IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2020
FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES UNITED KINGDOM
u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses
KNOWLEDGE
Subfactors
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 7 7 9 17 10 19 19 20 23 25 10 11 8 8 8
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 17 w
Employee training
41 27 16
22 19 24
International experience
18 18 19 20
Total public expenditure on education
Higher education achievement
Female researchers
Foreign highly-skilled personnel
35 u
Management of cities
Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)
R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment
5 9
Digital/Technological skills
Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees
22 18
u Net flow of international students
High-tech patent grants
5
22
u
Robots in Education and R&D
6
TECHNOLOGY
Subfactors
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 11 12 7 18 17 25 24 17 22 22 16 16 17 18 22
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
9
32 17 17 18
31 19 25 15 35 14
27 43 13
w Immigration laws
Banking and financial services
Wireless broadband
Country credit rating
Internet users
Development & application of tech.
16 u 10 w
5 w
Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights
Venture capital
Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)
Investment in Telecommunications
53
FUTURE READINESS
Subfactors
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 4 6 4 10 11 25 22 16 26 25 13 6 2 14 11
Adaptive attitudes Business agility
IT integration
Adaptive attitudes
Business agility
IT integration E-Government
Rank
Rank
Rank
E-Participation
6 3
Opportunities and threats World robots distribution
28 14 26 23 18 34
7
u Internet retailing
Public-private partnerships
18 27 10
Tablet possession
17 22 39
Agility of companies
Cyber security Software piracy
Smartphone possession
Use of big data and analytics
w Attitudes toward globalization
Knowledge transfer
Entrepreneurial fear of failure
167
IMD WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2020
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