Digital Readiness Index — methodology
Category: Innovation & Future Capacity · Unit: index score · Published annual
What this metric measures
Australia's score on a recognised international digital readiness or connectivity index (e.g. IMD World Digital Competitiveness or UN E-Government Development Index).
Why it matters: Digital infrastructure and capability increasingly determine economic competitiveness and service delivery.
Source & provenance
- Publisher
- IMD World Digital Competitiveness Rankin
- Update frequency
- annual
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
How the score is computed
The score is a 0–100 normalisation of the latest observation, compared to a baseline window. The traffic-light rating (RAG) reflects both the absolute level and the recent trend.
- Direction
- Higher is better
- Trend window
- 120 months
- Baseline
- Last 10 years
Thresholds:
{
"red_max_pct_of_baseline": 95,
"amber_min_pct_of_baseline": 95,
"green_min_pct_of_baseline": 102
}See related corrections at /corrections, or the live data and chart at https://www.australiametrics.org/metric/digital-readiness.