The UAE is the first in the Arab world .. How were the countries of the region ranked on the global knowledge index?

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The United Nations Development Program and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation launched the Global Knowledge Index for this year, with Switzerland topping the world on the list with a value of 73.6 on the list.

The index measures the knowledge performance of the countries of the world in 7 areas: pre-university education, technical education and vocational training, higher education, research, development and innovation, information and communication technology, economics, and enabling environments.

The index, which is issued annually and launched in 2017, covers 138 countries around the world, and its results provide an insight into the performance of each country in terms of its knowledge infrastructure, to guide and inform policy-makers, researchers, civil society and the private sector to cooperate in various aspects of policies to strengthen knowledge-based societies and fill gaps. Knowledge, according to what the United Nations Development Program knows.

Among the countries in the region, the United Arab Emirates ranked 15th on the list globally, and first in the Arab world, followed by Qatar in the 39th place globally, second in the Arab world, and Saudi Arabia ranked 42nd in the world and third in the Arab world.

Learn more about the ranking of Arab countries on the index in the above infographic: