Digital_Ranking_Report_2021

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES BOTSWANA

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 53 48 63

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

-

63

- - - -

61 u

Total public expenditure on education

International experience

1

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

36 58 63 50

61 43 36

Management of cities

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

Digital/Technological skills

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

51 64 -

- w

High-tech patent grants

Net flow of international students

Robots in Education and R&D

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 63 56 64

Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital

Regulatory framework

Capital

Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers

Rank

Rank

Rank

Starting a business Enforcing contracts Immigration laws

62 57 58 64 49 62

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

-

63 62 50 59 63 63

63 60 39

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

w Development & application of tech.

Country credit rating

Internet users

58 w

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

Investment in Telecommunications

41

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 63 46 63

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

60 w

E-Participation Internet retailing Tablet possession

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

64

60 62 59 60

- -

-

Public-private partnerships

Agility of companies

62 64 60

Cyber security Software piracy

- w

Smartphone possession

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

Attitudes toward globalization

57

u

2

57

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