The redesigned Network Readiness Index 2020 (NRI 2020) aims to reflect ICT deployment issue better than the NRI 2016 without losing continuity with previous exercises. It has the additional goal of being future-proof in capturing the integration of people and technology, its governance, and its economic impact. The challenges of the emerging information society and economy and the increasing importance of technology, artificial intelligence and data motivates the NRI and its goals.
NRI 2020 is composed of four pillars: Technology, People, Governance, and Impact. Technology seeks to assess the level of technology in a given country; People is concerned with the application of ICT by individuals, businesses, and governments; Governance assess the national environment in terms of trust, regulation, and inclusion; and Impact tries to capture the economic, social, and human impact of participation in the network economy. Each pillar has the same weight in the computation of the index. All pillars are composed of three sub-pillars that are weighted equally. The number of indicators making up each sub-pillars varies. They are equally weighted in each sub-pillar, therefore the weight of each individual indicator in the overall index varies.
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| Geographic coverage | Global |
| Originally published | 17 Jan 2023 |
| Related organisation(s) | JRC - Joint Research Centre |
| Knowledge service | Metadata | Composite Indicators |