WDC 2020

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES ARGENTINA

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 59 50 54 47 51 56 57 61 63 62 42 40 42 41 50

Talent Training & education Scientific concentration

Talent

Training & education

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

Rank

Rank

Rank

Educational assessment PISA - Math 49

Employee training

56 62 55 23 58 43

48 42

w

International experience

30 47 49 52 18

Total public expenditure on education

u

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

4

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

Management of cities

22 50 59 35

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

Digital/Technological skills

u Net flow of international students

High-tech patent grants

Robots in Education and R&D

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 54 46 46 48 49 59 59 59 48 51 56 54 56 53 57

Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital

Regulatory framework

Capital

Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers Technological framework

Rank

Rank

Rank

w

Starting a business Enforcing contracts

56 51

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

28 60 62 60 62

60 53 50 53 57 40

u Immigration laws

w w w u

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

4

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development and application of technology54

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

56 55

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

Investment in Telecommunications

2

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 49 49 49 49 57 33 42 36 37 48 54 51 54 52 52

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

E-Government IT integration

Rank

Rank

Rank

u

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

E-Participation Internet retailing Tablet possession

57 39 42 44 58

18 38 51 47 48

36 43 48 58

Public-private partnerships

Agility of companies

Cyber security Sofware piracy

Use of big data and analytics

Smartphone possession

Knowledge transfer

Attitudes toward globalization

45

IMD WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2019