Digital_Ranking_Report_2021

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES QATAR

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 19 15 15 15 19 24 38 48 53 54 55 59 61 60 59

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 50

19 61 58 31

51 47 36 51 59 14 53

7 w 8 w

Total public expenditure on education

International experience

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

Management of cities

7

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

33 w

Digital/Technological skills

12 29

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 31 32 28 29 27 17 24 23 19 24 36 30 38 31 16

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

46 55 17 12 13 19

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

40

16

10 u

3

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

9

11

23 u

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development & application of tech.

1

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

Venture capital

14

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

37 60

57 w

Investment in Telecommunications

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 15 16 18 27 26 15 8 12 17 17 27 26 27 28 28

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

E-Participation Internet retailing

56

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

8

51

53 w

58

Public-private partnerships

9 4

u Tablet possession

16 u

5

Agility of companies

Cyber security Software piracy

7 u

Smartphone possession

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

2

38

Attitudes toward globalization

16

15 39

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