The European Commission is publishing today the International Digital Economy and Society Index (I-DESI) comparing the digital performance of EU Member States with those of 17 non-EU countries in 5 areas: connectivity, human capital and digital skills, use of internet by citizens integration of technology and digital public services...
Denmark tops the ranking, followed by the Republic of Korea and Finland. Four other EU Member States are in the 'top ten' of the index: the Netherlands, the UK, Sweden and Luxembourg. On this occasion, Andrus Ansip, Vice-President for the Digital Single Market, and Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, said: "Our Member States, on average, compare well with the non-EU countries and the very best EU countries are among the best global performers. But more needs to be done to run and lead this fierce international competition, notably to improve the performance of ALL Member states and address digital divide within the EU. Moreover, more needs to be done in digital public services where the EU Member States have consistently tended to perform below their 17 non-EU counterparts. This is one of the reasons the EU is keen to develop an e-government culture - key to this is the European Union's Electronic Identification and Trust Services Regulation (eIDAS) which recently entered into force. It will help European citizens use electronic identification throughout the EU and facilitate business across borders. Completing the Digital Single Market as soon as possible will help boosting our performance in the upcoming years. We need to do it not for ranking, but for the real benefits of the European citizens and the economy." I-DESI uses a similar methodology to the EU Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), which every year compares the performance of Member States. More information on I-DESI is available online. An overview of the Digital Single Market is available here.
