Penultimate ranking for Sri Lanka in global talent survey

Sri Lanka has been ranked 59 out of the 60 countries that were analysed in the 2011 Global Talent Index and released on Monday by research group Heidrick & Struggles in conjunction with the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Its measured ranking of Sri Lanka anticipates the country to reach the 57th place by 2015, showing a marginal improvement.

The only country behind Sri Lanka in the overall ranking is Nigeria.

The survey found that talent across the globe was outstripping supply and that countries were not moving fast enough to prepare workers for the needs of tomorrow’s economy.

The index analysed and compared the countries according to seven indicators: demographics, the quality of compulsory education, the quality of university education, the quality of the labour force, the degree to which the work environment nurtures talent, the mobility and relative openness of the labour market and the countries’ proclivity to attract talent.  

Each of these indicators consisted of several components or sub-categories for which each country was awarded points and ranked in relation to the rest of the countries.

Sri Lanka scores between 50 and 60 in indicators Compulsory education quality, University education and Proclivity to attracting talent while the only positive score is the Quality of the labour force which ranks the country at 39.

From the overall rankings however the United States has been ranked in 1st place while India and China sit in 35th and 33rd position respectively.