WDC 2020
FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES SAUDI ARABIA
u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses
KNOWLEDGE
Subfactors
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 22 38 20 16 39 38 61 49 59
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
-
Employee training
32
43
u International experience
u
11 14 29 20 41
Total public expenditure on education
1
-
u Foreign highly-skilled personnel
50 51 38 46
49 33
Higher education achievement
Female researchers
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
Net flow of international students
51 54
High-tech patent grants
w
Robots in Education and R&D
TECHNOLOGY
Subfactors
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 48 50 39 36 31 13 41 56 54
Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital
Regulatory framework
Capital
Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers
Rank
Rank
Rank
w Starting a business Enforcing contracts Immigration laws
61 43 37
IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development
-
31 56 28 47 51 59
w
22 20 27 25 10
Banking and financial services
Wireless broadband
Country credit rating
Internet users
Development and application of technology18
Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights
29 34
Venture capital
Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)
u
w
Investment in Telecommunications
FUTURE READINESS
Subfactors
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 29 43 50 38 48 36 31 33 30
Adaptive attitudes Business agility
IT integration
Adaptive attitudes
Business agility
IT integration E-Government
Rank
Rank
Rank
E-Participation Internet retailing Tablet possession
49 45 44 41 29
Opportunities and threats World robots distribution
42 52 27 22 28
43 14
w
Public-private partnerships
u
Agility of companies
Cyber security Sofware piracy
7
Use of big data and analytics
Smartphone possession
38
Knowledge transfer
Attitudes toward globalization
139
IMD WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2019
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