In the ranking, Denmark, number 1, and Sweden, number 2, are followed by the United States, Switzerland, and Canada. In much the same way that gross domestic product (GDP) measures a country’s economic wealth, the ISI measures its information capacity and wealth.

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

Based on 2003 data, 67% of the population in Denmark is accessing the Internet with 84% of those users connecting from home. 22% of the households are using broadband connections while total mobile subscriber penetration in Denmark reached 59%.

More information: IDC