Web Index

This article is about a statistical ranking. For the process of indexing, see Web indexing.

The Web Index was a composite statistic designed and produced by the World Wide Web Foundation as a pilot project over a three year period. It was the first multi-dimensional measure of the World Wide Web's contribution to development and human rights globally. It covered 86 countries from 2012-2014, with an announcement in November 2015 that the index had finished being compiled.^[1] It incorporated indicators that assess the areas of universal access, freedom and openness, relevant content, and empowerment, which indicate economic, social, and political effects of the Web.

Map showing the score of countries as listed in 2014

Web Index scores

2014[2] Rank Country Web Index 1  Denmark 100.0 2  Finland 98.81 3  Norway 97.32 4  United Kingdom 95.67 5  Sweden 94.97 6  United States 94.52 7  Iceland 93.72 8  South Korea 92.81 9  Netherlands 91.84 10  Belgium 89.61 11  France 89.09 12  New Zealand 87.48 13  Australia 87.27 14  Germany 86.19 15  Austria 86.00 16  Canada 85.59 17  Estonia 85.05 18   Switzerland 84.73 19  Japan 79.00 20  Ireland 78.28 21  Israel 75.46 22  Singapore 75.16 23  Spain 74.53 24  Chile 74.18 25  Portugal 73.33 26  Hungary 66.12 27  Uruguay 66.10 28  Czech Republic 65.50 29  Italy 63.83 30  Greece 60.91 31  Argentina 60.74 32  Costa Rica 60.38 33  Brazil 60.19 34  Poland 58.81 35  Russia 58.17 36  Colombia 57.12 37  Mexico 55.34 38  Turkey 53.30 39  Tunisia 51.93 40  Mauritius 49.60 41  Philippines 48.87 42  Malaysia 48.34 43  Peru 46.62 44  China 45.97 45  South Africa 45.82 46  Ukraine 45.20 47  United Arab Emirates 44.90 48  India 44.60 49  Jamaica 44.50 50  Ecuador 42.57 51  Morocco 40.28 52  Indonesia 39.37 53  Thailand 39.20 54  Qatar 38.01 55  Kenya 37.48 56  Bahrain 36.41 57  Kazakhstan 35.65 58  Ghana 29.87 59  Venezuela 29.79 60  Egypt 28.98 61  Botswana 28.44 62  Nigeria 28.09 63  Bangladesh 28.00 64  Saudi Arabia 27.72 65  Jordan 27.43 66  Namibia 25.97 67  Vietnam 24.89 68  Uganda 24.62 69    Nepal 23.95 70  Rwanda 23.34 71  Zambia 22.75 72  Senegal 21.67 73  Tanzania 21.33 74  Malawi 18.87 75  Zimbabwe 18.43 76  Pakistan 17.76 77  Benin 15.75 78  Mozambique 15.46 79  Burkina Faso 13.72 80  Sierra Leone 13.44 81  Haiti 12.52 82  Mali 11.14 83  Cameroon 9.71 84  Yemen 5.17 85  Myanmar 3.03 86  Ethiopia 0.0

2013[3] Rank Country Web Index 1  Sweden 100.0 2  Norway 97.5 3  United Kingdom 95.6 4  United States 95.2 5  New Zealand 92.4 6  Denmark 92.4 7  Finland 91.9 8  Iceland 91.9 9  France 90.9 10  South Korea 87.4 11  Australia 86.4 12  Netherlands 86.4 13  Germany 86.4 14  Austria 84.8 15  Canada 84.3 16  Japan 83.1 17   Switzerland 79.3 18  Estonia 77.3 19  Ireland 76.0 20  Belgium 75.2 21  Poland 74.2 22  Italy 74.1 23  Portugal 72.8 24  Czech Republic 72.5 25  Israel 72.3 26  Greece 70.8 27  Chile 68.9 28  Spain 66.8 29  Uruguay 62.0 30  Mexico 61.6 31  Singapore 60.7 32  Colombia 60.1 33  Brazil 58.7 34  Costa Rica 57.2 35  South Africa 55.8 36  Argentina 55.2 37  Malaysia 53.2 38  Philippines 48.2 39  Peru 48.1 40  Mauritius 47.8 41  Russia 47.1 42  Hungary 46.3 43  Ecuador 43.9 44  Tunisia 43.6 45  United Arab Emirates 42.7 46  Thailand 41.5 47  Jamaica 40.0 48  Indonesia 39.7 49  Kazakhstan 38.5 50  Bahrain 38.4 51  Qatar 38.0 52  Venezuela 37.7 53  Kenya 36.8 54  Morocco 34.4 55  Ghana 32.7 56  India 32.4 57  China 31.1 58  Turkey 30.9 59  Tanzania 30.6 60  Namibia 30.2 61  Senegal 28.4 62  Jordan 27.1 63  Egypt 24.5 64  Bangladesh 24.4 65  Uganda 20.8 66  Zambia 20.4 67  Nigeria 20.2 68  Botswana 17.4 69  Saudi Arabia 16.5 70  Benin 16.1 71    Nepal 14.7 72  Vietnam 13.8 73  Burkina Faso 13.6 74  Malawi 12.2 75  Rwanda 12.0 76  Cameroon 10.6 77  Pakistan 10.4 78  Zimbabwe 10.1 79  Mali 7.7 80  Ethiopia 1.8 81  Yemen 0.0

2012[4] Rank Country Web Index 1  Sweden 100.00 2  United States 97.31 3  United Kingdom 93.83 4  Canada 93.42 5  Finland 91.88 6   Switzerland 90.49 7  New Zealand 89.15 8  Australia 88.44 9  Norway 87.76 10  Ireland 87.42 11  Singapore 86.14 12  Iceland 86.10 13  South Korea 81.06 14  France 78.93 16  Israel 78.53 17  Brazil 74.94 18  Germany 74.87 19  Portugal 72.33 20  Spain 72.12 21  Chile 69.55 25  Poland 54.84 26  Colombia 53.86 27  Turkey 53.70 28  Kazakhstan 53.46 29  China 51.72 30  Tunisia 50.68 31  Russia 47.29 32  Philippines 46.81 33  India 46.58 34  Indonesia 46.29 35  Jordan 44.52 36  South Africa 44.49 37  Thailand 43.83 38  Argentina 42.14 39  Egypt 41.05 40  Venezuela 39.72 41  Mauritius 36.67 42  Kenya 32.84 43  Ecuador 32.32 44  Pakistan 27.99 45  Ghana 27.68 46  Senegal 25.38 47  Vietnam 24.32 48  Nigeria 23.57 49  Uganda 20.25 50  Morocco 19.39 51  Tanzania 18.64 52    Nepal 18.37 53  Cameroon 15.10 54  Mali 13.67 55  Bangladesh 13.60 56  Namibia 13.57 57  Ethiopia 10.89 58  Benin 10.43 59  Burkina Faso 8.51 60  Zimbabwe 1.94 61  Yemen 0.00