Sweden second in ICT

2011-09-16 09:30

Sweden is once again ranked in second place in the annual report Measuring the Information Society by the International Telecommunication Union. Topping the ranking with the best ICT infrastructure is as last year the Republic of Korea.

The Nordic countries are firmly in the lead with Iceland, Denmark and Finland in third to fifth place.

About the study

The latest edition of Measuring the Information Society features ITU's two key benchmarking tools to measure the Information Society: the ICT Development Index (IDI) and the ICT Price Basket (IPB). The IDI captures the level of ICT developments in 152 economies worldwide and compares progress made during the past two years. The IPB combines fixed telephone, mobile cellular and fixed broadband Internet tariffs for 165 economies into one measure and compares these across countries, and over time. The report also presents the latest global market trends, takes a closer look at broadband and analyses the digital divide among Internet users. The analytical report is complemented by a series of statistical tables providing country-level data for the indicators included in the two indices.