IT-usage

Leading the information society

People's positive attitude towards technology may help to explain why computers and the Internet are so widely used in homes, schools, workplaces and public spaces in the Øresund Region.

Several international surveys attest how remarkably Danes and Swedes have incorporated digital technologies into their daily lives, completely altering the way they work, shop and communicate.

One of such studies, IDC’s Information Society Index (ISI), investigated 53 nations to rate Denmark first and Sweden second in the ability to take part in the information revolution. 

The ISI combines 15 variables in four infrastructure "pillars" – computers, Internet, telecoms and social factors - to calculate and rank each nation's ability to access and utilize information and information technology. Denmark received high scores in a number of variables across all four pillars and got score 963 points, while Sweden came right after with 958 points.

Outstanding performers

Denmark and Sweden are also on the top of eEurope 2005 Index, which assesses 28 European countries on the basis of their ICT development and Internet usage. Denmark (first) and Sweden (second) are followed by the Netherlands, UK, Finland and Germany.

The eEurope 2005 Index assesses 28 European countries on the basis of their ICT development and Internet usage and is a composite of five key indicators: Internet usage, modern online public services, eBusiness environment, information infrastructure security and broadband.

The study considers that Denmark and Sweden are outstanding performers in the ICT domain at the international level and can provide a rich set of best practices and case studies that can be used by other nations seeking to improve their ICT development.

Most sophisticated web users

According to the study by Jupiter Research, Sweden ranks first and Denmark second when it comes to Web surfing and adoption of the latest digital gadgets. The study "Digital Life Index" is an attempt to rank consumers' digital sophistication across 17 Western European countries.

The study counts a variety of factors from Internet shopping habits to uptake of satellite television and the number of digital devices and mobile phones among consumers.