WDC 2020

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES SLOVAK REPUBLIC

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 50 48 50 56 54 40 35 40 47 52 45 44 39 42 36

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 35

Employee training

54 44 38 33 41 40

40 33 19 38 35 28 33

International experience

56 60 45 25 57

Total public expenditure on education

w Foreign highly-skilled personnel

u

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

Management of cities

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

u Digital/Technological skills

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 52 52 55 60 58 41 34 39 46 43 33 33 38 34 37

Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital

Regulatory framework

Capital

Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers

Rank

Rank

Rank

Starting a business Enforcing contracts Immigration laws

55 35 59

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

-

29 44 37 27 29 35

w

61 50 29 50 16

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

w Development and application of technology60

u

Country credit rating

Internet users

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

58 59

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

u

Investment in Telecommunications

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 39 39 52 51 42 56 53 52 58 61 38 34 37 45 40

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

w

E-Participation Internet retailing Tablet possession

44 31 38 36 59

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

60 28 58 48 60

41 55 57 26

Public-private partnerships

Agility of companies

Cyber security Sofware piracy

u

Use of big data and analytics

Smartphone possession

w

Knowledge transfer

Attitudes toward globalization

143

IMD WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2019