Digital_Ranking_Report_2021

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

UAE

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 5 4 5 5 1 56 53 41 44 25 52 56 56 52 52

Talent Training & education Scientific concentration

Talent

Training & education

Total expenditure on R&D (%) Total R&D personnel per capita Scientific concentration R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment High-tech patent grants Robots in Education and R&D Female researchers

Rank

Rank

Rank

w Educational assessment PISA - Math 45

Employee training

8

30 32 39 53 32 31 43

u International experience

2 w

Total public expenditure on education

55 16

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

2

Higher education achievement

3 w

44 w

Management of cities

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

Digital/Technological skills

10

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

9

u Net flow of international students

1

10

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 5 3 1 3 2 12 11 2 10 11 29 16 5 8 5

Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital

Regulatory framework

Capital

Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers

Rank

Rank

Rank

Starting a business Enforcing contracts

8 9 1 9 7

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

13

23 12

8

u Immigration laws

10 u

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

1 4

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development & application of tech.

16

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

9

31 39

Investment in Telecommunications

22

40

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 17 21 20 15 15 1 1 4 12 10 8 14 8 8 10

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

E-Government IT integration

Rank

Rank

Rank

E-Participation Internet retailing Tablet possession

16

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

3

21 10

27 w

53

Public-private partnerships

4 u

12 18

1

Agility of companies

Cyber security Software piracy

Smartphone possession

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

3

20

Attitudes toward globalization

2

9 28

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