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
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