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

153

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