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Competitive Alternatives Highlights
KPMG's Guide to International Business Location
International results
Among the countries studied, Mexico
represents the lowest-cost country, with a business cost advantage
of 20.5 percent, on average, relative the US baseline. This rating
reflects Mexico's status as the first emerging industrialized country
to be included in Competitive Alternatives.
Canada, the United
States, and Australia are
the cost leaders among the nine established industrialized countries
examined. Business costs in these three countries are virtually
equivalent, with less than one percent separating these countries.
France ranks fifth among the
ten countries examined, and has the lowest cost structure among
the European countries studied. Overall business costs in France
are 3.6 percent higher than the US benchmark.
The United Kingdom, the Netherlands,
and Italy are also very closely
grouped, with business costs between 7.1 and 7.9 percent above the
US benchmark.
Japan and Germany
have the highest cost structures among the ten countries examined,
with costs 14.3 and 16.8 percent (respectively) higher than the
United States.
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