Brazil - push needed to move from good to exceptional performance

Brazil delivers a good all-round performance to rise to sixth position among resource and efficiency-driven economies on the Connectivity Scorecard 2010. The country has reduced the gap with BRIC peer Russia, which is ranked fifth this year, as well as maintained its lead over China and India.

Brazil scores well in fixed-line and mobile penetration as well as internet usage in the consumer category, while its performs well on certain business-related metrics such as personal computer (PC) penetration and spending on IT and telephony services. The country also clinches top scores in the government category, indicating high availability and usage of e-government services.

However, its performance in both categories remains well below the best-performing nations.
A good performer, Brazil needs to up the ante in the consumer and business categories to replicate its success in the government segment.

Brazil Connectivity Performance by Scorecard Component