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4、ess Ranking 2025Secondly,while talent remains mobile,people are not entering certain countries in the same numbers due to geopolitical instability.This affects digital competitiveness when domestic policies and regional instability combust into a situation where more talent is leaving the country th

5、an entering it.Several of the economies we assess are victims of this and have fallen in our rankings,as my colleagues analysis will expose.Thirdly,in a fragmented world,regulatory advantages are becoming a key determinant of digital competitiveness.Regulatory clarifjcation and safety enable compani

6、es and governments to incorporate the technology available as effjciently and effectively as possible.We have the EU,the US,and Southeast Asia recognizing this with certain regulatory improvements.This year,weve added data on AI-related patent publications(from the WIPO Statistics Database)and on an