Luxembourg is ranked 7th country in Europe and 9th worldwide when it comes to leveraging information and communication technologies (ICTs) for social and economic impact, according to the latest Global Information Technology Report pubished by the World Economic Forum.

The report, which assesses 143 countries worldwide also ranks the Grand-Duchy as number one for international bandwidth and knowledge-intensive jobs.The importance of the ICT sector for the Luxembourg Government is also highlighted by the fact that the country is ranked as 4th and 5th, respectively in terms of Government success in ICT promotion and the importance of ICT to Government vision.

The report scores nations’ readiness to exploit new digital technologies based on various criteria such as the regulatory and business environment‚ infrastructure‚ affordability‚ skills‚ individuals and government and social and economic impact.