IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2020

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES SOUTH AFRICA

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 53 52 54 49 59 38 37 54 58 60 50 49 47 48 53

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

-

Employee training

57

44 53 16 27

55 u 44 w

International experience

Total public expenditure on education

1

60 u

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

Management of cities

58 61 30

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

45 52 54

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

w Digital/Technological skills

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

-

High-tech patent grants

Net flow of international students

54 38

Robots in Education and R&D

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 54 54 53 53 56 33 35 27 30 32 56 57 58 59 57

Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital

Regulatory framework

Capital

Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers

Rank

Rank

Rank

59 u

7 w

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

Starting a business Enforcing contracts Immigration laws

61 48 50 59 56 54

51 58 53 43

56 50

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

54 w

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development & application of tech.

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

Venture capital

58

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

41 u

Investment in Telecommunications

2

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 55 54 56 55 59 38 37 38 40 58 47 42 39 42 50

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

E-Participation

45 59 57 45 52

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

56 34 58

56 57 54 20

w Internet retailing

Public-private partnerships

Tablet possession

Agility of companies

Cyber security Software piracy

44 u

Smartphone possession

Use of big data and analytics

Attitudes toward globalization

Knowledge transfer

52 47

Entrepreneurial fear of failure

149

IMD WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2020