Digital_Ranking_Report_2021

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES JAPAN

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 41 36 46 46 47 31 14 19 18 21 16 12 11 11 13

Talent

Scientific concentration Training & education

Talent

Training & education

Scientific concentration Total expenditure on R&D (%) Total R&D personnel per capita

Rank

Rank

Rank

Employee training

Educational assessment PISA - Math 5

27 57

5

w International experience

Total public expenditure on education

64 49

20 55 14 40

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

8 1

15 u

Management of cities

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

w Digital/Technological skills

62 26

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

44

High-tech patent grants

Net flow of international students

6

5 4

u

Robots in Education and R&D

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 37 40 42 44 48 33 33 37 33 37 6 4 2 5 8

Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital

Regulatory framework

Capital

Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers

Rank

Rank

Rank

Starting a business Enforcing contracts Immigration laws

44 36 62 49 47 27

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

10 36

37 11

36 u

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

2

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development & application of tech.

28 36 53

14 17 24

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

Investment in Telecommunications

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 14 13 15 19 18 57 55 41 56 53 18 15 18 23 23

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

4 w 15 u 24 w 21 w

E-Participation Internet retailing Tablet possession

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

62

14 42 44

2

Public-private partnerships

Agility of companies

64

Cyber security Software piracy

63 u

Smartphone possession

Use of big data and analytics Knowledge transfer Entrepreneurial fear of failure

2

Attitudes toward globalization

46

40 33

105

IMD WORLD DI G I TAL COMPET I T I VENESS RANK ING 2021