Digital Ranking 2022

Table of Contents

Preface .............................................................................................................................................................................. 3

The IMD World Competitiveness Center ........................................................................................................................ 7

Partner Institutes . ........................................................................................................................................................... 8

User’s Guide to the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking ............................................................................. 14 Overall and Breakdown Digital Rankings . ............................................................................................................... 14 Digital Competitiveness Country Profiles ................................................................................................................ 15

Securing Digitalization .................................................................................................................................................. 18

The 2022 IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking .............................................................................................. 28

Methodology in a Nutshell . ........................................................................................................................................... 30

What is the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking? ..................................................................................................... 31

The 2022 IMD World Digital Competitiveness Rankings ............................................................................................ 32 Populations greater than 20 million. ....................................................................................................................... 32 Populations less than 20 million.............................................................................................................................. 32 GDP per capita greater than $20,000....................................................................................................................... 33 GDP per capita less than $20,000............................................................................................................................ 33 Europe- Middle East - Africa.................................................................................................................................... 34 Asia - Pacific . ............................................................................................................................................................ 35 The Americas............................................................................................................................................................ 35 Knowledge ................................................................................................................................................................. 36 Technology................................................................................................................................................................. 37 Future Readiness...................................................................................................................................................... 38 Factor Rankings - 5 years overview ......................................................................................................................... 40 Sub-factor Rankings................................................................................................................................................. 42

IMD World Digital Competitiveness Country Profiles ................................................................................................. 43

Appendices and Sources . ............................................................................................................................................ 170

Notes and Sources by Criteria .................................................................................................................................... 174 Factor I: Knowledge ................................................................................................................................................ 175 Factor II: Technology............................................................................................................................................... 178 Factor III: Future Readiness................................................................................................................................... 180

Index to Criteria ........................................................................................................................................................... 182



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