2012 Rank 16





Score Rank
Overall Index74.8716
Readiness81.0113
Communications Infrastructure85.638
Institutional Infrastructure76.915
The Web83.0911
Web Use81.056
Web Content73.0312
Impact67.2317
Social Impact68.5817
Economic Impact72.3611
Political Impact54.323
Regional rank *9
* Region: Europe (Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom)

Germany

DE
Population81777000.0
Internet Users (per 100)82.53
Life Expectancy At Birth (total, in years)79.99
Mortality Rate (under 5, per 1,000 live births)4.1
GDP per capita (USD)40115.56

Source: World Bank 2010


Regional ranking


  1. Sweden
  2. United Kingdom
  3. Finland
  4. Switzerland
  5. Norway
  6. Ireland
  7. Iceland
  8. France
  9. Germany
  10. Portugal
  11. Spain
  12. Italy
  13. Poland
  14. Turkey
  15. Russian Federation

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The Web Index is the world's first multi-dimensional measure of the Web's use, utility and impact on people and nations. Covering developed and developing countries, the Index incorporates indicators that assess the political, economic and social impact of the Web, as well as indicators of Web connectivity and infrastructure.

The Web Index data source providers are: Ethnologue, Freedom House, The International Energy Agency, International Telecommunication Union, United Nations, Reporters Without Borders, The CIA Factbook, Wikimedia Foundation, World Wide Web Foundation, The World Bank, World Economic Forum (see also: http://thewebindex.org/data/all/sources/).

Find out more about this country at: http://thewebindex.org/data/all/country/DEU
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