IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2020
FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES UAE
u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses
KNOWLEDGE
Subfactors
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 5 5 4 5 5 53 56 53 41 44 51 52 56 56 52
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 45
Employee training
14 62 47
30 32 39 55 35 27 39
u International experience
2 w
Total public expenditure on education
Higher education achievement
Female researchers
Foreign highly-skilled personnel
3 3
42 w
Management of cities
Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)
R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment
Digital/Technological skills
17
Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees
17 19
High-tech patent grants
Net flow of international students
3
Robots in Education and R&D
TECHNOLOGY
Subfactors
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 16 5 3 1 3 14 12 11 2 10 31 29 16 5 8
Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital
Regulatory framework
Capital
Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers Technological framework
Rank
Rank
Rank
Starting a business Enforcing contracts
8 9 1
IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development
8
32 34
11
u Immigration laws
6 u
Banking and financial services
Wireless broadband
1
Country credit rating
Internet users
Development & application of tech.
12 14
16
35 31 58
Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights
Venture capital
6
Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)
23 w
50 w
Investment in Telecommunications
FUTURE READINESS
Subfactors
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 14 17 21 20 15 18 1 1 4 12 18 8 14 8 8
Adaptive attitudes Business agility
IT integration
Adaptive attitudes
Business agility
E-Government IT integration
Rank
Rank
Rank
E-Participation Internet retailing Tablet possession
16
Opportunities and threats World robots distribution
4
21
32 w
53 u
Public-private partnerships
1 4
14
Agility of companies
6 2
Cyber security Software piracy
19 u
Smartphone possession
Use of big data and analytics
20
Attitudes toward globalization
5
Knowledge transfer
16 27
Entrepreneurial fear of failure
163
IMD WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2020
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