UAE increases ranking in UN’s Frontier Technologies Readiness Index

UAE increases ranking in UN’s Frontier Technologies Readiness Index

The UAE has climbed five places in the annual United Nations' Technology and Innovation Report, which ranks countries according to their readiness to use, adopt and adapt a range of frontier advanced technologies with a focus on green innovation. The UAE was ranked 37th in the 2023 edition, titled ‘Opening green windows: Technological opportunities for a low-carbon world’.

The report examines a range of indicators including R&D and industry activities, ICT deployment, skills, and access to finance. The UAE was the highest-ranking Arab country and was ranked in the ‘high’ score group, having previously been ranked in the ‘upper middle’ score group in 2021.

The UAE’s rapid rise in the rankings over the last few years reflects the country’s efforts to expand its industrial and technological capabilities in line with its sustainability agenda. These efforts have been driven by the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT), whose initiatives have paved the way for innovation, technological development and pioneering the green industries of the future.

National campaigns such as the Technology Transformation Program, Industrial Technology Transformation Index, and Operation 300 billion have helped the country to transform into a global hub for innovation and technology as well as industry.

MoIAT is actively encouraging technology