New Zealand's strong ICT sector ranked 17th on global index
New Zealand's ICT sector is strong and vibrant, ranking 17th out of 139 countries, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Information Technology Report.
New Zealand is 17th place in the Networked Readiness Index, ranking the country just one place above Australia, which falls in at 18th place.
The index, which is broken down into five sub-indexes and ten specific pillars, ranks New Zealand number one in three separate categories including judicial independence and the number of days to start a business, but comes in at 100th place for Internet - telephony competition. Statistics from the report show New Zealand's highest and lowest rankings out of 139 countries in each category.
The environment sub-index - overall ranking: 2/139Pillar 1: Political and regulatory environment
Highest ranking (1/139): Judicial independence
Lowest ranking (18/139): Number of procedures to enforce a contract
Pillar 2: Business and innovation environment
Highest rankings (1/139): Number of days to start a business and number of procedures to start a business
Lowest ranking (69/139): Government procurement of advanced technology
Readiness sub-index - overall ranking: 24/139Pillar 3: Infrastructure
Highest ranking (16/139): Electricity production, kWh/capita
Lowest ranking (97/139): Mobile network coverage, % of population
Pillar 4: Affordability
Highest ranking (95/139): Fixed broadband internet tariffs, PPP $/month
Lowest ranking: (100/139): Internet - telephony competition
Pillar 5: Skills
Highest ranking (7/139): Quality of education system
Lowest ranking: (12/139): Secondary education gross enrolment rate
Usage sub-index - overall ranking: 17/139Pillar 6: Individual usage
Highest ranking (16/139): Mobile broadband subscription/100 population
Lowest ranking (74/139): Mobile phone subscriptions/100 population
Pillar 7: Business usage
Highest ranking (11/139): Firm-level technology absorption
Lowest ranking (24/139): ICT use for B2B transactions
Pillar 8: Government usage
Highest ranking (10/139): Importance of ICTs to government vision
Lowest ranking (24/139): Government success in ICT promotion
Impact sub-index - overall ranking: 25/139Pillar 9: Economic impacts
Highest ranking (18/139): Knowledge-intensive jobs, % workforce
Lowest rankings (23/139): ICT PCT patents, applications/million pop and Impact of ICTs on organisational models
Pillar 10: Social impacts
Highest ranking (14/139): Internet access in schools
Lowest ranking (27/139): ICT use - government efficiency
Read the entire report here and the New Zealand-specific data here.
