Table 4.
Toolkits for measuring Digital Economy.
| Tool Kit (Report Year) | Core Measuring Index | No of 1st Level Index used | No of 2nd Level Index Used | Country/organization developing the tool | Economy measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) (2020) | Human Capital, Connectivity, Integration of digital technology and Digital Public Services | 4 | 33 | European Union | European Union |
| Network Readiness Index (NRI) (2020) | Technology (Access, content and future Technologies), People (Individuals Businesses, Government), Governance (trust regulation inclusion) and Impact (Economy Quality of life SDG contribution) | 4 | 60 | Portulans Institute | 134 Countries |
| Electronic Government Development Index (EGDI) (2020) | E-government | 3 | 13 | United Nations | WorldWide |
| ICT Development Index (2017) | ICT skills indicators, ICT usage indicators (Percentage of individuals using the Internet, Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants) and ICT infrastructure and access indicators (Fixed-telephone subscription Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants per 100 inhabitants, International Internet bandwidth (bit/s) per Internet user, and Percentage of households with Internet access) | 3 | 11 | ITU | 196 ITU member state |
| Measuring digital development: facts and figures (2020) | Mobile population coverage (2G/3G/4G and above), Internet access and use estimates, Mobile cellular, mobile broadband and fixed broadband subscription estimates, international bandwidth usage estimates and Skills development | 4 | 0 | ITU-D | ITU member state regions |
| Going Digital Toolkit (2020) | Access, Use, innovation, Jobs, Society, Trust, market Openness, and Growth and wellbeing | 8 | 42 | OCED | G20, and BRICS economy (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) |
| ROAM-X framework (2020) | Assesses Internet universality through a set of 303 indicators covering four categories (Rights, Openness, Accessibility, and Multi-stakeholder). | 5 | 282 | UNESCO | Global |
| Digital Economy Country Assessment (DECA) (2020) | digital infrastructure, digital public platforms, digital financial services, digital businesses, and digital skills | 5 | 0 | World Bank Group | Africa |
| Digital Adoption Index – (2016) | Digital Adoption for Business, People and Government | 3 | 9 | World Bank Group | 180 countries |
| Research and Analysis on the Index System of Digital Economy in Anhui Province (2021) | Digital Industrialisation, Industrial digitalization and Infrastructure | 3 | 20 | Research Paper | China |
| Study on the effect of digital economy on high-quality economic development in China | Broadband Speed, GDP | 3 | 12 | Research paper | OECD countries, |
| Impact of broadband speed on economic outputs: An empirical study of OECD countries | 2 | 12 | |||
| Impact of ICT development on economic growth. A study of OECD European union countries | connectivity, human capital, use of the internet, technological integration and public services | 5 | 30 | Research paper | 23 Countries (EU and OECD Countries) |
| Measuring the efficiency of digital convergence (Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Malmquist productivity index) | Internet Users, International Internet flow per Internet user, Number of Fixed Broadband subscriber per 100 people, Number of mobile cellular subscriber per 100 people, Annual Investment In telecommunication serves GDP per capital |
2 | 5 | Research paper | Central and Eastern Europe countries |
| A new measure of digital economic activity and its impact on local opportunity | Domain Names | 1 | 0 | Research paper | USA |
| Approaches to Defining and Measuring Russia's Internet Economy Based on System of National Accounts (SNA | ICT Infrastructure and Maintenance, online Business, Online and offline business | 3 | 29 | Russia |