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
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