ANALIZA ODNOSA INDEKSA DIGITALNIH VEŠTINA I RAZVOJA EKONOMIJE

Abstract

The transition from the industrial age to the age of knowledge or information age implies the adoption of new knowledge and skills that become the main resource of business. The consequence of constant technological innovations is the need for new knowledge and skills, such as digital literacy and digital skills, which have become one of the most important resources for the development of industry, and therefore the economy. The subject of research in this paper is the analysis of the DSI index ( Digital Skill Index ) for the years 2021 and 2023 and the DQL index ( Digital Quality of Life Index ) for a period of five years, with the aim of comparing the data and pointing out the importance of having digital skills and the use of social networks have on the development of the economy. Quantitative research method was used in the research and was implemented dynamic analysis of DSI and DQL indices for Serbia and comparative analysis with other countries in a given time period. The results of the DSI index research for 2021 and 2023 for 36 European countries show that the leading positions were taken by the countries of Northern Europe, the Netherlands, Ireland, Spain and Luxembourg, while Serbia took the 30th position. Certain countries that occupied the central positions in the table in 2019, in 2023 have regressed, that is, progressed, but not to a significant level. On the other hand, the analysis of the DQL index for 50 countries of the world in the period from 2019 to 2023 shows that European countries occupied more than 50 percent among the best-ranked countries in the entire time period, while Serbia was not analyzed in 2019, but in in the next four analyzed years, it reached the top 50 ranked countries in the world. Also, the paper shows the importance of the development of digital skills and the use of social networks in the growth and development of the economy.