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Last updated: 19 November 2019
Global Research: 65 Countries’ Digital Quality of Life
Digital experiences vary wildly around the world. Together with an expert panel Surfshark analyzed and ranked 65 countries in terms of quality of digital life. The countries investigated in the process represent over 70% of the global population and around 5.5 billion people. The Digital Quality of Life (DQL) index compares societies by various digital factors such as the internet speed, country’s cybersecurity, the availability of e-government services, the variety & availability of e-entertainment, and the presence of personal data protection laws.
Highest
DIGITAL QUALITY OF LIFENo.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Country
Australia
France
Singapore
Norway
Japan
Canada
Denmark
South Korea
Italy
Sweden
Index
0.7992
0.7985
0.7854
0.7607
0.7606
0.7516
0.7479
0.7448
0.7361
0.7360
Lowest
DIGITAL QUALITY OF LIFENo.
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57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
Country
Morocco
Indonesia
Thailand
Nepal
Ecuador
Pakistan
Egypt
Iraq
Ethiopia
Algeria
Index
0.4740
0.4604
0.4265
0.4079
0.3956
0.3192
0.3010
0.2915
0.2328
0.1865
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No.
Country
DQL index
Mobile internet speed, Mbps
Broadband internet speed, Mbps
Minutes to work to afford cheapest broadband internet
Seconds to work to afford cheapest mobile internet
Global Cybersecurity index
E-government availability
Data protection laws
Entertainment content availability
1
Australia
0.7992
57.71
34.26
81
21
0.8900
0.9722
1
1
2
France
0.7985
43.99
107.03
47
45
0.9180
0.9792
1
1
3
Singapore
0.7854
54.72
197.34
87
88
0.8980
0.9861
1
0.75
4
Norway
0.7607
68.39
103.62
107
223
0.8920
0.9514
1
1
5
Japan
0.7606
31.50
95.63
29
261
0.8800
0.9514
1
1
6
Canada
0.7516
65.57
109.98
100
968
0.8920
0.9306
1
1
7
Denmark
0.7479
50.42
97.14
119
72
0.8520
1
1
1
8
South Korea
0.7448
53.35
133.04
65
124
0.8730
0.9792
1
0.75
9
Italy
0.7361
31.50
49.26
33
71
0.8370
0.9514
1
1
10
Sweden
0.7360
48.98
114.69
115
96
0.8100
0.9444
1
1
Highlights of the DQL index
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Deep-Dive to the DQL Index
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