WDC 2020

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES SPAIN

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 33 34 32 32 29 41 43 42 40 40 26 28 29 27 20

Talent

Scientific concentration Training & education

Talent

Training & education

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

Rank

Rank

Rank

w

Educational assessment PISA - Math 30

Employee training

47 39 31 17 28 28

32 26 20

International experience

39 24 31 31 32

Total public expenditure on education

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

u

Management of cities

7

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

Digital/Technological skills

22 41

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

Net flow of international students

High-tech patent grants

u

Robots in Education and R&D

7

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 33 34 35 36 34 48 38 34 37 33 27 27 23 29 23

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

40 22 18

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

15 44 32 38 28 28

22 14 29 26 15 48

u

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development and application of technology35

w Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

48 29

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

w

Investment in Telecommunications

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 26 26 24 26 25 31 30 47 44 38 26 26 26 27 25

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

u E-Participation

5

44

17 28 38 32

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

u

Internet retailing Tablet possession

30 15 25 40

9

Public-private partnerships

Agility of companies

38 55 44

Cyber security Sofware piracy

w w

Use of big data and analytics

Smartphone possession

Knowledge transfer

Attitudes toward globalization

149

IMD WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2019