Saudi Arabia rises 5 places among best competencies-attracting countries

Saudi Arabia’s Capital, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia’s Capital, Riyadh

Saudi Arabia has moved up five places in the ranking of the best competencies-attractingattractive countries, ranking 29th among 63 countries in the world, afterthe recent developments and investments in Saudi Arabia.

Theevaluation criteria included investment, development and attractiveness oflocal and foreign talents.

Thesixth edition of the global talent rankings, published by the Swiss think-tankMID, yesterday, measures the ability of 63 countries to develop, attract andretain qualified professionals based on three criteria with several indicators.

Thefirst criterion was the "investment and development" factor that assessed theresources actually committed to locally cultivate human capital, "attractingthe state to domestic and foreign talents", and finally, the "readiness" factorquantifies the quality of skills and competencies available in the country.

Thesecriteria are divided by several indicators including quality of life, vocationaltraining system, education curricula, health infrastructure, attention tohigh-skilled cross-border employment and others.

Inthis classification, which monitors the movements of brains, competencies andskills in the world, Saudi Arabia globally came in the 28thplace as for the "investment and development", and rose to the 22ndplace in the field of "readiness" in the sense of theimplementation of vocational training.

TheUAE came in 30th place, just after Saudi Arabia, after losingfour places last year as a result ranking 53 for the "investment anddevelopment" factor that assesses the resources already committed to developinghuman capital locally and 46 for "the International Student Assessment Program".

Ranking53rd in the "Investment and Development" criterion, 62ndin the total "public expenditure on education" criterion, 60th in "thepercentage of females of the total labor force" criterion, in addition toranking 57th in the "pupil-teacher ratio in primary education"criterion.

Strengthsin the UAE include the "limited impact of brain drains" ranked first globally aswell as the "availability of competent senior managers".

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