Digital_Ranking_Report_2021
FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES SOUTH AFRICA
u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses
KNOWLEDGE
Subfactors
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 52 54 49 59 58 37 54 58 60 62 49 47 48 53 53
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
-
52
44 51 16 26
56 u
Total public expenditure on education
International experience
2
60 u
Higher education achievement
Female researchers
Foreign highly-skilled personnel
50 63 57 32
w Management of cities
Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)
46 55 55
R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment
Digital/Technological skills
Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees
-
High-tech patent grants
Net flow of international students
59 39
Robots in Education and R&D
TECHNOLOGY
Subfactors
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 54 53 53 56 59 35 27 30 32 36 57 58 59 57 61
Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital
Regulatory framework
Capital
Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers
Rank
Rank
Rank
59 u
Starting a business Enforcing contracts
IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development
8
59 61 47 63 56 55
58 w
51 63 53 44
w Immigration laws
Banking and financial services
Wireless broadband
43
56 w
Country credit rating
Internet users
Development & application of tech.
Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights
Venture capital
56
Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)
49 u
Investment in Telecommunications
4
FUTURE READINESS
Subfactors
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 54 56 55 59 59 37 38 40 58 59 42 39 42 50 55
Adaptive attitudes Business agility
IT integration
Adaptive attitudes
Business agility
IT integration E-Government
Rank
Rank
Rank
E-Participation Internet retailing Tablet possession
45 59 57 44 56
Opportunities and threats World robots distribution
49
56 61 57 20
33 w
Public-private partnerships
Agility of companies
55
Cyber security Software piracy
40 u
Smartphone possession
Use of big data and analytics Knowledge transfer Entrepreneurial fear of failure
Attitudes toward globalization
55 48
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IMD WORLD DI G I TAL COMPET I T I VENESS RANK ING 2021
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