Posted February 21, 2003      

Ranking of countries according to their technology readiness

By The Associated Press                                               

Wednesday, Feb. 19 - The following is the ranking of 82 nations' ability to benefit from information and communication technology, according to the Global Information Technology Report by the World Economic Forum, the World Bank and the French-based international business school INSEAD.

1. Finland

2. United States

3. Singapore

4. Sweden

5. Iceland

6. Canada

7. Britain

8. Denmark

9. Taiwan

10. Germany

11. Netherlands

12. Israel

13. Switzerland

14. Korea

15. Australia

16. Austria

17. Norway

18. Hong Kong

19. France

20. Japan

21. Ireland

22. Belgium

23. New Zealand

24. Estonia

25. Spain

26. Italy

27. Luxembourg

28. Czech Republic

29. Brazil

30. Hungary

31. Portugal

32. Malaysia

33. Slovenia

34. Tunisia

35. Chile

36. South Africa

37. India

38. Latvia

39. Poland

40. Slovak Republic

41. Thailand

42. Greece

43. China

44. Botswana

45. Argentina

46. Lithuania

47. Mexico

48. Croatia

49. Costa Rica

50. Turkey

51. Jordan

52. Morocco

53. Namibia

54. Sri Lanka

55. Uruguay

56. Mauritius

57. Dominican Republic

58. Trinidad and Tobago

59. Colombia

60. Jamaica

61. Panama

62. Philippines

63. El Salvador

64. Indonesia

65. Egypt

66. Venezuela

67. Peru

68. Bulgaria

69. Russia

70. Ukraine

71. Vietnam

72. Romania

73. Guatemala

74. Nigeria

75. Ecuador

76. Paraguay

77. Bangladesh

78. Bolivia

79. Nicaragua

80. Zimbabwe

81. Honduras

82. Haiti (agh-nk)

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