In the World Digital and AI Ranking (WDAIR) 2026 published today (Nov. 11) by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Hong Kong ranked 11th globally among 70 economies and ranked fourth in Asia.
Among the five factors in WDAIR 2026, Hong Kong ranked among the world's top 10 in "Workforce development" (2nd), "Efficiency" (5th) and "Technology & infrastructure" (10th). At the sub-factor level, Hong Kong ranked first globally in three sub-factors, namely "Technological framework", "Practices" and "Education & training", and also ranked among the world's top 10 in "Talent" (5th), "Societal attitudes" (6th) and "Regulatory framework" (8th).
WDAIR succeeds the prior World Digital Competitiveness Ranking with the addition of a substantial set of AI-specific indicators. It assesses an economy's capacity to develop and/or adopt, deploy and govern digital technologies and AI in a manner that produces sustained economic and societal value. The ranking is organised around five factors, namely "Governance", "Technology & infrastructure", "Efficiency", "Workforce development", and "Values". Each factor is further divided into three sub-factors, leading to 15 sub-factors in total which comprise 88 individual indicators. In WDAIR 2026, IMD also provided retrospective ranking for individual economies from 2022-2025. Hong Kong's ranking ranged from 9th to 16th during the period.
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