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.

Country description

Barbados is a high income country. It has a GDP per capita of around 22.67 Thousand USD (2023) and HDI value of 0.81 (2022)

Index description

More and more in the world, public institutions are transforming their services to deliver them online. UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) develops this index to assess the digital government development of the 193 United Nations Member States in identifying their strengths, challenges and opportunities, as well as informing policies and strategies.

Results for Barbados


2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 Simulator
projection
Rank 59 54 46 62 79
Score
0.59Value: 0.5933
0.63Value: 0.631
0.72Value: 0.7229
0.73Value: 0.7279
0.71Value: 0.7117
Value: 0.7117

Comparison benchmarks
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Top 3 in Income Group
Top 3 in Region
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Income Group
Region
KPI Information icon 2022 - Barbados
Weight Information icon Best Worst Aspirational value Information icon Current Value
plus interface iconOnline Service Index (OSI)
Rank 97 / Score 0.54
Content ProvisionInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
1.00 0.00
Worst: Haiti 0.00
Best: Albania 1.00
60%
0.6Value: 0.6
E-participationInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
1.00 0.00
Worst: South Sudan 0.00
Best: Japan 1.00
39.77%
0.4Value: 0.3977
Institutional FrameworkInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
1.00 0.00
Worst: Eritrea 0.00
Best: Argentina 1.00
80.77%
0.81Value: 0.8077
Service ProvisionInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
1.00 0.00
Worst: Eritrea 0.00
Best: Denmark 1.00
54.67%
0.55Value: 0.5467
TechnologyInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
1.00 0.00
Worst: Haiti 0.00
Best: Argentina 1.00
64.71%
0.65Value: 0.6471
plus interface iconTelecom Infrastructure Index (TII)
Rank 70 / Score 0.73
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants Information icon
Initial Value: 1
120.00 12.01
Worst: South Sudan 12.01
Best: Andorra 120.00
83.93%
102.65Value: 102.65
Percentage of Individuals using the InternetInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
100.00 0.00
Worst: Korea Dem Rep. 0.00
Best: United Arab Emirates 100.00
81.76%
81.76Value: 81.76
Fixed (wired) broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitantsInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
56.39 0.00
Worst: Chad 0.00
Best: St. Kitts and Nevis 56.39
78.99%
44.54Value: 44.54
Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitantsInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
120.00 0.00
Worst: Eritrea 0.00
Best: Australia 120.00
33.35%
40.02Value: 40.02
plus interface iconHuman Capital Index (HCI)
Rank 49 / Score 0.86
Adult Literacy (%)Information icon
Initial Value: 1/3
100.00 22.31
Worst: Chad 22.31
Best: Andorra 100.00
99.49%
99.6Value: 99.6
Gross Enrollment RatioInformation icon
Initial Value: 2/9
100.00 17.00
Worst: Somalia 17.00
Best: Argentina 100.00
94.81%
95.69Value: 95.69
Expected years of schoolingInformation icon
Initial Value: 2/9
21.58 2.40
Worst: Somalia 2.40
Best: Australia 21.58
67.21%
15.29Value: 15.29
Mean years of schoolingInformation icon
Initial Value: 2/9
14.20 0.97
Worst: Somalia 0.97
Best: Germany 14.20
72.79%
10.6Value: 10.6
Index Global Highlights
Global Details
Global Average
0.61 Value: 0.610191191709845
Developed Economies Average
0.87 0.873763888888889
Developing Economies Average
0.6 0.601494805194805
Highest Ranked Country Country Denmark
Score
0.97 0.9717
Global Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Country Country South Sudan
Score
0.09 0.0852
Global Rank 193
Highest Ranked Developed Country Country Denmark
Score
0.97 0.9717
Global Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Developed Country Country Romania
Score
0.76 0.7619
Global Rank 57
Highest Ranked Developing Country Country Korea, Rep.
Score
0.95 0.9529
Global Rank 3
Lowest Ranked Developing Country Country Niger
Score
0.24 0.2406
Global Rank 188
Arab Region Details Information icon
Arab Average
0.53 0.526842857142857
Arab Diversified Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, State of Palestine
0.54 0.5408
Arab LDC Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen
0.28 0.283585714285714
Highest Ranked Country Country United Arab Emirates
Score
0.9 0.901
Global Rank 13
Lowest Ranked Country Country Somalia
Score
0.13 0.134
Global Rank 192
Highest Arab Diversified Country Country Jordan
Score
0.61 0.6081
Global Rank 100
Lowest Arab Diversified Country Country Iraq
Score
0.44 0.4383
Global Rank 146
Highest Arab LDC Country Syrian Arab Republic
Score
0.39 0.3872
Global Rank 156
Lowest Arab LDC Country Somalia
Score
0.13 0.134
Global Rank 192
Economies per capita
High-Income Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Nauru, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Monaco, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Qatar, Korea, Rep., Romania, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Czech Republic, Hong Kong SAR
0.82 0.818978333333333
Upper-Middle-Income Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Montenegro, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, Russian Federation, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Serbia, Kosovo, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Venezuela, South Africa, North Macedonia
0.64 0.637538461538461
Lower-Middle-Income Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Myanmar, Comoros, Congo, Rep., Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador, Eswatini, Ghana, Honduras, India, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Moldova, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Ukraine, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Uruguay, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Cote d'Ivoire, State of Palestine
0.51 0.514307843137255
Low Income Afghanistan, Chad, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Korea Dem Rep., Congo, Democratic Rep., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, Somalia, Rwanda, Togo, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Uganda, Yemen, Central African Republic
0.3 0.301793103448276
Oil Exporting/Importing
Oil Exporting Average Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Chad, China, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, 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, Slovak Republic, 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, Viet Nam, Yemen
0.66 0.658764705882353
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, Croatia, Korea Dem Rep., Myanmar, Nauru, Chile, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Monaco, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Somalia, Korea, Rep., Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Togo, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Uruguay, Czech Republic, Hong Kong SAR, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, South Africa, State of Palestine, North Macedonia
0.58 0.584487096774194
Oil Exporting Best Country Denmark
Score
0.97 0.9717
Global Rank 1
Oil Exporting Worst Country South Sudan
Score
0.09 0.0852
Global Rank 193
Oil Importing Best Country Finland
Score
0.95 0.9533
Global Rank 2
Oil Importing Worst Country Somalia
Score
0.13 0.134
Global Rank 192
OECD Information icon
OECD Average
0.87 0.872889189189189
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
0.88 0.878239393939394
OECD Developing Average Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Korea, Rep., Turkey
0.81 0.81246
OECD Best Country Denmark
Score
0.97 0.9717
Global Rank 1
OECD Worst Country Colombia
Score
0.73 0.7261
Global Rank 70
OECD Developed Best Country Denmark
Score
0.97 0.9717
Global Rank 1
OECD Developed Worst Country Mexico
Score
0.75 0.7473
Global Rank 62
OECD Developing Best Country Korea, Rep.
Score
0.95 0.9529
Global Rank 3
OECD Developing Worst Country Colombia
Score
0.73 0.7261
Global Rank 70
Arab region Information icon
Simple Average
0.51
Highest Ranked Country Country United Arab Emirates
Score 0.9
Rank 13
Lowest Ranked Country Country Somalia
Score 0.13
Rank 192
AMU Information icon
Simple Average
0.49
Highest Ranked Country Country Tunisia
Score 0.65
Rank 88
Lowest Ranked Country Country Mauritania
Score 0.32
Rank 172
East Asia and Pacific Information icon
Simple Average
0.66
Highest Ranked Country Country New Zealand
Score 0.94
Rank 4
Lowest Ranked Country Country Korea Dem Rep.
Score 0.29
Rank 180
Europe and Central Asia Information icon
Simple Average
0.82
Highest Ranked Country Country Denmark
Score 0.97
Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Country Country Turkmenistan
Score 0.48
Rank 137
Latin America and The Caribbean Information icon
Simple Average
0.63
Highest Ranked Country Country Uruguay
Score 0.84
Rank 35
Lowest Ranked Country Country Haiti
Score 0.25
Rank 187
North America Information icon
Simple Average
0.88
Highest Ranked Country Country United States
Score 0.92
Rank 10
Lowest Ranked Country Country Canada
Score 0.85
Rank 32
South Asia Information icon
Simple Average
0.53
Highest Ranked Country Country Iran, Islamic Rep.
Score 0.64
Rank 91
Lowest Ranked Country Country Afghanistan
Score 0.27
Rank 184
Sub-Saharan Africa Information icon
Simple Average
0.43
Highest Ranked Country Country South Africa
Score 0.74
Rank 65
Lowest Ranked Country Country Central African Republic
Score 0.14
Rank 191
Organization of Islamic Cooperation Information icon
Simple Average
0.52
Highest Ranked Country Country United Arab Emirates
Score 0.9
Rank 13
Lowest Ranked Country Country Somalia
Score 0.13
Rank 192
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