(Caijian October 24, 2022) Swiss International Management Development Institute (IMD) recently released the 2022 IMD global digital competitiveness ranking. The ranking is in its sixth year and measures the ability and readiness of 63 economies to adopt and explore digital technology as a key driver of business, government and the broader socio-economic transformation. By collecting "hard data" and conducting research on thousands of corporate executives around the world, we will rank global digital competitiveness based on three dimensions: knowledge, technology, and preparation for the future. "Governmental Cybersecurity Capabilities" and "Privacy Protection in accordance with the Law" are two new standards added by the IMD World Competitiveness Center this year, both of which are provided by the Digital Society Project.
The top five economies this year are: Denmark, the United States, Sweden , Singapore , and Switzerland . This is the first time Denmark has taken the lead, and it is also the first time that the United States has fallen to second place after five consecutive years. China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) ranks 17th in the world, which is far ahead of Japan's 29th place. This year, the ranking of , Bahrain , ranked 32nd in the global digital competitiveness ranking. Russia and Ukraine are not included in this year's global digital competitiveness rankings due to limited data.
2022 Global Digital Competitiveness Ranking:
Ranking Economy (Country or Region)
1 Denmark
2 United States
3 Sweden
4 Singapore
5 Switzerland
6 Netherlands
7 Finland
8 South Korea
9 China Hong Kong
10 Canada
11 China Taiwan
12 Norway
13 UAE
14 Australia
15 Israel
16 UK
17 China
18 Austria
19 Germany
20 Estonia
21 Iceland
22 France
23 Belgium
24 Ireland
25 Lithuania
26 Qatar
27 New Zealand
28 Spain
29 Japan
30 Luxembourg
31 Malaysia
32 Bahrain
33 Czech
34 Latvia
35 Saudi Arabia
36 Kazakhstan
37 Slovenia
38 Portugal
39 Italy
40 Thailand
41 Chile
42 Hungary
43 Croatia
44 India
45 Cyprus
46 Polish
47 Slovakia
48 Bulgaria
49 Romania
50 Greek
51 Indonesia
52 Brazil
53 Jordan
54 Türkiye
55 Mexico
56 Philippine
57 Peru
58 South Africa
59 Argentina
60 Colombia
61 Botswana
62 Mongolia
63 Venezuela
