The UAE is first in the Arab world and 11th globally in the Global Knowledge Index 2021
The UAE ranked first in the Arab world and 11 globally on the Global Knowledge Index 2021, while Switzerland ranked first for the fifth year in a row, followed by Sweden, then the United States, Finland and the Netherlands.
Under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority “Dubai Culture”, the United Nations Development Program and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation today launched the results of the “Global Knowledge Index 2021” in its fifth consecutive edition. , which aims to measure knowledge at the global level as a comprehensive concept closely related to sustainable development and the various dimensions of contemporary human life.
The index comes under the umbrella of the partnership between the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation and the United Nations Development Program through the "Knowledge Project".
The index for the year 2021 at the global level showed that the number of participating countries increased to 154 countries, compared to 138 countries in the last year's edition of the index.
The ranking of Arab countries on the index in this year's edition is as follows: the UAE ranked 11th globally, then Qatar, which ranked 38th, while Saudi Arabia ranked 40th, and Kuwait ranked 48th. Sultanate of Oman (52), Egypt (53), Bahrain (55), Tunisia (83), Lebanon (92), Morocco (101), Jordan (103), Algeria (111), and Iraq (137), Sudan (145), Mauritania (147), and Yemen (150).
The index was launched at the United Nations Forum at Expo 2020 Dubai, in the presence of Eng. Hussein Al Hammadi, Minister of Education of the United Arab Emirates, Dr. Tariq Shawky, Minister of Education of Egypt, Ahmed Al Hanandeh, Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship of Jordan, and Khaled Abdel Shafi, Director of the Regional Center for Arab States - The United Nations Development Program, Dr. Fadia Kiwan, Director General of the Arab Women Organization, and Jamal bin Huwaireb, Executive Director of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation. A large group of global experts in the field of knowledge representing many international organizations attended.
Jamal bin Huwaireb stressed the continuous and continuous efforts of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation and the United Nations Development Program to contribute to building knowledge paths within the "Knowledge Project", despite the existing global challenges due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
Knowledge is the tool that contributed to the world’s passage through the most difficult times during the pandemic, raising the immunity of societies and returning again to a normal daily life.
He added that the Knowledge Index for the year 2021 witnessed an expanded regional and global participation, based on the growing interest in knowledge as a major catalyst for economic and social growth.
For her part, Dina Assaf said that when the world confronts these current challenges, which are considered a crossroads, the increasing global participation in the Global Knowledge Index confirms how knowledge has become the most unique factor, and this will help the countries of the world achieve prosperity and rise to the fore with a focus on sustainability.
In this context, the "Global Knowledge Index" series has developed into an important and rigorous indicator for assessing societies and their growth based on knowledge.
In turn, Khaled Abdel Shafi said that it is encouraging to see some Arab countries progress in certain sub-indicators that are important, as they are indicators that stimulate knowledge, innovation and education, and that we also see them moving at a confident pace on the path of development.
On the other hand, we see that countries that are going through violent crises still have a long way to go and great challenges on the way to a knowledge society.
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