Digital Preparedness Index

Rank

Rank Country Regulatory Framework Score
1 Mauritius 0.79
2 Botswana 0.74
3 Senegal 0.72
4 South Africa 0.72
5 Seychelles 0.71
6 Ghana 0.68
7 Morocco 0.68
8 Tunisia 0.68
9 Algeria 0.66
10 Kenya 0.66
11 Egypt 0.65
12 Côte D'Ivoire 0.64
13 Benin 0.62
14 Gabon 0.62
15 Uganda 0.62
16 Burkina Faso 0.60
17 Lesotho 0.58
18 Guinea 0.57
19 Mali 0.54
20 Mauritania 0.53
21 Angola 0.52
22 Madagascar 0.52
23 Zimbabwe 0.52
24 Chad 0.48
25 Namibia 0.39
26 Rwanda 0.38
27 Gambia 0.28
28 Cameroon 0.27
29 Tanzania 0.27
30 Eswatini 0.26
31 Zambia 0.26
32 Ethiopia 0.25
33 Malawi 0.24
34 Mozambique 0.21
35 Nigeria 0.21
36 Burundi 0.18
37 British Indian Ocean Territory 0.00
38 Cabo Verde 0.00
39 Central African Republic 0.00
40 Comoros 0.00
41 Congo 0.00
42 Congo (Democratic Republic Of The) 0.00
43 Djibouti 0.00
44 Equatorial Guinea 0.00
45 Eritrea 0.00
46 French Southern Territories 0.00
47 Guinea Bissau 0.00
48 Liberia 0.00
49 Libya 0.00
50 Mayotte 0.00
51 Niger 0.00
52 Réunion 0.00
53 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 0.00
54 Sao Tome and Principe 0.00
55 Sierra Leone 0.00
56 Somalia 0.00
57 South Sudan 0.00
58 Sudan 0.00
59 Togo 0.00
60 Western Sahara 0.00

Definition

Measure Components Source
Education And Skills
  • Skill Pillar
  • Innovation Capability Pillar
  • WEF, Global Competitiveness Report 2019
  • WEF, Global Competitiveness Report 2019
Infrastructural Readiness
  • Infrastructure Pillar
  • ICT Adoption Pillar
  • UN E-Governance Development Index Pillar
  • WEF, Global Competitiveness Report 2019
  • WEF, Global Competitiveness Report 2019
  • UN E-Government Survey, 2018
Business Dynamism and Environment
  • Business Dynamism Pillar
  • Ease of Doing Business Measure
  • WEF, Global Competitiveness Report 2019
  • World Bank Doing Business Report 2020
Regulatory Framework and Government Effectiveness
  • Data Protection and Privacy Laws Indicator
  • Future Orientation of Government - Sub-Pillar
  • Government Effectiveness Measure
  • Adewuyiwa and Adeniran (2020)
  • WEF, Global Competitiveness Report 2019
  • World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicator 2019
Macroeconomic Fundamentals
  • Market Size Pillar
  • Macroeconomic Stability Pillar
  • WEF, Global Competitiveness Report 2019
  • WEF, Global Competitiveness Report 2019