Digital_Ranking_Report_2021
FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES HONG KONG SAR
u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses
KNOWLEDGE
Subfactors
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 4 5 4 7 6 27 13 12 5 1 7 5 16 17 14
Talent
Scientific concentration Training & education
Talent
Training & education
Scientific concentration Total expenditure on R&D (%) Total R&D personnel per capita
Rank
Rank
Rank
14 w
Employee training
Educational assessment PISA - Math 3
42 30
4 w
Total public expenditure on education
International experience
37
Higher education achievement
Female researchers
Foreign highly-skilled personnel
16
9
-
Management of cities
5
Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)
30
R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment
21
15 u
Digital/Technological skills
Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees
1
2 2
High-tech patent grants
Net flow of international students
35
-
w
Robots in Education and R&D
55
TECHNOLOGY
Subfactors
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 6 14 12 7 6 6 6 6 12 7 9 11 3 2 1
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
4
IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development
5
7
25 11 11 19
11
17
Banking and financial services
Wireless broadband
6
5
Country credit rating
Internet users
Development & application of tech.
16
21
Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights
Venture capital
8
Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)
2 1
7 w
58 u
Investment in Telecommunications
FUTURE READINESS
Subfactors
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 9 11 12 4 3 25 26 8 14 9 21 25 22 19 17
Adaptive attitudes Business agility
IT integration
Adaptive attitudes
Business agility
IT integration E-Government
Rank
Rank
Rank
- u
E-Participation Internet retailing Tablet possession
Opportunities and threats World robots distribution
1
-
17 w 7 u
38
Public-private partnerships
8
Agility of companies
1
Cyber security Software piracy
11 28
u Smartphone possession
1 5
Use of big data and analytics Knowledge transfer Entrepreneurial fear of failure
12 12 24
Attitudes toward globalization
89
IMD WORLD DI G I TAL COMPET I T I VENESS RANK ING 2021
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