Portulant’s institute published a report on the Network Readiness Index (NRI) for 2022, explaining the whereabouts of stepping into a new digital era by analyzing countries’ multiple capabilities.
The index aims to measure the degree of readiness of countries to exploit opportunities offered by information and communications technology and Morocco scored 46.5 placing it at the 79 rank out of 131 countries.
This year, the Network Readiness Index 2022 ranked a total of 131 economies across various components of digital readiness.
The report noted that data availability and changes to the NRI model framework influence year-on-year comparisons of the NRI rankings.
The index runs on a staple four-pillar structure: Technology, People, Governance, and Impact. Each pillar consists of three sub-pillars.
For instance, Technology includes Access, Content, and Future technologies.
One of the main categories of the NRI is technology, and the Technology pillar aims to determine the level of technology that a nation must possess in order to participate in the global economy.
The second pillar, people examines how individuals, organizations, and governments use information and communication technology at three different levels of study.
The third pillar, impact, aims to evaluate the effects of participating in the network economy on society and people.
The governance pillar which is the fourth focuses on the development and accessibility of three levels—trust, regulation, and inclusion—of systems that support network economy activities.
In the ranking by pillars, Morocco is 75 in technology, 85 in people, 80 in governance, and 66 in Impact out of the 131 countries.
“The NRI 2022 results show that a group of 44 middle-and low-income economies stand out above their expected levels of development in one or more of the four pillar categories of digital readiness: technology, people, impact, and government,” said the report.
The majority of the top pillar achievers indeed fall into the lower middle-income category and are mostly found in Africa and Asia & the Pacific. Most nations display an advantage in technology, impact, and governance across income classes, whereas most economies regionally outperform in the areas of people, technology, and government.
The economies of Brazil, Kenya, Viet Nam, Pakistan, and Ukraine are also among those with remarkable pillar performance.
The US climbed to the top of the NRI rankings this year from fourth place last year, based on NRI’s key takeaways from the report. The Republic of Korea entered the top 10, Singapore rose to second place, and the rankings overall saw a massive change.
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