United Arab Emirates World Ranking rises to 28 in Network Readiness Index

Rank	Country	Index	Rank	Country	Index

1	United States	2.02	59	El Salvador	-0.24
2	Singapore	1.89	60	Kazakhstan	-0.24
3	Denmark	1.80	61	Ghana	-0.25
4	Iceland	1.78	62	Colombia	-0.27
5	Finland	1.72	63	Egypt	-0.29
6	Canada	1.54	64	Bulgaria	-0.31
7	Taiwan	1.51	65	Uruguay	-0.31
8	Sweden	1.49	66	Panama	-0.33
9	Switzerland	1.48	67	Pakistan	-0.34
10	United Kingdom	1.44	68	Indonesia	-0.36
11	Hong Kong SAR	1.44	69	Costa Rica	-0.37
12	Netherlands	1.39	70	Philippines	-0.37
13	Norway	1.33	71	Argentina	-0.38
14	Korea, Rep.	1.31	72	Russian Federation	-0.39
15	Australia	1.28	73	Azerbaijan	-0.40
16	Japan	1.24	74	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.42
17	Germany	1.18	75	Vietnam	-0.47
18	Austria	1.18	76	Ukraine	-0.49
19	Israel	1.16	77	Morocco	-0.51
20	Ireland	1.15	78	Namibia	-0.53
21	New Zealand	1.14	79	Uganda	-0.60
22	France	1.11	80	Serbia and Montenegro	-0.63
23	Estonia	0.96	81	Venezuela	-0.65
24	Malaysia	0.93	82	Macedonia, FYR	-0.67
25	Belgium	0.87	83	Sri Lanka	-0.68
26	Luxembourg	0.80	84	Tanzania	-0.69
27	Portugal	0.56	85	Peru	-0.70
28	United Arab Emirates	0.54	86	Armenia	-0.72
29	Chile	0.52	87	Algeria	-0.72
30	Malta	0.51	88	Gambia	-0.72
31	Spain	0.47	89	Dominican Republic	-0.73
32	Czech Republic	0.36	90	Nigeria	-0.74
33	Cyprus	0.36	91	Kenya	-0.75
34	Thailand	0.35	92	Mongolia	-0.76
35	Slovenia	0.34	93	Tajikistan	-0.77
36	Tunisia	0.33	94	Moldova	-0.78
37	South Africa	0.30	95	Mali	-0.78
38	Hungary	0.27	96	Georgia	-0.82
39	Qatar	0.25	97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.87
40	India	0.23	98	Guatemala	-0.88
41	Slovak Republic	0.19	99	Cameroon	-0.88
42	Italy	0.16	100	Honduras	-0.89
43	Greece	0.08	101	Mozambique	-0.94
44	Lithuania	0.08	102	Madagascar	-0.99
45	Mauritius	0.07	103	Kyrgyz Republic	-1.01
46	Kuwait	0.06	104	Cambodia	-1.03
47	Jordan	0.03	105	Zimbabwe	-1.04
48	Turkey	0.00	106	Albania	-1.04
49	Bahrain	0.00	107	Ecuador	-1.07
50	China	-0.01	108	Benin	-1.07
51	Latvia	-0.03	109	Bolivia	-1.10
52	Brazil	-0.04	110	Bangladesh	-1.11
53	Poland	-0.09	111	Guyana	-1.11
54	Jamaica	-0.11	112	Nicaragua	-1.14
55	Mexico	-0.14	113	Paraguay	-1.23
56	Botswana	-0.16	114	Chad	-1.36
57	Croatia	-0.23	115	Ethiopia	-1.39
58	Romania	-0.23

Source - Information Technology report of the World Economic Forum
Networked Readiness Index (NRI) rankings are based on:
- the environment for ICT offered by a given country or community
- the readiness of the community's key stakeholders
- individuals, businessand governments
- the usage of ICT among these stakeholders UNITED ARAB EMIRATES WORLD RANKING RISES TO # 28 IN NETWORKED READINESS INDEX