ICT Development Index
The ICT Development Index is an index published by the United Nations International Telecommunication Union based on internationally agreed information and communication technologies indicators. This makes it a valuable tool for benchmarking the most important indicators for measuring the information society. The IDI is a standard tool that governments, operators, development agencies, researchers and others can use to measure the digital divide and compare ICT performance within and across countries.
The ICT Development Index is based on 11 ICT indicators, grouped in three clusters: access, use and skills.The following is a list of top 30 countries as ranked by the ICT Development Index in 2013, 2015 and 2017.
| 2017 Rank | Country | 2017 Value | 2016 Rank | 2016 Value | 2015 Rank | 2015 Value | 2013 Rank | 2013 Value | 2012 Rank | 2012 Value | 2010 Rank | 2010 Value |
| 1 | | 8.98 | 2 | 8.78 | 3 | 8.86 | 4 | 8.64 | 4 | 8.58 | 3 | 8.19 |
| 2 | | 8.85 | 1 | 8.8 | 1 | 8.93 | 2 | 8.85 | 1 | 8.81 | 1 | 8.64 |
| 3 | | 8.74 | 4 | 8.66 | 7 | 8.56 | 13 | 8.11 | 13 | 7.94 | 12 | 7.6 |
| 4 | | 8.71 | 3 | 8.68 | 2 | 8.88 | 1 | 8.86 | 2 | 8.78 | 4 | 8.18 |
| 5 | | 8.65 | 5 | 8.53 | 4 | 8.75 | 5 | 8.5 | 7 | 8.28 | 10 | 7.62 |
| 6 | | 8.61 | 6 | 8.47 | 9 | 8.52 | 9 | 8.28 | 11 | 8.08 | 13 | 7.41 |
| 7 | | 8.49 | 10 | 8.4 | 8 | 8.53 | 7 | 8.38 | 5 | 8.36 | 7 | 7.82 |
| 8 | | 8.47 | 7 | 8.45 | 10 | 8.49 | 6 | 8.39 | 6 | 8.35 | 5 | 8.16 |
| 9 | | 8.47 | 9 | 8.4 | 6 | 8.59 | 10 | 8.26 | 9 | 8.19 | 8 | 7.82 |
| 10 | | 8.43 | 11 | 8.32 | 11 | 8.47 | 11 | 8.22 | 10 | 8.15 | 9 | 7.73 |
| 11 | | 8.41 | 8 | 8.41 | 5 | 8.67 | 3 | 8.67 | 3 | 8.68 | 2 | 8.43 |
| 12 | | 8.39 | 13 | 8.2 | 14 | 8.22 | 17 | 7.9 | 18 | 7.72 | 17 | 7.28 |
| 13 | | 8.33 | 12 | 8.23 | 16 | 8.14 | 19 | 7.82 | 19 | 7.62 | 19 | 7.17 |
| 14 | | 8.24 | 16 | 8.08 | 13 | 8.29 | 12 | 8.18 | 12 | 8.03 | 15 | 7.32 |
| 15 | | 8.24 | 17 | 8.05 | 17 | 8.12 | 18 | 7.87 | 16 | 7.73 | 18 | 7.22 |
| 16 | | 8.18 | 15 | 8.13 | 15 | 8.19 | 14 | 8.02 | 14 | 7.9 | 16 | 7.3 |
| 17 | | 8.14 | 14 | 8.16 | 20 | 8.05 | 21 | 7.68 | 21 | 7.54 | 25 | 6.7 |
| 18 | | 8.05 | 20 | 7.85 | 19 | 8.08 | 16 | 7.9 | 15 | 7.85 | 11 | 7.62 |
| 19 | | 8.05 | 18 | 8.03 | 18 | 8.1 | 15 | 7.93 | 17 | 7.72 | 22 | 7.01 |
| 20 | | 8.02 | 19 | 7.9 | 22 | 7.82 | 26 | 7.57 | 22 | 7.48 | 20 | 7.04 |
| 21 | | 8.02 | 24 | 7.7 | 25 | 7.67 | 24 | 7.62 | 23 | 7.46 | 23 | 6.9 |
| 22 | | 7.88 | 21 | 7.83 | 12 | 8.36 | 8 | 8.31 | 8 | 8.27 | 6 | 7.96 |
| 23 | | 7.88 | 22 | 7.71 | 35 | 7.19 | 29 | 7.29 | 27 | 7.25 | 26 | 6.69 |
| 24 | | 7.86 | 25 | 7.65 | 30 | 7.52 | 30 | 7.25 | 30 | 7.08 | 28 | 6.67 |
| 25 | | 7.81 | 23 | 7.7 | 21 | 7.88 | 25 | 7.57 | 26 | 7.33 | 24 | 6.76 |
| 26 | | 7.8 | 29 | 7.55 | 24 | 7.73 | 22 | 7.66 | 20 | 7.59 | 14 | 7.38 |
| 27 | | 7.79 | 27 | 7.61 | 26 | 7.66 | 28 | 7.38 | 29 | 7.14 | 30 | 6.53 |
| 28 | | 7.77 | 31 | 7.3 | 53 | 6.37 | 51 | 6.11 | 48 | 6.09 | 44 | 5.75 |
| 29 | | 7.77 | 26 | 7.64 | 23 | 7.76 | 23 | 7.62 | 25 | 7.37 | 21 | 7.03 |
| 30 | | 7.71 | 28 | 7.58 | 28 | 7.6 | 20 | 7.73 | 24 | 7.41 | 29 | 6.6 |
