Top rank for UAE in regional ICT index
DUBAI - The UAE has been ranked first in the regional ICT statistical index launched by Madar Research Group. The Madar ICT Index serves as a comparative tool among 18 Arab states in terms of their progress in using knowledge economy tools. The index, published in the May issue of Madar Research Journal, ranks the UAE first among Arab countries in ICT adoption as of end of February this year. The UAE scored 1.43 in the index.
An index score of less than one indicates poor ICT adoption rate, while a score of one and above suggests an aggressive rate of adoption. The UAE recorded Internet and mobile phone penetration rates of 29.73 per cent and 67.77 per cent, respectively, out of a population base of 3.7 million. Bahrain scored 1.18 on the index, followed by Kuwait which received 1.01, while the 15 remaining countries scored below one. Bahrain also showed the highest penetration rates after UAE in all indicators except for mobile phones, whose penetration rate was higher in Kuwait. Qatar came next on the index, with a score of 0.80, but it outranked Kuwait in fixed telephone line and PC penetrations. Initially the index will be updated on a quarterly basis and will show the individual progress of an Arab state over time, and help predict its future course. The main value of the index lies in the set of primary data used in calculating the index. These are estimates on each country's PC base and numbers of Internet users, in addition to numbers of subscribers to mobile and fixed line telephones. The index is calculated by adding up the value of these four parameters and dividing the sum by the country's population.
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