Russia in IT ratings

ISIEZ HSE Business Digitalization Index

2019: Russia (28 points)

The Institute for Statistical Research and Knowledge Economics of the Higher School of Economics has developed a business digitalization index that characterizes the speed of adaptation to the digital transformation of business sector organizations in Russia, Europe, the Republic of Korea, Turkey and Japan. The index is calculated according to the following five indicators: the level of use of broadband Internet, cloud services, RFID technologies, ERP systems and inclusion in e-commerce.

Digital technologies have penetrated all spheres of life, changed economic and organizational processes, ways of communication between suppliers and consumers of goods and services. For an integral assessment of the level of spread of digital technologies in the business sector, the Institute for Statistical Research and Knowledge Economics of the Higher School of Economics has developed a business digitalization index (hereinafter referred to as the Index). It characterizes the speed of adaptation to digital transformation, the level of use of broadband Internet, cloud services, RFID technologies, ERP systems, and the inclusion of entrepreneurial sector organizations in electronic trade. The index is calculated for Russia and European countries, the Republic of Korea, Turkey and Japan.

The leading position among these countries is occupied by Finland with an Index value of 50 points. This is followed by Belgium (47), Denmark (46), the Republic of Korea (45). Russia (28 points) is on a par with countries in Central and Eastern Europe such as Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Romania.

An analysis of the intensity of use in our country of certain technologies taken into account when calculating the Index shows that 82% of organizations use broadband Internet access, 23% use cloud services, 19% use ERP systems, 12% use electronic sales, 6% use RFID technologies.

The gap between Russian indicators and similar data for Finland, which has the highest Index value, varies from 9 to 43 percentage points. The minimum deviation was recorded in such areas as electronic sales (9 percentage points) and the use of RFID technologies (17), the maximum - in relation to cloud services (43).

In foreign countries, electronic sales (only 17% of organizations use them on average) and RFID technologies (14%) turned out to be the least popular of all these technologies. The maximum differentiation is noted in the use of RFID technologies and cloud services (8.4 and 8.3 times, respectively). At the same time, for each indicator, you can name the leader country. Thus, in terms of the introduction of electronic sales, the top line is (30 Ireland %), RFID technologies are most intensively used in the Republic of Korea (42%), ERP systems - in (Belgium 54%), cloud services - in Finland (66% of organizations). One hundred percent coverage of organizations with broadband Internet has been achieved in Denmark, Lithuania, and Netherlands Finland.^[1]

IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking

2021: Russia rises to 42nd position in the ranking of digital competitiveness of countries

Russia in 2021 rose by one place in the ranking of digital competitiveness (it is led by the Swiss business school IMD) and is located in 42nd position. The United States remained the leader, Hong Kong and Sweden also entered the top 3.

The IMD (World Digital Competitiveness Ranking) is based on 50 criteria, most of which are based on statistics and survey results. The first category includes information on the costs of research and development in this area, the speed of broadband Internet, etc.

Country Digital Competitiveness Rating

Among the criteria under consideration, Russia has the highest rating in the "knowledge" block - the 24th line in 2021 against the 26th in 2020.

At the same time, if, according to the criterion of the number of women with a scientific degree, the Russian Federation has the second place, and in mathematics training - 29th, then in terms of government spending on education - only 49th, in total spending on R&D - 39th, in the development of digital skills - 49th place.

According to the "technology" block, the Russian Federation has the 48th position (one place worse than in 2020). This block is divided into regulation (39th place, including on the protection of intellectual property - 56th, on legislation in the field of scientific research - 46th), capital (58th line, including venture financing - 60th, on banking services - 53rd, on financing technological development - 49th), technological infrastructure (45th place, here the state of telecommunications and the volume of high-tech exports is estimated).

The greatest progress in the Russian Federation was noted in the direction of "readiness for the future" - here the country rose immediately from 53rd in 2020 to 47th place in 2021. However, the criteria are concentrated in the same block, where the Russian Federation has very low positions. So, in relation to globalization, Russia took 61st place, and in terms of the degree of adaptability and dynamism of companies - 44th.^[2]

2018: Russia beats Italy and Saudi Arabia

In June 2018, the Swiss business school IMD announced a new edition of the international competitiveness rating in the digital environment. Compared to the previous version of the list, Russia climbed two lines and took 40th position out of 63. Our country was ahead of Saudi Arabia and Italy, which in 2017 were in 36th and 39th places, respectively.

The IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking is compiled in three areas: "Knowledge" (quality of training, education and science), "Technologies" (regulatory environment, financial capital in the IT industry, the state of Internet and communication technologies) and "Future readiness" (level of readiness to use digital transformation).

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A total of 50 criteria are used to form the rating, of which 30 are based on statistics, such as the speed of broadband Internet access and spending on research and development, and 20 on survey results.

In the category "Knowledge" Russia is located on the 24th position. In other components, things are worse: according to "Technologies" Russia took 43rd place, according to "Future Readiness" - 51st.

According to the authors of the rating, Russia's weaknesses are in legislation on scientific research and the protection of intellectual property rights, in the level of financing of the IT industry (including venture capital) and high investment risks, as well as in "attitude to globalization" and the ability of businesses to adapt to changes.

The first place in the overall standings went USA (3rd place in the 2017 ranking). The former leader of the rating Singapore dropped to second position. Next come,, and Sweden Denmark. Switzerland Norway Ukraine is on the 58th line, Venezuela closes the rating.

According to IMD experts, the rating of digital development correlates with labor productivity in the country. Even better, performance correlates with a factor in future readiness.^[3] 

ICT Development Index (IDI)

2017: 45th place in ICT development ranking

In the autumn ranking of 2017, Russia dropped to 45th place in the ICT Development Index (IDI) for 2017. The rating is annually compiled by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and in 2016 Russia took 43rd place in it. Despite this, she managed to improve the value of her index - in this edition of IDI it is 7.07 points out of 10. In the ranking for 2016, Russia scored 6.91 points^[4].

The state program "Information Society (2011-2020)" provided that in 2017 Russia will rise in the ranking to 42nd place. It should be noted that when calculating the ITU index, it does not take into account the geographical characteristics of countries, as well as the density of the population and the nature of its distribution, while these factors significantly impede the development of ICT in countries with parameters. Russia

What is taken into account in the assessment

The IDI is calculated as the arithmetic mean of the three subindexes. The first characterizes the access of the population to ICT, in Russia it is now estimated at 7.23 points. When calculating it, a number of indicators were taken into account, for example, the fact that there are 22.77 subscriber connections to the telephone line and 163.26 connections to cellular communications per 100 people of the population in Russia. The bandwidth of an international Internet connection per user is 51888.05 bps in Russia. It was also taken into account that 74.31% of Russian households have computers, and 74.82% have Internet access.

The second subindex characterizes the use of ICT in the country. In Russia, it amounted to 6.13 points. When calculating it, it was taken into account that 76.41% of Russian citizens use the Internet, with 19.74 wired and 75.03 wireless broadband subscriber connections per 100 people.

The third sub-index assesses the ICT skills owned by the population. In Russia, it amounted to as much as 8.62 points, having a positive effect on the overall IDI. At the same time, it was taken into account that the term of study at the school is 12 years, the index of obtaining secondary education in the country is 100.59, the index of obtaining higher education - 78.65.

In 2018, ITU plans to abandon such indicators as the number of telephone and mobile connections per 100 people. Instead, the availability of 3G and LTE/WiMax networks, as well as the amount of traffic that is used for broadband connection, including mobile, will be taken into account. In addition, the percentage of citizens using mobile devices and the proportion of the population with ICT skills will be taken into account.

Ranking leaders

The first place in the IDI list was taken by Iceland with an indicator of 8.98 points. In 2016, she was in second place, behind. South Korea Korea in 2017 dropped to second place, gaining 8.85 points. The third and fourth countries also exchanged places compared to last year: on the third line is now Switzerland with an indicator of 8.74 points, on the fourth - with Denmark 8.71 points.

In fifth place remained, the Great Britain current result of which is 8.65 points. The sixth place was retained by Hong Kong, which scored 8.61 points this time. The Netherlands jumped from tenth to seventh place, improving the figure to 8.49 points. From the seventh to the eighth place dropped, Norway receiving 8.47 points. In ninth place is still Luxembourg with an indicator of 8.47 points. From the 11th to the 10th place rose, Japan gaining 8.43.

In the second ten, they go, Sweden, Germany New Zealand,,,, Australia France USA Estonia, Singapore, Monaco and. Of Ireland the significant changes, one can note a drop Sweden from eighth place to 11, and from 14 to Estonia 17. In total, 176 states are represented in the ranking.

Other countries

As in 2016, Belarus ranks 32nd in the IDI ranking, this time receiving 7.55 points. Latvia rose from 40th to 35th place, gaining 7.26 points. Lithuania remained in 41st place with a score of 7.19 points. Kazakhstan dropped from 51st to 52nd place with a score of 6.79 points.

Azerbaijan fell from 60 to 65 places with an indicator of 6.2 points. Georgia and Armenia took 74 and 75 places, receiving 5.79 and 5.76 points, respectively, both countries dropped one line compared to 2016. Ukraine went down from 78 to 79 places, gaining 5.62 points.

Global Competitiveness Report

2017: 57th in technology development

At the end of September 2017, the World Economic Forum (WEF, World Economic Forum, WEF) announced a new version of the country's competitiveness rating. Russia has risen by five positions in it, but in terms of technology development, our country is not in the top 50.

In the updated list, Russia is in 38th place out of 137 against 43rd in 2016. Russia made the greatest progress among the four main components of the rating in the macroeconomic situation, adding 38 positions, and by this criterion took 53rd place. 

In the direction of the "Technological Level" Russia is located on the 57th place, in the "Innovative Potential" - on the 49th. Experts noted the accelerated digitalization of the economy, in particular, the growth in the penetration of the Internet and mobile services.

Map of countries in the competitiveness rating

The presence of Russia in the upper half of the ratings is also noted for such indices as "Market Size" (6th place), "Infrastructure" (35th place), "Labor Market Efficiency" (60th place), "Health and Primary Education" (54th place), "Higher Education and Training" (32nd place).

The worst in Russia are in such areas of competitiveness as "Competitiveness of companies" (71st place), "Efficiency of the market for goods and services" (80th place), "Public institutions" (83rd place) and "Development of the financial market" (107th place).^[5]

Compared to 2012, Russia's competitiveness in the WEF rating increased by 29 positions. In 2017, Malaysia, Qatar, Thailand, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Malta, Poland, India, Portugal and Italy were higher than the Russian Federation, as well as the five leaders consisting of Switzerland (holding first place for nine years), the USA, Singapore, the Netherlands and Germany. 

The growth of the minimum wage and the protection of temporary employment, designed to increase the flexibility of the labor market, will be able to have a large-scale effect on the economy only with the restoration of consumer activity, which collapsed due to the weak ruble and high inflation, the report says.

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2014

The Global Competitiveness Report is prepared by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

In the WEF 2014 report, Russia ranked 108th in terms of the availability of the latest technologies to the population (124 a year earlier). According to this indicator, Russia is inferior, for example, to Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Morocco and Brazil, but at the same time bypasses Ukraine, Egypt, Venezuela and Vietnam.

In terms of the introduction of new technologies in the corporate sector, Russia took 98th place against 126 a year earlier, and in terms of the degree of distribution of Internet access, it moved from 62 to 49th place.

According to the WEF, 61.4% of the population has Internet access in Russia. This is higher than in Italy, Greece, Bulgaria or Romania, but less than in Chile, Qatar or Kuwait. For comparison, a year earlier this figure was 53.3%

Landline broadband Internet access in Russia is used by 16.6% of the population. According to this indicator, the state ranks 43rd. At the same time, the average Internet speed per user in Russia was 41.2 Kbps. For comparison, the average internet speed for a Luxembourg resident was 6.4 Mbps (first place).

In general, Russia took 53rd place in the ranking of competitiveness, having risen by 11 positions over the past year.

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Global Cybersecurity Index

2017: 11th place

Singapore and the United States ranked first and second in the Global Cybersecurity Index 2017, compiled by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). At the same time, the study showed that many rich countries have much to learn in this area from less wealthy states. Read more here.

Bloomberg Innovation Index

2020: 26th place

Russia climbed one place in the ranking of the most innovative economies in the world Bloomberg Innovation Index 2020 and is located on the 26th line, ahead of Malaysia. The data was released in January 2020.

The first line in the ranking in 2020 was taken by Germany, ahead of South Korea due to a decrease in the level of productivity in the Asian country (in this category it dropped from 18th line to 29th). Germany has taken a leading position in value-added manufacturing, high technology and patent activity.

ING analyst Carsten Brzeski says the lack of innovation in higher education is leading to "growing anxiety," especially as the global economy is increasingly shifting towards services and manufacturing.

It would be advisable for the German government to use the current budget surplus to invest and protect Germany's role as an innovator, the expert said.

The most innovative economies in the world, Bloomberg data

According to Suk-Gwon Chang, a professor at Seoul's Hanyang University, R&D spending is "a matter of life and death for South Korean companies," because the country "does not have natural resources, but only brains."

Singapore took the top three in the Bloomberg Innovation Index 2020 against sixth place in 2019. The United States lost one place and was in ninth position in the ranking, and China climbed one place to become 15th.

In 2020, Bloomberg analysts calculated the rating of innovative economies based on information on the intensity of research and development, the production of innovative services and goods, labor productivity, patent activity and other indicators. The index also takes into account the quality of education and the concentration of high-tech companies in the country.^[6]

2018: 25th place

In 2018, Russia took 25th place in the ranking of the most innovative countries, which is regularly compiled by Bloomberg.

Countries on the Bloomberg Innovation Index list are evaluated by experts on seven criteria directly related to research, business, production and education. These are the costs of research activities and its density, the added cost of production, productivity, educational efficiency, the concentration of high-tech and research enterprises and companies and the number of registered patents.

Bloomberg Innovation Index, 2018

Experts note that in 2017, Russia lost 14 places in the ranking (it was 26th) due to sanctions and falling oil prices. In 2018, our country rose one position in the Bloomberg Innovation Index, but was left behind countries such as Iceland, New Zealand, Poland and Canada.

In terms of the number of researchers per 1 million inhabitants, Russia is in 32nd place in 2018. According to the authors of the study, the best situation in the Russian Federation is with the spread of higher education. In assessing attendance at universities and the share of certified specialists, Russia is located on the 5th line, losing only to Singapore, Iran, South Korea and China. In terms of the added value of goods production, Russia is in 23rd place in the ranking of countries with the most innovative economy.

The remaining indicators approximately correspond to the final place of the rating occupied by Russia, with the exception of performance. According to this indicator, the country is in 44th place.

The most innovative countries

The leader of the Bloomberg Innovation Index has been South Korea for several years in a row. In second place in 2018 remained, and Sweden Singapore rose from the sixth position in the top three.^[7]

2017: 26th place

In the 2017 edition, Russia took 26th place, while in 2016 it was in 12th place, rising to it from 14, occupied in 2015, and from 18 - in 2014.

There are a total of 50 countries in the ranking. Each place is determined on the basis of its total score, which is the average value of the state indicator in each of the following six industries:

• "R&D,"
• "Added value for industry,"
• "Productivity,"
• "High-tech density,"
• "Efficiency of the highest level,"
• "Developer Concentration" and
• "Patent Activity."

More than 200 countries participated in the study, but only 78 provided adequate data.

The collapse of the Russian index in the list forced analysts to separately attract their attention. According to their fair observation, the second numbers of a kind of anti-rating - Japan and Croatia - lost only three positions each, that is, the speed of their fall was five times lower than the Russian^[8].

Bloomberg believes that Russia has been pretty battered by well-known economic sanctions and the consequences of a two-year drop in energy prices. "Russia's solid last year's scores regarding industry and labor productivity were completely destroyed by new estimates this year," the report said. Obviously, such assessments are fully politically engaged and have nothing to do with reality.

2016: 12th place

On January 19, 2016, Bloomberg published its regular ranking of the countries with the most innovative economies. Russia in it rose by two positions.

In 2016, Russia took 12th place in the Bloomberg Innovation Index list of the most innovative world economies, while a year earlier it took 14th place. In the first position is South Korea, in the next four Germany-,, and, Sweden Japan Switzerland respectively. In addition, Russia Singapore,,,, and Finland USA Denmark France Israel were ahead.

Ranking of the most innovative economies in the world according to Bloomberg, 2016

The authors of the Bloomberg Innovation Index took into account the following seven indicators: spending on research and development, productivity, concentration of high-tech companies, the prevalence of higher education, the added cost of production in percentage terms to GDP, activity in terms of patent registration and the number of researchers per 1 million inhabitants.

According to the latest indicator, Russia is in 27th place, in the first - Israel, in the second - Denmark. In terms of R&D costs, as a percentage of Russia's GDP, they gave 31st position, Israel is in the lead here too.

According to authoritative observers, the best situation in our country is with the spread of higher education. In assessing attendance at universities and the share of certified specialists, Russia is located on the 3rd line, losing only to South Korea and Singapore.

The added value of the production of goods in Russia was assessed by the 27th place of the country in the ranking of states with the most innovative economy. In terms of productivity, concentration of high-tech companies (including those from the aerospace industry, defense industry, etc.) and work in the field of patent registration, Russia is in 18th, 8th and 15th places, respectively.^[9]

Global Innovation Index

The Global Innovation Index is produced by the University of Cornwall, ISEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organization).

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Technological development of countries - Rostelecom rating

2021-2022: Russia ranked 14th

In mid-January 2023, Rostelecom presented the results of a study on global digitalization trends for 2021-2022, which indicates that the Russian Federation during this period took 14th place in the top 20 countries in terms of contribution to the development of digital technologies.

The first place in the published rating is taken, China followed USA by, followed by,,,, and India Great Britain Canada completes the top ten. Spain

In the second ten, where Russia is located, Germany, Italy and Brazil are in the first three places (eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth), respectively. According to the authors of the rating, the countries that took places from the 15th to the 20th are inferior to the Russian Federation in terms of digitalization: Holland, Iran, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Thailand.

In addition, Rostelecom included Russia in the top 10 countries for scientific and inventive activity in robotics, quantum technologies and artificial intelligence.

All the years that we have been doing these ratings, Russia is confidently in the top twenty, and in a number of technologies in the top 10, "Boris Glazkov, vice president of Rostelecom, emphasized during the presentation of the study.

According to a study by analysts of the Russian telecom operator, China in the ranking of technological development is ahead of the United States in scientific articles (348.7 thousand in 2021 against 226.9 thousand) and patents (648.9 thousand against 93 thousand). The United States retains leadership in terms of investment ($2.1 billion against $187.3 million).

In terms of not countries, but technologies in terms of integral indicator (taking into account the number of scientific publications, patents and investment volumes), the sphere of artificial intelligence (integral weight 3.08) is the leader. In second place is alternative power (2.09), in third place is mobile networks (1.89). The fourth and fifth lines of trends were taken by digital health care (1.87) and cancer research (1.35), respectively.^[10]

Global Connectivity Index

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Digital Riser (digital competitiveness of countries)

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Startup Ecosystem Rankings

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Tech Cities of the Future

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Cities in Motion

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Internet stability rating

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Inclusive Internet Index

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ICT Development Index

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ITIF Innovative Economies Rating

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), an independent organization based in Washington, annually ranks the economies of Europe, Asia and the North American region as innovative.

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Last Released: March 2012

Included Russia in the most recent group of countries with the lowest rates of innovation in economies, the group also included Mexico, Thailand, Vietnam, Argentina, Peru and other countries, according to the latest study. The group of leaders, for example, includes countries such as Canada,,,,, and Australia Germany Japan Great Britain USA others.

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UN e-government rating

United Nations E-Government Development Database (UNeGovDD)

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GovTech Maturity Index

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Knowledge Economics Index

The Knowledge Economy Index (KEI) is published by the World Bank. The index characterizes the overall level of advancement of a country or region towards a knowledge-based economy and includes 4 sub-ndexes - education, innovation, ICT, economic and institutional regime. The first three sub-ndexes form the Knowledge Index (KI), which is calculated separately.

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Last Release Date: January 2012

According to the latest index, Russia it took 55th place among the countries of the world, adding 9 positions since the previous year, it ended up between Qatar and Ukraine. The first five lines of the index are occupied by,,, the Sweden Finland Denmark Netherlands and. Norway

Top 10 jurisdictions for IT companies

Rating agency BIK Rating is the creator of the "Top 10 Jurisdictions for IT Companies." When analyzing countries, BIK Ratings experts carry out preliminary selection, relying on their experience and established practice for the registration, expansion and relocation of IT companies.

According to the latest rating, Russia in this list is in sixth place, gaining 56.4 points out of 100 possible.

HackerRank Programmer Rating

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See also

• Information Society and Co-Financing of Regions
• E-Government of Russia
• Digitalization of the regions of Russia
• Statistics on the use of ICT in the Russian public sector
• Electronic public services in the regions of Russia
• Interdepartmental Electronic Interaction System (MEA)
• Development of SMEV in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation
• Universal Electronic Card (UEC)
• UEC in the regions of Russia
• Digitalization of healthcare in Russia
• IT in the education of the Russian Federation
• Concept of MPSC
• Informatization MPSC My documents
• Audit of MPSC compliance with IT recommendations
• MPSC. International experience
• Chief information officer of Russian Regions
• Base analysis Chief information officers Russian regions 2014
• IT in the public sector (global market)
• IT in the US public sector
• IT in the EU public sector
• IT in the UK public sector
• IT in India's public sector
• Physical activity of the population in Russia

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