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The Index Simulator

This simulator is for advanced users who have an understanding of the indices and have reviewed their country's ranking in those indices. The Index Simulator allows you to imagine how a change in your country's performance in an index KPI would alter its overall ranking, and to select other countries for comparison.

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Country description

Austria is a high income country. It has a GDP per capita of around 53267.93 USD (2021) and HDI value of 0.92 (2019)

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Index description

Allowing persons with disability to access digital devices has important socio-economic impact on the national level.

Results for Austria

2018 2020 Simulator
projection
Rank 14 12
Score
68Value: 68
67.5Value: 67.5
Value: 67.5
Comparison benchmarks
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Top 3 in Region
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Region
KPI Information icon 2020
Weight Information icon Best Worst Aspirational value Information icon Austria
plus interface iconCountry Laws and Regulations
Rank 18 / Score 22.5
Merrakesh ratificationInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
2.5 0
Worst: Algeria 0
Best: Afghanistan 2.5
0%
0Value: 0
CRPD ratification (UN Treaty)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
2.5 0
Worst: Bhutan 0
Best: Afghanistan 2.5
100%
2.5Value: 2.5
General Law protecting the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Barbados 0
Best: Afghanistan 5
100%
5Value: 5
Definition of ICT accessibilityInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Afghanistan 0
Best: Algeria 5
100%
5Value: 5
Definition of Reasonable AccommodationInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Algeria 0
Best: Afghanistan 5
100%
5Value: 5
Universal Service Obligation includes Persons with DisabilitiesInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Afghanistan 0
Best: Angola 5
100%
5Value: 5
plus interface iconCountry Capacity to Implement
Rank 12 / Score 20
Government agency for Persons with DisabilitiesInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Burundi 0
Best: Afghanistan 5
100%
5Value: 5
Government agency for ICTsInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Afghanistan 0
Best: Algeria 5
0%
0Value: 0
Process to involve DPOs in ICT accessibility policy makingInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Afghanistan 0
Best: Algeria 5
100%
5Value: 5
Country refers to international ICT accessibility standardsInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Afghanistan 0
Best: Algeria 5
100%
5Value: 5
ICT accessibility courses available at universitiesInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Afghanistan 0
Best: Algeria 5
100%
5Value: 5
plus interface iconCountry Policies & Programs Outcomes by Areas of ICT Accessibility & Level of Implementation
Rank 16 / Score 25
WebInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Afghanistan 0
Best: Congo, Democratic Rep. 5
60%
3Value: 3
TV & MultimediaInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Afghanistan 0
Best: Congo, Democratic Rep. 5
60%
3Value: 3
Mobile TelephoneInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Afghanistan 0
Best: Congo, Democratic Rep. 5
20%
1Value: 1
E-books and digital contentsInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Afghanistan 0
Best: Congo, Democratic Rep. 5
40%
2Value: 2
Promoting the Internet among Persons with DisabilitiesInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Afghanistan 0
Best: Qatar 5
0%
0Value: 0
Inclusive ICTs for all in educationInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Armenia 0
Best: Malta 5
60%
3Value: 3
Enabling ICTs for all in employmentInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
4 0
Worst: Argentina 0
Best: Austria 4
100%
4Value: 4
E-government and Smart Cities for allInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
4 0
Worst: Afghanistan 0
Best: Austria 4
100%
4Value: 4
Enabling Assistive Technologies and ICTs for independent livingInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
4 0
Worst: Afghanistan 0
Best: Qatar 4
75%
3Value: 3
Procurement of accessible public goods and services for all citizensInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
5 0
Worst: Afghanistan 0
Best: Congo, Democratic Rep. 5
40%
2Value: 2
Index Global Highlights
Global Details
Global Average
39.95 Value: 39.945652173913
Developed Economies Average
57.54 57.54
Developing Economies Average
42.4 42.3984375
Highest Ranked Country Country Qatar
Score
89 89
Global Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Country Country Guinea-Bissau
Score
2.5 2.5
Global Rank 136
Highest Ranked Developed Country Country Australia
Score
80 80
Global Rank 2
Lowest Ranked Developed Country Country Romania
Score
30.5 30.5
Global Rank 83
Highest Ranked Developing Country Country Qatar
Score
89 89
Global Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Developing Country Country Trinidad and Tobago
Score
10 10
Global Rank 128
Arab Region Details Information icon
Arab Average
39.33 39.3333333333333
Arab Diversified Lebanon, Egypt, State of Palestine, Jordan, Iraq
40.5 40.5
Arab LDC Mauritania, Djibouti, Comoros, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic
23.75 23.75
Highest Ranked Country Country Qatar
Score
89 89
Global Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Country Country Somalia
Score
7.5 7.5
Global Rank 132
Highest Arab Diversified Country Country Egypt
Score
61.5 61.5
Global Rank 25
Lowest Arab Diversified Country Country State of Palestine
Score
24.5 24.5
Global Rank 106
Highest Arab LDC Country Yemen
Score
39.5 39.5
Global Rank 69
Lowest Arab LDC Country Somalia
Score
7.5 7.5
Global Rank 132
Economies per capita
High-Income Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, St. Kitts and Nevis, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Slovak Republic, Korea, Rep.
55.05 55.0454545454545
Upper-Middle-Income Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Montenegro, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, Russian Federation, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Serbia, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Venezuela, South Africa, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Dominican Republic
36.82 36.8170731707317
Lower-Middle-Income Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador, Eswatini, Ghana, Honduras, India, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Moldova, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe, Uruguay, Zambia, State of Palestine, Congo, Rep., Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Viet Nam
37.95 37.9487179487179
Low Income Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Rep., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Korea Dem Rep., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Togo, Uganda, Yemen
29.2 29.195652173913
Oil Exporting/Importing
Oil Exporting Average Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, China, Colombia, Congo, Rep., Congo, Democratic Rep., Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Yemen, Slovak Republic, Viet Nam
44.06 44.0636363636364
Oil Importing Average Afghanistan, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chile, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Korea, Rep., Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Togo, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe, Uruguay, Zambia, Central African Republic, Czech Republic, South Africa, State of Palestine, North Macedonia, Hong Kong SAR, Kosovo, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Korea Dem Rep., Tanzania
37.7 37.7037037037037
Oil Exporting Best Country Qatar
Score
89 89
Global Rank 1
Oil Exporting Worst Country Suriname
Score
7.5 7.5
Global Rank 132
Oil Importing Best Country Israel
Score
79 79
Global Rank 3
Oil Importing Worst Country Guinea-Bissau
Score
2.5 2.5
Global Rank 136
OECD Information icon
OECD Average
57.22 57.2222222222222
OECD Developed Average Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Czech Republic
57.83 57.8333333333333
OECD Developing Average Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Korea, Rep., Turkey
45.5 45.5
OECD Best Country Australia
Score
80 80
Global Rank 2
OECD Worst Country Mexico
Score
25 25
Global Rank 103
OECD Developed Best Country Australia
Score
80 80
Global Rank 2
OECD Developed Worst Country Mexico
Score
25 25
Global Rank 103
OECD Developing Best Country Chile
Score
63 63
Global Rank 20
OECD Developing Worst Country Mexico
Score
25 25
Global Rank 103
Arab region Information icon
Simple Average
38.35
Highest Ranked Country Country Qatar
Score 89
Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Country Country Somalia
Score 7.5
Rank 132
AMU Information icon
Simple Average
32.1
Highest Ranked Country Country Algeria
Score 49.5
Rank 43
Lowest Ranked Country Country Libya
Score 18.5
Rank 116
East Asia and Pacific Information icon
Simple Average
39.7
Highest Ranked Country Country Australia
Score 80
Rank 2
Lowest Ranked Country Country Papua New Guinea
Score 9.5
Rank 131
Europe and Central Asia Information icon
Simple Average
51.29
Highest Ranked Country Country Israel
Score 79
Rank 3
Lowest Ranked Country Country Armenia
Score 13.5
Rank 127
Latin America and The Caribbean Information icon
Simple Average
42.1
Highest Ranked Country Country Brazil
Score 72
Rank 8
Lowest Ranked Country Country Guyana
Score 5.5
Rank 134
North America Information icon
Simple Average
63.75
Highest Ranked Country Country United States
Score 71.5
Rank 9
Lowest Ranked Country Country Canada
Score 56
Rank 32
South Asia Information icon
Simple Average
32.62
Highest Ranked Country Country India
Score 53
Rank 37
Lowest Ranked Country Country Maldives
Score 15.5
Rank 120
Sub-Saharan Africa Information icon
Simple Average
34.34
Highest Ranked Country Country South Africa
Score 75.5
Rank 4
Lowest Ranked Country Country Mauritius
Score 14.5
Rank 125
Organization of Islamic Cooperation Information icon
Simple Average
31.95
Highest Ranked Country Country Qatar
Score 89
Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Country Country Guinea-Bissau
Score 2.5
Rank 136
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