2012 Rank 23





Score Rank
Overall Index56.4523
Readiness67.2220
Communications Infrastructure70.7620
Institutional Infrastructure65.2922
The Web68.1920
Web Use66.5215
Web Content60.1125
Impact48.631
Social Impact53.0833
Economic Impact42.3938
Political Impact47.3329
Regional rank *12
* Region: Europe (Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom)

Italy

IT
Population60483000.0
Internet Users (per 100)53.74
Life Expectancy At Birth (total, in years)81.74
Mortality Rate (under 5, per 1,000 live births)3.7
GDP per capita (USD)34075.11

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/ITA
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