Performance Overview
THE UNITED KINGDOM makes it into the top 5 in the Governance (5th) pillar, where it benefits from solid performances in all three sub-pillars: Trust (5th), Regulation (10th), and Inclusion (5th). The country is also ranked in the top 10 when it comes to Technology (7th), which is primarily driven by excellent Access (3rd) and Content (6th). A high level of SDG Contribution (3rd) boosts the Impact (13th) pillar, which is otherwise hampered by weaker performances in Economy and Quality of Life (18th in both sub-pillars). One of the main areas with scope for improvement relates to ICT usage and skills of Individuals (29th), which drags down the overall performance in the People (14th) pillar.

IS03
GBR
Country
United Kingdom
Score
76.27
Rank
10
Technology
78.34
People
69.69
Governance
82.65
Impact
74.40
1. Mobile tariffs | 89.21 | 12 |
2. Handset prices | 80.12 | 8 |
3. Households with internet acccess | 93.97 | 13 |
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 99.70 | 17 |
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 98.04 | 8 |
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 81.22 | 6 |
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | n/a | n/a |
1. GitHub commits | 69.26 | 10 |
2. Wikipedia edits | 84.06 | 15 |
3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
4. Mobile apps development | 88.41 | 14 |
1. Availability of latest technologies | 84.23 | 12 |
2. Company investment in emerging technology | 82.43 | 8 |
3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 62.28 | 16 |
4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 62.95 | 4 |
5. Robot density | 26.94 | 22 |
1. Medium and high-tech industry | 58.01 | 18 |
2. High-tech exports | 44.37 | 15 |
3. PCT patent applications | 25.88 | 20 |
4. Labour productivity per employee | 61.14 | 25 |
5. Prevalence of gig economy | 93.80 | 3 |
1. Happiness | 87.75 | 13 |
2. Freedom to make life choices | 81.44 | 53 |
3. Income inequality | 72.68 | 51 |
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 85.67 | 23 |
1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 96.72 | 2 |
2. SDG 4: Quality Education | 66.34 | 16 |
3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 74.14 | 68 |
4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 90.03 | 18 |
5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 96.06 | 5 |
1. Internet users | 95.10 | 10 |
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 37.76 | 33 |
3. Use of virtual social networks | 65.98 | 37 |
5. Tertiary enrolment | 43.58 | 47 |
5. Adult literacy rate | n/a | n/a |
6. ICT skills | 73.58 | 28 |
1. Firms with website | 86.35 | 10 |
2. Ease of doing business | 94.31 | 8 |
3. Professionals | 64.22 | 7 |
4. Technicians and associate professionals | 53.07 | 36 |
5. Business use of digital tools | 86.57 | 11 |
6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 28.73 | 19 |
1. Government online services | 95.76 | 6 |
2. Publication and use of open data | 100.00 | 1 |
3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 66.69 | 21 |
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 45.48 | 38 |
1. Secure Internet servers | 83.71 | 18 |
2. Cybersecurity | 100.00 | 1 |
3. Online access to financial account | 55.84 | 28 |
4. Internet shopping | 95.86 | 4 |
1. Regulatory quality | 90.22 | 9 |
2. ICT regulatory environment | 97.30 | 5 |
3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 74.30 | 14 |
4. E-commerce legislation | 100.00 | 1 |
5. Privacy protection by law content | 31.79 | 66 |
1. E-Participation | 97.53 | 6 |
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 94.21 | 20 |
3. Availability of local online content | 90.87 | 11 |
4. Gender gap in internet use | 68.19 | 12 |
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 76.06 | 23 |