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The Networked Readiness Index Rankings 2005

Rank Country Score Rank Country Score

1 United States 2.02 59 El Salvador –0.24

2 Singapore 1.89 60 Kazakhstan –0.24
3 Denmark 1.80 61 Ghana –0.25
4 Iceland 1.78 62 Colombia –0.27
5 Finland 1.72 63 Egypt –0.29
6 Canada 1.54 64 Bulgaria –0.31
7 Taiwan 1.51 65 Uruguay –0.31
8 Sweden 1.49 66 Panama –0.33
9 Switzerland 1.48 67 Pakistan –0.34
10 United Kingdom 1.44 68 Indonesia –0.36
11 Hong Kong SAR 1.44 69 Costa Rica –0.37
12 Netherlands 1.39 70 Philippines –0.37
13 Norway 1.33 71 Argentina –0.38
14 Korea, Rep. 1.31 72 Russian Federation –0.39
15 Australia 1.28 73 Azerbaijan –0.40
16 Japan 1.24 74 Trinidad and Tobago –0.42
17 Germany 1.18 75 Vietnam –0.47
18 Austria 1.18 76 Ukraine –0.49
19 Israel 1.16 77 Morocco –0.51
20 Ireland 1.15 78 Namibia –0.53
21 New Zealand 1.14 79 Uganda –0.60
22 France 1.11 80 Serbia and Montenegro –0.63
23 Estonia 0.96 81 Venezuela –0.65
24 Malaysia 0.93 82 Macedonia, FYR –0.67
25 Belgium 0.87 83 Sri Lanka –0.68
26 Luxembourg 0.80 84 Tanzania –0.69
27 Portugal 0.56 85 Peru –0.70
28 United Arab Emirates 0.54 86 Armenia –0.72 xv
29 Chile 0.52 87 Algeria –0.72
30 Malta 0.51 88 Gambia –0.72
31 Spain 0.47 89 Dominican Republic –0.73
32 Czech Republic 0.36 90 Nigeria –0.74
33 Cyprus 0.36 91 Kenya –0.75
34 Thailand 0.35 92 Mongolia –0.76
35 Slovenia 0.34 93 Tajikistan –0.77
36 Tunisia 0.33 94 Moldova –0.78
37 South Africa 0.30 95 Mali –0.78
38 Hungary 0.27 96 Georgia –0.82
39 Qatar 0.25 97 Bosnia and Herzegovina –0.87
40 India 0.23 98 Guatemala –0.88
41 Slovak Republic 0.19 99 Cameroon –0.88
42 Italy 0.16 100 Honduras –0.89
43 Greece 0.08 101 Mozambique –0.94
44 Lithuania 0.08 102 Madagascar –0.99
45 Mauritius 0.07 103 Kyrgyz Republic –1.01
46 Kuwait 0.06 104 Cambodia –1.03
47 Jordan 0.03 105 Zimbabwe –1.04
48 Turkey 0.00 106 Albania –1.04
49 Bahrain 0.00 107 Ecuador –1.07
50 China –0.01 108 Benin –1.07
51 Latvia –0.03 109 Bolivia –1.10
52 Brazil –0.04 110 Bangladesh –1.11
53 Poland –0.09 111 Guyana –1.11
54 Jamaica –0.11 112 Nicaragua –1.14
55 Mexico –0.14 113 Paraguay –1.23
56 Botswana –0.16 114 Chad –1.36
57 Croatia –0.23 115 Ethiopia –1.39
58 Romania –0.23
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