Overview

The U.K. finishes in 6th place among the Innovation-driven economies on the Connectivity Scorecard 2011 index with a score of 7.06, and climbing up two places from last year when it scored 7.03.

However, as in previous years, the U.K’s score is relatively close to that of other countries such as Australia, Canada, Finland and Norway, and one can thus expect some degree of position-swapping among this group of high performing nations.
The U.K. is a strong performer on most components of the Scorecard, particularly on the business components. This speaks to the U.K’s role as a hub for large, sophisticated firms in the services sector, many of which are ICT-intense multinationals.

United Kingdom Connectivity Performance by Scorecard Component