Some good news for the “E-stonia” brand. The Economist Intelligence Unit just released its annual IT industry competitiveness index, and Estonia again outpaced all of its formerly Communist neighbors in Central and Eastern Europe. Overall, Estonia placed 23rd out of the 66 countries ranked, an improvement of one place from last year. Estonia also topped fellow EU members Italy (#24), Spain (#25), Portugal (#30), and Greece (#32).
Number 1 in the world was again the U.S., but the greatest improvement was clocked by #2 Finland, up from #13 last year. Bottom of the list (#66) was once again Iran.
There’s a good overview of the rankings from a Baltic perspective at the Baltic Course.
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