ICT Development Index

The ICT Development Index (IDI) is an index published by the United Nations International Telecommunication Union based on internationally agreed information and communication technologies (ICT) indicators. This makes it a valuable tool for benchmarking the most important indicators for measuring the information society. The IDI is a standard tool that governments, operators, development agencies, researchers and others can use to measure the digital divide and compare ICT performance within and across countries. The ICT Development Index is based on 11 ICT indicators, grouped in three clusters: access, use and skills.

Top 30 countries

The following is a list of top 30 countries as ranked by the ICT Development Index in 2013 -2017:[1][2][3]

Country 2017 value 2017 rank 2016 rank 2016 value 2015 rank 2015 value 2013 rank 2013 value
 Iceland 8.86 1 4 8.64 4 8.58 3 8.19
 South Korea 8.93 2 1 8.86 1 8.81 1 8.64
  Switzerland 8.56 3 13 8.11 13 7.94 12 7.6
 Denmark 8.88 4 2 8.85 2 8.78 4 8.18
 United Kingdom 8.75 5 5 8.5 7 8.28 10 7.62
 Hong Kong 8.52 6 9 8.28 11 8.08 13 7.41
 Netherlands 8.53 7 7 8.38 5 8.36 7 7.82
 Norway 8.49 8 6 8.39 6 8.35 5 8.16
 Luxembourg 8.59 9 10 8.26 9 8.19 8 7.82
 Japan 8.47 10 11 8.22 10 8.15 9 7.73
 Sweden 8.67 11 3 8.67 3 8.68 2 8.43
 Germany 8.22 12 17 7.9 18 7.72 17 7.28
 New Zealand 8.14 13 19 7.82 19 7.62 19 7.17
 Australia 8.29 14 12 8.18 12 8.03 15 7.32
 France 8.12 15 18 7.87 16 7.73 18 7.22
 United States 8.19 16 14 8.02 14 7.9 16 7.3
 Estonia 8.05 17 21 7.68 21 7.54 25 6.7
 Singapore 8.08 18 16 7.9 15 7.85 11 7.62
 Monaco 8.1 19 15 7.93 17 7.72 22 7.01
 Ireland 7.82 20 26 7.57 22 7.48 20 7.04
 Austria 7.67 21 24 7.62 23 7.46 23 6.9
 Finland 8.36 22 8 8.31 8 8.27 6 7.96
 Israel 7.19 23 29 7.29 27 7.25 26 6.69
 Malta 7.52 24 30 7.25 30 7.08 28 6.67
 Belgium 7.88 25 25 7.57 26 7.33 24 6.76
 Macau 7.73 26 22 7.66 20 7.59 14 7.38
 Spain 7.66 27 28 7.38 29 7.14 30 6.53
 Cyprus 6.37 28 51 6.11 48 6.09 44 5.75
 Canada 7.76 29 23 7.62 25 7.37 21 7.03
 Andorra 7.6 30 20 7.73 24 7.41 29 6.6

References

Primary reference

Inline citations

  1. ^ "Measuring the Information Society Report 2014" (PDF). Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union (ITU). 2014. p. 40. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  2. ^ "Measuring the Information Society Report 2015" (PDF). Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union (ITU). 2015. p. 46. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  3. ^ "Measuring the Information Society Report 2017" (PDF). Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union (ITU). 2017. p. 31. Retrieved 2017-11-16.