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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Ukraine: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Ukraine is placed joint 23rd of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.866 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 60.84 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
joint23rd
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.866GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 60.84Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 1.158Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 57.72Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Ukraine 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.
0.866
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Ukraine: 0.866. 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
- Belarus 0.797 · Hungary 0.854 · Moldova 0.854 · Poland 0.67 · Romania 0.602 · Russia 0.96 · Slovakia 0.661
60.84
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 41st of 195 by Oxford Insights
Ukraine: 60.84. 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
- Belarus 32.47 · Hungary 63.17 · Moldova 50.59 · Poland 69.14 · Romania 56.73 · Russia 59.57 · Slovakia 48.55
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
1.158
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Ukraine: 1.158. 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
- Belarus 1.173 · Hungary 1.277 · Moldova 0.858 · Poland 2.563 · Romania 0.057 · Russia 2.107 · Slovakia -0.799
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
57.72
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Ukraine: 57.72. 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
- Belarus 35.32 · Hungary 42.62 · Moldova 36.38 · Poland 47.9 · Romania 50.49 · Russia 24.25 · Slovakia 44.99
02Over time
Which way Ukraine 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
UkraineWorld median
Ukraine rose from 48.9 in 2020 to 60.84 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Ukraine World median 2025 60.8 40.2 2024 60.6 43.3 2023 53.3 41.4 2022 52.8 40.3 2021 50.6 44.1 2020 48.9 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
UkraineWorld median
Ukraine rose from -0.998 in 2000 to 1.158 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Ukraine World median 2025 1.158 0.20 2024 1.068 0.11 2023 0.532 0.14 2022 1.098 0.16 2021 0.326 0.12 2020 0.383 0.12 2019 0.534 0.10 2018 0.241 -0.05 2017 0.241 -0.08 2016 0.241 -0.10 2015 -0.196 -0.17 2014 -0.347 -0.21 2013 -0.606 -0.21 2012 -0.773 -0.25 2011 -0.773 -0.32 2010 -0.773 -0.31 2009 -0.954 -0.50 2008 -0.954 -0.51 2007 -0.954 -0.51 2006 -0.954 -0.55 2005 -0.954 -0.55 2004 -0.998 -0.55 2003 -0.998 -0.55 2002 -0.998 -0.51 2001 -0.998 -0.51 2000 -0.998 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
UkraineWorld median
Ukraine rose from 19.61 in 2010 to 57.72 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Ukraine World median 2024 57.7 25.42 2023 58.9 26.03 2022 60.0 26.04 2021 55.1 29.80 2020 50.7 29.47 2019 40.2 18.36 2018 37.0 20.09 2017 33.0 18.32 2016 31.4 18.15 2015 32.5 19.57 2014 31.9 21.00 2013 23.6 20.50 2012 20.5 19.56 2011 18.6 19.21 2010 19.6 19.88
03In context
Ukraine 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.
Ukraine 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | =23rd | 0.8656 | 60.84 | 1.158 | 57.72 |
 Poland | =28th | 0.6695 | 69.14 | 2.563 | 47.9 |
 Hungary | 32nd | 0.8536 | 63.17 | 1.277 | 42.62 |
 Russia | =34th | 0.9596 | 59.57 | 2.107 | 24.25 |
 Moldova | 51st | 0.8539 | 50.59 | 0.858 | 36.38 |
 Belarus | 65th | 0.7967 | 32.47 | 1.173 | 35.32 |
 Romania | =68th | 0.6024 | 56.73 | 0.057 | 50.49 |
 Slovakia | 86th | 0.6613 | 48.55 | -0.799 | 44.99 |
“—”: 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 Ukraine in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Ukraine is ahead of the world, and behind
18 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 median8
Statistics on which Ukraine does better than the middle country measured.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.47438.17.474▲ Improved since 2014
Ukraine: 38.1 · 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 5th of 118 · derived.
Made or Received a Digital PaymentWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 51.6582.8951.65▲ Improved since 2014
Ukraine: 82.89 · 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 7th of 98 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0594.9483.05No earlier reading
Ukraine: 94.94 · 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 19th of 140 · derived.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6897.0491.68No earlier reading
Ukraine: 97.04 · 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 24th of 140 · derived.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7884.678.78No earlier reading
Ukraine: 84.6 · 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 46th of 140 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.6270.485▼ Worsened since 2013
Ukraine: 0.627 · 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 57th of 170 · derived.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.6699.4498.66▲ Improved since 2016
Ukraine: 99.44 · 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.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3963.9162.39No earlier reading
Ukraine: 63.91 · 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 87th of 181 · derived.
Behind the world median5
Statistics on which Ukraine does worse than the middle country measured.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-0.326-0.114No real change since 2015
Ukraine: -0.326 · 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 98th of 176 · derived.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9750.70.975▼ Worsened since 2014
Ukraine: 0.7 · 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 69th of 119 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.505-0.070.505▼ Worsened since 2015
Ukraine: -0.07 · 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 108th of 176 · derived.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.023-0.041.023▼ Worsened since 2015
Ukraine: -0.04 · 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 117th of 176 · derived.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.459.515.45▼ Worsened since 2025
Ukraine: 9.5 · 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.
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 RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,4544,633,088141,454Moved since 2020
Ukraine: 4,633,088 · 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 DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,6701,729,00684,670Moved since 2020
Ukraine: 1,729,006 · 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.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6018.1585.601Moved since 2015
Ukraine: 8.158 · 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.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,7142,023,234148,714Moved since 2020
Ukraine: 2,023,234 · 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.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.960.780.96No earlier reading
Ukraine: 0.78 · 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.
No current reading for Ukraine
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Firms Experiencing Internet Disruptions and Share of Firms' Payments Made Electronically. 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 Ukraine’s 14 topics
Digital & Technology is Ukraine’s 2nd best-placed topic of 14. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Poverty & Inequalityjoint 3rd of 1592/3 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 23rd of 1984/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 56th of 1834/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital65th of 1963/3 keys
- Risk & Resilience87th of 1934/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation83rd of 1764/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing97th of 2003/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 97th of 1863/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge105th of 1983/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade94th of 1774/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture106th of 1844/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties115th of 1984/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 121st of 1944/4 keys
- Peace & Security156th of 1774/4 keys
No standing on Work & Labour, 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 Ukraine 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 Europe
Estonia=1st4/4 keysHighest in Eastern Europe
Czechia22nd4/4 keysThis page
Ukraine=23rd4/4 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
Ukraine 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 Ukraine rank on digital & technology?
Ukraine is placed joint 23rd 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 Ukraine?
0.866 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 Ukraine?
60.84 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Ukraine compare with Russia on digital & technology?
Russia is placed joint 34th of 198, and Ukraine joint 23rd. GovTech Maturity Index: Russia 0.96, Ukraine 0.866; Government AI Readiness Index: Russia 59.57, Ukraine 60.84; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Russia 2.107, Ukraine 1.158; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports: Russia 24.25, Ukraine 57.72.
How have Ukraine’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 48.9 in 2020 to 60.84 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -0.998 in 2000 to 1.158 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 19.61 in 2010 to 57.72 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Ukraine?
No current reading is published for Ukraine on Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Firms Experiencing Internet Disruptions and Share of Firms' Payments Made Electronically. 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 18 statistics on this page come from 7 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
Ukraine’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Ukraine (banner) — uploaded by Chern038, CC BY-SA 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). Ukraine: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/ukraine/digital