<P> One part of the report is the Executive Opinion Survey which is a survey of a representative sample of business leaders in their respective countries . Respondent numbers have increased every year and is currently just over 13,500 in 142 countries (2010). </P> <P> The report notes that as a nation develops, wages tend to increase, and that in order to sustain this higher income, labor productivity must improve for the nation to be competitive . In addition, what creates productivity in Sweden is necessarily different from what drives it in Ghana . Thus, the GCI separates countries into three specific stages: factor - driven, efficiency - driven, and innovation - driven, each implying a growing degree of complexity in the operation of the economy . </P> <P> The report has twelve pillars of competitiveness . These are: </P> <Ol> <Li> institutions </Li> <Li> appropriate infrastructure </Li> <Li> a stable macroeconomic framework </Li> <Li> good health and primary education </Li> <Li> higher education and training </Li> <Li> efficient goods markets </Li> <Li> efficient labor markets </Li> <Li> developed financial markets </Li> <Li> the ability to harness the benefits of existing technologies </Li> <Li> and its market size, both domestic and international </Li> <Li> by producing new and different goods using the most sophisticated production processes </Li> <Li> innovation </Li> </Ol>

Indicator used by world economic forum global competitiveness