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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
India: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
India is placed 5th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.969 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 66.55 (2025).
Share
Digital & Technology
5th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.969GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 66.55Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 1.008Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 78.01Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place India on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.969
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
India: 0.969. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Southern Asia
- 0.969 India
- Land neighbours
- Bangladesh 0.882 · Bhutan 0.814 · China 0.651 · Myanmar 0.461 · Nepal 0.517 · Pakistan 0.679
66.55
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 27th of 195 by Oxford Insights
India: 66.55. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Southern Asia
- 66.55 India
- Land neighbours
- Bangladesh 48.37 · Bhutan 39.38 · China 76.27 · Myanmar 20.54 · Nepal 38.5 · Pakistan 45.38
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
1.008
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
India: 1.008. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Southern Asia
- 1.008 India
- Land neighbours
- Bangladesh 0.555 · Bhutan -0.656 · China 3.226 · Myanmar -0.619 · Nepal -0.718 · Pakistan 0.743
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
78.01
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
India: 78.01. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Southern Asia
- 78.01 India
- Land neighbours
- Bangladesh 27.42 · Bhutan 8.897 · China 50.47 · Myanmar 13.17 · Nepal 23.51 · Pakistan 63.58
02Over time
Which way India is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
IndiaWorld median
India rose from 55.98 in 2020 to 66.55 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year India World median 2025 66.6 40.2 2024 62.8 43.3 2023 62.6 41.4 2022 63.7 40.3 2021 56.1 44.1 2020 56.0 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
IndiaWorld median
India rose from 0.739 in 2000 to 1.008 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year India World median 2025 1.008 0.20 2024 1.483 0.11 2023 1.483 0.14 2022 1.331 0.16 2021 1.507 0.12 2020 1.214 0.12 2019 0.973 0.10 2018 1.205 -0.05 2017 1.205 -0.08 2016 1.205 -0.10 2015 1.205 -0.17 2014 1.205 -0.21 2013 1.076 -0.21 2012 1.043 -0.25 2011 1.043 -0.32 2010 0.911 -0.31 2009 0.752 -0.50 2008 0.700 -0.51 2007 0.700 -0.51 2006 0.634 -0.55 2005 0.634 -0.55 2004 0.739 -0.55 2003 0.739 -0.55 2002 0.739 -0.51 2001 0.739 -0.51 2000 0.739 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
IndiaWorld median
India rose from 67.79 in 2010 to 78.01 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year India World median 2024 78.0 25.42 2023 79.0 26.03 2022 76.2 26.04 2021 77.3 29.80 2020 76.8 29.47 2019 69.2 18.36 2018 65.5 20.09 2017 66.1 18.32 2016 71.3 18.15 2015 73.0 19.57 2014 71.0 21.00 2013 74.3 20.50 2012 72.2 19.56 2011 72.7 19.21 2010 67.8 19.88
03In context
India beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
India and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5th | 0.969 | 66.55 | 1.008 | 78.01 |
 Chinacompare | =23rd | 0.651 | 76.27 | 3.226 | 50.47 |
 Pakistancompare | 54th | 0.679 | 45.38 | 0.743 | 63.58 |
 Bangladeshcompare | =59th | 0.882 | 48.37 | 0.555 | 27.42 |
 Bhutan | 111th | 0.814 | 39.38 | -0.656 | 8.897 |
 Nepalcompare | 115th | 0.517 | 38.5 | -0.718 | 23.51 |
 Myanmar | 154th | 0.461 | 20.54 | -0.619 | 13.17 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Southern Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below India in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where India is ahead of the world, and behind
21 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median6
Statistics on which India does better than the middle country measured.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.47432.687.474No real change since 2014
India: 32.68 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 7th of 118 · derived.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.355.68632.35No earlier reading
India: 5.686 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 153rd of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9755.710.975▲ Improved since 2014
India: 5.71 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 24th of 119 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.7390.485▲ Improved since 2013
India: 0.739 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 36th of 170 · derived.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.4518.515.45No real change since 2025
India: 18.5 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2267.6864.22No earlier reading
India: 67.68 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Behind the world median10
Statistics on which India does worse than the middle country measured.
Made or Received a Digital PaymentWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 51.6548.4651.65▲ Improved since 2014
India: 48.46 · world median 51.65 · Adults who made or received a digital payment in the past year (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 12.26 to 94.91; higher is better.
Position 59th of 98 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.2830.206▼ Worsened since 2015
India: 0.283 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 41st of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.505-0.6510.505No real change since 2015
India: -0.651 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 124th of 176 · derived.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.6643.4698.66▲ Improved since 2019
India: 43.46 · world median 98.66 · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-1.413-0.114▼ Worsened since 2015
India: -1.413 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 138th of 176 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0545.7383.05No earlier reading
India: 45.73 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 117th of 140 · derived.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7841.9778.78No earlier reading
India: 41.97 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 120th of 140 · derived.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3927.6162.39No earlier reading
India: 27.61 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 160th of 181 · derived.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6866.4791.68No earlier reading
India: 66.47 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 131st of 140 · derived.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.023-1.7851.023▼ Worsened since 2015
India: -1.785 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 165th of 176 · derived.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,67026,727,00484,670No real change since 2020
India: 26,727,004 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,45469,251,720141,454No real change since 2020
India: 69,251,720 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,71431,922,623148,714No real change since 2020
India: 31,922,623 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6013.8965.601Moved since 2014
India: 3.896 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.960.30.96No earlier reading
India: 0.3 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among India’s 15 topics
Digital & Technology is India’s best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Digital & Technology5th of 1984/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade15th of 1774/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge44th of 1983/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequalityjoint 44th of 1593/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions73rd of 1944/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability85th of 1864/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation86th of 1764/4 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 99th of 1824/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital114th of 1963/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 119th of 1984/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture111th of 1842/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing150th of 2003/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 140th of 1774/4 keys
- Gender & Equality154th of 1834/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience182nd of 1934/4 keys
No standing on Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders India can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
=1
South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
South Korea=1st4/4 keysHighest in Southern Asia
India5th4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about India and digital & technology
08Questions
India on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does India rank on digital & technology?
India is placed 5th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for India?
0.969 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for India?
66.55 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does India compare with China on digital & technology?
China is placed joint 23rd of 198, and India 5th. GovTech Maturity Index: China 0.651, India 0.969; Government AI Readiness Index: China 76.27, India 66.55; Government Cyber Security Capacity: China 3.226, India 1.008; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports: China 50.47, India 78.01.
How have India’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 55.98 in 2020 to 66.55 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from 0.739 in 2000 to 1.008 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 67.79 in 2010 to 78.01 in 2024.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 21 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
India’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- India (banner) — Kumaravels derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY 2.5 in
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). India: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/india/digital