Poland ranks 48 in competitiveness report

According to the report Poland performs best in the health and primary education section, scoring 6 out of 7 points. The country also gets high notes in the higher education and training and market size categories. Poland's Achilles heel are innovations and institutions. Switzerland tops the ranking, followed by Singapore, the United States, Finland and Germany. The report assesses the competitiveness landscape of 144 economies, providing insight into the drivers of their productivity and prosperity. Competitiveness is defined as the set of institutions, policies and factors that determine the level of productivity of a country. The level of productivity, in turn, sets the level of prosperity that can be earned by an economy. The Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 was compiled by the World Economic Forum.