Digital_Ranking_Report_2021
Page 2: Factors breakdown & Strengths and Weaknesses
This page shows the country’s performance over time for each of the nine sub-factors composing the three Digital Competitiveness Factors (Knowledge, Technology and Future Readiness) and their 52 criteria rankings for 2021. Factors Breakdown : shows the 5-years evolution of the sub-factors rankings composing the three factors of Knowledge, Technology and Future Readiness. Strengths and Weaknesses : this section highlights the economy’s strongest and weakest criteria included in the World Digital Competitiveness Ranking. The triangles (►) identify the five top criteria in which the economy ranks best (strengths – filled triangle) and the five criteria in which its performance is the worst (weaknesses – empty triangle) compared to the other countries included in the WCY sample. The selection of indicators is determined by the standard deviation values (STD) of the country for that specific criteria. In other words, the criteria selected represent the highest STD values and the lowest STD values among the 52 indicators
composing the World Digital Competitiveness Ranking and can thus be considered the digital competitive advantages and disadvantages of the economy. The full criteria names can be found in the Appendix and the statistical tables are available for subscribers of the IMD World Competitiveness Online . It is important to note that what constitutes a strength or weakness is relative to each economy’s circumstances or development. Also, the ranking position of a country may not necessarily improve or decline as a consequence of its own evolution since it is always relative to the performance of the other economies. Therefore, an improvement may not be reflected by a higher ranking position if other economies have performed better for the criterion in question. The same can be said for any declines in performance – the economy’s ranking position relative to the others may or may not fall, depending on how the other economies have performed.
Factor Rankings - 5 years Overview
Factor Rankings - 5 years overview
FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES THAILAND
OVERALL
Knowledge
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 56 58 58 50 55 18 15 15 17 19 12 13 10 11 10 22 25 23 21 21
Argentina Australia
57 15 16 22
55 13 15 23
59 14 20 25 57 45 11 42 22 58 51 54 37 24 17 53 43 27 44 56 19 16 41 23 50 35 10 36 30 21 26 49 62 61 55 33 34 31 46 38 39 47 32 48 28 13 40 52 12 60 15 18 29
17 26 18 63 51 55 13 33 15 61 56 47 44 28 11 10 25 43 36 14 52 50 19 31 42 48 38 22 23 34 32 35 54 58 49 62 53 21 27 40 39 30 60 45 59 37 4 6 8 7 24 1 5 59 15 17 25 51 45 12 41 16 61 52 40 35 21 10 24 18 46 47 23 48 56 20 19 42 27 53 36 38 29 28 26 54 62 55 57 32 37 30 49 43 34 50 31 60 33 11 39 44 14 58 13 3 5 8 7 22 9 2 4 6 1 63
61 20 16 26 63 51 52 13 39 15 59 55 43 33 25 11 24 18 44 45 21 46 53 19 17 40 28 49 32 12 37 30 22 27 56 62 57 58 41 34 29 50 42 36 47 35 60 31 23
u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses
Austria Belgium
Botswana
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
64
Brazil
55 45
57 43
55 62 59 57 51 41 41 46 47 53
Bulgaria Canada
KNOWLEDGE
9
8
3
3
5
5
7
Chile China
40 31 58 48 53 32
37 30 59 44 54 33
52 47 50 49 49
23 30 18
8
6
Colombia
57 57 57 59 56 50 43 42 41 47 46 55 55 40 39 36 38 37 37 35
Croatia Cyprus
Subfactors
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 42 42 40 36 39 47 44 50 55 56 43 45 35 37 36
Czech Republic
Talent
Denmark
5
4
4
4
8
8
6
6
8
Estonia Finland France
26
25
28 29 30 23 27
Scientific concentration Training & education
4
7
7
9
9
9 15
9
25 17 50 44 23 51 59 21 13 39 27 56 38 19 35 29 20 24 49 61 14 10 62 46 37 33 28 54 42 36 43 34 47 30 12 41 52 18 60 11
26 18 53 11 46 21 48 62 20 12 41 22 45 38 14 35 29 24 27 51 61 60 56 36 32 28 47 40 42 50 34 49 31 19
Future readiness 44 44 43 43 42 60 59 60 56 57 38 36 35 31 18 45 39 40 38 37 10 10 14 13 13 16 19 17 18 16 19 20 20 20 20 13 14 12 12 14 51 51 53 48 45 48 48 44 44 43 30 28 29 27 33 37 46 38 39 41 58 61 56 63 60 25 22 24 24 23 42 42 41 42 40 29 18 25 22 25 61 56 49 54 48 40 35 32 34 36 14 11 11 10 15 34 34 36 36 34 21 23 26 25 26 27 32 34 35 29 17 17 19 19 22 54 54 52 52 54 59 53 62 58 58 11 12 13 14 11 20 21 21 28 28 15 16 16 16 17 62 60 61 55 59 53 50 51 62 63 32 33 33 30 38 31 27 31 33 32 35 37 45 45 44 47 45 47 53 52 24 24 22 26 24 39 40 39 46 50 43 49 48 51 46 26 26 27 29 30 49 52 54 60 62 33 31 28 32 31 5 7 7 5 2 8 9 12 1 3 2 4 2 4 7 6 4 2 4 3 2 1 6 7 1
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong SAR
7
8
2
Talent
Training & education
Scientific concentration Total expenditure on R&D (%) Total R&D personnel per capita
Hungary
Rank
Rank
Rank
Iceland
Educational assessment PISA - Math 48
20 59
36 40
Employee training
India
Indonesia
25 w
International experience
Total public expenditure on education
Ireland
Israel
49 u
Foreign highly-skilled personnel
22
Higher education achievement
Female researchers
6
Italy
Japan
28 w
Management of cities
Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)
56
R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment
31 58 42 17
Jordan
17 w
Digital/Technological skills
42 37
Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees
Kazakhstan Korea Rep.
Net flow of international students
47
High-tech patent grants
Latvia
Lithuania
Robots in Education and R&D
Luxembourg
Malaysia Mexico Mongolia
Netherlands New Zealand
6
9
6
7
TECHNOLOGY
Norway
6
9
9
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Subfactors
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 38 34 33 31 29 21 28 21 17 19 30 23 29 25 22
Qatar
Romania
Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
1
2
2
5
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sub-factor Rankings Sweden 2 3 3 Switzerland 8 5 5
Regulatory framework
Capital
Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers
Rank
Rank
Rank
3 6 8
Sub-factor Rankings
Starting a business Enforcing contracts Immigration laws
27 29 20 30 31
IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development
16 26 16 42 26
22 21 24 49 20 12
Taiwan, China
16
Knowledge 39
Technology 38
Thailand Turkey
52 17 58 10
48 10 54 14
Banking and financial services
Wireless broadband
UAE
Ukraine
Development & application of tech.
Country credit rating
Internet users
United Kingdom
USA
3
1
1
1
5
4
1
1
3
Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights
Venture capital
Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)
Venezuela
63
63
63
64
63 63 63 61 61
37 u
10 u
Investment in Telecommunications
42
IMD WORLD DI G I TAL COMPET I T I VENESS RANK ING 2021
Talent 62
Training & education 46 48
Scientific concentration 57
Regulatory framework Capital 63 56
Technological framework 50
Adaptive attitudes 43
Business agility 59
IT integration
Argentina Australia
Argentina Australia
8
37
18 15 20 63 21 46
17 32 20 56 59 53 38 27 49 50 54 29 13 33 10 21 23 52 25 35 28 48 37 41 51 16 46 30 31 57 62 43 40 47 44 24 61 58 15 14 42 39 36 34 9 7 45 26 4 8 3 22 6
27 38 37 64 51 42 29 36 28 59 41 52 32 20 14 17 43 50 6
14 21 22 63 40 45 17 24 19 58 39 27 35 48 23 43 62 31 55 57 12 25 36 18 61 32 51 47 38 29 52 37 54 60 28 30 26 42 44 46 11 49 41 59 33 3 2 6 16 8 4 20 7
55 18 38 46 42 61 20 54 47 64 50 32 25 21 33 15 51 62 16 36 26 14 31 19 53 28 48 24 22 27 41 63 30 11 39 37 44 58 17 57 56 35 12 60 40 59 49 13 3 7 9 6 5 8
21 11 26 63 49 53 14 39 32 46 58 33 36 22 20 41 17 42 27 51 60 19 13 38 23 54 44 16 37 34 12 31 52 62 56 57 45 30 28 50 48 24 40 35 55 29 1 25 2 6 18 8 7
Austria Belgium
15 20 53 63 54 36 12 57 61 56 28 29 10 23 21 42 43 35 38 48 18 27 40 47 34 45 26 24 25 33 30 51 60 14 16 59 55 41 22 19 50 44 32 52 37 58 31 9 5 6 4 2
5
Austria Belgium
31 48 58 53 10 51 35 50 42 29 45 19 27 17 55 47 22 43 64 32 60 21 33 14 16 30 15 20 57 39 28 36 11 41 61 44 38 54 59 34 13 49 23 62 40 1 3 9 6 4 8
Botswana
Botswana
Brazil
Brazil
Bulgaria Canada
Bulgaria Canada
FUTURE READINESS
5
Chile China
57
Chile China
1
Colombia
58 34 29 30 17 45 10 12 35 14 42 39 47 44 26 25 13 62 54 51 37 38 32 50 61 16 33 22 60 56 28 27 59 43 24 64 11 40 31 53 23 6 9 3
Colombia
Croatia Cyprus
Croatia Cyprus
Subfactors
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 51 55 58 53 53 32 34 30 44 34 53 55 51 43 43
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Adaptive attitudes Business agility
Denmark
Denmark
Estonia Finland France
Estonia Finland France
IT integration
Germany
Germany
Greece
Greece
Hong Kong SAR
1
Hong Kong SAR
Adaptive attitudes
Hungary
21
Hungary
Business agility
IT integration E-Government
Rank
Rank
Rank
Iceland
3
Iceland
India
62 55 34 26 44
India
E-Participation Internet retailing
42
Opportunities and threats World robots distribution
25 11 29
49 22 29 56
Indonesia
Indonesia
46 u
Public-private partnerships
Ireland
Ireland
Israel
Israel
w Tablet possession
58 46 12
Agility of companies
Cyber security Software piracy
Italy
Italy
Japan
8
Japan
29 w
Smartphone possession
Use of big data and analytics Knowledge transfer Entrepreneurial fear of failure
Jordan
53 47
Jordan
Kazakhstan Korea Rep.
Kazakhstan Korea Rep.
u Attitudes toward globalization
24 54
7
Latvia
18 30 25 15 54 60 10 23 12 58 49 31 46 16 40 45 35 39 33 61 24 13 11 2
Latvia
Lithuania
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Malaysia Mexico Mongolia
Malaysia Mexico Mongolia
Netherlands New Zealand
Netherlands New Zealand
Norway
Norway
Peru
Peru
Philippines
Philippines
Poland
Poland
Portugal
Portugal
Qatar
Qatar
Romania
Romania
Russia
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Singapore
Slovak Republic
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Africa
Spain
Spain
Sweden
7 3
2 7
4 8
3 9
5
5
5 4
Sweden
Switzerland
12
10
4
Switzerland
17
IMD WORLD DI G I TAL COMPET I T I VENESS RANK ING 2021 Taiwan, China 17 12 19 16 2 4 Thailand 39 56 36 29 19 22 13 2 15 Taiwan, China 53 34 43 Thailand
34 15 56
29 10 45 23
47 10 61
Turkey
Turkey
49
63 25 18 26 24 52
41 52 55
41
60 11 55 18
48
UAE
1
2
5
UAE
Ukraine
46
46 20 12 64
57 19
Ukraine
United Kingdom 11
7 2
9 1
9 3
United Kingdom
USA
13 64
1
9
1
USA
Venezuela
49
64
63
64
52
64
Venezuela
44
IMD WORLD DI G I TAL COMPET I T I VENESS RANK ING 2021
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