The Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009

Denmark and Sweden once again lead the rankings of The Global
Information Technology Report 2008-2009, released today by the World
Economic Forum. They are followed by the United States which is up one
position, 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. The Report underlines that good education
fundamentals and high levels of technological readiness and innovation
are essential engines of growth needed to overcome the current
economic crisis. Ireland gets a 23rd rank, the same level as in the
2007/2008 report.

rank Country/Economy Score
1 Denmark 5.85
2 Sweden 5.84
3 United States 5.68
4 Singapore 5.67
5 Switzerland 5.58
6 Finland 5.53
7 Iceland 5.50
8 Norway 5.49
9 Netherlands 5.48
10 Canada 5.41
11 Korea, Rep. 5.37
12 Hong Kong SAR 5.30
13 Taiwan, China 5.30
14 Australia 5.29
15 United Kingdom 5.27
16 Austria 5.22
17 Japan 5.19
18 Estonia 5.19
19 France 5.17
20 Germany 5.17
21 Luxembourg 5.10
22 New Zealand 5.04
23 Ireland 5.03
24 Belgium 5.02
25 Israel 4.98
26 Malta 4.79
27 United Arab Emirates 4.76
28 Malaysia 4.76
29 Qatar 4.68
30 Portugal 4.63
31 Slovenia 4.57
32 Czech Republic 4.53
33 Cyprus 4.52
34 Spain 4.50
35 Lithuania 4.40
36 Barbados 4.38
37 Bahrain 4.38
38 Tunisia 4.34
39 Chile 4.32
40 Saudi Arabia 4.28
41 Hungary 4.28
42 Puerto Rico 4.23
43 Slovak Republic 4.19
44 Jordan 4.19
45 Italy 4.16
46 China 4.15
47 Thailand 4.14
48 Latvia 4.10
49 Croatia 4.09
50 Oman 4.08
51 Mauritius 4.07
52 South Africa 4.07