DEFINITION: Extent to which basic technological, scientific and human resources meet the needs of business (2003).

#1 United States: 100
#2 Switzerland: 86.402
#3 Finland: 86.029
#4 Sweden: 84.556
#5 Australia: 82.478
#6 Canada: 81.991
#7 Germany: 78.093
#8 Iceland: 77.256
#9 Japan: 76.424
#10 Denmark: 76.248
#11 France: 76.194
#12 Singapore: 74.995
#13 Austria: 73.472
#14 Norway: 70.097
#15 Netherlands: 69.476
#16 Belgium: 64.248
#17 Taiwan: 64.165
#18 United Kingdom: 60.54
#19 Malaysia: 60.513
#20 Israel: 60.468
#21 Luxembourg: 55.884
#22 Spain: 52.614
#23 New Zealand: 52.532
#24 Hong Kong: 48.186
#25 Ireland: 48.076
#26 Italy: 43.902
#27 Colombia: 38.862
#28 Czech Republic: 38.289
#29 Turkey: 34.856
#30 Thailand: 34.287
#31 Russia: 33.73
#32 Brazil: 33.354
#33 Romania: 32.659
#34 South Africa: 32.295
#35 Argentina: 32.139
#36 Estonia: 30.251
#37 Poland: 30.13
#38 Philippines: 29.316
#39 Hungary: 28.05
#40 India: 27.239
#41 Greece: 26.999
#42 Venezuela: 26.87
#43 Chile: 22.602
#44 Mexico: 21.323
#45 Jordan: 20.995
#46 Slovenia: 20.295
#47 Portugal: 20.141
#48 Slovakia: 17.311
#49 Indonesia: 9.584
Weighted average: 49.9

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_inf-economy-infrastructure

how is this list created, i wonder, how did the usa become on top, i really can not figure out on what kind of statistics this is based on, behalf they are american.
but isnt american infrastructure quite old, and rotten, like al the highway bridges with bad maintainance , so bad, they could collapse anytime , anywhere.

USA being the top on the list, I'm thinking the list was created based on USA.

I find it fascinating that we have outstripped the Germans - must be some arbitrary measure like highway/railway lengths or something like that to throw it out by that much.

DEFINITION: Extent to which basic technological, scientific and human resources meet the needs of business (2003).

^^

It's not just transport infrastructure.

From the link:
DEFINITION: Extent to which basic technological, scientific and human resources meet the needs of business (2003).

(edit: posted at the same time)

lol

and another biaised study....

BTW this study has been made by a swiss school

Great list! :lol:

Is there more for that definition (I'm too lazy to read the stuff right now)? Otherwise, it would hardly fit scientific needs...

Why does Singapore score 78 but Hong Kong gets 48? They are both heavily developed cities with excellent infrastructure. :sly:

USA #1??????? WTF! BS!!!

lol

and another biaised study....

BTW this study has been made by a swiss school

that list is so biased, i cant believe they put mexico 44, they are so f@cking stupid, and USA#1? THAT COUNTRY ONLY HAS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CARS for the most part, and very little public transport, the us sucks in infrastructure, i think germany is #1

Why does Singapore score 78 but Hong Kong gets 48? They are both heavily developed cities with excellent infrastructure. :sly:

hongkong has more population:lol:

The list has nothing to do with transport related infrastructure.

I'm assuming this is roads, highways, rail, ports, airports, power grids, transmission lines, dams, power plants, sewers, telecommunications, irrigation, bridges, tunnels, canals, warehouses, industrial complexes, etc. Perhaps, it goes even further to count buildings and other facilities.