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,^[1] 2015^[2] and 2017.^[3]

2017 Rank	Country	2017 Value	2016 Rank	2016 Value	2015 Rank	2015 Value	2013 Rank	2013 Value	2012 Rank	2012 Value	2010 Rank	2010 Value
1	Iceland	8.98	2	8.78	3	8.86	4	8.64	4	8.58	3	8.19
2	South Korea	8.85	1	8.8	1	8.93	1	8.86	1	8.81	1	8.64
3	Switzerland	8.74	4	8.66	7	8.56	13	8.11	13	7.94	12	7.6
4	Denmark	8.71	3	8.68	2	8.88	2	8.85	2	8.78	4	8.18
5	United Kingdom	8.65	5	8.53	4	8.75	5	8.5	7	8.28	10	7.62
6	Hong Kong	8.61	6	8.47	9	8.52	9	8.28	11	8.08	13	7.41
7	Netherlands	8.49	10	8.4	8	8.53	7	8.38	5	8.36	7	7.82
8	Norway	8.47	7	8.45	10	8.49	6	8.39	6	8.35	5	8.16
9	Luxembourg	8.47	9	8.4	6	8.59	10	8.26	9	8.19	8	7.82
10	Japan	8.43	11	8.32	11	8.47	11	8.22	10	8.15	9	7.73
11	Sweden	8.41	8	8.41	5	8.67	3	8.67	3	8.68	2	8.43
12	Germany	8.39	13	8.2	14	8.22	17	7.9	18	7.72	17	7.28
13	New Zealand	8.33	12	8.23	16	8.14	19	7.82	19	7.62	19	7.17
14	Australia	8.24	16	8.08	13	8.29	12	8.18	12	8.03	15	7.32
15	France	8.24	17	8.05	17	8.12	18	7.87	16	7.73	18	7.22
16	United States	8.18	15	8.13	15	8.19	14	8.02	14	7.9	16	7.3
17	Estonia	8.14	14	8.16	20	8.05	21	7.68	21	7.54	25	6.7
18	Singapore	8.05	20	7.85	19	8.08	16	7.9	15	7.85	11	7.62
19	Monaco	8.05	18	8.03	18	8.1	15	7.93	17	7.72	22	7.01
20	Ireland	8.02	19	7.9	22	7.82	26	7.57	22	7.48	20	7.04
21	Austria	8.02	24	7.7	25	7.67	24	7.62	23	7.46	23	6.9
22	Finland	7.88	21	7.83	12	8.36	8	8.31	8	8.27	6	7.96
23	Israel	7.88	22	7.71	35	7.19	29	7.29	27	7.25	26	6.69
24	Malta	7.86	25	7.65	30	7.52	30	7.25	30	7.08	28	6.67
25	Belgium	7.81	23	7.7	21	7.88	25	7.57	26	7.33	24	6.76
26	Macau	7.8	29	7.55	24	7.73	22	7.66	20	7.59	14	7.38
27	Spain	7.79	27	7.61	26	7.66	28	7.38	29	7.14	30	6.53
28	Cyprus	7.77	31	7.3	53	6.37	51	6.11	48	6.09	44	5.75
29	Canada	7.77	26	7.64	23	7.76	23	7.62	25	7.37	21	7.03
30	Andorra	7.71	28	7.58	28	7.6	20	7.73	24	7.41	29	6.6

References[]

Primary reference[]

• "ITU, Measuring the Information Society Report 2014" (PDF). Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union (ITU). 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.

Inline citations[]