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Table 1 World economic forum global competitiveness index estimates for 2011 to 2012

From: Opportunities and barriers to establishing a cell therapy programme in South Africa

Subindex

Factor

Rank (out of 142)

 

Overall ranking

50

A

Basic requirements

85

 

Health and primary education

131

 

 Business impact of HIV/AIDS

132

 

 Tuberculosis incidence

141

 

 HIV prevalence

139

 

 Business impact of tuberculosis

135

 

 Life expectancy

130

 

 Infant mortality

111

 

 Business impact of malaria

103

 

 Malaria incidence

90

C

Innovation and sophistication factors

39

 

 Innovation

41

 

  Availability of scientists and engineers

111

  1. Data extracted from the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2011–2012 [1].