The purpose of this text is to analyze the main macroeconomic indicators and to compare the competitiveness of Southeast European countries. The analysis covers the following nine countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Greece, Croatia, North Macedonija, Romania and Serbia. The text defines the concept of competitiveness, and the indicators for measuring competitiveness published by the World Economic Forum and the Institute for Management Development. Text discusses the basic macroeconomic indicators – imports, exports, GDP per capita, external debt, inflation and unemployment rates, to show the state of the covered economies. Furthermore, there have been analyzed the Global Competitiveness Reports of the last ten years for the purpose of showing and comparing the competitiveness between countries. The most competitive Southeast European countries in the last two years are Romania and Bulgaria, while the worst ranked countries in the global competitiveness are North Macedonia and Bosia and Herzegovina. The last part of this work deals with Croatia's competitive position, with a particular focus on growth recommendations and the Europe 2020. strategy.