Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/09/26
By: Tang Pei-chun and Ko Lin

Brussels, Sept. 26 (CNA) Taiwan jumped three places to become the 13th most digitally competitive out of 63 countries evaluated this year, according to a report published Thursday by the Swiss-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD).

Taiwan was also fourth among Asia-Pacific economies, behind Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea, but ahead of China, Japan and Malaysia, the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Rankings 2019 report showed.

The top five countries this year were unchanged from 2018: the United States, Singapore, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland.

The World Digital Competitiveness Ranking measures economies using a variety of sub-indicators based on three major factors: knowledge, technology and future readiness.    [FULL  STORY]