Taiwan ranked 9th in technology, 13th in digital competitiveness

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/09/27
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan has been ranked the 9th most technological and 13th most digitally competitive nation by the Swiss-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD).

The 2019 IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking (WDCR) analyzed 63 countries according to 50 indicators in the three primary categories of knowledge, technology, and future-readiness.

According to the index, Taiwan ranked 9th in the world in technology, an improvement on its ranking of 11th last year. Taiwan has also improved its overall digital competitiveness, going from 17th in 2018 to 13th in 2019.

Among Asia-Pacific economies, Taiwan has maintained its third-place position in technology, trailing only Singapore and Hong Kong. In terms of its overall ranking in regional digital competitiveness, Taiwan rose from fifth place to fourth place this year, trailing only Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Korea.    [FULL  STORY]