DIGITAL TRENDS - OVERALL

CZECH REPUBLIC
OVERALL PERFORMANCE (63 countries)
Overall Factors
Alpha AlphaLabel
Beta BetaLabel Gamma GammaLabel Sub-Factors
1 2 2 2 2 2 2
4 4 4 2 2
6.5 4 4 2 2
8.5 4 4 237 2 35 44 30
10.5 4 4 2 2

Talent Training & education Scientific concentration

Knowledge

37 34 43 28 28

Regulatory framework Capital Technological framework

Technology

39 46 37 35
The direction of the triangle indicates the
performance change from the last year:
 improved or stable Adaptive attitudes Business agility IT integration
Future readiness
declined

OVERALL & FACTORS - 5 years 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

OVERALL 31 32 32 33 37

Knowledge 36 34 36 38 37

Technology 26 26 26 31 34

Future readiness 33 34 37 34 39

COMPETITIVENESS & DIGITAL RANKINGS

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Digital
Competitiveness 27
29 28 29
33
N.B. This graph provides only a
31 32 32 33
comparison of the country’s 37
performance in the two rankings.

PEER GROUPS RANKINGS

EUROPE - MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA (40 countries) POPULATIONS < 20 MILLION (34 countries)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

20 21 20 21
21 22 21 22
26 24
 FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

u Overall top strengths CZECH REPUBLIC

w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Talent 20 22 26 29 35
Training & education 50 50 49 55 44
Scientific concentration 36 33 34 36 30

Talent Rank Training & education Rank Scientific concentration Rank

Educational assessment PISA - Math 26 Employee training 40 Total expenditure on R&D (%) 21
w International experience 51 Total public expenditure on education 31 u Total R&D personnel per capita 17
Foreign highly-skilled personnel 43 Higher education achievement 40 Female researchers 47
Management of cities 38 Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education) 45 R&D productivity by publication 32
Digital/Technological skills 39 Graduates in Sciences 20 Scientific and technical employment 24
u Net flow of international students 14 Women with degrees 42 High-tech patent grants 32
Robots in Education and R&D 23

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Regulatory framework 35 39 43 44 43
Capital 20 17 15 19 28
Technological framework 24 15 15 18 28

Regulatory framework Rank Capital Rank Technological framework Rank

w Starting a business 49 u IT & media stock market capitalization 14 Communications technology 48
w Enforcing contracts 49 Funding for technological development 41 u Mobile Broadband subscribers 17
Immigration laws 33 Banking and financial services 39 Wireless broadband 32
Development and application of technology
44 Country credit rating 21 Internet users 28
Scientific research legislation 38 Venture capital 31 Internet bandwidth speed 28
Intellectual property rights 25 Investment in Telecommunications 25 High-tech exports (%) 29

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Adaptive attitudes 46 48 42 34 46
Business agility 30 29 33 25 37
IT integration 31 36 33 34 35

Adaptive attitudes Rank Business agility Rank IT integration Rank

w E-Participation 58 Opportunities and threats 41 E-Government 45
Internet retailing 19 u World robots distribution 16 Public-private partnerships 49
Tablet possession 47 Agility of companies 35 Cyber security 28
Smartphone possession 29 Use of big data and analytics 36 Sofware piracy 20
Attitudes toward globalization 41 w Knowledge transfer 51