According to the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2025, which dimension does the country Switzerland hold 1st position in for bo…

Question

According to the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2025, which dimension does the country Switzerland hold 1st position in for both 2024 and 2025?

1. A. Business Efficiency
2. B. Infrastructure (Correct answer)
3. C. Economic Performance
4. D. Employment

Correct Answer

Option B — Infrastructure

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Infrastructure.

Key Points

• In the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2025, Switzerland held 1st place in the Infrastructure dimension in both 2024 and 2025.
• The index is published annually by the IMD World Competitiveness Center, Lausanne, and scores economies on four dimensions: Economic Performance, Government Efficiency, Business Efficiency and Infrastructure.
• "Employment" in option D is not a dimension of its own — it sits as a sub-factor under Economic Performance, which is what makes that option wrong on structure rather than on fact.
• For global indices, remember the publishing body as well as the rank: IMD (Competitiveness), WEF (Global Gender Gap), WIPO (Global Innovation Index), UNDP (Human Development Index).

Additional Information

• Major global indices and their publishers: Human Development Index (UNDP), Global Innovation Index (WIPO), Global Hunger Index (Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe), Ease of Doing Business (formerly World Bank), Global Gender Gap Report (WEF) and Corruption Perceptions Index (Transparency International).
• The IMD ranking draws on both hard statistical data and an executive opinion survey, which is why perception-heavy economies can rank differently across indices.
• Switzerland, Singapore and the Nordic economies consistently occupy the top places, while India's rank has improved steadily over recent editions.

प्रश्न (हिन्दी में)

IMD विश्व प्रतिस्पर्धात्मकता रैंकिंग 2025 के अनुसार, स्विट्जरलैंड देश किस आयाम में 2024 और 2025 दोनों के लिए प्रथम स्थान रखता है?

1. A. व्यावसायिक दक्षता
2. B. अवसंरचना
3. C. आर्थिक प्रदर्शन
4. D. रोजगार