IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2020

Page 2: Factors breakdown & Strengths and Weaknesses

This page shows the country’s performance over time for each of the nine sub-factors composing the three Digital Competitiveness Factors (Knowledge, Technology and Future Readiness) and their 52 criteria rankings for 2020. Factors Breakdown : shows the 5-years evolution of the sub-factors rankings composing the three factors of Knowledge, Technology and Future Readiness. Strengths and Weaknesses : this section highlights the economy’s strongest and weakest criteria included in the World Digital Competitiveness Ranking. The triangles (►) identify the five top criteria in which the economy ranks best (strengths – filled triangle) and the five criteria in which its performance is the worst (weaknesses – empty triangle) compared to the other countries included in the WCY sample. The selection of indicators is determined by the standard deviation values (STD) of the country for that specific criteria. In other words, the criteria selected represent the highest STD values and the lowest STD values among the 52 indicators

composing the World Digital Competitiveness Ranking and can thus be considered the digital competitive advantages and disadvantages of the economy. The full criteria names can be found in the Appendix and the statistical tables are available for subscribers of the IMD World Competitiveness Online . It is important to note that what constitutes a strength or weakness is relative to each economy’s circumstances or development. Also, the ranking position of a country may not necessarily improve or decline as a consequence of its own evolution since it is always relative to the performance of the other economies. Therefore, an improvement may not be reflected by a higher ranking position if other economies have performed better for the criterion in question. The same can be said for any declines in performance – the economy’s ranking position relative to the others may or may not fall, depending on how the other economies have performed.

Factor Rankings - 5 years Overview

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES THAILAND

OVERALL

Knowledge

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Argentina Australia

55 14 19 18 54 47 37 35 56 44 22 15 45 11 42 26 53 60 20 13 34 23 48 43 17 33 29 21 24 52 57 58 46 38 31 28 49 40 32 27 10

57 15 16 22 55 45 40 31 58 48 53 32 9 25 17 50 44 23 51 59 21 13 39 27 56 38 19 35 29 20 24 49 61 14 10 62 46 37 33 28 54 42 36 7 6 5 26 4

55 13 15 23 57 43 37 30 59 44 54 33 26 18 53 11 46 21 48 62 20 12 41 22 45 38 14 35 29 24 27 51 61 60 56 36 32 28 47 40 42 25 19

59 14 20 25 57 45 11 42 22 58 51 54 37 24 17 53 43 27 44 56 19 16 41 23 50 35 10 36 30 21 26 49 62 61 55 33 34 31 46 38 39 47 32 48 18 29

59 15 17 25 51 45 12 41 16 61 52 40 35 21 10 24 18 46 47 23 48 56 20 19 42 27 53 36 38 29 28 26 54 62 55 57 32 37 30 49 43 34 50 31 60 22

53 16 12 20 54 38 51 24 56 45 7 21 10 46 43 32 39 60 25 40 23 59 47 15 33 18 29 22 52 55 13 14 17 61 50 27 31 37 48 28 6 5 34 8 30 9

56 18 12 22 55 41 52 23 57 50 46 36 3 19 13 51 48 30 37 58 25 42 29 61 40 14 34 21 27 17 54 59 11 20 15 62 53 32 31 35 47 24 39 43 26 49 6 7 1 8 28 9

58 15 13 25 62 41 47 30 57 43 55 38 3 20 14 51 48 28 46 61 22 42 18 56 35 11 34 23 32 17 54 53 12 21 16 60 50 33 27 37 45 24 40 49 26 52 5 2 1 8 29 9

58 15 10 23 59 46 50 18 57 42 55 37 5 20 12 53 44 29 38 56 24 41 25 49 32 11 36 26 34 19 52 62 13 21 16 61 51 33 31 45 47 22 39 48 27 54 7 8 3 6 30 9

50 17 11 21 57 47

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

Austria Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria Canada

5

8

5

KNOWLEDGE

Chile China

49

8

Colombia

59 41 40 37 23 15 20 12 48 44 27 39 63 24 42 22 54 34 10 36 25 35 19 52 58 14 28 16 55 62 30 33 45 53 26 46 51 29 60 32 18 43 56 31 38 13

Croatia Cyprus

Subfactors

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

-

-

CzechRepublic

Talent

Denmark

8

4

4

3

6

Estonia Finland France

Scientific concentration Training & education

6

7

7

Germany

Greece

HongKong SAR

8

5

7

Talent

Training & education

Scientific concentration Total expenditure on R&D (%) Total R&D personnel per capita

Rank

Rank

Rank

Hungary Iceland

Educational assessment PISA - Math 48

Employee training

25 58

37 40

India

15 w

International experience

Total public expenditure on education

Indonesia

Ireland

48 u

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

16

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

6

Israel

9

27 w

Management of cities

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

54

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

31 54 47 21

Italy

Japan

16 w

Digital/Technological skills

45 35

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

Jordan

Kazakhstan KoreaRep.

Net flow of international students

47

High-tech patent grants

8

Robots in Education and R&D

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malaysia Mexico Mongolia

TECHNOLOGY

Netherlands NewZealand

4

9

6

7

Norway

9

6

9

9

Peru

Subfactors

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

Philippines

Poland

Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Russia

SaudiArabia

-

-

Singapore

1

1

2

2

2

1

2

SlovakRepublic

41

43

50

41 26 49 36

Knowledge Sub-factor Rankings Slovenia 36 34 34 SouthAfrica 51 47 49 Spain 30 30 31

Regulatory framework

Capital

Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers

Rank

Rank

Rank

Starting a business Enforcing contracts Immigration laws

27 29

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

20

24 10 23 54 20 11

Technology 28 33

Future readiness 33 31 28

Sweden

3 7

2 8

3 5

3 5

4 6

2 3

2 4

7 6

4 2

4 3

27 u

Switzerland

23 u

Banking and financial services

9

Wireless broadband

Taiwan,China

16 39 50 25 59 12

12 41 52 18 60 11

16 39 52 17 58 10

13 40 52 12 60 15

11 39 44 14 58 13

19 42 58 35 44 11

16 44 60 38 45 10

19 44 59 36 39 10

17 43 60 35 40 14

Thailand Turkey

Development & application of tech.

32 28 44

Country credit rating

40 24

Internet users

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

UAE

Ukraine

14 u

Investment in Telecommunications

UnitedKingdom

Talent 56

Training& education

Scientific concentration

Regulatory framework Capital

Technological framework

Adaptive attitudes 49 39

Business agility 52

IT integration

Argentina Australia

43 28 12 31 61 50 49 40 48 26 30 46 6 20 36 17 56 45 15 51 63 35 58 18 33 11 27 16 23 57 41 29 37 10 39 59 32 38 53 54 13 34 52 22 60 14 21 55 62 44 19 25 5 1 4 8 7 9 3

55 19 14 21 27 42

57

62 13 30 21 58 48 40 31 56 43 52 27 23 29 20 16 49 12 46 35 41 45 26 54 33 38 55 25 50 42 15 18 53 60 37 39 36 44 19 61 57 11 47 28 32 3 6 7 2 24 9 5

56 20 33 29 50 39 26 44 32 61 40 52 28 17 10 19 45 46 24 16 62 55 30 36 43 6 2 13 18 35 15 54 60 12 21 59 49 23 42 31 37 41 47 38 34 57 9 1 5 53 48 3

Argentina Australia

USA

2

3

1

1

1

4

5

4

1

1

6

6

5

43 21 35 41 40 16 54 38 63 42 27 26 22 36 15 55 14 59 19 52 24 29 23 56 37 13 45 18 34 30 50 61 47 32 33 57 17 53 60 28 11 62 31 58 4 5 9 3 7 46 8

12

Venezuela

61

63

63

63

63

57

63

63

63

61

Austria Belgium

12 20 62 48 37 13 54 61 57 26 31 11 25 22 50 44 33 41 43 19 28 42 46 40 49 21 27 23 39 30 45 60 17 16 58 55 29 24 15 51 47 34 53 35 59 8 4 7 3 1

24 19 52 55 12 33 18 60 59 47 45

21 24 39 41 16 22 17 60 46 28 34 18 10 36 23 44 62 25 55 58 12 26 42 19 61 33 51 47 48 30 52 40 54 57 29 31 27 45 43 37 20 50 38 59 2 4 1 6 13 7

9

Austria Belgium

26 48 47 13 40 35 49 59 29 36 21 20 45 19 41 27 55 60 25 14 39 23 57 46 15 37 32 16 33 53 61 58 56 38 34 28 54 51 24 44 31 50 1 22 2 5 18 6 3

Brazil

Brazil

Bulgaria Canada

Bulgaria Canada

7

FUTURE READINESS

Chile China

58

Chile China

2

Colombia

57 32 35 31 15 47 12 13 36 17 44 46 29 51 25 22 11 63 54 49 40 41 26 43 61 16 34 23 59 56 28 30 60 39 24 62 10 38 33 53 5 3 4

Colombia

Croatia Cyprus

Croatia Cyprus

Subfactors

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

CzechRepublic

CzechRepublic

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

Denmark

4

Denmark

Estonia Finland France

30 13

Estonia Finland France

9

IT integration

Germany

28 41

Germany

Greece

Greece

HongKong SAR

7

HongKong SAR

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

Hungary

39 15 53 51 14 32 48 44 42 23 26 37 27 35 50 58 11 21 49 62 46 20 29 43 40 25 61 38 56 8 2 1

Hungary

Iceland

Iceland

E-Participation Internet retailing

42

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

38 11 36

49 16 34 56

India

India

Indonesia

Indonesia

49 u

Public-private partnerships

Ireland

Ireland

w Tablet possession

58 47 12

Agility of companies

Cyber security Software piracy

Israel

Israel

Italy

Italy

35 w

Smartphone possession

Use of big data and analytics

Japan

Japan

Jordan

Jordan

Attitudes toward globalization

Knowledge transfer

29 53

Kazakhstan KoreaRep.

Kazakhstan KoreaRep.

Entrepreneurial fear of failure

Latvia

Latvia

Lithuania

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Malaysia Mexico Mongolia

Malaysia Mexico Mongolia

Netherlands NewZealand

Netherlands NewZealand

Norway

Norway

Peru

Peru

Philippines

Philippines

Poland

Poland

Portugal

Portugal

Qatar

Qatar

Romania

Romania

Russia

Russia

SaudiArabia

SaudiArabia

Singapore

Singapore

SlovakRepublic

SlovakRepublic

Slovenia

Slovenia

SouthAfrica

SouthAfrica

17

IMD WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2020 Spain 32 42 20 36 34 27 35 48 30 Spain Sweden 9 2 6 5 4 11 8 10 4 Sweden

Switzerland

2

9

10 16 31 34

14

14

9

6 1

7

Switzerland

Taiwan,China

18 36 38

18 37 45 52 50

8

4

14 53 32 15 56 11

17 43 42

Taiwan,China

Thailand Turkey

17 51 10 59 22

25 51

44 20 12 51 25

Thailand Turkey

UAE

5

3

8

8

UAE

Ukraine

52

54 17

58 22

62 11

Ukraine

UnitedKingdom 10

8

UnitedKingdom