‘India ranks among lowest in terms of Internet quality’
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Science & Technology
- Published
26th Aug, 2020
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India ranks among the lowest in the world in terms of Internet quality, according to a global research released by online privacy solutions provider SurfShark.
Context
India ranks among the lowest in the world in terms of Internet quality, according to a global research released by online privacy solutions provider SurfShark.
About
- The Digital Quality of Life Index 2020 is prepared by Surfshark, a virtual private network (VPN) provider based in the British Virgin Islands.
- The study sampled the quality of a digital wellbeing in 85 countries across the globe over five key pillars:
- Internet affordability
- Internet quality
- electronic infrastructure
- electronic government
- electronic security
- All parameters have equal weightage.
Key-highlights of the Index
- As per the “Digital Quality of Life Index 2020”, which researches on the quality of a digital wellbeing in 85 countries (81% of the global population), in terms of e-infrastructure, India occupies 79th place, ranking below countries including Guatemala and Sri Lanka.
- India makes it into the top 10 in terms of Internet affordability. With a ranking of nine, it outperforms countries such as the U.K., the U.S. and China.
- Additionally, when it comes to e-government, India occupies the 15th place globally, just below countries like New Zealand and Italy.
- However, India’s Internet quality is one of the lowest across 85 countries analysed in the research.
- In position 78, India is at the bottom of the pillar with unstable and slow mobile Internet dragging it down in the overall Internet quality index.
- This year’s Digital Quality of Life Index found that seven of the 10 countries with the highest digital quality of life are in Europe, with Denmark leading among 85 countries.
- Canada stands out as a country with the highest digital quality of life in the Americas, while Japan takes the leading position in Asia.
- Among the countries in Africa, people in South Africa enjoy the highest quality of digital lives whereas New Zealand leads in Oceania, outperforming Australia in various digital areas.