2012, first publication

Designed and produced by the World Wide Web Foundation, the Web Index is the world’s first multi-dimensional measure of the Web’s growth, utility and impact on people and nations. It covers 61 developed and developing countries, incorporating indicators that assess the political, economic and social impact of the Web, as well as indicators of Web connectivity and infrastructure.

2012 Web Index scores

RankCountryWeb IndexImpactReadinessThe Web
RankCountryWeb IndexImpactReadinessThe Web
1Sweden10010096.7682.02
2United States of America97.3191.0794.98100
3United Kingdom93.8387.8694.0794.69
4Canada93.4290.6484.1792.22
5Finland91.8886.4495.7888.53
6Switzerland90.4983.5594.8592.18
7New Zealand89.1583.6690.6689.07
8Australia88.4483.9188.1287.08
9Norway87.7683.5993.4380.26
10Ireland87.4284.4584.4883.61
11Singapore86.1477.9293.5590.99
12Iceland86.176.6710089.3
13Korea, Republic of81.0682.3878.0665.56
14France78.9378.8273.9570.67
15Israel78.5377.1577.3471.27
16Germany74.8767.2381.0183.09
17Portugal72.3366.6873.6679.2
18Spain72.1266.9779.1872.4
19Chile69.5571.8265.8655.81
20Japan68.5664.571.2470.4
21Qatar60.7562.4364.1646.06
22Mexico57.6858.5748.9557.25
23Italy56.4548.667.2268.19
24Brazil56.357.9656.6246.01
25Poland54.8446.0166.0470.02
26Colombia53.8655.7550.2447.15
27Turkey53.754.4655.2346.25
28Kazakhstan53.4651.3644.9964.16
29China51.7255.0445.5543.34
30Tunisia50.6854.0645.541.61
31Russian Federation47.2943.7947.7157.16
32Philippines46.8148.3748.2639.39
33India46.5851.0844.1433.0
34Indonesia46.2947.6357.3531.41
35Jordan44.5246.6550.9531.75
36South Africa44.4946.8649.6132.1
37Thailand43.8347.1143.2633.61
38Argentina42.1439.7257.137.78
39Egypt41.0549.6722.2930.16
40Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of39.7238.6845.3739.79
41Mauritius36.6734.4456.9529.08
42Kenya32.8437.3529.3225.25
43Ecuador32.3233.2441.7825.41
44Pakistan27.9930.3722.2831.07
45Ghana27.6827.3534.9628.5
46Senegal25.3831.0932.147.69
47Viet Nam24.3224.8628.1426.52
48Nigeria23.5728.8618.6418.11
49Uganda20.2521.7522.5422.14
50Morocco19.3921.0523.2519.75
51Tanzania, United Republic of18.6423.4718.6212.24
52Nepal18.3721.5912.2322.69
53Cameroon15.119.8118.117.76
54Mali13.6720.8211.883.03
55Bangladesh13.619.6914.983.7
56Namibia13.5713.2433.558.6
57Ethiopia10.8919.694.370
58Benin10.4312.2622.256.61
59Burkina Faso8.5115.490.445.83
60Zimbabwe1.946.6603.78
61Yemen004.112.77

 2013, first publication

Designed and produced by the World Wide Web Foundation, the Web Index is the world’s first multi-dimensional measure of the Web’s growth, utility and impact on people and nations. It covers 61 developed and developing countries, incorporating indicators that assess the political, economic and social impact of the Web, as well as indicators of Web connectivity and infrastructure.

2012 Web Index scores

RankCountryWeb IndexImpactReadinessThe Web
RankCountryWeb IndexImpactReadinessThe Web
1Sweden10010096.7682.02
2United States of America97.3191.0794.98100
3United Kingdom93.8387.8694.0794.69
4Canada93.4290.6484.1792.22
5Finland91.8886.4495.7888.53
6Switzerland90.4983.5594.8592.18
7New Zealand89.1583.6690.6689.07
8Australia88.4483.9188.1287.08
9Norway87.7683.5993.4380.26
10Ireland87.4284.4584.4883.61
11Singapore86.1477.9293.5590.99
12Iceland86.176.6710089.3
13Korea, Republic of81.0682.3878.0665.56
14France78.9378.8273.9570.67
15Israel78.5377.1577.3471.27
16Germany74.8767.2381.0183.09
17Portugal72.3366.6873.6679.2
18Spain72.1266.9779.1872.4
19Chile69.5571.8265.8655.81
20Japan68.5664.571.2470.4
21Qatar60.7562.4364.1646.06
22Mexico57.6858.5748.9557.25
23Italy56.4548.667.2268.19
24Brazil56.357.9656.6246.01
25Poland54.8446.0166.0470.02
26Colombia53.8655.7550.2447.15
27Turkey53.754.4655.2346.25
28Kazakhstan53.4651.3644.9964.16
29China51.7255.0445.5543.34
30Tunisia50.6854.0645.541.61
31Russian Federation47.2943.7947.7157.16
32Philippines46.8148.3748.2639.39
33India46.5851.0844.1433.0
34Indonesia46.2947.6357.3531.41
35Jordan44.5246.6550.9531.75
36South Africa44.4946.8649.6132.1
37Thailand43.8347.1143.2633.61
38Argentina42.1439.7257.137.78
39Egypt41.0549.6722.2930.16
40Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of39.7238.6845.3739.79
41Mauritius36.6734.4456.9529.08
42Kenya32.8437.3529.3225.25
43Ecuador32.3233.2441.7825.41
44Pakistan27.9930.3722.2831.07
45Ghana27.6827.3534.9628.5
46Senegal25.3831.0932.147.69
47Viet Nam24.3224.8628.1426.52
48Nigeria23.5728.8618.6418.11
49Uganda20.2521.7522.5422.14
50Morocco19.3921.0523.2519.75
51Tanzania, United Republic of18.6423.4718.6212.24
52Nepal18.3721.5912.2322.69
53Cameroon15.119.8118.117.76
54Mali13.6720.8211.883.03
55Bangladesh13.619.6914.983.7
56Namibia13.5713.2433.558.6
57Ethiopia10.8919.694.370
58Benin10.4312.2622.256.61
59Burkina Faso8.5115.490.445.83
60Zimbabwe1.946.6603.78
61Yemen004.112.77