World Internet Development Index ranking released: the United States and China lead the way

According to The Paper, the Wuzhen Summit of the 2023 World Internet Conference opened today. The China Cyberspace Academy released the “World Internet Development Report 2023” at the meeting, which analyzed the current status and trends of global Internet development. , challenges and opportunities were comprehensively analyzed and assessed.

The report shows that the United States and China are still the leaders in global Internet development, ranking first and second respectively. Countries such as Singapore, the Netherlands, Finland, and Sweden also show strong Internet development capabilities and rank at the forefront. European countries are generally better at Internet development, while Central Asia and Africa have greater potential for improvement.

The report optimizes the World Internet Development Index indicator system and evaluates 52 representative countries and regions around the world from six dimensions: information infrastructure, digital technology and innovation capabilities, digital economy, digital government, network security and cyberspace international governance. Analyzed. After comprehensive evaluation, the top ten countries this year are the United States, China, Singapore, the Netherlands, South Korea, Finland, Sweden, Japan, Canada, and France.

Naijatechnews noted that this year’s report paid more attention to the development of the Internet in underdeveloped countries and analyzed the Internet application situation in 21 underdeveloped countries. Among them, 15 countries including Laos, Myanmar, and Angola had Internet application development rates higher than The average growth rate of the selected developed countries, and these less developed countries are all countries co-constructing the “One Belt, One Road” initiative.