Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-06-20

Taiwan has been ranked 16th in digital competitiveness among 63 economies, down four places from last year. That’s according to the 2018 World Competitiveness Ranking released on Tuesday by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), based in Switzerland.

The United States tops the IMD’s rankings, with Singapore, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland in second to fifth places, respectively. Taiwan ranks 16th overall and fifth in Asia, behind tech juggernauts Singapore and South Korea, while placing above China and Japan.

Despite slipping down the list this year, Taiwan still ranks in the top three in the world in a number of categories. They include average overall productivity, mobile broadband subscribers, and high-tech exports.

On the other hand, the National Development Council said that the IMD had used unofficial data as the basis of their ranking which led to inaccurate results. The council has sent an official letter to the IMD asking them to adjust their findings.
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