South Africa had the highest Digital Quality of Life index score in Africa in 2022. The country registered the highest values in e-government and e-infrastructure, at 0.13 and 0.12 points, respectively. In contrast, it scored lowest in internet affordability. The Digital Quality of Life index measures digital well-being.
Digital Quality of Life index in South Africa in 2022, by pillar
The index evaluates 117 countries based on five pillars: internet affordability, internet quality, e-infrastructure, e-security, and e-government using 14 indicators. The index values range from zero to one points, with one being the highest quality of digital wellbeing.
The data has been weighted with each pillar accounting for 20 percent.
All pillars had two indicators, except for internet quality, which covered six indicators.
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