Digital_Ranking_Report_2021

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES SAUDI ARABIA

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 22 38 20 34 32 16 39 38 34 34 61 49 59 62 64

Talent

Scientific concentration Training & education

Talent

Training & education

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

Rank

Rank

Rank

w Educational assessment PISA - Math 58

Employee training

36

- - - -

u International experience

9 u

Total public expenditure on education

6

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

15 22 17 39

37 45

Management of cities

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

42 w 37 w

Digital/Technological skills

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

55 52 55

High-tech patent grants

Net flow of international students

w

Robots in Education and R&D

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 48 50 39 25 30 36 31 13 5 15 41 56 54 47 35

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

22 37 34 19 23

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

46 18 22

18 30 16 11 47 62

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

33 u

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development & application of tech.

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

Venture capital

16

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

30 u

7 w

Investment in Telecommunications

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 29 43 50 37 46 38 48 36 28 35 31 33 30 24 24

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

E-Participation Internet retailing Tablet possession

51 42 31 36 44

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

40 52

38 18

Public-private partnerships

35 u

Agility of companies

Cyber security Software piracy

3

Smartphone possession

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

28 33 29

38

Attitudes toward globalization

145

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