Overview

Norway scores 7.09 and slips two places to rank 5th among the Innovation-driven¹ economies on the Connectivity Scorecard 2011 index.

Norway is however one of the most consistent performers this year, though its score is noticeably lower than last year’s score of 7.74. Moreover, in comparison to Sweden, Norway tends to trail on most measures of infrastructure deployment and penetration.

Norway’s overall performance is somewhat unusual in that it’s relatively (and the emphasis here is on relative) modest scores on consumer and business infrastructure are compensated by excellent scores on the consumer and business usage components of the Scorecard. In addition, Norway’s scores in government ICT infrastructure and usage are equally impressive.

¹ As defined by The World Economic Forum www.weforum.org

Norway Connectivity Performance by Scorecard Component