Tajikistan is rated the 98-th in the Global Economic Forum’s list of information technologies and infrastructures.

The Global Economic Forum’s report summarized data on 127 countries around the globe. The IT development level was evaluated by the criteria of readiness to use new information technologies by population at large, enterprises and authorities.

The Top-10 includes Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Singapore, Finland, Netherlands, Island, South Korea and Norway. South Korea proved to be the most successful among these countries; since 2006 it has gained ten points; and the USA that is currently at the third position in Top-10.

As for the post-Soviet republics, Estonia has the 20-th position; Lithuania – 33-rd; Latvia – 44-th; Azerbaijan – 67-th; the Ukraine – 70-th; Kazakhstan – 71-st; Russia – 72-nd; Georgia – 91-st; Moldova – 96-th; Tajikistan – 98-th; Armenia – 106-th; Kyrgyzstan – 114-th.

The rating is closed by Chad, 127-th position. Source: www.newsru.com with a reference to The Washington Profile.

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