2012 Rank 12





Score Rank
Overall Index86.112
Readiness100.01
Communications Infrastructure100.01
Institutional Infrastructure96.722
The Web89.36
Web Use100.01
Web Content63.3121
Impact76.6715
Social Impact88.087
Economic Impact67.118
Political Impact65.9320
Regional rank *7
* Region: Europe (Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom)

Iceland

IS
Population318000.0
Internet Users (per 100)95.63
Life Expectancy At Birth (total, in years)81.45
Mortality Rate (under 5, per 1,000 live births)2.4
GDP per capita (USD)39541.84

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/ISL
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