WORLD COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2018

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1 COUNTRY PROFILE

2 Statistical tables Factor I: Economic Performance WORLD COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 08 All data are available from the World Competitiveness Online. Visit our eshop

3 COMPETITIVENESS TRENDS - OVERALL OVERALL PERFORMANCE (6 countries) 8 5 CHALLENGES IN 08 Minimize Minimize administrative administrative and and compliance compliance costs costs on on businesses businesses from from VAT. Accelerate regulatory and legislative reforms to keep pace with the modernization of government services and products. Maintain a strong economic diversification agenda. Strengthen innovation capabilities across the nation. Boost investments in R&D through public-private partnerships. 0 Provided Federal Competitiveness by: & Statistics Authority (FCSA) Federal Competitiveness & Statistics Authority (FCSA) BASIC FACTS Rank Capital Land area (square km '000) Abu Dhabi 84 0 Exchange Rate (per $).6 0 Population - market size (millions) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (US$ billions) GDP (PPP) per capita (US$),4 0 5 Real GDP growth (%) Consumer price inflation (%).9 0 Unemployment rate (%) Labor force (millions). 0 4 Current account balance (% of GDP) 6. 0 Direct investment stocks inward ($bn) Direct investment flows inward (% of GDP) COMPETITIVENESS LANDSCAPE Economic Performance Government Efficiency Business Efficiency Infrastructure Domestic Economy International Trade International Investment Employment Prices Public Finance Tax Policy Institutional Framework Business Legislation Societal Framework Productivity & Efficiency Labor Market Finance Management Practices Attitudes and Values Basic Infrastructure Technological Infrastructure Scientific Infrastructure Health and Environment Education PEER GROUPS RANKINGS EUROPE - MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA (40 countries) POPULATIONS < 0 MILLION (4 countries)

4 COMPETITIVENESS TRENDS - FACTOR BREAKDOWN ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 5 Sub-Factor Rankings : 0 Domestic Economy 9 International Trade 5 International Investment Employment 8 Prices GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY 4 4 Sub-Factor Rankings : 0 Public Finance Tax Policy Institutional Framework 9 Business Legislation 8 Societal Framework BUSINESS EFFICIENCY 5 8 Sub-Factor Rankings : 0 Productivity & Efficiency 8 Labor Market 6 Finance 6 Management Practices Attitudes and Values 08 INFRASTRUCTURE Sub-Factor Rankings : 0 Basic Infrastructure Technological Infrastructure 5 Scientific Infrastructure 40 Health and Environment 4 Education

5 WORLD COMPETITIVENESS DIGITAL RANKING 08 All data are available from the World Competitiveness Online. Visit our eshop 4

6 DIGITAL TRENDS - OVERALL OVERALL PERFORMANCE (6 countries) Overall Alpha Alpha Factors Beta BetaLabel Gamma GammaLab Sub-Factors Knowledge Talent Training & education Scientific concentration 6 Technology Regulatory framework Capital Technological framework 4 The direction of the triangle indicates the performance change from the last year: improved or stable declined Future readiness Adaptive attitudes Business agility IT integration OVERALL & FACTORS - 5 years OVERALL Knowledge Technology Future readiness COMPETITIVENESS & DIGITAL RANKINGS Digital Competitiveness N.B. This graph provides only a comparison of the country s performance in the two rankings PEER GROUPS RANKINGS EUROPE - MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA (40 countries) POPULATIONS < 0 MILLION (4 countries)

7 u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESSES KNOWLEDGE Subfactors Talent Training & education Scientific concentration Talent Rank Rank Rank Training & education Scientific concentration w Educational assessment PISA - Math 45 Employee training Total expenditure on R&D (%) u International experience w Total public expenditure on education 6 Total R&D personnel per capita 4 Foreign highly-skilled personnel Higher education achievement 5 Female researchers - Management of cities Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education) 4 w R&D productivity by publication 56 Digital/Technological skills 4 Graduates in Sciences Scientific and technical employment - Net flow of international students Women with degrees - High-tech patent grants 4 TECHNOLOGY Subfactors Regulatory framework Capital Technological framework Regulatory framework Rank Capital Rank Technological framework Rank Starting a business 9 IT & media stock market capitalization - Communications technology 4 Enforcing contracts Funding for technological development 9 Mobile Broadband subscribers 8 u Immigration laws Banking and financial services 8 u Wireless broadband Development and app. of technology 4 Investment risk 5 Internet users 5 Scientific research legislation Venture capital 5 w Internet bandwidth speed 45 Intellectual property rights 4 Investment in Telecommunications w High-tech exports (%) 4 FUTURE READINESS Subfactors Adaptive attitudes Business agility 4 8 IT integration Adaptive attitudes Rank Business agility Rank IT integration Rank E-Participation 8 Opportunities and threats E-Government 8 Internet retailing Innovative firms - u Public-private partnerships Tablet possession 6 Agility of companies Cyber security Smartphone possession 8 Use of big data and analytics 5 Sofware piracy u Attitudes toward globalization Knowledge transfer 4 6

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