IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2020

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES KAZAKHSTAN

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 45 36 44 39 49 31 21 6 1 4 55 56 55 55 54

Talent

Scientific concentration Training & education

Talent

Training & education

Scientific concentration Total expenditure on R&D (%) Total R&D personnel per capita

Rank

Rank

Rank

21 w

Educational assessment PISA - Math 47

Employee training

61 51

International experience

36

Total public expenditure on education

54

31 u

1 u

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

3

Management of cities

34 55

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

37 31

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

25 46 58 -

Digital/Technological skills

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

w Net flow of international students

57 u

1 w

High-tech patent grants

Robots in Education and R&D

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 27 18 22 16 23 56 51 59 54 55 37 35 42 43 48

Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital

Regulatory framework

Capital

Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers

Rank

Rank

Rank

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

Starting a business

11

-

48 33 53 52 50 15

u Enforcing contracts

4

37 41 49 44 62

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

Immigration laws

19 36 39

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development & application of tech.

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

46 w

Investment in Telecommunications

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 41 48 47 39 33 36 27 43 15 13 45 39 44 46 46

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

E-Participation Internet retailing Tablet possession

25 53 44 28 35

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

41

27 28 43 59

-

Public-private partnerships

Agility of companies

41

Cyber security Software piracy

13 w

Smartphone possession

Use of big data and analytics

Attitudes toward globalization

Knowledge transfer

38

u

Entrepreneurial fear of failure

1

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IMD WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2020