The report, called the “Digital Society Index,” includes an overall ranking of how countries are doing in the “digital economy.” It looks at how fast each country’s information and communications technology industry is growing, how much people have access to technology and the extent to which they trust businesses and governments with their personal data.
The U.K. comes out top of the list overall, with the U.S. and China following. The U.K. does particularly well when it comes to giving people access to tech, while the U.S. has the fastest growth in the sector. China ranks highest for trust.
Dentsu Aegis surveyed 20,000 people online in Australia, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, the U.S. and the U.K. in summer 2017. It used a combination of survey data and modeling by consultancy Oxford Economics to create its Digital Society Index.
