United Kingdom

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.

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GBR

Country

United Kingdom

Score

77.73

Rank

Technology

78.16

People

69.81

Governance

88.32

Impact

74.62

1. Mobile tariffs	89.21	12
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	80.12	8
3. Households with internet acccess	93.59	13
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	99.7	17
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	98.04	8
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	81.21	5
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	n/a	n/a

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	87.22	14
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	18.43	8

1. Availability of latest technologies	91.85	9
2. Company investment in emerging technology	80.94	8
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	57.31	23
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	57.63	17
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	63.64	4
6. Robot density	26.94	22

1. Medium and high-tech industry	58.01	18
2. High-tech exports	42.81	14
3. PCT patent applications	26.92	19
4. Labour productivity per employee	53.73	26

1. Happiness	86.99	11
2. Freedom to make life choices	71.53	56
3. Income inequality	78.42	38
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	84.25	23

1. Access to basic services	99.41	22
2. Pollution	94.59	17
3. Road safety	98.75	5
4. Reading proficiency in schools	n/a	n/a
5. Maths proficiency in schools	n/a	n/a
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	100	1

1. Internet users	94.71	10
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	37.24	33
3. Use of virtual social networks	66.74	32
5. Tertiary enrolment	43.58	46
5. Adult literacy rate	n/a	n/a
6. ICT skills	78.23	14

1. Firms with website	82.28	14
2. Internet shopping	95.86	4
3. Professionals	65.98	9
4. Technicians and associate professionals	54.81	35
5. Extent of staff training	67.38	23
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	28.7	18

1. Government online services	97.7	4
2. Publication and use of open data	100	1
3.ICT use and government efficiency	74.65	18
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	45.59	34

1. Rule of law	90.7	15
2. Software piracy rate	91.89	10
3. Secure Internet servers	87.14	17
4. Cybersecurity	100	1
5. Online trust and safety	73.67	28

1. Regulatory quality	90.22	9
2. Ease of doing business	94.31	8
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	77.76	15
4. E-commerce legislation	100	1
5. Social safety net protection	74.19	22
6. ICT regulatory environment	97.3	5

1. E-Participation	98.08	5
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	94.21	20
3. Availability of local online content	100	1
4. Gender gap in internet use	68.19	11
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	76.06	22

Income Group	High income
Regional Group	Europe
Population (Total)	66,488,991
Population as a share world total	0.88%
GDP (current US$, millions)	2,830,000
GDP as a share of world total	3.30%
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)	46,240