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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Russia: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Russia is placed joint 34th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.96 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 59.57 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
joint34th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.96GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 59.57Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 2.107Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 24.25Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Russia 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.
0.96
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Russia: 0.96. 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 Eastern Europe
- 0.96 Russia
- Land neighbours
- Azerbaijan 0.769 · Belarus 0.797 · China 0.651 · Estonia 0.99 · Finland 0.837 · Georgia 0.632 · Kazakhstan 0.945 · Lithuania 0.889 · Latvia 0.898 · Mongolia 0.776 · Norway 0.779 · Poland 0.67 · North Korea 0.01 · Ukraine 0.866
59.57
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 49th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Russia: 59.57. 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 Eastern Europe
- 69.14 Poland
- Land neighbours
- Azerbaijan 51.91 · Belarus 32.47 · China 76.27 · Estonia 69.56 · Finland 70.3 · Georgia 42.75 · Kazakhstan 56.7 · Lithuania 65.31 · Latvia 59.14 · Mongolia 40.86 · Norway 74.84 · Poland 69.14 · North Korea 21.15 · Ukraine 60.84
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
2.107
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Russia: 2.107. 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 Eastern Europe
- 2.563 Poland
- Land neighbours
- Azerbaijan 1.085 · Belarus 1.173 · China 3.226 · Estonia 3.715 · Finland 0.797 · Georgia 0.447 · Kazakhstan 1.097 · Lithuania 2.163 · Latvia 1.922 · Mongolia -0.04 · Norway 0.705 · Poland 2.563 · North Korea 2.771 · Ukraine 1.158
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
24.25
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Russia: 24.25. 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 Eastern Europe
- 57.72 Ukraine
- Land neighbours
- Azerbaijan 31.12 · Belarus 35.32 · China 50.47 · Estonia 56.16 · Finland 68.56 · Georgia 18.27 · Kazakhstan 26.74 · Lithuania 34.62 · Latvia 44.91 · Mongolia 13.9 · Norway 38.7 · Poland 47.9 · Ukraine 57.72
02Over time
Which way Russia 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
RussiaWorld median
Russia fell from 60.85 in 2020 to 59.57 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Russia World median 2025 59.6 40.2 2024 64.7 43.3 2023 62.9 41.4 2022 61.5 40.3 2021 61.9 44.1 2020 60.8 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
RussiaWorld median
Russia rose from 1.351 in 2000 to 2.107 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Russia World median 2025 2.11 0.20 2024 1.76 0.11 2023 2.12 0.14 2022 2.12 0.16 2021 2.82 0.12 2020 2.82 0.12 2019 2.82 0.10 2018 2.82 -0.05 2017 2.82 -0.08 2016 2.68 -0.10 2015 2.68 -0.17 2014 2.68 -0.21 2013 2.68 -0.21 2012 2.68 -0.25 2011 2.24 -0.32 2010 2.16 -0.31 2009 2.03 -0.50 2008 2.03 -0.51 2007 1.66 -0.51 2006 1.66 -0.55 2005 1.66 -0.55 2004 1.48 -0.55 2003 1.48 -0.55 2002 1.35 -0.51 2001 1.35 -0.51 2000 1.35 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
RussiaWorld median
Russia fell from 35.88 in 2010 to 24.25 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Russia World median 2024 24.3 25.42 2023 28.0 26.03 2022 38.2 26.04 2021 44.3 29.80 2020 43.1 29.47 2019 34.8 18.36 2018 33.0 20.09 2017 35.0 18.32 2016 36.6 18.15 2015 38.5 19.57 2014 37.2 21.00 2013 37.9 20.50 2012 36.9 19.56 2011 35.5 19.21 2010 35.9 19.88
03In context
Russia 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.
Russia 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Estonia | =1st | 0.99 | 69.56 | 3.715 | 56.16 |
 Finland | 17th | 0.837 | 70.3 | 0.797 | 68.56 |
 Lithuania | =18th | 0.889 | 65.31 | 2.163 | 34.62 |
 Chinacompare | =23rd | 0.651 | 76.27 | 3.226 | 50.47 |
 Ukraine | =23rd | 0.866 | 60.84 | 1.158 | 57.72 |
 Latvia | 25th | 0.898 | 59.14 | 1.922 | 44.91 |
 Polandcompare | =28th | 0.67 | 69.14 | 2.563 | 47.9 |
| Russia | =34th | 0.96 | 59.57 | 2.107 | 24.25 |
 Norway | 44th | 0.779 | 74.84 | 0.705 | 38.7 |
 Kazakhstan | 49th | 0.945 | 56.7 | 1.097 | 26.74 |
 Azerbaijan | =59th | 0.769 | 51.91 | 1.085 | 31.12 |
 Belarus | 65th | 0.797 | 32.47 | 1.173 | 35.32 |
 Georgia | 93rd | 0.632 | 42.75 | 0.447 | 18.27 |
 Mongolia | =98th | 0.776 | 40.86 | -0.04 | 13.9 |
 North Korea | 119th | 0.01 | 21.15 | 2.771 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Eastern Europe
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Russia in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Russia is ahead of the world, and behind
14 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 median4
Statistics on which Russia does better than the middle country measured.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0592.9583.05No earlier reading
Russia: 92.95 · 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 27th of 140 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.7520.485▼ Worsened since 2013
Russia: 0.752 · 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 33rd of 170 · derived.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7883.4578.78No earlier reading
Russia: 83.45 · 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 50th of 140 · derived.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6894.2991.68No earlier reading
Russia: 94.29 · 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 51st of 140 · derived.
Behind the world median7
Statistics on which Russia does worse than the middle country measured.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3958.4662.39No earlier reading
Russia: 58.46 · 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 104th of 181 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4745.4477.474▼ Worsened since 2014
Russia: 5.447 · 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 77th of 118 · derived.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.459.915.45No real change since 2025
Russia: 9.9 · 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.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.4680.206▼ Worsened since 2015
Russia: 0.468 · 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 12th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.023-1.8691.023▼ Worsened since 2015
Russia: -1.869 · 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 167th of 176 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.505-2.3790.505▼ Worsened since 2015
Russia: -2.379 · 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 169th of 176 · derived.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-2.728-0.114▼ Worsened since 2015
Russia: -2.728 · 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 171st of 176 · derived.
No better end3
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 84,6704,627,66884,670No real change since 2020
Russia: 4,627,668 · 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 141,4549,538,404141,454No real change since 2020
Russia: 9,538,404 · 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 148,7145,428,018148,714Moved since 2020
Russia: 5,428,018 · 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.
No current reading for Russia
Anthropic AI Usage Index, Firms Experiencing Internet Disruptions, ICT Goods Exports (last 2021), Made or Received a Digital Payment (last 2021), Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, Share of Firms' Payments Made Electronically and Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes (last 2019). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“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 Russia’s 15 topics
Digital & Technology is Russia’s 2nd best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Work & Labour13th of 1824/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 34th of 1984/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital42nd of 1963/3 keys
- Food & Agriculture40th of 1844/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality38th of 1593/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade62nd of 1772/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing73rd of 2002/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation66th of 1764/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge83rd of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience86th of 1934/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 122nd of 1833/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions148th of 1944/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 166th of 1864/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties183rd of 1984/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 171st of 1774/4 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 Russia can most readily be measured against.
=1EstoniaNorthern 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 Europe
Estonia=1st4/4 keysHighest in Eastern Europe
Czechia22nd4/4 keysThis page
Russia=34th4/4 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.
07Questions
Russia 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 Russia rank on digital & technology?
Russia is placed joint 34th 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 Russia?
0.96 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 Russia?
59.57 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Russia compare with China on digital & technology?
China is placed joint 23rd of 198, and Russia joint 34th. GovTech Maturity Index: China 0.651, Russia 0.96; Government AI Readiness Index: China 76.27, Russia 59.57; Government Cyber Security Capacity: China 3.226, Russia 2.107; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports: China 50.47, Russia 24.25.
How have Russia’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index fell from 60.85 in 2020 to 59.57 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from 1.351 in 2000 to 2.107 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports fell from 35.88 in 2010 to 24.25 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Russia?
No current reading is published for Russia on Anthropic AI Usage Index, Firms Experiencing Internet Disruptions, ICT Goods Exports, Made or Received a Digital Payment, Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, Share of Firms' Payments Made Electronically and Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
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 14 statistics on this page come from 6 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
Russia’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Russia (banner) — Strokin.ru derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY 3.0
- 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). Russia: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/russia/digital