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Switzerland and Slovakia are Europe’s biggest gainers in Economist’s e-readiness rankings
Andy Atkins-Krüger Apr 26, 2005 Whilst Denmark retains the top spot as the leading e-ready nation even beating the US, Slovakia has moved up 5 places in the rankings from a lowly 39th last year to 34th in 2005 in the latest e-readiness rankings from the Economist.
The Economist Intelligence Unit regularly publishes its e-readiness rankings which are a measure of the country’s e-business including such factors as broadband availability and mobile penetration. The latest report has also taken more account of public-access wireless ‘hotspots’.
European nations do well in the 65 nation study taking many of the top spots. The full list is available at the Economist Intelligence Unit - here is a list of the European nations in order of rank:
- Denmark 1st
- Sweden 3rd
- Switzerland 4th
- UK 5th
- Finland 6th
- Netherlands 8th
- Norway 9th
- Germany 12th
- Austria 14th
- Ireland 15th
- Belgium 17th
- France 19th
- Spain 23rd
- Italy 24th
- Portugal 25th
- Estonia 26th
- Slovenia 27th
- Greece 28th
- Czech republic 29th
- Hungary 30th
- Poland 32nd
- Slovakia 34th
- Latvia 37th
- Lithuania 40th
- Bulgaria 42nd
- Turkey 43rd
- Romania 47th
- Russia 52nd
- Ukraine 57th
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