Network Readiness Index 2025
NRI 2025 Ranking
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The Index Structure
Since network readiness is a multi-dimensional concept, the Network Readiness Index (NRI) is a composite index constructed with three levels.
Network Readiness Index (NRI) 2025 Highlights
The most network-ready societies
The United States, Finland, Singapore, Denmark, and Sweden are the most network-ready societies, according to the Network Readiness Index (NRI) 2025 report. This makes Europe (with three countries in the global top 5) the leading region in the world.
Africa and Asia Pacific continue to outperform among lower-income economies
Africa accounts for the largest number of economies exceeding expectations in at least one pillar, with Governance as the region’s most consistent strength. Asia and the Pacific shows the highest concentration of economies with broad-based pillar-level outperformance.
High-income economies are slowing down
A subset of high-income economies shows relative deceleration, with network readiness below what their global digital standing would predict. This reflects the increasing difficulty of sustaining above-expected performance as digital systems mature and marginal gains diminish.
Emerging economies on the rise
Several upper middle-income and lower middle-income economies—including China, Ukraine, India, Viet Nam, the Philippines, Kenya, Pakistan, and Senegal—combine scale, policy focus, and institutional capacity to achieve network readiness levels above expectations.
Strategic prioritization converts resources into readiness
While structural conditions remain important, the 2025 findings suggest that policy choices, institutional capacity, and strategic prioritization continue to shape how effectively economies convert available resources into network readiness outcomes.
- Africa26 Countries
- Arab States12 Countries
- Asia & Pacific21 Countries
- CIS6 Countries
- Europe41 Countries
- The Americas21 Countries
- Albania
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of Moldova
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkiye
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Countries
Historically, the Top 10 performers in the NRI exhibit three prominent trends: they are consistently high-income economies, demonstrate robust network readiness across all dimensions, and European countries continue to dominate the list.
These trends continue in the NRI 2025, with each of the top 10 countries achieving a top 25 ranking across all four primary pillars (Technology, People, Governance, Impact).
As for regional representation, Singapore and the Republic of Korea are the only countries from Asia and the Pacific that appear in the top 10, while the United States is the sole representative from the Americas. The remaining top 10 positions are occupied by European countries, underscoring their continued dominance in global network readiness.
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Initially launched in 2002 with the World Economic Forum, the NRI was redesigned in 2019 by its founders and co-editors, Soumitra Dutta and Bruno Lanvin. Now under the auspices of the Portulans Institute, the index reflects how technology and people need to be integrated within an effective governance structure in order to have the right impact on our economy, society and the environment. The 2025 NRI is the seventh edition of this renewed methodological model and focuses on how countries design, implement, and adapt policies in the face of rapid AI advancement. The 2025 report and website was produced with the support of the NRI Knowledge Partners AWS, CNI (Brazil). In 2025, Portulans Institute established a formal collaboration with the World Governments Summit to present the Index during the Summit in alignment with WGS standards and guidelines.
