|
World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Information Technology Report (GITR) Ranking
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
5th
|
4th
|
2nd
|
2nd
|
2nd
|
|
World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) Ranking
|
8th
|
7th
|
5th
|
3rd
|
3rd
|
2nd
|
2nd
|
|
International Institute for Management Development (IMD) World Competitiveness Yearbook Ranking
|
3rd
|
2nd
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
1st
|
3rd
|
4th
|
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
e-Readiness Ranking
|
13th
|
6th
|
6th
|
7th
|
8th
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Benchmarking IT Industry Competitiveness
|
NA
|
11th
(First ranking released in 2007)
|
9th
|
9th
|
NA
|
3rd
|
NA
|
|
Accenture e-Government Leadership Ranking
|
NA*
|
1st
|
NA*
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
Waseda University World
e-Government Ranking
|
3rd
|
2nd
|
2nd
|
1st
|
1st
|
1st
|
1st
|
* There are no rankings for that year.
|
1
|
US
|
Denmark
|
Denmark
|
Denmark
|
Sweden
|
Sweden
|
Sweden
|
|
2
|
Singapore
|
Sweden
|
Sweden
|
Sweden
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
|
3
|
Denmark
|
Singapore
|
Switzerland
|
US
|
Denmark
|
Finland
|
Finland
|
|
4
|
Iceland
|
Finland
|
US
|
Singapore
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
Denmark
|
|
5
|
Finland
|
Switzerland
|
Singapore
|
Switzerland
|
United States
|
United States
|
Switzerland
|
|
6
|
Canada
|
Netherlands
|
Finland
|
Finland
|
Finland
|
Taiwan, China
|
Netherlands
|
|
7
|
Taiwan
|
US
|
Netherlands
|
Iceland
|
Canada
|
Denmark
|
Norway
|
|
8
|
Sweden
|
Iceland
|
Iceland
|
Norway
|
Hong Kong
|
Canada
|
United States
|
|
9
|
Switzerland
|
UK
|
S. Korea
|
Netherlands
|
Netherlands
|
Norway
|
Canada
|
|
10
|
UK
|
Norway
|
Norway
|
Canada
|
Norway
|
S. Korea
|
UK
|
Source:
World Economic Forum Global Information Technology Reports
|
1
|
Denmark
|
Denmark
|
Denmark
|
Denmark
|
US
|
Denmark
|
Sweden
|
|
2
|
UK
|
US
|
US
|
US
|
Hong Kong
|
Sweden
|
Denmark
|
|
3
|
Sweden
|
Sweden
|
Switzerland
|
Sweden
(joint 2nd)
|
Sweden
|
Netherlands
|
US
|
|
4
|
Norway
|
Switzerland
|
Sweden
|
Hong Kong
|
Australia
|
Norway
|
Finland
|
|
5
|
Finland
|
UK
|
UK
|
Switzerland
|
Denmark
|
US
|
Netherlands
|
|
6
|
US
|
Hong Kong
|
Netherlands
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
Australia
|
Norway
|
|
7
|
Singapore
|
Finland
(joint 6th)
|
Finland
|
UK
|
Netherlands
|
Singapore
|
Hong Kong
|
|
8
|
Netherlands
|
Netherlands
|
Australia
|
Netherlands
|
UK
|
Hong Kong
|
Singapore
|
|
9
|
Hong Kong
|
Norway
|
Canada
|
Australia
|
Switzerland
|
Canada
|
Australia
|
|
10
|
Switzerland
|
Australia
|
Hong Kong
|
Finland
|
Austria
|
Finland
|
New Zealand
|
|
11
|
Canada
|
Singapore
|
Norway
|
Austria
|
Norway
|
New Zealand
|
Canada
|
|
12
|
Australia
|
Canada
|
Germany
|
Norway
|
Canada
|
Switzerland
|
Taiwan
|
|
13
|
Germany
|
Germany
(joint 12th)
|
Singapore
|
Canada
|
Finland
|
UK
|
S. Korea
|
|
14
|
S. Korea
|
Austria
|
New Zealand
|
New Zealand
|
Germany
|
Austria
|
UK
|
|
15
|
Austria
|
Ireland
|
Austria
(joint 14th)
|
Bermuda
|
Korea
|
France
|
Austria
|
Source:
The Economist Intelligence Unit
|
1
|
US
|
US
|
US
|
US
|
|
2
|
Japan
|
Taiwan
|
Finland
|
Finland
|
|
3
|
S. Korea
|
UK
|
Sweden
|
Singapore
|
|
4
|
UK
|
Sweden
|
Canada
|
Sweden
|
|
5
|
Australia
|
Denmark
|
Netherlands
|
UK
|
|
6
|
Taiwan
|
Canada
|
UK
|
Denmark
|
|
7
|
Sweden
|
Australia
|
Australia
|
Canada
|
|
8
|
Denmark
|
S. Korea
|
Denmark
|
Ireland
|
|
9
|
Canada
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
Australia
|
|
10
|
Switzerland
|
Netherlands
|
Norway
|
Netherlands
|
|
11
|
Singapore
|
Switzerland
|
Ireland
|
Israel
|
|
12
|
Netherlands
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
Switzerland
|
|
13
|
Finland
|
Finland
|
Israel
|
Taiwan
|
|
14
|
Norway
|
Norway
|
Switzerland
|
Norway
|
|
15
|
Ireland
|
Ireland
|
Taiwan
|
Germany
|
Source:
The Economist Intelligence Unit
|
1
|
Canada
|
Canada
|
Canada
|
Singapore
|
|
2
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
US
|
Canada
|
|
3
|
US
|
US
|
Denmark
|
US
|
|
4
|
Denmark
|
Australia
|
Singapore (joint 3rd)
|
Denmark
|
|
5
|
Australia
|
Denmark (joint 4th)
|
Australia
|
Sweden
|
Source: Accenture e-Government Leadership Reports
Note: Accenture did not rank the economies in 2006 and 2008
.
|
1
|
USA
|
USA
|
USA
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
USA
|
|
2
|
Canada
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
USA
|
UK
|
USA
|
-
|
|
3
|
Singapore
|
Canada
|
Canada
|
Sweden
|
USA
|
Sweden
|
Korea
|
|
4
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
Korea
|
UK
|
Canada
|
Korea
|
Finland
|
|
5
|
Korea
|
Korea
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
Australia
|
Finland
|
Denmark
|
|
6
|
Germany
|
Australia
|
Hong Kong
|
Korea
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
Sweden
|
|
7
|
Taiwan
|
Finland
|
Australia
|
Canada
|
Korea
|
Canada
|
Australia
|
|
8
|
Australia
|
Taiwan
|
Finland
|
Taiwan
|
Germany
|
Estonia
|
Japan
|
|
9
|
UK
|
UK
|
Sweden
|
Finland
|
Sweden
|
Belgium
|
UK
|
|
10
|
Finland
|
Sweden
|
Taiwan
|
Germany, Italy
|
Taiwan, Italy
|
UK, Denmark
|
Taiwan, Canada
|
Source: The 2012 Waseda University World e-Government Ranking
|
1
|
US
|
US
|
US
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
|
2
|
UK
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
US
|
Sweden
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
|
3
|
Denmark
|
Denmark
|
Denmark
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
Sweden
|
Finland
|
|
4
|
Switzerland
|
Sweden
|
Sweden
|
Sweden
|
US
|
Finland
|
Sweden
|
|
5
|
Japan
|
Germany
|
Singapore
|
Denmark
|
Germany
|
US
|
Netherlands
|
|
6
|
Finland
|
Finland
|
Finland
|
Finland
|
Japan
|
Germany
|
Germany
|
|
7
|
Germany
|
Singapore
|
Germany
|
Germany
|
Finland
|
Netherlands
|
US
|
|
8
|
Singapore
|
Japan
|
Netherlands
|
Japan
|
Netherlands
|
Denmark
|
UK
|
|
9
|
Sweden
|
UK
|
Japan
|
Canada
|
Denmark
|
Japan
|
Hong Kong
|
|
10
|
Hong Kong
|
Netherlands
|
Canada
|
Netherlands
|
Canada
|
UK
|
Japan
|
Source:
World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Reports
Note: The WEF revised its methodology for the 2007 GCI. The WEF also rebased the 2006 rankings using the revised methodology so that economies can compare their progress between the 2006 and 2007 results. The WEF did not do similar rebasing for the GCI rankings prior to 2006.
|
1
|
US
|
US
|
US
|
US
|
Singapore
|
Hong Kong, US
|
Hong Kong
|
|
2
|
Hong Kong
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
Hong Kong
|
Hong Kong
|
-
|
US
|
|
3
|
Singapore
|
Hong Kong
|
Hong Kong
|
Singapore
|
US
|
Singapore
|
Switzerland
|
|
4
|
Iceland
|
Luxembourg
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
Sweden
|
Singapore
|
|
5
|
Denmark
|
Denmark
|
Luxembourg
|
Denmark
|
Australia
|
Switzerland
|
Sweden
|
|
6
|
Australia
|
Switzerland
|
Denmark
|
Sweden
|
Sweden
|
Taiwan
|
Canada
|
|
7
|
Canada
|
Iceland
|
Australia
|
Australia
|
Canada
|
Canada
|
Taiwan
|
|
8
|
Switzerland
|
Netherlands
|
Canada
|
Canada
|
Taiwan
|
Qatar
|
Norway
|
|
9
|
Luxembourg
|
Sweden
|
Sweden
|
Finland
|
Norway
|
Australia
|
Germany
|
|
10
|
Finland
|
Canada
|
Netherlands
|
Netherlands
|
Malaysia
|
Germany
|
Qatar
|
Source:
International Institute for Management Development World Competitiveness Yearbooks
|
1
|
India
|
|
2
|
China
|
|
3
|
Malaysia
|
|
4
|
Thailand
|
|
5
|
Brazil
|
|
6
|
Indonesia
|
|
7
|
Chile
|
|
8
|
Philippines
|
|
9
|
Bulgaria
|
|
10
|
Mexico
|
|
11
|
Singapore
|
Source: A.T. Kearney Global Services Location Index 2007
|
1
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
|
2
|
New Zealand
|
New Zealand
|
Hong Kong, China
|
Hong Kong, China
|
|
3
|
US
|
US
|
New Zealand
|
New Zealand
|
|
4
|
Hong Kong, China
|
Hong Kong, China
|
UK
|
UK
|
|
5
|
Denmark
|
Denmark
|
US
|
US
|
|
6
|
UK
|
UK
|
Denmark
|
Denmark
|
|
7
|
Canada
|
Ireland
|
Norway
|
Canada
|
|
8
|
Ireland
|
Canada
|
Ireland
|
Norway
|
|
9
|
Australia
|
Australia
|
Canada
|
Ireland
|
|
10
|
Iceland
|
Norway
|
Australia
|
Australia
|
Source:
World Bank Report: "Doing Business 2011"
|
1
|
Denmark
|
8.77
|
|
2
|
Canada
|
8.75
|
|
3
|
US
|
8.59
|
|
4
|
Finland
|
8.59
|
|
5
|
Hong Kong
|
8.58
|
|
6
|
Singapore
|
8.58
|
|
7
|
Netherlands
|
8.57
|
|
8
|
UK
|
8.57
|
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit, in its Business Environment Ranking (2006-2010)
