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
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