WDC 2020

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES SINGAPORE

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 1 1 1 1 1 5 9 9 1 4 13 11 8 19 22

Talent

Scientific concentration Training & education

Talent

Training & education

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

Rank

Rank

Rank

u Educational assessment PISA - Math

1 9 2 1 8 7

Employee training

28 60

18 13 42 44 51 1 32

w

International experience

Total public expenditure on education

w w w u

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

2

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

u Management of cities

31

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

Digital/Technological skills

2

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

Net flow of international students

-

High-tech patent grants

Robots in Education and R&D

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 3 2 1 2 2 10 10 14 8 8 1 1 1 1 1

Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital

Regulatory framework

Capital

Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers

Rank

Rank

Rank

Starting a business

2 1

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

26

5 1 5 1 1 2

u Enforcing contracts w Immigration laws

1 2 1 5

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

48

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development and application of technology1

u

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

1 6

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

Investment in Telecommunications

40

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 12 11 11 20 19 12 13 14 18 6 1 1 1 3 4

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

E-Participation Internet retailing Tablet possession

13 26 15 32

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

9

7 2 6

Public-private partnerships

15

Agility of companies

7

Cyber security Sofware piracy

Use of big data and analytics

Smartphone possession

15

17

Knowledge transfer

Attitudes toward globalization

2

5

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IMD WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2019