Chapter 2. The ICT Development Index (IDI) * ,!3 # ! $ !3 ,! 3 3 $ 3 4\"7? ( (# # ; # $ $ \" ( $ 3 # ) ! + ( ' $ =*% , % ( (E $%>( \" ( % 6)-+ ' $ , ( ( 6 $ # - \" , +$ 3 +, ( ( ( $ % $ )( \" ## 6 ( ($ ) 4( ( 9 +# ' $ Europe # ' $ 3(\"( ( 5, \"( # ( $ ( \"%5 ' )! 17$ # ( ' $ 8\" ( $ ( # ( \"%5, ( 3 + ( \" =*% >$ @1 ( $ ( \"%5)' $ ( \" ( ( \" ## 5 , $ \" ( $ )* = ,%>, ( \" + ( $ # ( \" \" +# 3 ( \"$ # \"' % ) 0& <::<3 $ Table 2.18: IDI – Europe Global rank change 2008-2010 Economy Regional rank Global rank 2010 IDI 2010 Global rank 2008 IDI 2008 2010 Sweden 1 2 8.23 2 7.53 0 Iceland 2 3 8.06 7 7.12 4 Denmark 3 4 7.97 3 7.46 -1 Finland 4 5 7.87 12 6.92 7 Luxembourg 5 7 7.78 4 7.34 -3 Switzerland 6 8 7.67 9 7.06 1 Netherlands 7 9 7.61 5 7.30 -4 United Kingdom 8 10 7.60 10 7.03 0 Norway 9 11 7.60 8 7.12 -3 Germany 10 15 7.27 13 6.87 -2 Austria 11 16 7.17 21 6.41 5 France 12 18 7.09 18 6.48 0 Israel 13 20 6.87 23 6.20 3 Belgium 14 22 6.83 22 6.31 0 Ireland 15 23 6.78 19 6.43 -4 Slovenia 16 24 6.75 24 6.19 0 Spain 17 25 6.73 25 6.18 0 Portugal 18 27 6.64 29 5.70 2 Italy 19 28 6.57 26 6.10 -2 Malta 20 29 6.43 31 5.68 2 Greece 21 30 6.28 30 5.70 0 Croatia 22 31 6.21 36 5.43 5 Estonia 23 33 6.16 28 5.81 -5 Hungary 24 34 6.04 34 5.47 0 Lithuania 25 35 6.04 35 5.44 0 Cyprus 26 36 5.98 43 5.02 7 Czech Republic 27 37 5.97 37 5.42 0 Poland 28 38 5.95 41 5.29 3 Slovak Republic 29 39 5.94 40 5.30 1 Latvia 30 40 5.90 39 5.31 -1 Romania 31 48 5.20 46 4.67 -2 Bulgaria 32 49 5.19 45 4.75 -4 Serbia 33 50 5.11 47 4.51 -3 Montenegro 34 51 5.03 50 4.29 -1 TFYR Macedonia 35 53 4.98 52 4.20 -1 Turkey 36 59 4.42 60 3.81 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37 63 4.31 63 3.58 0 Albania 38 78 3.61 81 2.99 3 Average (simple) 6.42 5.80 Source: ITU. 46