IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2020
FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES IRELAND
u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses
KNOWLEDGE
Subfactors
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 18 15 14 10 19 25 34 34 30 35 32 31 24 29 25
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 20
Employee training
24 56 11 50 32 12
36 17 32 43 20 11 37
9 w
International experience
Total public expenditure on education
Higher education achievement
Female researchers
Foreign highly-skilled personnel
10
42 w
Management of cities
Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)
R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment
Digital/Technological skills
33 25
Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees
High-tech patent grants
Net flow of international students
Robots in Education and R&D
TECHNOLOGY
Subfactors
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 18 14 20 13 14 49 49 53 49 45 18 13 13 24 30
Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital
Regulatory framework
Capital
Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers
Rank
Rank
Rank
12 w
50 w
IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development
Starting a business Enforcing contracts
54 30 28 20 33
48
21 25 27 17 57
u Immigration laws
Banking and financial services
Wireless broadband
2
Country credit rating
Internet users
Development & application of tech.
21 11
Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights
Venture capital
Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)
21 w
Investment in Telecommunications
9
FUTURE READINESS
Subfactors
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 13 12 10 3 12 8 2 3 9 9 22 24 24 20 25
Adaptive attitudes Business agility
IT integration
Adaptive attitudes
Business agility
IT integration E-Government
Rank
Rank
Rank
28 u
E-Participation
Opportunities and threats World robots distribution
9
25 23 31 19
u Internet retailing
7
43
Public-private partnerships
15 u
Tablet possession
Agility of companies
5
Cyber security Software piracy
Smartphone possession
10
Use of big data and analytics
18 13 11
u Attitudes toward globalization
7
Knowledge transfer
Entrepreneurial fear of failure
95
IMD WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2020
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