Posted on 01/01/2023 9:29:48 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Life and work in the 21st century is increasingly reliant on modern technology, with a country’s digital quality of life playing a massive role on people’s day-to-day.
Some countries excel in internet access and affordability, while others have more modern digital systems and relevant laws. And, as Visual Capitalist's Omri Wallach details below, many regions of the world suffer with lacking digital infrastructure and access across the board.
The 2022 Digital Quality of Life Index (DQL) from Surfshark analyzes countries on digital wellbeing, based on data from the UN, World Bank, Freedom House, and the International Communications Union.
The DQL Index covers 117 countries with readily available data, making up 92% of the global population. Each country is scored on five pillars:
Internet Affordability—How much time people have to work to afford a stable internet connection.
Internet Quality—How fast and stable the internet connectivity in a country is and how well it’s improving.
Electronic Infrastructure—How well developed and inclusive a country’s existing electronic infrastructure is.
Electronic Security—How safe and protected people feel in a country.
Electronic Government—How advanced and digitized a country’s government services are.
Overall, Europe and Asia led the digital quality of life rankings in 2022. Israel took the top spot with an incredibly strong score in internet affordability. Here are the countries sorted by rankings and their weighted scores in each category:
Rank | Country | Affordability | Quality | E-infrastructure | E-security | E-government |
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1 | Israel | 0.1917 | 0.0981 | 0.1668 | 0.1503 | 0.1541 |
2 | Denmark | 0.047 | 0.1186 | 0.1968 | 0.1878 | 0.1844 |
3 | Germany | 0.0718 | 0.0926 | 0.1922 | 0.1946 | 0.1612 |
4 | France | 0.0534 | 0.111 | 0.1834 | 0.1878 | 0.1749 |
5 | Sweden | 0.0213 | 0.1059 | 0.1958 | 0.1878 | 0.1787 |
6 | Netherlands | 0.0241 | 0.0985 | 0.1956 | 0.1865 | 0.1796 |
7 | Finland | 0.0171 | 0.0973 | 0.192 | 0.1892 | 0.1869 |
8 | Japan | 0.0684 | 0.1024 | 0.1846 | 0.1462 | 0.177 |
9 | U.K. | 0.0413 | 0.0898 | 0.1882 | 0.1611 | 0.188 |
10 | South Korea | 0.0252 | 0.1139 | 0.1884 | 0.1516 | 0.1868 |
11 | Lithuania | 0.0508 | 0.087 | 0.1705 | 0.1973 | 0.1592 |
12 | U.S. | 0.0326 | 0.113 | 0.1944 | 0.1224 | 0.1947 |
13 | Switzerland | 0.0337 | 0.1114 | 0.1914 | 0.1597 | 0.1607 |
14 | Estonia | 0.0219 | 0.0759 | 0.1852 | 0.1946 | 0.1779 |
15 | Singapore | 0.0717 | 0.1134 | 0.1852 | 0.0943 | 0.19 |
16 | Spain | 0.0257 | 0.0924 | 0.1777 | 0.1919 | 0.1656 |
17 | Norway | 0.0136 | 0.0923 | 0.194 | 0.1649 | 0.174 |
18 | Luxembourg | 0.0272 | 0.0911 | 0.1878 | 0.1689 | 0.1597 |
19 | Italy | 0.0362 | 0.082 | 0.1733 | 0.1824 | 0.159 |
20 | Portugal | 0.0085 | 0.1101 | 0.1576 | 0.1932 | 0.1565 |
21 | Belgium | 0.0162 | 0.0868 | 0.1823 | 0.1973 | 0.1409 |
22 | Austria | 0.0279 | 0.0717 | 0.1782 | 0.1716 | 0.1719 |
23 | Poland | 0.0242 | 0.0869 | 0.1566 | 0.1905 | 0.1568 |
24 | Ireland | 0.0217 | 0.0874 | 0.1799 | 0.1662 | 0.1596 |
25 | Czechia | 0.023 | 0.0755 | 0.1707 | 0.196 | 0.1472 |
26 | Canada | 0.0228 | 0.0967 | 0.1831 | 0.1289 | 0.1723 |
27 | Hungary | 0.0206 | 0.1046 | 0.1647 | 0.1676 | 0.1425 |
28 | New Zealand | 0.0166 | 0.1027 | 0.1731 | 0.1341 | 0.1702 |
29 | Slovakia | 0.0233 | 0.0807 | 0.161 | 0.1865 | 0.1417 |
30 | Bulgaria | 0.0308 | 0.1025 | 0.1352 | 0.177 | 0.1452 |
31 | Croatia | 0.0133 | 0.0911 | 0.1625 | 0.1865 | 0.1346 |
32 | Slovenia | 0.0102 | 0.0934 | 0.1619 | 0.1622 | 0.1591 |
33 | Latvia | 0.0235 | 0.0918 | 0.1628 | 0.1784 | 0.1289 |
34 | Romania | 0.0299 | 0.105 | 0.1427 | 0.1743 | 0.1327 |
35 | Australia | 0.0453 | 0.0706 | 0.1755 | 0.1089 | 0.1802 |
36 | Malta | 0.0104 | 0.093 | 0.1639 | 0.1527 | 0.1547 |
37 | Cyprus | 0.0139 | 0.0718 | 0.1589 | 0.1689 | 0.1548 |
38 | Malaysia | 0.0319 | 0.0838 | 0.1636 | 0.1224 | 0.1561 |
39 | Greece | 0.0085 | 0.0713 | 0.142 | 0.2 | 0.1344 |
40 | Chile | 0.0251 | 0.1202 | 0.1469 | 0.1022 | 0.1538 |
41 | Uruguay | 0.0051 | 0.1054 | 0.1569 | 0.13 | 0.1498 |
42 | Russia | 0.0556 | 0.0794 | 0.1512 | 0.0943 | 0.152 |
43 | China | 0.0241 | 0.1045 | 0.1485 | 0.0741 | 0.175 |
44 | U.A.E. | 0.0071 | 0.1148 | 0.1779 | 0.0419 | 0.1712 |
45 | Argentina | 0.0073 | 0.0694 | 0.1575 | 0.13 | 0.1464 |
46 | Qatar | 0.0077 | 0.1077 | 0.1705 | 0.0808 | 0.1421 |
47 | Armenia | 0.1009 | 0.07 | 0.1356 | 0.0765 | 0.1221 |
48 | Serbia | 0.0184 | 0.0739 | 0.1387 | 0.1238 | 0.1429 |
49 | Thailand | 0.0081 | 0.1045 | 0.151 | 0.0876 | 0.1391 |
50 | Ukraine | 0.0259 | 0.0581 | 0.1613 | 0.1184 | 0.1256 |
51 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0057 | 0.0873 | 0.1635 | 0.0865 | 0.1408 |
52 | Turkey | 0.0153 | 0.0679 | 0.1526 | 0.0968 | 0.1488 |
53 | Brazil | 0.0078 | 0.0884 | 0.1388 | 0.0686 | 0.1558 |
54 | Moldova | 0.0357 | 0.0687 | 0.1359 | 0.0927 | 0.1226 |
55 | Philippines | 0.0044 | 0.0779 | 0.1371 | 0.1062 | 0.1265 |
56 | Bahrain | 0.0084 | 0.0878 | 0.166 | 0.047 | 0.1396 |
57 | Colombia | 0.0051 | 0.0775 | 0.1248 | 0.0954 | 0.1433 |
58 | Costa Rica | 0.0042 | 0.0721 | 0.1523 | 0.0954 | 0.1206 |
59 | India | 0.0266 | 0.071 | 0.1149 | 0.0822 | 0.1489 |
60 | N. Macedonia | 0.0095 | 0.0684 | 0.1409 | 0.0981 | 0.1237 |
61 | Kazakhstan | 0.0185 | 0.0639 | 0.1408 | 0.07 | 0.1473 |
62 | Mexico | 0.0111 | 0.0688 | 0.1291 | 0.0792 | 0.142 |
63 | Paraguay | 0.0091 | 0.0724 | 0.1424 | 0.0862 | 0.113 |
64 | Albania | 0.0087 | 0.0567 | 0.1313 | 0.09 | 0.1328 |
65 | Oman | 0.0053 | 0.065 | 0.1455 | 0.0473 | 0.1502 |
66 | South Africa | 0.0198 | 0.0689 | 0.1171 | 0.0778 | 0.1294 |
67 | Georgia | 0.0097 | 0.0577 | 0.1408 | 0.0941 | 0.1103 |
68 | Mauritius | 0.0149 | 0.0459 | 0.1311 | 0.09 | 0.1298 |
69 | Belarus | 0.0224 | 0.068 | 0.1396 | 0.0554 | 0.123 |
70 | Vietnam | 0.0145 | 0.0712 | 0.1396 | 0.0578 | 0.1241 |
71 | Morocco | 0.0068 | 0.0603 | 0.1247 | 0.113 | 0.1004 |
72 | Indonesia | 0.0064 | 0.0639 | 0.1382 | 0.0605 | 0.1342 |
73 | Peru | 0.0037 | 0.069 | 0.126 | 0.0819 | 0.1213 |
74 | Azerbaijan | 0.0093 | 0.0618 | 0.1361 | 0.0592 | 0.1253 |
75 | Montenegro | 0.0149 | 0.0566 | 0.1339 | 0.0765 | 0.1064 |
76 | Bangladesh | 0.024 | 0.0681 | 0.1204 | 0.0703 | 0.1021 |
77 | Tunisia | 0.011 | 0.0484 | 0.1225 | 0.0886 | 0.1142 |
78 | Kenya | 0.0047 | 0.0492 | 0.1391 | 0.0714 | 0.1193 |
79 | Dominican Republic | 0.0047 | 0.0597 | 0.1163 | 0.0754 | 0.1229 |
80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0127 | 0.0634 | 0.1353 | 0.0697 | 0.0974 |
81 | Panama | 0.0032 | 0.0851 | 0.1279 | 0.05 | 0.1111 |
82 | Ecuador | 0.0045 | 0.0656 | 0.132 | 0.0365 | 0.1256 |
83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0094 | 0.0622 | 0.1277 | 0.0551 | 0.1074 |
84 | Iran | 0.0149 | 0.0585 | 0.1482 | 0.0149 | 0.1113 |
85 | Egypt | 0.0064 | 0.0583 | 0.1098 | 0.0595 | 0.1135 |
86 | Nigeria | 0.0014 | 0.0552 | 0.1187 | 0.0768 | 0.0916 |
87 | Jordan | 0.0048 | 0.0754 | 0.1434 | 0.0297 | 0.0862 |
88 | Ghana | 0.0025 | 0.0531 | 0.0957 | 0.0724 | 0.1091 |
89 | Sri Lanka | 0.0071 | 0.0658 | 0.0943 | 0.0446 | 0.1184 |
90 | Mongolia | 0.015 | 0.059 | 0.135 | 0.0189 | 0.0951 |
91 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0105 | 0.0603 | 0.0986 | 0.0457 | 0.1074 |
92 | Algeria | 0.005 | 0.0601 | 0.1312 | 0.0551 | 0.0707 |
93 | Bolivia | 0.0051 | 0.0583 | 0.1287 | 0.0324 | 0.0941 |
94 | Nepal | 0.0069 | 0.0684 | 0.1132 | 0.0497 | 0.0762 |
95 | Senegal | 0.0036 | 0.055 | 0.1048 | 0.0603 | 0.0906 |
96 | Pakistan | 0.006 | 0.0616 | 0.0938 | 0.0446 | 0.1015 |
97 | Jamaica | 0.0047 | 0.0584 | 0.113 | 0.0432 | 0.0859 |
98 | Uganda | 0.0007 | 0.0489 | 0.0777 | 0.0768 | 0.0943 |
99 | El Salvador | 0.0028 | 0.0662 | 0.1066 | 0.0257 | 0.0944 |
100 | Ivory Coast | 0.0006 | 0.0465 | 0.0881 | 0.0724 | 0.0869 |
101 | Cambodia | 0.0043 | 0.0631 | 0.1178 | 0.0162 | 0.0831 |
102 | Mali | 0.0011 | 0.0548 | 0.0969 | 0.0603 | 0.0689 |
103 | Namibia | 0.0046 | 0.0517 | 0.0955 | 0.0322 | 0.0899 |
104 | Guatemala | 0.0029 | 0.059 | 0.0877 | 0.0257 | 0.0878 |
105 | Zambia | 0.0034 | 0.0241 | 0.0935 | 0.0781 | 0.0613 |
106 | Botswana | 0.0051 | 0.0523 | 0.0977 | 0.023 | 0.0777 |
107 | Tanzania | 0.0021 | 0.0517 | 0.0813 | 0.0257 | 0.0924 |
108 | Honduras | 0.004 | 0.0675 | 0.0838 | 0.0108 | 0.0861 |
109 | Zimbabwe | 0.0019 | 0.034 | 0.0907 | 0.0362 | 0.0854 |
110 | Angola | 0.0047 | 0.0567 | 0.0576 | 0.0495 | 0.0748 |
111 | Laos | 0.0066 | 0.0489 | 0.0955 | 0.0189 | 0.059 |
112 | Tajikistan | 0.0108 | 0.0485 | 0.073 | 0.0108 | 0.0754 |
113 | Cameroon | 0.0014 | 0.0178 | 0.073 | 0.0338 | 0.0832 |
114 | Mozambique | 0.0021 | 0.0378 | 0.0526 | 0.0295 | 0.0815 |
115 | Ethiopia | 0.0032 | 0.0472 | 0.048 | 0.0338 | 0.0682 |
116 | Yemen | 0.007 | 0.0644 | 0.0479 | 0.0081 | 0.0527 |
117 | Congo DR | 0.0063 | 0.0596 | 0.0446 | 0.0027 | 0.0394 |
Overall, 15 of the top 20 highest-scoring countries were located in Europe, including #2 Denmark and #3 Germany, reflecting the region’s strong scores in electronic infrastructure and security.
In addition to Israel, the Asia region was represented at the top by #8 Japan, #10 South Korea, and #15 Singapore. The only non-Asian and non-European country to make the top 20 was the United States at #12.
Of the 117 countries that had data available for the index, the majority of the lowest-ranking countries were in Africa or Asia. This includes the bottom five: Cameroon, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Yemen, and DR Congo.
In fact, when the DQL Index was charted against GDP per capita, a clear and unsurprising trend emerges:
As countries have to grapple with limited resources and capital for increasing their digital wellbeing, we can see different priorities emerge. For example. many countries scored poorly on internet affordability and electronic government while prioritizing investments in internet quality and electronic infrastructure.
And despite the proliferation of mobile phones across the world, more countries were able to set up stable broadband internet over mobile internet.
To find out more interesting insights, dive in to the full Digital Quality of Life Index.
And Israel is a socialist nation.
Lithuania leads the world in the affordability and use of drink coasters. The US is only 11th.
Need a scrimshawed enema bone? Boogie off to Kenya my man.
Electronic security……like the software they have that allows them in your phone without you knowing about it?
The same software that the FBI now has.
Israel is about the size of the state of New Jersey!
Being next to Switzerland can’t be all bad...
Disappointing survey because there’s no explanation of how they came up with the numbers and how they weighed the factors.
It’s like “trust me”. No I don’t trust these guys precisely because they do not explain their numbers.
And what’s the deal with “electronic government”. Is that like the power of the Deep State? In many respects electronic government is a negative factor.
Another factor is percent urban population. Israel is almost entirely urban (93%) where it’s far easier to insert and maintain high speed communications. By contrast is 82% urban so that 11% extra factor makes America naturally less efficient. But America send billions to the rural areas to beef up their broadband.
Add it up, America is probably as bad as this researcher paints it out to be.
And on affordability, did they take into account the per capita GDP of each country.
As a percent of the income pie, America is highly affordable even though it may be more expensive per subscriber.
So many unanswered questions.
Israel is a nation the size of New Jersey — both have 8 to 9 million population.
The US is tops in e-Government? Hard to believe it outranks Singapore, South Korea, Scandinavia...
Is there a matrix for fewest hours spent?
...as I websurf....
Read later.
Does that mean they use more or less digital stuff? I content that our way of life was utterly destroyed by cellphone texting and media.
Used to be, not anymore. Netenyahu freed up the Economy.
Is this some millennial thing?
What does that mean, easier access to Internet porn?
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