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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
United States: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
United States is placed 8th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.771 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 88.36 (2025).
Share
Digital & Technology
8th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.771GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 88.36Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 2.555Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 65.92Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place United States 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.
0.771
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
United States: 0.771. 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 Northern America
- 0.949 Canada
- Land neighbours
- Canada 0.949 · Mexico 0.825
88.36
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 1st of 195 by Oxford Insights
United States: 88.36. 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 Northern America
- 88.36 United States
- Land neighbours
- Canada 74.66 · Mexico 48.33
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
2.555
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
United States: 2.555. 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 Northern America
- 2.555 United States
- Land neighbours
- Canada 1.344 · Mexico 0.231
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
65.92
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
United States: 65.92. 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 Northern America
- 65.92 United States
- Land neighbours
- Canada 54.37 · Mexico 27.77
02Over time
Which way United States 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
United StatesWorld median
United States rose from 85.48 in 2020 to 88.36 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year United States World median 2025 88.4 40.2 2024 87.0 43.3 2023 84.8 41.4 2022 85.7 40.3 2021 88.2 44.1 2020 85.5 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
United StatesWorld median
United States rose from 2.537 in 2000 to 2.555 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year United States World median 2025 2.56 0.20 2024 2.56 0.11 2023 2.25 0.14 2022 2.25 0.16 2021 2.25 0.12 2020 1.57 0.12 2019 1.65 0.10 2018 1.65 -0.05 2017 1.65 -0.08 2016 1.65 -0.10 2015 1.63 -0.17 2014 1.90 -0.21 2013 1.90 -0.21 2012 2.15 -0.25 2011 2.61 -0.32 2010 2.61 -0.31 2009 2.54 -0.50 2008 2.54 -0.51 2007 2.54 -0.51 2006 2.54 -0.55 2005 2.54 -0.55 2004 2.54 -0.55 2003 2.54 -0.55 2002 2.54 -0.51 2001 2.54 -0.51 2000 2.54 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
United StatesWorld median
United States rose from 56.58 in 2010 to 65.92 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year United States World median 2024 65.9 25.42 2023 65.6 26.03 2022 69.0 26.04 2021 76.7 29.80 2020 75.3 29.47 2019 60.8 18.36 2018 58.9 20.09 2017 59.6 18.32 2016 58.2 18.15 2015 56.9 19.57 2014 57.4 21.00 2013 56.5 20.50 2012 57.0 19.56 2011 57.2 19.21 2010 56.6 19.88
03In context
United States 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.
United States 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canadacompare | 7th | 0.949 | 74.66 | 1.344 | 54.37 |
| United States | 8th | 0.771 | 88.36 | 2.555 | 65.92 |
 Mexicocompare | 74th | 0.825 | 48.33 | 0.231 | 27.77 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Northern America
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
- Canada7th
- United States8th
Bermudanot placed
Greenlandnot placed
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below United States in the topic’s list.
India5th
United Kingdom6th- Canada7th
- United States8th
France=9th
Japan=9th
Spain=11th
04Context, no vote
Where United States is ahead of the world, and behind
19 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 median12
Statistics on which United States does better than the middle country measured.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.48510.485No real change since 2013
United States: 1 · 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 1st of 170 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0597.8183.05No earlier reading
United States: 97.81 · 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 6th of 140 · derived.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7892.6478.78No earlier reading
United States: 92.64 · 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 9th of 140 · derived.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6898.0191.68No earlier reading
United States: 98.01 · 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 15th of 140 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.0610.206▲ Improved since 2015
United States: 0.061 · 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 115th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3989.6162.39No earlier reading
United States: 89.61 · 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 21st of 181 · derived.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9759.050.975No real change since 2014
United States: 9.05 · 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 16th of 119 · derived.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.453315.45▲ Improved since 2025
United States: 33 · 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.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3524.6832.35No earlier reading
United States: 24.68 · 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 111th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.5051.0570.505▲ Improved since 2015
United States: 1.057 · 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 64th of 176 · derived.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2273.7564.22No earlier reading
United States: 73.75 · 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.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.0231.0251.023▼ Worsened since 2015
United States: 1.025 · 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 88th of 176 · derived.
Behind the world median2
Statistics on which United States does worse than the middle country measured.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4746.8957.474▲ Improved since 2014
United States: 6.895 · 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 68th of 118 · derived.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-0.664-0.114▼ Worsened since 2015
United States: -0.664 · 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 112th 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 84,67032,410,52984,670No real change since 2020
United States: 32,410,529 · 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 Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,71440,768,192148,714No real change since 2020
United States: 40,768,192 · 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.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,45477,284,974141,454No real change since 2020
United States: 77,284,974 · 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.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.963.870.96No earlier reading
United States: 3.87 · 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.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6016.1835.601Moved since 2014
United States: 6.183 · 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.
No current reading for United States
Made or Received a Digital Payment (last 2021) and Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching (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 United States’s 16 topics
Digital & Technology is United States’s 2nd best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Mobility & Trade7th of 1774/4 keys
- Digital & Technology8th of 1984/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture12th of 1844/4 keys
- Work & Labour14th of 1824/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 25th of 1944/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeingjoint 30th of 2004/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation28th of 1764/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital46th of 1963/3 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 43rd of 1834/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge60th of 1983/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties68th of 1984/4 keys
- Energy59th of 1653/3 keys
- Risk & Resilience72nd of 1934/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality79th of 1593/3 keys
- Peace & Security136th of 1774/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability171st of 1864/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders United States 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
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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 Americas
Brazil4th4/4 keysHighest in Northern America
Canada7th4/4 keysThis page
United States8th4/4 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
United States 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 United States rank on digital & technology?
United States is placed 8th 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 United States?
0.771 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 United States?
88.36 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does United States compare with Mexico on digital & technology?
Mexico is placed 74th of 198, and United States 8th. GovTech Maturity Index: Mexico 0.825, United States 0.771; Government AI Readiness Index: Mexico 48.33, United States 88.36; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Mexico 0.231, United States 2.555; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports: Mexico 27.77, United States 65.92.
How have United States’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 85.48 in 2020 to 88.36 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from 2.537 in 2000 to 2.555 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 56.58 in 2010 to 65.92 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for United States?
No current reading is published for United States on Made or Received a Digital Payment and Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching. 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 19 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
United States’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- United States (banner) — Stefano Brivio, CC BY 2.0
- 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). United States: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/united-states/digital