The country ranked 10th among 70 countries in digital and artificial intelligence competitiveness, up eight spots from last year, according to the Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development. Shown is Jindo Bot, a homegrown quadruped walking robot that recognizes visuals, language and behavior, understands human instructions and moves autonomously, at the headquarters of the startup Maum AI in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do Province. (Margareth Theresia)

By Kim Seon Ah

The country ranks 10th this year in digital and artificial intelligence competitiveness among 70 countries, up eight notches from last year.

The Ministry of Science and ICT on Nov. 11 said this based on the World Digital and AI Competitiveness assessment by the Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development.

Among the 32 countries each with a population of 20 million or more, Korea was fourth behind the U.S., Canada and China.

The U.S. took the top spot in the overall rankings. Singapore was second, Canada fifth, China seventh and Japan 19th.

Korea's rankings in all five evaluation categories jumped from last year's results: governance, technological infrastructure, efficiency, human capital development, and values and behavior.

It jumped from seventh to third in technological infrastructure and 13th to third in efficiency.

In governance, Korea moved up to 27th from 34th, human capital development to 20th from 24th, and values and behavior to 16th from 19th.

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