Chart 17  IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2020 Overall Score for 2020  Ranking 0  rank  United States (1)  United States  Singapore (2)  5 South Korea  Hong Kong (5) 10  South Korea (8) Taiwan (11)  15  Germany  Canada (12) 20  United Kingdom (13) China (16)  25  Japan  Germany (18)  Japan  G7 France (24) Japan (27)  60  30  Asia  China  United States=100 70  80  90  100  35 CY 16  17  18  19  20  Notes: 1.
The key point driving any regional arrangement is commonality of interests - even in a globalised world, we care more about what happens to our neighbours than we would about countries of equal size but geographically remote.