IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2020

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES FRANCE

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 24 24 21 24 25 34 35 33 28 36 9 10 17 12 13

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 24 w

Employee training

50 21 25 40 24 30

13 21 47 15 18 18

w International experience

54 28 17 34 15

Total public expenditure on education

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

Management of cities

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

Digital/Technological skills

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

High-tech patent grants

Net flow of international students

u

Robots in Education and R&D

5

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 15 15 5 8 9 31 26 25 18 20 22 25 28 22 19

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

21 15

25 16 36 16 20

14 41 36 23 15

u Immigration laws

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

9

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development & application of tech.

26 22 17

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

22 u

Investment in Telecommunications

8

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 23 26 32 36 36 21 44 36 39 36 19 20 19 19 21

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

18 w 13 u 48 w

E-Participation

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

57

19 20 26 20

u Internet retailing

8

Public-private partnerships

Tablet possession

Agility of companies

55 47 26 22

Cyber security Software piracy

Smartphone possession

40 62

Use of big data and analytics

w Attitudes toward globalization

Knowledge transfer

Entrepreneurial fear of failure

79

IMD WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2020