A Rating Analysis of the Development of the Digital Economy in Ukraine

Abstract

The development of the digital economy is an objective process that is actively taking place all over the world nowadays. As a result, basic centers for the production and export of information and communication technologies were formed, which led to the formation of competition between countries in the sphere of digitalization and the development of the digital economy. Today, Ukraine is actively involved in world digitalization processes. However, the level of use of digital technologies is insufficient, which determines the importance of conducting scientific research of foreign experience in this direction, specifying current trends in the development of the digital economy in the country. The article provides a rating analysis of the current state of development of the digital economy in Ukraine. This analysis was carried out by studying the most common world rankings, which are developed and used by scientists and analysts to describe the basic trends in the digitalization of society in different countries and regions over the world. In particular, information on the digital competitiveness rating, the ranking of world countries according to the Network Readiness Index, the ranking of countries of the world by the level of Internet freedom, the Digital Economy and Society Index, and the Digital Quality of Life Index were used. As a result, it is determined that the best positions in these rankings in the vast majority of cases are occupied by countries with high socioeconomic development, which have formed conditions for innovative development, including the development, implementation and export of modern information and communication technologies. Ukraine in the above-mentioned rankings holds mediocre positions. This indicates a significant potential for the development of the digital economy in the country, which can be realized through the active intervention of public authorities in creating favorable conditions for attracting investments in the sphere of ICT. It is also determined that an important element of ensuring the development of such a sphere is the transformation of the work of the State-based institutions, since according to many criteria it is the direction of regulation that appears the most undeveloped

Keywords

• digital economy
• digital technologies
• digitalization
• national economy
• digital transformation