UAE Business: UAE tops region, ranks 11th globally in knowledge index – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: UAE tops region, ranks 11th globally in knowledge index – Gulf Digital News

The UAE has been ranked first in the Arab World and 11th globally in the Global Knowledge Index (GKI) leaders for 2021, which measures knowledge globally as a comprehensive closely connected with sustainable development.



GKI 2021 was unveiled in Dubai under the patronage of Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF), reported Emirates news agency WAM.



In this year’s edition, the knowledge index included 155 variables, selected by more than 40 international sources and data bases.



The results of global knowledge index for the year 2021 unveiled that Switzerland came in the first place globally for the fifth year in a row, followed by Sweden, the US, Finland and the Netherlands.



"The world is not completely out of the grip of COVID-19, but without doubt what stands out as we negotiated these trying times, is the relentless quest for knowledge that led us to develop vaccines as well as remedial and precautionary measures against the virus. Obviously, this continuing focus on knowledge and its triumph is what has led