IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2020

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES QATAR

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 25 19 15 15 15 27 24 38 48 53 54 55 59 61 60

Talent

Scientific concentration Training & education

Talent

Training & education

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

Rank

Rank

Rank

Educational assessment PISA - Math 50

Employee training

10 60 57

49 48 38 57 53 15 54

u International experience

5 w 7 w

Total public expenditure on education

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

u Management of cities

31 w

5 8

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

Digital/Technological skills

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

39

High-tech patent grants

Net flow of international students

19

-

Robots in Education and R&D

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 33 31 32 28 29 18 17 24 23 19 42 36 30 38 31

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 Enforcing contracts Immigration laws

46 55 16 11 12 20

-

15 32 12 36 32 62

8 5

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development & application of tech.

22 11

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

56 w

Investment in Telecommunications

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 12 15 16 18 27 26 15 8 12 17 28 27 26 27 28

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

E-Participation Internet retailing

56

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

7

51

48 w

57

Public-private partnerships

8 1

u Tablet possession

18 u

5

Agility of companies

Cyber security Software piracy

6 u

Smartphone possession

Use of big data and analytics

1

38

Attitudes toward globalization

15

Knowledge transfer

6 38

Entrepreneurial fear of failure

135

IMD WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2020