IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2020

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES THAILAND

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 42 42 42 40 36 44 47 44 50 55 41 43 45 35 37

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 48

Employee training

25 58

37 40

15 w

International experience

Total public expenditure on education

48 u

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

16

6

27 w

Management of cities

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

54

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

31 54 47 21

16 w

Digital/Technological skills

45 35

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

High-tech patent grants

Net flow of international students

47

Robots in Education and R&D

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 43 38 34 33 31 21 21 28 21 17 32 30 23 29 25

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

27 29

20

24 10 23 54 20 11

27 u

23 u

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

9

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development & application of tech.

32 28 44

40 24

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

14 u

Investment in Telecommunications

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 47 51 55 58 53 34 32 34 30 44 55 53 55 51 43

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

E-Participation Internet retailing

42

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

38 11 36

49 16 34 56

49 u

Public-private partnerships

w Tablet possession

58 47 12

Agility of companies

Cyber security Software piracy

35 w

Smartphone possession

Use of big data and analytics

Attitudes toward globalization

Knowledge transfer

29 53

Entrepreneurial fear of failure

159

IMD WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2020