Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The global information technology report 2010-2011

World Economic Forum just released "The Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011" which has a lot of interesting information.

By habit I normally first look at Sweden and Spain.

In this case Sweden comes out very well, while Spain... well... does not come out as well.

"Sweden tops the 2010–11 rankings for the second time in a row, with an outstanding performance across the board."

It both bothers me and reinforces me in my opinions of certain things in Spain.

Just some examples:

SwedenSpain
Procedures to start a business310
Days to start a business1547
Efficiency in settling business disputes (rank)273
Quality of the educational system (rank)8106
Company spending on R&D (rank)147
Broadband Internet subscribers (% of pop)32%22%
Internet users (% of pop)90%62%
Impact of ICT on access to basic services (rank)160
Capacity for innovation (rank)342
Patent applications (per million pop)23678

It is also interesting to see that one of the authors to the document actually is César Alierta (President of Telefónica).

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