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Government prioritization of ICT
Information and communication technologies (computers, Internet, etc.) are an overall priority for the government (1 = strongly disagree, 7 = strongly agree)>
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey 2007, 2008

Rank	Country	Score
1	Singapore	6.34
2	Malta	6.33
3	Denmark	6.23
4	Estonia	6.1
5	United Arab Emirates	6.05
6	Iceland	5.9
7	Sweden	5.9
8	Tunisia	5.8
9	Portugal	5.8
10	Malaysia	5.77
11	Finland	5.76
12	Taiwan, China	5.65
13	Korea, Rep.	5.62
14	Norway	5.56
15	Qatar	5.55
16	Gambia, The	5.52
17	Jordan	5.52
18	United States	5.51
19	Barbados	5.48
20	Hong Kong SAR	5.48
21	Bahrain	5.42
22	Israel	5.41
23	Luxembourg	5.39
24	India	5.38
25	Mauritius	5.37
26	Australia	5.36
27	Switzerland	5.35
28	Austria	5.27
29	Dominican Republic	5.27
30	Brunei Darussalam	5.21
31	Mali	5.18
32	Egypt	5.18
33	Saudi Arabia	5.17
34	Sri Lanka	5.16
35	Azerbaijan	5.14
36	Senegal	5.14
37	Canada	5.12
38	China	5.07
39	Mongolia	5.07
40	Uruguay	5.05
41	Japan	5.04
42	Ghana	5.04
43	Vietnam	5.03
44	United Kingdom	5.03
45	Cyprus	5.03
46	Oman	5.02
47	France	4.99
48	Costa Rica	4.99
49	Germany	4.97
50	Netherlands	4.94
51	Mauritania	4.91
52	Botswana	4.91
53	Tajikistan	4.86
54	Chile	4.84
55	Jamaica	4.83
56	Macedonia, FYR	4.77
57	Pakistan	4.77
58	Belgium	4.75
59	New Zealand	4.75
60	Colombia	4.73
61	Czech Republic	4.72
62	Madagascar	4.71
63	Slovenia	4.69
64	Moldova	4.66
65	Lithuania	4.64
66	Kazakhstan	4.64
67	Thailand	4.64
68	Ireland	4.63
69	Georgia	4.61
70	Uganda	4.6
71	Côte d'Ivoire	4.59
72	Croatia	4.58
73	Albania	4.54
74	Greece	4.54
75	Syria	4.51
76	Burkina Faso	4.51
77	Benin	4.49
78	Malawi	4.46
79	South Africa	4.46
80	Tanzania	4.45
81	Guyana	4.42
82	Slovak Republic	4.42
83	Libya	4.4
84	Spain	4.4
85	Algeria	4.37
86	Serbia	4.34
87	Kenya	4.34
88	El Salvador	4.33
89	Mexico	4.33
90	Panama	4.32
91	Montenegro	4.31
92	Philippines	4.31
93	Puerto Rico	4.29
94	Latvia	4.29
95	Romania	4.28
96	Kuwait	4.28
97	Zambia	4.27
98	Hungary	4.26
99	Cambodia	4.25
100	Guatemala	4.25
101	Turkey	4.25
102	Trinidad and Tobago	4.24
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.24
104	Mozambique	4.23
105	Cameroon	4.19
106	Bangladesh	4.17
107	Ethiopia	4.17
108	Namibia	4.16
109	Nepal	4.15
110	Ukraine	4.14
111	Morocco	4.14
112	Brazil	4.13
113	Russian Federation	4.12
114	Honduras	4.12
115	Bulgaria	4.06
116	Venezuela	3.98
117	Peru	3.95
118	Lesotho	3.89
119	Nigeria	3.89
120	Armenia	3.86
121	Timor-Leste	3.76
122	Chad	3.72
123	Kyrgyz Republic	3.71
124	Indonesia	3.62
125	Italy	3.62
126	Burundi	3.53
127	Nicaragua	3.36
128	Argentina	3.24
129	Bolivia	3.16
130	Suriname	3.15
131	Ecuador	2.95
132	Poland	2.91
133	Zimbabwe	2.9
134	Paraguay	2.6

Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009