Appendix Table 1.

ICT Development Index Conceptual Framework and Methodology

		REFERENCE VALUE	WEIGHTS (%)
ICT access
1	Fixed telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	20
2	Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	120	20
3	International Internet bandwidth (bit/s) per Internet user	976,696*	20
4	Percentage of households with a computer	100	20
5	Percentage of households with Internet access	100	20
ICT use
6	Percentage of individuals using the Internet	100	33
7	Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	33
8	Active mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	100	33
ICT skills
9	Mean years of schooling	15	33
10	Secondary gross enrollment ratio	100	33
11	Tertiary gross enrollment ratio	100	33

ICT Development Index.²⁰

^*This corresponds to a log value of 5.99, which was used in the normalization step.

ICT, information and communication technology.