Global Talent Competitiveness Index

The Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) is an innovative, annual benchmarking study, encompassing 125 countries.

The GTCI introduces the dimension of talent/human capital and its connection to competitiveness. The variables are grouped into talent enablers, attraction, growth, retention as well as output in terms of vocational and global knowledge skills.The GTCI is the product of the joint effort with sponsors and knowledge partners from government, academia and industry; it is an annual index created in partnership with the Adecco Group and Tata Communications. The GTCI aims to give governments and businesses the distilled data from 125 countries needed to inform their decisions about talent policies and strategies. The report itself has details about methodology as well as country profiles.

The World’s Most Talent Competitive Cities

April 16, 2019

Our Global Talent Competitiveness Index explains the importance of cities in innovation.

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The World’s Most Talent Competitive Countries, 2019

January 21, 2019

Entrepreneurial talent is a critical component of both competitiveness and innovation.
The World’s Most Talent Competitive Countries, 2018

January 22, 2018

Diversity is the linchpin of innovative and competitive working environments.

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The World’s Most Talent Competitive Countries, 2017

January 16, 2017

While technology is eliminating jobs, it is also creating them. But filling these new roles is the next talent challenge.

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The World’s Most Talent Ready Countries, 2015

January 19, 2016

Immigration may be controversial, but the world would be a poorer place without it.

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The World’s Most Talent Ready Countries, 2014

January 20, 2015

Talent is moving around the world faster than ever before. Countries that remain open to it are building a competitive edge.

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The World's Most Talent Competitive Countries

November 26, 2013

INSEAD’s Global Talent Competitiveness Index shows high-income countries leading in fostering knowledge and vocational talent...

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Are we headed for just another jobless recovery?

May 17, 2012

Closing the gap in the budget deficit is old hat: business executives now say the way out of economic turmoil is to close the...
Gaining a competitive advantage with knowledge-based skills

March 10, 2010

The financial crisis has highlighted deficiencies in knowledge-based skills in Europe and unless they’re tackled now, the...
Re-skilling Europe for the new global knowledge economy

April 26, 2009

Europe today is suffering from a skills shortage, made even worse by the economic crisis. Over the past decade, many business...