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6%

33%

53%

38%

14%

TOTAL 5-YEAR REAL GDP GROWTH ENDING 2013

6%

22%

23%

A comparison of new markets to the United States, China and Hong Kong by market size and growth, risk, competitiveness and infrastructure

SOURCESWorld Bank, WDI, and Blue Canyon analysisWorldwide Governance Indicators, World Bank, 2014www.weforum.org/gcrConnected to Compete, World Bank

UNITED STATES2013 GDP: $16,800 bilAnnual Pop. Growth: 0.7%

COLOMBIA2013 GDP: $378 bilAnnual Pop. Growth: 1.3%

VENEZUELA2013 GDP: $438 bilAnnual Pop. Growth: 1.5%

ARGENTINA2013 GDP: $612 bilAnnual Pop. Growth: 0.9%

CHINA2013 GDP: $9,240 bilAnnual Pop. Growth: 0.5%

HONG KONG2013 GDP: $274 bilAnnual Pop. Growth: 0.5%

NIGERIA2013 GDP: $522 bilAnnual Pop. Growth: 2.8%

TANZANIA2013 GDP: $33 bilAnnual Pop. Growth: 3.1%

2013 OVERALL GOVERNANCE SUMMARY Percentile scores from best (100) to worst (0)

TANZANIA

NIGERIA

UNITED STATES

HONG KONG

CHINA

COLOMBIA

VENEZUELA

ARGENTINA

Political Stability No Violence

Rule of Law

Control of Corruption

2014 COMPETITIVENESS RANKING Most competitive (1) to least competitive (144)

7HONG KONG

104ARGENTINA

28CHINA

121

3UNITED STATES

66COLOMBIA

127131 VENEZUELA

NIGERIA

2013 TRADE LOGISTICS SUMMARY Country ranking from best (1) to worst (160)

UNITED STATES

HONG KONG CHINA ARGENTINA NIGERIA VENEZUELA COLOMBIA TANZANIA

Infrastructure 5 14 23 63 83 74 98 114

International Shipments 26 14 22 64 107 68 95 137

Logistics Quality & Competence

7 13 35 62 85 77 91 145

OVERALL RANKING 9 15 28 60 75 76 97 138

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