India S Position In It 2005

Networked Readiness Index 2005 Countries Score 2005 Rank 2005 Rank 2004 Evolution United States 2.02 1 5 Up 4 Singapore 1.89 2 1 Down -1 Denmark 1.8 3 4 Up 1 Iceland 1.78 4 2 Down -2 Finland 1.72 5 3 Down -2 Canada 1.54 6 10 Up 4 Taiwan 1.51 7 15 Up 8 Sweden 1.49 8 6 Down -2 Switzerland 1.48 9 9 Steady 0 United Kingdom 1.44 10 12 Up 2 Hong Kong SAR 1.44 11 7 Down -4 Netherlands 1.39 12 16 Up 4 Norway 1.33 13 13 Steady 0 Korea, Rep. 1.31 14 24 Up 10 Australia 1.28 15 11 Down -4 Japan 1.24 16 8 Down -8 Germany 1.18 17 14 Down -3 Austria 1.18 18 19 Up 1 Israel 1.16 19 18 Down -1 Ireland 1.15 20 22 Up 2 New Zealand 1.14 21 21 Steady 0 France 1.11 22 20 Down -2 Estonia 0.96 23 25 Up 2 Malaysia 0.93 24 27 Up 3 Belgium 0.87 25 26 Up 1 Luxembourg 0.8 26 17 Down -9 Portugal 0.56 27 30 Up 3 United Arab Emirates 0.54 28 23 Down -5 Chile 0.52 29 35 Up 6 Malta 0.51 30 28 Down -2 Spain 0.47 31 29 Down -2 Czech Republic 0.36 32 40 Up 8 Cyprus 0.36 33 37 Up 4 Thailand 0.35 34 36 Up 2 Slovenia 0.34 35 32 Down -3 Tunisia 0.33 36 31 Down -5 South Africa 0.3 37 34 Down -3 Hungary 0.27 38 38 Steady 0 Qatar 0.25 39 n/a New INDIA 0.23 40 39 Down -1 Slovak Republic 0.19 41 48 Up 7 Italy 0.16 42 45 Up 3 Greece 0.08 43 42 Down -1 Lithuania 0.08 44 43 Down -1 Mauritius 0.07 45 47 Up 2 Kuwait 0.06 46 n/a New Jordan 0.03 47 44 Down -3 Turkey 0 48 52 Up 4 Bahrain 0 49 33 Down -16 China -0.01 50 41 Down -9

Latvia Brazil Poland Jamaica Mexico Botswana Croatia Romania El Salvador Kazakhstan Ghana Colombia Egypt Bulgaria Uruguay Panama Pakistan Indonesia Costa Rica Philippines Argentina Russian Federation Azerbaijan Trinidad and Tobago Vietnam Ukraine Morocco Namibia Uganda Serbia and Montenegro Venezuela Macedonia, FYR Sri Lanka Tanzania Peru Armenia Algeria Gambia, The Dominican Republic Nigeria Kenya Mongolia Tajikistan Moldova Mali Georgia Bosnia and Herzegovina Guatemala Cameroon Honduras Mozambique Madagascar

-0.03 -0.04 -0.09 -0.11 -0.14 -0.16 -0.23 -0.23 -0.24 -0.24 -0.25 -0.27 -0.29 -0.31 -0.31 -0.33 -0.34 -0.36 -0.37 -0.37 -0.38 -0.39 -0.4 -0.42 -0.47 -0.49 -0.51 -0.53 -0.6 -0.63 -0.65 -0.67 -0.68 -0.69 -0.7 -0.72 -0.72 -0.72 -0.73 -0.74 -0.75 -0.76 -0.77 -0.78 -0.78 -0.82 -0.87 -0.88 -0.88 -0.89 -0.94 -0.99

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 n/a 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 n/a 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 n/a 87 88 89 90 91 92 n/a 93 n/a 94 n/a 95 96 97 98 99 n/a 100 101 102

56 Up 46 Down 72 Up 49 Down 60 Up 50 Down 58 Up 53 Down 70 Up New 65 Up 66 Up 57 Down 73 Up 64 Down 69 Up 63 Down 51 Down 61 Down 67 Down 76 Up 62 Down New 59 Down 68 Down 82 Up 54 Down 55 Down 77 Down 79 Down 84 Up 85 Up 71 Down 83 Down 90 Up New 80 Down 74 Down 78 Down 86 Down 75 Down New New New 92 Down 91 Down 89 Down 88 Down New 97 Down 96 Down 87 Down

5 -6 19 -5 5 -6 1 -5 11 4 4 -6 9 -1 3 -4 -17 -8 -3 5 -10 -15 -7 6 -23 -23 -2 -1 3 3 -12 -1 5 -7 -14 -11 -4 -16

-3 -5 -8 -10 -3 -5 -15

Kyrgyz Republic Cambodia Zimbabwe Albania Ecuador Benin Bolivia Bangladesh Guyana Nicaragua Paraguay Chad Ethiopia

-1.01 -1.03 -1.04 -1.04 -1.07 -1.07 -1.1 -1.11 -1.11 -1.14 -1.23 -1.36 -1.39

103 n/a 104 n/a 105 106 n/a 107 108 n/a 109 110 111 n/a 112 113 114 115

New New 94 Down New 95 Down New 99 Down 100 Down New 103 Down 98 Down 104 Down 102 Down

Source: World Economic Forum website address: http://in.rediff.com/money/2006/mar/28wef.htm

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