IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2020

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES ESTONIA

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 46 40 34 37 31 3 2 17 10 3 38 38 39 46 47

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 7 u

Employee training

5 8

26 29 19 60 30 20 50

International experience

45 29 36 47 34

Total public expenditure on education

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

29

16 w

Management of cities

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

w Digital/Technological skills

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

14 10

High-tech patent grants

Net flow of international students

w

Robots in Education and R&D

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 19 23 25 31 30 16 18 21 24 29 14 18 15 16 17

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

7 8

-

20 44

36

w Immigration laws

38 u

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

59 24 42 25

4

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development & application of tech.

23 18 33

11 29 24

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

Investment in Telecommunications

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 28 31 24 26 18 20 19 29 43 26 25 25 22 26 22

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

u E-Participation

29 u

1

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

3

20 w

Internet retailing

47

Public-private partnerships

44 16 30

u Tablet possession

7

Agility of companies

9

Cyber security Software piracy

Smartphone possession

31 32

Use of big data and analytics

37 42 12

Attitudes toward globalization

Knowledge transfer

Entrepreneurial fear of failure

75

IMD WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2020