Pinas ranked 85th in Global IT Report

Denmark and Sweden once again lead the rankings of The Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009, released for the eighth consecutive year by the World Economic Forum. The United States follows suit, up one position from last year, thus confirming its pre-eminence in networked readiness in the current times of economic slowdown. Singapore (4), Switzerland (5) and the other Nordic countries together with the Netherlands and Canada complete the top 10.

he Networked Readiness Index (NRI), featured in the Report, examines how prepared countries are to use ICT effectively on three dimensions: the general business, regulatory and infrastructure environment for ICT; the readiness of the three key stakeholder groups; individuals, businesses and governments; to use and benefit from ICT; and their actual usage of the latest information and communication technologies available.

Out of the 134 countries, the Philippines ranked 85th with a score of 3.60.

The following Asian countries scored: South Korea (5.37). Hongkong (5.30), Taiwan (5.30), Japan (5.19), Thailand (4.14), Malaysia (4.76), China (4.15), Brunei (3.87), Kazakhstan (3.79), Vietnam (3.79), Sri Lanka (3.79), Indonesia (3.62), Mongolia (3.43), Pakistan (3.31). Cambodia (2.89) Nepal (2.85), and Bangladesh (2.70).

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Not really good for us because we ranked 61 last 2007. China scored relatively low maybe because of it's regulatory state.

I agree with the three dimensions as a pre-requisite, the general business, regulatory and infrastructure. But permit me to add, that market should also be considered viable in developing a country's network infrastructure.