2: Country/Economy Profiles

Portugal
Rank
(out of 148)

Value
(17)
1. Political and
regulatory environment

Networked Readiness Index 2014 .............. 33 ..4.7

Networked Readiness Index 2013 (out of 144) .................... 33 .....4.7
A. Environment subindex .................................................. 35 .....4.6
1st pillar: Political and regulatory environment ................. 39 .....4.3
2nd pillar: Business and innovation environment ............. 25 .....5.0
B. Readiness subindex ..................................................... 43 .....5.3
3rd pillar: Infrastructure and digital content...................... 36 .....5.2
4th pillar: Affordability ...................................................... 62 .....5.5
5th pillar: Skills ................................................................ 46 .....5.4
C. Usage subindex ............................................................ 32 .....4.6
6th pillar: Individual usage ............................................... 42 .....4.8
7th pillar: Business usage ............................................... 35 .....4.0
8th pillar: Government usage .......................................... 33 .....4.8
D. Impact subindex ........................................................... 33 .....4.4
9th pillar: Economic impacts ........................................... 34 .....3.9
10th pillar: Social impacts ............................................... 30 .....4.8

10. Social
impacts

2. Business and innovation

environment

6
5

9. Economic
impacts

3. Infrastructure and
digital content

3
2
1

8. Government
usage

4. Affordability

7. Business
usage

5. Skills
6. Individual usage

Portugal

High-income group average

The Networked Readiness Index in detail

INDICATOR

RANK/148

VALUE

INDICATOR

1st pillar: Political and regulatory environment

1.01
1.02
1.03
1.04
1.05
1.06
1.07
1.08
1.09

Availability of latest technologies* .......................15 ......... 6.2

Venture capital availability* ...............................109 ......... 2.2
Total tax rate, % profits ......................................93 ....... 42.3
No. days to start a business ................................5 ............ 3
No. procedures to start a business ....................10 ............ 3
Intensity of local competition*.............................77 ......... 4.9
Tertiary education gross enrollment rate, %........29 ....... 65.9
Quality of management schools* ........................11 ......... 5.5
Govt procurement of advanced tech* ...............50 ......... 3.7

6.01
6.02
6.03
6.04
6.05
6.06
6.07

Mobile phone subscriptions/100 pop. ................58 ..... 116.1

Individuals using Internet, %...............................42 ....... 64.0
Households w/ personal computer, % ...............46 ....... 66.0
Households w/ Internet access, % ....................47 ....... 61.0
Fixed broadband Internet subs./100 pop. ..........33 ....... 22.5
Mobile broadband subscriptions/100 pop..........52 ....... 32.8
Use of virtual social networks* ...........................52 ......... 5.9

7th pillar: Business usage

7.01
7.02
7.03
7.04
7.05
7.06

Firm-level technology absorption* ......................29 ......... 5.5

Capacity for innovation* .....................................42 ......... 3.9
PCT patents, applications/million pop. ..............30 ....... 12.7
Business-to-business Internet use* ....................29 ......... 5.6
Business-to-consumer Internet use* ..................32 ......... 5.2
Extent of staff training* .......................................70 ......... 4.0

8th pillar: Government usage

8.01 Importance of ICTs to govt vision* .....................36 ......... 4.5
8.02 Government Online Service Index, 01 (best).....38 ....... 0.65
8.03 Govt success in ICT promotion*........................24 ......... 5.0

9th pillar: Economic impacts

3rd pillar: Infrastructure and digital content

3.01
3.02
3.03
3.04
3.05

VALUE

6th pillar: Individual usage

Effectiveness of law-making bodies* ..................74 ......... 3.5

Laws relating to ICTs* ........................................25 ......... 5.0
Judicial independence* ......................................51 ......... 4.2
Efficiency of legal system in settling disputes* ..122 ......... 2.9
Efficiency of legal system in challenging regs* ....85 ......... 3.3
Intellectual property protection* ..........................38 ......... 4.5
Software piracy rate, % software installed ..........25 .......... 40
No. procedures to enforce a contract ................42 .......... 34
No. days to enforce a contract ..........................76 ........ 547

2nd pillar: Business and innovation environment

2.01
2.02
2.03
2.04
2.05
2.06
2.07
2.08
2.09

RANK/148

Electricity production, kWh/capita ......................52 .. 4,325.8

Mobile network coverage, % pop. .....................58 ....... 99.0
Intl Internet bandwidth, kb/s per user..................8 ..... 195.5
Secure Internet servers/million pop. ...................37 ..... 240.9
Accessibility of digital content* ...........................27 ......... 6.0

4th pillar: Affordability

4.01 Prepaid mobile cellular tariffs, PPP $/min. ..........85 ....... 0.29
4.02 Fixed broadband Internet tariffs, PPP $/month ..78 ..... 33.97
4.03 Internet & telephony competition, 02 (best) ........1 ....... 2.00

9.01
9.02
9.03
9.04

Impact of ICTs on new services & products* ......23 ......... 5.1

ICT PCT patents, applications/million pop. .......30 ......... 3.4
Impact of ICTs on new organizational models* ...27 ......... 4.8
Knowledge-intensive jobs, % workforce.............45 ....... 31.0

10th pillar: Social impacts

10.01
10.02
10.03
10.04

Impact of ICTs on access to basic services* ......27 ......... 5.2

Internet access in schools* ................................29 ......... 5.7
ICT use & govt efficiency* .................................15 ......... 5.3
E-Participation Index, 01 (best).........................41 ....... 0.37

5th pillar: Skills

5.01
5.02
5.03
5.04

Quality of educational system* ...........................58 ......... 4.0

Quality of math & science education* .................73 ......... 4.1
Secondary education gross enrollment rate, % ..12 ..... 109.7
Adult literacy rate, % ..........................................63 ....... 95.4

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Note: Indicators followed by an asterisk (*) are measured on a 1-to-7 (best) scale. For
further details and explanation, please refer to the section How to Read the
Country/Economy Profiles on page 97

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