{"id":86590,"date":"2020-08-20T18:07:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T12:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=16992"},"modified":"2020-08-20T18:07:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T12:37:46","slug":"india-ranks-among-lowest-in-terms-of-internet-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-ranks-among-lowest-in-terms-of-internet-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"India ranks among lowest in terms of Internet quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Digital Quality of Life(DQL) Index, 2020 has been released by SurfShark, an online privacy solutions provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>About the Index: <\/strong>It is a global research on the quality of digital wellbeing in 85 countries (81% of the global population).<\/li><li><strong>Parameters:<\/strong> The index ranks countries by looking at five fundamental pillars that define the digital quality of life:<ul><li>Internet affordability(mobile and broadband)<\/li><li>Internet quality (mobile and broadband)<\/li><li>Electronic government availability and advancement<\/li><li>Electronic infrastructure development and&nbsp;<\/li><li>State of electronic security.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Top Rankings: <\/strong>Scandinavian countries Denmark and Sweden topped the index with Canada rounding up the top three.<\/li><li><strong>Indian Rankings: <\/strong>India stands at the overall rank of 57 out of the 85 countries.<ul><li><strong>Internet Affordability:<\/strong> 9th place and outperforms countries like the UK, the USA and China.<\/li><li><strong>Internet Quality:<\/strong> 78th place and is almost at the bottom of the pillar.<\/li><li><strong>E-infrastructure<\/strong>: India ranked 79th behind neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.<\/li><li><strong>Electronic Security: <\/strong>India performed poorly here standing at 57th position.<\/li><li><strong>E-government<\/strong>: 15th place ahead of the Netherlands, China and Belgium.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Digital Quality of Life(DQL) Index, 2020 has been released by SurfShark, an online privacy solutions provider. Facts: About the Index: It is a global research on the quality of digital wellbeing in 85 countries (81% of the global population). Parameters: The index ranks countries by looking at five fundamental pillars that define the digital&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-ranks-among-lowest-in-terms-of-internet-quality\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India ranks among lowest in terms of Internet quality<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3127],"tags":[4152],"class_list":["post-86590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","tag-digital-quality-of-life-index","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704632193},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}