Impact of World Digital Competitiveness Indicators on Per Capita Income

Abstract

Many parameters affect on the Gross Domestic Product Per Capita (GDPPC) index of countries. Including population, population growth rate, natural resources, economic growth, business performance, exports and imports, information technology and…

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of world digital competitiveness indicators on the GDPPC. For this purpose, 21 countries from around the world have been selected and analyzed between 2013 to 2018. World Bank and IMD World Digital Competitiveness annual reports were used to collect the data. Also the data analysis was done according to the panel data method using Stata15 software. The results shows that in general, there is a positive relationship between World Digital Competitiveness indicators with GDPPC.