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Measuringdigitaldevelopment

TheICTDevelopmentIndex

2024

ITU

Foreword

Iampleasedtopresentthe2024editionoftheICTDevelopmentIndex(IDI).

Measurementiscrucialforachievinguniversalandmeaningfulconnectivity(UMC).Accurateandcomprehensivedatahelpusunderstandpriorities,designeffectiveinterventions,monitorprogress,andholdourselvesaccountable.TheIDIservesasatoolforpolicymakerstoassessthestateofdigitaldevelopment.However,whileweshareacommonobjective,eachcountryhasitsowncharacteristics,facesitsownchallenges,andmustfollowitsownpathtoUMC.

Thisyear'sIDIresultsdemonstratecontinuedprogresstowardUMC,withmosteconomiesimprovingscoresfromthepreviousedition.Encouragingly,low-incomeeconomiesshownotableadvancements,drivenbygainsinInternetaccess,mobilebroadbandpenetration,andaffordability.

TheIDIresultsconfirmthestronglinkbetweenoveralleconomicdevelopmentanddigitalprogress.Low-incomeeconomies,despiteshowingthehighestimprovementrates,stilllagfarbehindhigh-incomeeconomies.Theindexhighlightsthedeepdivideswithinregions,butwemustacknowledgethelimitationsofourcurrentknowledge.ImportantdimensionsofUMCaremissingfromtheassessmentowingtolackofdata,thatpreventsusfrompaintingamorecompletepicture.

Thejourneytowardsafullyandmeaningfullyconnectedworldisongoing.Withtherightdata,tools,andcommitment,wecanensureeveryonebenefitsfromdigitalconnectivity,contributingtoamoreinclusiveandsustainablefuture.

CosmasLuckysonZavazavaDirector,ITUTelecommunicationDevelopmentBureau

ii

Tableofcontents

Foreword

ii

Introduction

1

ICTDevelopmentIndex2024:results

2

Overallresults

3

Resultsbyregion

8

Resultsbypillar

9

Resultsbyindicator

10

Conclusions

16

Annex1:MethodologyoftheICTDevelopmentIndex

17

Conceptualframework

17

Indicatorselection

17

Referenceyearanddatacoverage

17

Outliers

18

Normalization

18

Aggregationandweighting

18

Annex2:Indicatorvaluesandscores–IDI2024

21

Annex3:Indicatorvaluesandscoresbygroups–IDI2024

34

Annex4:IDIandpillarscoresbygroups–IDI2024

35

Annex5:Indicatordefinitions

36

iii

Listofboxes,figuresandtables

Boxes

Box1:AbriefhistoryoftheIDI

2

Box2:InterpretingandusingtheIDIresults

3

BoxA1.1:ExampleofIDIscorecalculation

20

Figures

Figure1:DistributionofscoresforIDI2024andthepillars

6

Figure2:DistributionofIDI2024scoresbyincomegroup

7

Figure3:ComparisonofIDI2023-2024changewithIDI2023score

8

Figure4:IDI2024scoresbyregion

9

Figure5:IDI2023and2024averagescoresandannualchange

9

Figure6:Universalandmeaningfulconnectivitypillarscores,byregionand

incomegroup

10

Figure7:Evolutionofpillarscoresforuniversalandmeaningfulconnectivity,

byregionandincomegroup

11

Figure8:Averagenormalizedindicatorscoresbyincomegroup(IDI2024)

12

Figure9:EvolutionofindicatorscoresfromIDI2023toIDI2024

14

FigureA1.1:Universalandmeaningfulconnectivityframework

17

FigureA1.2:StructureoftheICTDevelopmentIndex

18

FigureA1.3:Weightingandaggregation

20

Tables

Table1:IDI2024scores

4

Table2:Descriptivestatisticsbycomponentindicator

13

Table3:Numberofeconomiesmeetingorexceedingthegoalpostfor

selectedindicators

15

TableA1.1:Goalposts,thresholdsandoutliertreatment

19

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TheICTDevelopmentIndex2024

Introduction

TheInternetdeliverssubstantialeconomicbenefits,revolutionizingcommunication,entertainmentandcollaboration.Itprovidesaccesstoessentialservices,vastknowledge,learningopportunities,andjobprospects,makingdigitalconnectivityavitaleverydaynecessity.Andyet,one-thirdofhumanityremainsoffline,andmanyusershavetomakedowithpoorconnectivityataverybasiclevel.Digitaldividespersistandareactuallywideningforsomedemographicsandgeographies.

Universalandmeaningfulconnectivity(UMC)isdefinedasthepossibilityforeveryonetoenjoyasafe,satisfying,enrichingandproductiveonlineexperienceatanaffordablecost.Theconceptemphasizesamultidimensionalapproachtodigitalconnectivity.Ithighlightstheneedforholisticstrategiesbeyonddigitalinfrastructure.Thiscomprehensiveapproachiscrucialforfullyleveragingthepotentialofconnectivityforsocialandeconomicdevelopment.

TheroleofdatainachievingUMCisvital,butfrequentlyoverlooked.Dataprovideinsightsintopast,presentandfuturestates,guidingusinsettingpriorities,craftingeffectiveinterventions,trackingprogressandensuringaccountability.ThisiswhyformanydecadestheInternationalTelecommunicationUnion(ITU)hasbeengathering,analysinganddisseminatingdataonconnectivityandinformationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT)moregenerally.

Toassiststakeholdersintheirpolicyandresearchwork,in2009theICTDevelopmentIndex(IDI)waslaunchedtogiveameasureofcountries’digitalconnectivity.Itwaspublishedannuallyuntil2018.Afterasix-yearhiatus(seeBox1),theIDIwasrevivedin2023,withanewmethodologythathasUMCatitscore.Annex1givesanoverviewofthatmethodologyandreferencestoadditionaldocumentation.

TherevampedIDIsupportscomparisonsnotonlyacrossgeographiesbutalsoovertime,soastoassessprogresstowardsUMC.Duetolimiteddataavailabilityandtheinherentconstraintsoftheindexapproach,theIDIcanonlyofferapartialassessmentofacountry’sconnectivitystatus.ItcomplementstherichdatasetsandsuiteoftoolsmaintainedbyITU,includingthe

ITUDataHub

,the

Dashboardfor

UniversalandMeaningfulConnectivity

,the

ICTRegulatoryTracker

,the

DigitalRegulation

Platform

,andthe

GlobalCybersecurityIndex

;publications,includingthe

MeasuringDigital

Development

and

GlobalDigitalRegulatory

Outlook

series;andguidelines,suchasthe

ITUManualforMeasuringICTAccessand

UsebyHouseholdsandIndividuals

,the

ITU

HandbookfortheCollectionofAdministrative

DataonTelecommunications/ICT

,andthe

DigitalRegulationHandbook

.

StakeholdersconcernedwiththeconnectivityagendaarestronglyencouragedtocomplementtheiranalysisoftheIDIoutcomewithotherdata,tools,informationandevidencesoastoobtainafull,timelyandaccuratepicture.

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Box1:AbriefhistoryoftheIDI

Introducedin2009byITU,theICTDevelopmentIndex(IDI)isacompositeindicator,whichinitiallyaimedtomeasurethelevelofdevelopmentoftheICTsector.

InMarch2017,anextraordinarymeetingofITU’s

ExpertGrouponICTHousehold

Indicators(EGH)

and

ExpertGrouponTelecommunication/ICTIndicators(EGTI)

adoptedarevisedsetof14indicatorstobeincludedintheIDI.However,becauseofdataqualityandavailabilityissues,theIDIbasedontherevisedsetofindicatorswasnotreleased.

Attemptstoaddresstheissuesbetween2019and2020witharevisedIDIandproposalsforanentirelynewindexdidnotachieveconsensusamongITUMemberStates.InOctober2022,theITUPlenipotentiaryConferenceinBucharestadoptedarevisedtextof

Resolution131

.Therevisedtextdefined,interalia,theprocessfordevelopingandadoptinganewmethodologyfortheIDIandsomefeaturesoftheIDIitself.Accordingly,thenewIDImethodology,basedontheconceptofuniversalandmeaningfulconnectivity,was

developed

bytheITUSecretariatandthetwoexpertgroups,EGTIandEGH,incloseconsultationwithMemberStates.InNovember2023themethodology

wasapproved

byMemberStatesandthereuponadoptedforuse.

IDI2023

,theindexbasedonthenewmethodology,wasreleasedinDecember2023.Themethodologywillremainvalidforfouryears.

ICTDevelopmentIndex2024:results

InaccordancewithResolution131,onlyscoresarereported;economiesarenotranked.Thisapproachallowsfocusingonwhatmatters:howclosearecountriesandgroupstouniversalandmeaningfulconnectivityandhowmuchprogresshavetheyachieved?Thisallowsmeaningfulcomparison,withincomegroupandregionalaverages.Importantly,itreflectsthefactthatconnectivityisneitheracompetitionamongcountriesnorazero-sumgame–progressisnotachievedattheexpenseofothercountries,andallcountriescanachieveUMC.Aranking-basedapproachmayreinforcetheimpressionofacompetitionandsuggestmisleadingconclusions.Forinstance,ifallcountriesweretoachieveascore

ofatleast95outof100,therewouldstillbeacountryrankedfirstandanotherrankedlast,eveniftheonerankedlasthasalmostachievedUMCandisinfactnotfarbehindthefirst.

Box2providesimportantpointersoninterpretingandusingtheIDIresults.Annex2reportscountryvaluesandscoresforalltheindicatorsoftheIDI,Annex3showsindicatorvaluesandscoresbygroups,Annex4showsIDIandpillarscoresbygroups,andAnnex5providesthedefinitionsoftheindicators.Additionaldataandnotesareavailablefordownloadonthe

IDIwebpage

,andcountryresultscanbevisualizedinthe

IDIDashboard

.

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Box2:InterpretingandusingtheIDIresults

CautionisrequiredwheninterpretingandusingtheIDIresults.Theyneedtobecomple-mentedandcorroboratedwithadditionalinformationandevidenceduetothefollowingcomplications:

Apartialpicture.DimensionsandconceptsofUMCaremissingfromtheIDI(seeAnnex1).Consequently,arobustperformanceintheIDIdoesnotnecessarilymeanthatUMChasbeenachieved,becauseperformancecouldbelackinginotherdimensionsofUMCthatarenotcurrentlyincludedintheIDI,suchasskills,orsafetyandsecurity.

Timelag.Becauseofthelaginthesubmissionofdatabycountries,andintheprocessingandvalidationofthatdata,theassessmentdoneinIDI2024isfortheyear2022.Gapsintheavailabilityofofficialdatafor2022arefilledwithofficialdatafor2021,or,asalastresort,estimatesfor2022.

Nouniversalrecipe.Theperformanceofapeermaynotbeattainableintheshortterm.Eachcountryhasitsowncharacteristics,facesitsownchallengesandmustfollowitsowndevelopmentpath.AlthoughtheIDIcanhelpbenchmarkrecentachievements,thesearenotnecessarilyreplicableorscalable.

Drilldown.TheusefulnessoftheIDIisnotlimitedtotheoverallIDIscore.Thatscoremayconcealvastdisparitiesinperformanceacrossindividualindicators.

Disparitieswithincountries.Country-levelscoressmoothoverpotentiallysignificantdisparitiesbetweenregionsanddemographicgroupsforthesakeofanoverallassessmentorascoreatthelevelofapillarorindicator.Todesigneffectiveinterventions,policy-mak-ersmustlookbeyondnationalaveragesandusedatadisaggregatedbylocationsanddemographicgroups.

Estimationsandimputations.EvenwiththereducedsetofindicatorsintheIDI,20.4percentofthevalueshavehadtobeestimatedorimputed,andallindicatorsbutmobilebroadbandsubscriptionsper100inhabitantsandthetwoaffordabilityindicatorscontainatleastonesuchvalue.Whileeveryeffortismadetomaximizeaccuracy,estimatesandimputedvaluesarenotperfectsubstitutesforvaluessubmittedbycountries.

Reviseddata.TheIDIresultsarecomputedusingthedataavailableatthetimeofthecalculation.Resolution131preventsITUfromretroactivelyrevisingpublishedresults.Therefore,timecomparisonsarealwaysbasedonthepublishedresults,evenwhendataaresubsequentlyrevised.Insuchcases,thecomparisonsmaynotaccuratelyreflectactualchanges.

PreviousIDImethodologies.Theresultsofthe2023and2024editionsoftheIDIcannotbecomparedwithearliereditionsoftheIDI(2017andearlier),becausethemethodologiesaredifferent.

Uncertainty.Inanyindex,severalsourcesofuncertaintyinfluencethescores,frommeasurementerrorsinindividualindicatorstomodellingassumptions(e.g.selectionofindicators,estimationandimputationofmissingdata,weighting,normalization,choiceofgoalpostsandthresholds,etc.).Itisdifficulttoadequatelyaccountforsuchuncertainty.Formoreinformation,seesection5ofthe

JointResearchCentre’sstatisticalaudit

oftheIDI.

Overallresults

The2024editionoftheICTDevelopmentIndexcovers170economies,comparedwith169forthe2023edition.Improvementsindataavail-abilitymadeitpossibletoaddfiveeconomiesthatwerenotinthe2023edition,whilefoureconomieshadtoberemovedbecausesuffi-cientdatawasnotavailablethistime.

TheeconomiescoveredintheIDI2024arelistedinTable1,givingthegeographicalregionandtheincomegrouptowhichtheeconomybelongs,theoverallIDIscoresfor2023and2024,theperformanceoftheeconomy(bluehorizontalbar)incomparisonwiththeincomegroup(orangeline)andregionalaverage(darkblueline),andthescoresonthepillarsUniversalconnectivityandMeaningfulconnectivity.

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Table1:IDI2024scores

Economy

Afghanistan

IncomeRegionGroup

ASPLI

IDI202328.9

score

202433.1

IDIscore&groupaverage

Change|Income|Region

+15%

UniversalScore

27.5

MeaningfulScore

38.6

Albania

EURUMI

81.6

84.7

+4%

79.1

90.3

Algeria

ARBLMI

77.8

80.9

+4%

75.4

86.3

Andorra

EURHI

87.2

88.8

+2%

87.6

90.0

Angola

AFRLMI

44.1

49.9

+13%

35.3

64.5

Argentina

AMSUMI

81.5

83.4

+2%

79.5

87.3

Armenia

CISUMI

85.1

86.4

+2%

81.2

91.6

Australia

ASPHI

94.0

95.1

+1%

94.7

95.4

Austria

EURHI

92.5

94.3

+2%

92.5

96.1

Azerbaijan

CISUMI

79.0

80.4

+2%

77.7

83.1

Bahamas

AMSHI

88.5

89.3

+1%

86.1

92.5

Bahrain

ARBHI

96.5

97.5

+1%

100.0

95.1

Bangladesh

ASPLMI

61.1

62.0

+1%

39.4

84.5

Barbados

AMSHI

77.3

77.5

+0%

70.1

85.0

Belarus

CISUMI

86.9

88.5

+2%

84.5

92.6

Belgium

EURHI

88.2

89.3

+1%

87.2

91.4

Benin

AFRLMI

38.3

45.4

+19%

37.1

53.7

Bhutan

ASPLMI

76.5

85.9

+12%

85.2

86.6

Bolivia(PlurinationalStateof)

AMSLMI

68.0

69.4

+2%

62.4

76.5

BosniaandHerzegovina

EURUMI

76.6

78.6

+3%

68.7

88.6

Botswana

AFRUMI

74.0

78.7

+6%

78.7

78.8

Brazil

AMSUMI

81.9

82.0

+0%

77.1

87.0

BruneiDarussalam

ASPHI

94.8

95.7

+1%

93.1

98.4

Bulgaria

EURUMI

85.6

88.7

+4%

84.1

93.4

BurkinaFaso

AFRLI

28.5

30.1

+6%

25.5

34.7

Burundi

AFRLI

23.0

24.4

+6%

12.6

36.1

CaboVerde

AFRLMI

68.1

69.1

+1%

68.4

69.8

Cambodia

ASPLMI

68.5

72.6

+6%

62.8

82.5

Cameroon

AFRLMI

36.8

44.2

+20%

40.3

48.1

Canada

AMSHI

87.2

88.6

+2%

84.3

93.0

Chad

AFRLI

20.0

21.3

+6%

6.7

35.9

Chile

AMSHI

90.7

91.7

+1%

88.4

95.0

China

ASPUMI

84.4

85.8

+2%

79.0

92.6

Colombia

AMSUMI

71.9

73.2

+2%

63.3

83.1

Comoros

ARBLMI

43.5

46.5

+7%

45.7

47.4

Congo(Rep.ofthe)

AFRLMI

29.2

30.7

+5%

30.7

30.6

CostaRica

AMSUMI

83.9

84.8

+1%

79.6

89.9

C?ted'Ivoire

AFRLMI

59.0

65.3

+11%

58.0

72.5

Croatia

EURHI

87.1

89.6

+3%

86.9

92.3

Cyprus

EURHI

87.4

88.6

+1%

83.6

93.7

CzechRepublic

EURHI

86.1

88.0

+2%

83.0

93.0

Dem.Rep.oftheCongo

AFRLI

29.1

31.0

+7%

24.6

37.4

Denmark

EURHI

96.9

97.1

+0%

98.4

95.9

Djibouti

ARBLMI

63.6

61.6

-3%

54.7

68.5

Dominica

AMSUMI

76.9

78.4

+2%

72.2

84.5

DominicanRep.

AMSUMI

75.0

75.4

+1%

62.0

88.8

Ecuador

AMSUMI

68.2

70.0

+3%

58.9

81.1

Egypt

ARBLMI

75.8

76.8

+1%

65.4

88.1

ElSalvador

AMSUMI

61.9

66.1

+7%

49.3

82.9

EquatorialGuinea

AFRUMI

37.6

44.8

+19%

40.7

48.8

Estonia

EURHI

96.9

97.9

+1%

98.6

97.3

Eswatini

AFRLMI

71.7

70.4

-2%

68.1

72.8

Ethiopia

AFRLI

33.8

39.8

+18%

18.6

61.0

Finland

EURHI

96.7

98.1

+1%

99.3

96.9

France

EURHI

89.4

89.8

+0%

84.3

95.3

Gabon

AFRUMI

72.9

74.7

+2%

74.3

75.2

Georgia

EURUMI

85.1

87.8

+3%

83.0

92.6

Germany

EURHI

87.3

87.8

+1%

85.5

90.2

Ghana

AFRLMI

65.9

66.2

+0%

57.9

74.5

Greece

EURHI

83.7

86.5

+3%

81.4

91.7

Grenada

AMSUMI

73.4

78.6

+7%

73.8

83.4

Guatemala

AMSUMI

54.8

51.7

-6%

32.2

71.2

Guinea-Bissau

AFRLI

33.1

36.9

+11%

32.4

41.3

Honduras

AMSLMI

56.3

60.9

+8%

48.0

73.7

HongKong,China

ASPHI

96.5

97.4

+1%

100.0

94.8

Hungary

EURHI

86.8

87.4

+1%

81.5

93.3

Iceland

EURHI

94.8

95.9

+1%

94.7

97.0

Indonesia

ASPUMI

80.1

82.8

+3%

79.6

86.0

Iran(IslamicRepublicof)

ASPLMI

80.9

82.2

+2%

81.2

83.3

Iraq

ARBUMI

69.5

73.9

+6%

69.0

78.8

Ireland

EURHI

88.9

90.7

+2%

92.8

88.6

Israel

EURHI

91.1

92.5

+2%

90.0

95.0

Italy

EURHI

86.4

87.7

+2%

80.3

95.0

Jamaica

AMSUMI

77.0

76.9

-0%

70.2

83.7

Japan

ASPHI

92.0

93.2

+1%

94.6

91.9

Jordan

ARBLMI

78.5

84.9

+8%

79.1

90.6

Kazakhstan

CISUMI

88.9

90.1

+1%

87.1

93.0

Kenya

AFRLMI

54.2

58.5

+8%

45.0

72.0

Kiribati

ASPLMI

45.5

52.1

+15%

51.7

52.5

Korea(Rep.of)

ASPHI

93.8

94.4

+1%

93.4

95.5

Kuwait

ARBHI

98.2

100.0

+2%

100.0

99.9

Kyrgyzstan

CISLMI

84.7

88.3

+4%

94.1

82.5

LaoP.D.R.

ASPLMI

64.6

65.3

+1%

59.6

71.0

Latvia

EURHI

93.8

94.3

+1%

90.7

97.8

Lesotho

AFRLMI

44.3

48.8

+10%

32.7

64.9

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Table1:IDI2024scores(continued)

Economy

Liberia

IncomeRegionGroup

AFRLI

IDI2023

n.a.

score

2024

37.1

IDIscore&groupaverage

Change|Income|Region

UniversalScore

33.5

MeaningfulScore

40.8

Libya

ARBUMI

79.4

88.1

+11%

88.2

87.9

Liechtenstein

EURHI

91.9

92.3

+0%

94.1

90.4

Lithuania

EURHI

92.4

94.2

+2%

91.2

97.3

Luxembourg

EURHI

92.1

92.6

+1%

92.4

92.8

Macao,China

ASPHI

93.3

94.1

+1%

95.9

92.3

Madagascar

AFRLI

26.4

29.9

+13%

18.0

41.8

Malawi

AFRLI

31.5

33.1

+5%

23.5

42.7

Malaysia

ASPUMI

94.5

95.0

+1%

95.0

95.0

Maldives

ASPUMI

79.0

81.5

+3%

73.6

89.5

Mali

AFRLI

38.2

40.4

+6%

39.7

41.1

Malta

EURHI

87.0

93.5

+7%

92.4

94.6

Mauritania

ARBLMI

53.7

55.5

+3%

52.6

58.5

Mauritius

AFRUMI

81.7

84.2

+3%

78.4

89.9

Mexico

AMSUMI

78.0

80.7

+3%

72.5

88.8

Moldova

EURUMI

77.1

78.3

+2%

65.2

91.4

Monaco

EURHI

n.a.

92.6

89.6

95.5

Mongolia

ASPLMI

85.9

87.0

+1%

82.9

91.1

Montenegro

EURUMI

83.9

87.9

+5%

82.1

93.6

Morocco

ARBLMI

85.1

86.8

+2%

81.9

91.7

Mozambique

AFRLI

25.8

32.0

+24%

18.1

46.0

Myanmar

ASPLMI

65.7

63.8

-3%

65.8

61.8

Namibia

AFRUMI

68.1

68.8

+1%

61.2

76.3

Netherlands(Kingdomofthe)

EURHI

93.5

92.5

-1%

93.2

91.7

NewZealand

ASPHI

89.5

90.3

+1%

88.0

92.5

Nicaragua

AMSLMI

56.1

61.6

+10%

52.0

71.3

Nigeria

AFRLMI

44.2

46.9

+6%

34.9

58.8

NorthMacedonia

EURUMI

79.6

82.0

+3%

74.0

89.9

Norway

EURHI

90.9

93.4

+3%

92.7

94.2

Oman

ARBHI

90.5

91.7

+1%

92.4

91.0

Pakistan

ASPLMI

48.7

55.6

+14%

36.7

74.4

Palestine

ARBUMI

67.3

69.3

+3%

68.4

70.3

Panama

AMSHI

74.8

77.6

+4%

76.2

79.0

Paraguay

AMSUMI

71.7

74.1

+3%

60.2

88.0

Peru

AMSUMI

73.4

76.4

+4%

64.5

88.3

Philippines

ASPLMI

65.0

74.4

+14%

67.2

81.7

Poland

EURHI

94.6

95.8

+1%

96.6

94.9

Portugal

EURHI

85.6

87.4

+2%

81.9

92.9

Qatar

ARBHI

97.3

97.8

+1%

100.0

95.6

Romania

EURHI

87.0

87.6

+1%

82.2

93.0

RussianFederation

CISUMI

88.9

90.6

+2%

86.7

94.4

Rwanda

AFRLI

40.1

46.8

+17%

33.1

60.5

SaintKittsandNevis

AMSHI

82.3

84.9

+3%

79.8

90.0

SaintLucia

AMSUMI

73.3

73.9

+1%

66.8

81.0

SaintVincentandtheGrenadines

AMSUMI

73.0

70.7

-3%

67.3

74.1

Samoa

ASPLMI

63.1

67.8

+7%

61.0

74.7

SanMarino

EURHI

n.a.

92.7

92.9

92.5

SaoTomeandPrincipe

AFRLMI

54.5

55.9

+3%

50.4

61.4

SaudiArabia

ARBHI

94.9

95.7

+1%

94.7

96.8

Senegal

AFRLMI

66.5

69.3

+4%

64.2

74.3

Serbia

EURUMI

85.1

87.7

+3%

82.9

92.5

Seychelles

AFRHI

80.9

84.7

+5%

81.8

87.7

SierraLeone

AFRLI

n.a.

34.3

23.6

45.1

Singapore

ASPHI

97.4

97.8

+0%

100.0

95.6

Slovakia

EURHI

87.1

87.1

+0%

81.6

92.6

Slovenia

EURHI

88.4

90.8

+3%

85.0

96.5

Somalia

ARBLI

21.4

28.7

+34%

15.1

42.3

SouthAfrica

AFRUMI

80.5

83.6

+4%

82.6

84.6

Spain

EURHI

91.4

92.5

+1%

91.1

93.9

SriLanka

ASPLMI

69.9

71.3

+2%

58.3

84.3

Suriname

AMSUMI

76.8

82.5

+7%

82.4

82.7

Sweden

EURHI

93.9

95.3

+1%

95.3

95.4

Switzerland

EURHI

91.6

92.4

+1%

89.9

94.9

SyrianArabRepublic

ARBLI

49.6

59.6

+20%

38.7

80.5

Tanzania

AFRLMI

37.2

43.1

+16%

29.3

57.0

Thailand

ASPUMI

88.7

91.0

+3%

89.7

92.4

Timor-Leste

ASPLMI

39.0

39.2

+1%

40.2

38.2

Togo

AFRLI

40.2

46.2

+15%

39.9

52.4

Tonga

ASPUMI

58.2

58.2

+0%

45.5

70.9

TrinidadandTobago

AMSHI

76.6

78.8

+3%

68.2

89.3

Tunisia

ARBLMI

75.4

77.2

+2%

65.0

89.5

Türkiye

EURUMI

85.8

87.5

+2%

81.0

94.1

Uganda

AFRLI

34.8

40.4

+16%

32.7

48.1

Ukraine

EURLMI

80.8

81.0

+0%

74.6

87.3

UnitedArabEmirates

ARBHI

96.4

97.5

+1%

100.0

94.9

UnitedKingdom

EURHI

92.8

93.6

+1%

92.2

94.9

UnitedStates

AMSHI

96.6

96.7

+0%

99.0

94.4

Uruguay

AMSHI

87.1

89.9

+3%

89.3

90.5

Uzbekistan

CISLMI

81.7

84.9

+4%

86.5

83.3

Vanuatu

ASPLMI

67.9

70.2

+3%

82.2

58.3

Venezuela

AMSn.a.

64.2

67.7

+5%

63.4

72.0

VietNam

ASPLMI

80.6

85.0

+5%

79.1

90.8

Yemen

ARBLI

n.a.

43.5

24.7

62.4

Zambia

AFRLMI

49.5

55.6

+12%

39.3

71.8

Zimbabwe

AFRLMI

42.7

47.7

+12%

44.9

50.6

5

TheICTDevelopmentIndex2024

Figure1:DistributionofscoresforIDI2024andthepillars

IDI

Universalconnectivity

Meaningfulconnectivity

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ThescoresoftheoverallIDIandthetwopillarsrangefrom0to100.Ascoreof100correspondstoasituationwherethateconomyorgrouphasreachedthegoalpostvalueoneverycomponentindicator.AscoreofzerocorrespondstothehypotheticalsituationofaneconomywithoutInternet,withnomobilebroadbandcoverage,nomobilebroadbandsubscriptions,zerodatatraffic,etc.

Figure1showsthedistributionofcountryscoresforthemaincomponentsoftheIDI.TheaverageIDI2024scoreforthe170economiesis74.8.1Thelowestscoreis21.3andthehighestis100.0.Forty-twoeconomieshaveanIDIscorebetween90and100.Another49economieshaveascorebetween80and90.Attheotherendofthescale,29economiesscorebelow50,andafurther9haveascorebetween50and60.

TheseresultssuggestthatmuchoftheworldiswelladvancedonitswaytoUMC,withmorethanhalfoftheeconomiespastthe80-pointmark(themedianbeing82.0).However,thelower-scoringhalfoftheeconomiesarespreadacrossa60-pointrange(from21.3to82.0),withseveralscoringinthelow20s.Additionally,asmentionedinAnnex1,the

1Sincethemainunitbeinganalysedistheindividualeconomy,averagesinthispublicationarecalculatedwithoutpopulationweightingtoavoidbiasingtheresultsinfavourofcountrieswithlargepopulations.

IDIdoesnotcapturealltheaspectsoftheUMCframework,notablyexcludingfixedbroadbandpenetration,Internetspeed,ICTskills,andsafetyandsecurity,whichimpliesthatthepicturepaintedheremaylookmorepositivethanitisinreality.

Figure2showstheoverallscoredistributionbyincomegroup.Theaverage