52

æ

-11

Costa Rica

64

3.72

50

æ

-14

Brazil

65

3.69

57

æ

-8

Turkey

66

3.68

66

à

0

Romania

67

3.67

63

æ

-4

Peru

68

3.66

67

æ

-1

Azerbaijan

69

3.64

—

n/a

n/a

Jamaica

70