Digital_Ranking_Report_2021

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES KOREA REP.

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 25 26 30 21 26 13 8 5 11 16 9 7 6 4 3

Talent

Scientific concentration Training & education

Talent

Training & education

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

Rank

Rank

Rank

32 u

Employee training

Educational assessment PISA - Math 6

2 3

w International experience

Total public expenditure on education

52 46

38

w Foreign highly-skilled personnel

4 w

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

53 27 33 3 12

Management of cities

9

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

33 11 21

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

Digital/Technological skills

33 44

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

High-tech patent grants

Net flow of international students

Robots in Education and R&D

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 28 27 26 26 23 41 44 29 25 16 2 2 7 3 7

Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital

Regulatory framework

Capital

Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers

Rank

Rank

Rank

19 u

Starting a business

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

2

12 10 21

u Enforcing contracts

2

34 42 16 39 44

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

Immigration laws

27 45 30

w Development & application of tech.

Country credit rating

Internet users

7

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

12

36 w

Investment in Telecommunications

7

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 10 3 4 1 2 48 47 5 3 5 23 20 21 15 16

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

u E-Participation u Internet retailing

1 2

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

20

2

3

Public-private partnerships

38 23 20

Tablet possession

22 16 17

Agility of companies

18 26 25 16

Cyber security Software piracy

Smartphone possession

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

Attitudes toward globalization

111

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