Digital_Ranking_Report_2021

User’s Guide to the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking

Overall and Breakdown Digital Rankings

The IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking

The IMD Wor ld Digi tal Compet i t iveness Ranking presents the 2021 overall rankings for the 64 economies covered by the WCY. The rankings are calculated on the basis of the 52 ranked criteria: 32 Hard and 20 Survey data. The countries are ranked from the most to the least digital competitive and the results from the previous year’s scoreboard (2020) are shown in brackets. The index value or “score” is also indicated for each country.

The 2021 IMD Wo r l d D i g i t a l

Compe t i t i vene ss Rank i ng

DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING (Ranks 1 - 30)

DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING (Ranks 31 - 64)

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(1) USA 1

(33) Spain 31

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96.576

(5) Hong Kong SAR 2

(36) Kazakhstan 32

66.066

95.189

(4) Sweden 3

(35) Czech Republic 33

65.224

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(3) Denmark 4

65.178

(37) Portugal 34

(2) Singapore 5

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(31) Slovenia 35

94.939

(6) Switzerland 6

64.349

(34) Saudi Arabia 36

93.309

(7) Netherlands 7

63.855

(38) Latvia 37

(11) Taiwan, China 8

92.243

63.159

(39) Thailand 38

(9) Norway 9

91.295

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(41) Chile 39

(14) UAE 10

90.517

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(42) Italy 40

(10) Finland 11

90.134

60.943

(32) Poland 41

(8) Korea Rep. 12

89.724

60.271

(43) Russia 42

87.310

(12) Canada 13

59.369

(40) Cyprus 43

85.827

(13) United Kingdom 14

55.617

(46) Greece 44

(16) China 15

84.431

55.230

(47) Hungary 45

80.877

(17) Austria 16

55.126

(48) India 46

79.584

(19) Israel 17

54.200

(50) Slovak Republic 47

(18) Germany 18

79.334

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(44) Turkey 48

79.156

(20) Ireland 19

52.520

(53) Jordan 49

78.683

(15) Australia 20

51.974

(49) Romania 50

(23) Iceland 21

77.611

51.478

(51) Brazil 51

77.358

(28) Luxembourg 22

50.776

(45) Bulgaria 52

77.127

(22) New Zealand 23

50.146

(56) Indonesia 53

(24) France 24

75.656

50.073

(58) Ukraine 54

The IMD Digital Wor ld Competitiveness Ranking presents the 2021 overall ranking for the 64 economies covered by the Center. The economies are ranked from the most to the least competitive and the results from the previous year ’s ranking (2020) are shown in brackets. The Scores shown to the left are actually indices (0 to 100) generated for the unique purpose of constructing charts and graphics.

75.421

(21) Estonia 25

49.751

(52) Croatia 55

75.255

(25) Belgium 26

48.736

(54) Mexico 56

(26) Malaysia 27

73.291

47.227

(55) Peru 57

73.014

(27) Japan 28

47.162

(57) Philippines 58

70.477

(30) Qatar 29

45.454

(61) Colombia 59

(29) Lithuania 30

70.336

43.641

(60) South Africa 60

43.639

(59) Argentina 61

(2020 rankings are in parentheses)

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(62) Mongolia 62

33.004

() Botswana 63

23.471

(63) Venezuela 64

(2020 rankings are in parentheses)

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Selected breakdowns of the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking

In addition to global digital rankings, other rankings are provided to show comparisons based on different perspectives. These digital rankings include countries split by population size (populations above and below 20 million), by GDP per capita to reflect different peer groups (above and below $20,000) and three regional rankings drawn from different geographical areas (Europe-Middle East-Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas).

The 2021 IMD Wo r l d D i g i t a l Compe t i t i vene ss Rank i ngs : Se l e c t ed Breakdowns

Populations greater than 20 million

Populations less than 20 million

Populations greater than 20 million

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96.576 95.189 95.158 95.137 94.939 93.309 91.295 90.517 90.134 80.877 79.584 79.156 77.611 77.358 77.127 75.421 75.255 70.477 70.336 66.066 65.224 65.178 64.965 63.855 61.796 59.369 55.617 55.230 54.200 52.520 51.974 50.776 49.751 40.693 33.004

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USA 1

100.000 92.243 89.724 87.310 85.827 84.431 79.334 78.683 75.656 73.291 73.014 68.206 64.349 63.159 61.767 60.943 60.271 55.126 52.837 51.478 50.146 50.073 48.736 47.227 47.162 45.454 43.641 43.639 23.471

Taiwan, China 2 Korea Rep. 3 Canada 4

Denmark 3 Singapore 4 Switzerland 5

United Kingdom 5 China 6

Netherlands 6 Norway 7 UAE 8 Finland 9

Germany 7 Australia 8

France 9

Austria 10 Israel 11

Malaysia 10 Japan 11

Ireland 12

Spain 12

Iceland 13 Luxembourg 14 New Zealand 15

Saudi Arabia 13 Thailand 14 Italy 15 Poland 16 Russia 17

Estonia 16 Belgium 17

Qatar 18 Lithuania 19

India 18

Turkey 19 Brazil 20

Kazakhstan 20 Czech Republic 21

Indonesia 21 Ukraine 22 Mexico 23 Peru 24

Portugal 22 Slovenia 23 Latvia 24

Chile 25

Philippines 25

Cyprus 26

Colombia 26

Greece 27 Hungary 28

South Africa 27 Argentina 28

Slovak Republic 29 Jordan 30 Romania 31 Bulgaria 32 Croatia 33

Venezuela 29

Mongolia 34

Botswana 35

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Digital Competitiveness Factor Rankings

The g l oba l r ank i ngs f o r eac h o f t he D i g i t a l Competitiveness Factors are then shown as individual ranking tables. Again, the economies are ranked from the most to the least digital competitive and the previous year’s rankings (2020) are shown in brackets. Similar to the Overall Digital Ranking, the values or “scores” are indicated for each Factor. However, there is only one economy that has a score of 100 and one economy with a score of 0 across all four Factors.

Knowledge

KNOWLEDGE Know-how necessary to discover, understand and build new technologies

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(2) Singapore 4 (7) Hong Kong SAR 5 (8) China 6 (5) Canada 7 (6) Denmark 8

(15) Finland 9 (11) Austria 10 (14) Netherlands 11 (9) Israel 12 (13) United Kingdom 13 (12) Germany 14 (10) Korea Rep. 15 (18) Taiwan, China 16 (16) Norway 17 (31) UAE 18

(17) Australia 19

(20) France 20 (21) Belgium 21 (19) Malaysia 22

(24) Ireland 23 (26) Russia 24

(22) Japan 25 (25) Lithuania 26 (23) Estonia 27 (28) New Zealand 28

(35) Luxembourg 29 (29) Slovenia 30 (32) Spain 31 (33) Portugal 32 (27) Iceland 33

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(36) Latvia 34 (37) Czech Republic 35 (34) Kazakhstan 36 (38) Ukraine 37 (30) Poland 38