India is Third Largest Digitalised
Country in the World but Middle Ranker on other Indicators
The
ICRIER Prosus Centre is pleased to share with you the
State of India's Digital Economy (SIDE) 2025 Report, which highlights India's impressive
progress in digital transformation.
Key
insights from the report:
·
At
the country-level, India emerges as the third largest digitalised country in
the world, behind the United States and China.
·
The
rise of India is part of a larger story of the rise of the Global South in the
world’s digitalisation map, with China being the second most digitalised
country, and India, Brazil, Thailand and Nigeria overtaking many developed
nations.
·
While
India boasts of a large number of users, the average Indian remains only
modestly digitalized. When country and user level scores are combined, India’s
rank falls to 8th in a group of 32 countries (G32, comprising of 17 developed
and 15 developing).
·
US
and China have gained a decisive lead over the rest of the world in the AI
race, followed by South Korea, Singapore and the Netherlands. India ranks 11th
in AI research and 16th on AI infrastructure in G32
·
India’s
large population gives it the advantage of scale but also creates risk of cyber
threats and environmental degradation due to the rapid digitalisation.