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This report describes the methodology and the results of a Global Sustainable Competitiveness Comparison for 176 countries. 69 key sustainability indicators chosen based on relevance and data availability have been analysed to calculate a quantitative national sustainable performance score, grouped in four sustainable development themes: resource efficiency, natural capital depletion, sustainable innovation & competitiveness, and social cohesion. The score is based on scoring the current data as well as the trend (increase/decrease) over the past five years. Results show that the index is topped by Scandinavian countries, followed by North-Western European countries. The world's largest economy, the USA, is ranked 30th. Of the booming emerging economies, Brazil is ranked 25th, South Korea 33rd, China 36th, Russia 56th, and India 100th.