Peru improved its overall score in the
, as it went from 48.1 to 54.0 points —out of 100—, Centrum PUCP informed Friday.
The
WDCR assesses the capacity of 63 economies to adopt and explore digital technologies leading to transformation in government practices, business models, and society in general.
In order to evaluate an economy,
WDCR examines three factors: knowledge, which measures the know-how necessary to discover, understand and build new technologies; technology, which evaluates the overall context that enables the development of digital technologies; and future readiness, which assesses the level of preparedness to exploit digital transformations.
"However, it displayed significant improvements in technology adoption by citizens (adaptive attitudes up from 59th to 49th) and education (public expenditure in education and the share of graduates in sciences increased)," it said.
Furthermore, the Inca country climbed one spot in the Future Readiness pillar.
The ranking is topped by the United States, followed by Singapore (2nd), and Sweden (3rd).
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