3. United Kingdom

In third place is the United Kingdom, which ranks in the top nine countries globally for all components.  It ranks fourth out of 61 for overall impact, second for the Web and sixth for Readiness, with a higher percentage of both mobile and broadband subscriptions than the US, a higher proportion of households with computers, and much faster average Internet speeds (166,073 Mbits/Second, compared with just 47,174 Mbits/Second in the US). The UK also gets slightly higher marks than the US for accessibility of content for all citizens. Of all the sub-components in the Index, the UK ranks highest overall for Web Content, with the second-highest rank globally. The strong performance in web content shows high scores across both primary and secondary indicators. The scale and quality of available content has been enhanced by various public sector initiatives, with the UK achieving a high score of 0.974 in the latest UN e-government online services index.

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