Information Technology Rankings 2010

Costa Rica leads in Central America (position 49 in the world), followed by Panama (58), El Salvador (81), Guatemala (83), Honduras (106) and Nicaragua (125).

Thursday, March 25, 2010

The Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010 was published today by the World Economic Forum and Insead Business School.

The ranking included 133 countries, and attempts to measure three components:

1) The degree to which a national environment is conducive to ICT development and diffusion, by taking into account a number of features of the broad business environment, some regulatory aspects, and the soft and hard infrastructure for ICT.
2) The extent to which the three main national stakeholders in a society (i.e., individuals, the business sector, and the government) are inclined and prepared to use ICT in their daily activities and operation.
3) The actual use of ICT by the above three stakeholders.

In Latin America the first is Chile (40 in the global ranking), followed by Puerto Rico (45) and Costa Rica (49).

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