2026年全球数字经济报告

Global

DigitalEconomy

Report(2026)Termsof

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Digital

Economies:ChallengesandOpportunities

inAfricaContentsPAGEExecutiveSummary·

·08Key

Findings

122.1

Economic

Momentum·

132.2AI’s

Potential

142.3

Increasing

DataCenter

Footprint

142.4Continued

Data-Center

Disparity·142.5GlobalWorkforce

Deficit15Digital

Readiness

of

Nations

Overview

163.1

Digital

Readiness

Leaders

·

·193.2

Digital

ReadinessandTechnology

Dynamism223.3

Digital

Readiness

by

Region

253.3.1Africa

·

·

253.3.2Americas263.3.3Asia

Pacific

·

·

263.3.4

Europe

273.3.5

Middle

East

273.4

Digital

Readinessand

Energy

by

Region

·313.4.1Africa313.4.2Americas313.4.3Asia

Pacific

·

·

313.4.4

Europe

313.4.5

Middle

East

31SECTION0102033

Global

Digital

Economy

Report20263.5Digital

Readinessand

Energy

by

Source

323.6

Digital

ReadinessandCybersecurity333.7

Digital

ReadinessandWorkforce

Development34Appendix:Digital

Readiness

Methodology

364.1

Index

Methodology

384.2

Digital

Readiness

Balance

384.3

Digital

Economy

Phase

Rating

404.4

Digital

Economy

PercentageofTotal

Economy

41Conclusion

4204054

Global

Digital

Economy

Report2026AcknowledgmentThiscomprehensive

report

iscreatedthroughtheeffortsofseasoned

subject

matter

experts

of

IDCA

who

havededicatedtheirtimeandexpertise

in

hopesof

bringingtransparency

and

light

for

resourceful

measurestothe

Digital

Economiesoftheworld:DR.SIMONA

MARINESCUEconomyCounsel5

Global

Digital

Economy

Report2026ROGERSTRUKHOFFChief

ResearchOfficerMEHDI

PARYAVIChairman&

CEO“The2026GlobalDigitalEconomyReportmakesatimelyandimportantcontributionto

anissuethatunderpinsallaspectsof

human

developmentinthe21stcentury.

Aseffortstoclosethedigitaldivideaccelerate,theinfrastructurethatenablesthedigitaleconomy

—

datacenters,energysystems,anddigital

connectivitynetworks

—

mustbedesignedto

withstand

physicaldisasterandclimaterisks.Thisinfrastructureisexpandingrapidlyand

acrossmultiplegeographies.

Asaresult,itisincreasinglyexposedtoawiderangeofhazards,manyof

themgrowinginfrequency

andintensity.Planning,siting,designing,and

buildingdigitalinfrastructurewithriskinmind

isthereforenotoptional:itisessential,now

andforthefuture.

Associetiesbecomemore

dependentondigitalsystems,disruptionscausedbydisasterscouldtriggercomplex

cascadingeffects,leadingtopotentiallysevereandsystemicfailures.

”Kamal

KishoreSpecial

Representativeofthe

United

Nations

Secretary-Generalfor

Disaster

RiskReduction,and

Headof

UNDRR“TheGlobalDigitalEconomyReport2026contributesmeaningfullytotheglobal

policy

dialoguebysituatingartificialintelligenceand

digitalinfrastructurewithinabroadersystems

perspective.Itsanalyticalapproachhelpsclarifytheconditionsunderwhichdigitaleconomiescansupportlong-termgrowth,environmentalresilience,andsocialcohesion.Frommyownworkandthatof

the

Allianceof

ExcellenceforResearchandInnovationin

AE4RIA(AE4RIA)thatIlead,

weseestrong

valueincontinued,opendialogueonhowsuchevidence-basedframeworkscaninform

policychoicesandinstitutionalapproaches,

includingthoseadvancedbyIDCA,astheglobaldigitaleconomycontinuestoevolve.

”Prof.

Phoebe

KoundouriProfessorAthens

Universityof

Economics&

UniversityofCambridgeCo-Chair,

IGSGlobalSustainableDevelopment

Report(GSDR)2027

of

United

Nations01

ExecutiveSummaryThe

Digital

Economy

FrameworkExecutiveSummaryThis

reportoutlinestheglobal

Digital

Economyasdefined

and

researched

by

IDCA.Thisview

oftheDigital

Economy

isadistinctiveview,that

is,

measures

howdigitaltechnologiesare

being

adoptedinternally,and

howeffectivelytheyare

being

used

byeach

nation

oftheworld.The

size

of

the

innateDigital

Economy

isderivedfromeach

nation’s

Digital

Readiness,which

integrates

hundredsoftechnology

andsocioeconomicfactors

into

IDCA’s

unique

index.The

Digital

Economy

referstotheshareofa

nation’seconomic

and

social

activitythat

is

enabled,

scaled,

ortransformed

bydigital

infrastructure,data,connectivity,

platforms,anddigitally

skilled

human

capital.

It

reflects

notonlydigitalsectorsandservices,

but

a

country’s

underlying

capacityto

deploy

technology

across

itseconomy

inasustainable,secure,and

inclusive

manner,

supported

by

energy

systems,governance,andworkforce

readiness.The

Digital

Economycomprises

17.3

percent(%)ofworldGDP

in

nominalterms,

according

to

IDCA

research.Thisamountstoslightly

morethan

US$20trillionofapproximately

US$119trillion

of

nominal

globalGDP

in2025.

Nations

now

have

between3.7and25.4

percent

oftheir

economies

classifiedas

partoftheGlobal

Digital

Economy,accordingtothis

research.The

DataCenters

ofthe

worldnowconsume

1.9

percentoftheworld’selectricity,withestimatedconsumption

of

64-69GW

as

the

foundationofthe

Digital

Economy

(See

Figure

1).This

reportclassifiesthe

nationsoftheworld

intofourspecific

phasesof

Digital

Economy

development,

basedonthe

underlyingdata

provided

bythe

IDCA

Digital

Readiness

Index.The

Index,

inturn,

integrates

hundredsoftechnologyandsocioeconomicfactorsacrossthethree

broadcategories

of

Economy,Environment,Social,andGovernance.The

Indexcan

beviewed

as

an

“EESG”

analysis,

appliedto

nations

ratherthancorporations,augmentingtraditional

Environmental,Social,and

Governance

dimensionswithexpliciteconomiccapacity

metrics.The

Digital

Readiness

Indexderivesoverall

resultsthatarethen

classified

as

a

Pre-Phase

DigitalEconomy,

Developing

(Phase

I),Substantially

Developed

(Phase

II),or

Highly

Developed

(Phase

III)

DigitalEconomy.Asof2026,therearefivesovereign

nations

classified

as

Phase

III

Digital

Economies,with

one

additional9

Global

Digital

Economy

Report2026FIGURE

1.Source:

IDCA

79countries

total–Top10

listed

Armenia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Romania

Belarus

UAE

Greece

Italy

Maltak

Ukraineaggregated

regional

reference

(Scandinavia).Thereare33

Phase

II

Digital

Economies,

78

Phase

I

Digital

Economies,and56

nations

inthe

Pre-Phaseclassification.

Mapsofthe

Phases

are

shown

in

Figure

2.Thecomplete

listofnations,their

Digital

Readinessscores,

andtheir

location

within

specific

phases

of

theworldwide

Digital

Economy

isfound

in

inthetables

below.Digital

Readiness

Indexoverallscores,andtheirconsequent

Digital

Economy

Phase

classifications,

areexpressedonascaleof0-100

inthis

report.The

underlying

data,

however,

represents

a

consolidation

of

avarietyoflogarithmicandexponentialdata

calculations

and

transformations.

The

0-100

scale

should

be

thoughtofasa

non-linearexpressionthat

represents

moreof

a

percentile

scorethan

a

simple

arithmetic

listing.FIGURE

2.IDCAwelcomesdeep

inquiries

intothe

processofderivingthe

Digital

Readinessscores

and

Digital

Therearetwocriticaltakeaways

intendedforthisglobal

report:1.The

resultsare

not

meantto

beacompetition.

Instead,theyserve

as

a

report

card

of

howwelltheworld’s

nationsaredevelopingtheir

Digital

Readinessand

Digital

Economies

in

proportiontotheeconomic

resourcesandsocialconditionstheycurrently

have.This

point

ofview

delivers

a

relativeview

of

progress,

i.e.,

howwell

isa

nationdoinggiven

itscurrent

resources

and

conditions?2.The

resultscan

be

usedtodevelopa

unique,specificallytailored

pathfor

further

development

ofa

nation’s

Digital

Economy.The

potentialfor

progress

is

not

limitedtoacertaingroupof

nations,

butinsteadexistsforevery

nation.Thecopious

underlyingdatathat

producedthis

report

will

also

produce

tangiblesocioeconomic

progressand

better

livesfora

nation’s

peoplewhenappliedacross

particularplansandcommitmentstoachieve

progress.Thetablesthatfollow

listthe

Digital

Economy

scoresfor

all

nationsasof

January

2026.Digital

Economy

Phase

II(Substantial

Development)Overall

Digital

Readiness

Index

Scores

=59-79

30countries

total–Top10

listedDigital

Economy

(Pre-Phase)Overall

Digital

Readiness

Index

Scores

=

<38

68countries

total–Top10

listedDigital

Economy

Phase

III

(Highly

Developed)Overall

Digital

Readiness

Index

Scores=80-100

Mozambique

Nicaraguao

Iran

Uzbekistan

Cambodia

Timor-Leste

Honduras

Guyana

Congo,

Dem

MaliDigital

Economy

Phase

I

(Early-Stage)Overall

Digital

Readiness

Index

Scores

=38-58NetherlandsNewZealand

BelgiumAustriaFranceSloveniaGermanyUKCanadaEstonia10

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Digital

Economy

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nations

totalDigital

EconomyPhase

I-

DevelopingCountryOverallEconomyEnvironmentSocial/GovernanceRanking%

DigitalEconomy●Armenia596662543617.9%

Slovakia595860603717.7%

Cyprus596837663817.6%

Romania597060523917.5%●

Belarus598124664017.4%C

UAE596227724117.4%

Greece586547594217.2%

Italy576148594317.1%

Malta576133664416.9%●

Ukraine577048544516.8%●Albania565474494616.8%●

Rwanda567460454716.7%

Taiwan566722684816.6%

Bulgaria567550494916.5%

Hong

Kong557911645016.5%

Mauritius556343565116.1%

Brazil547562385216.1%

Israel535931625315.7%

Vietnam538537445415.7%

Ethiopia536172385515.7%

Montenegro526047515615.5%

Paraguay514590355715.3%●

China517535475815.2%

Moldova507223545915.1%

Sri

Lanka506051456015.1%

Nepal506058406114.9%

Argentina506341486214.9%

Kyrgyzstan507137476314.9%

Colombia496155406414.9%

Ecuador495953426514.8%

Kazakhstan496123576614.7%(h

Peru495852436714.7%

Serbia496436486814.7%

India497929436914.7%

Belize487356327014.6%

Bosnia485939487114.6%

Jordan485431537214.5%

Laos484573367314.3%

N.

Macedonia486038477414.3%

Turkey485544467514.3%

El

Salvador485751417614.2%

Oman475415617714.2%

Thailand477324467814.1%

Sierra

Leone474473357914.1%

Tunisia476716528014.1%Digital

EconomyPre-PhaseCountryOverallEconomyEnvironmentSocial/GovernanceRanking%

DigitalEconomy

Mozambique3847572411411.5%

Nicaragua3845482911511.5%

Iran3861173711611.4%

Uzbekistan3764193311711.4%

Cambodia3744363511811.3%

Timor-Leste375514811911.2%

Honduras3742502812011.2%

Guyana3722314712111.2%

Congo,

Dem367912412211.1%

Mali3636463212311.1%

Gabon3618493912411.0%

Zimbabwe3639482912510.9%

Trinidad364944612610.9%

Guatemala3622593012710.8%

Madagascar3539442912810.7%●

Bangladesh3555113812910.7%

Lebanon3521354213010.5%

Bahrain354344613110.5%

Angola3521602913210.3%●

Venezuela3437452713310.1%

Cameroon3423542813410.1%

Burundi332758241359.9%

Dominican322829361369.7%

Gambia32530371379.7%

Sudan322846261389.3%

Djibouti292927291398.7%

Nigeria281235321408.4%

CAR282141251418.3%

Niger252611321428.0%

Yemen252725241437.7%

Eritrea231424281447.1%

Haiti231237201456.7%

Congo21629251466.5%

RestofWorld19432211476.0%

Libya1822341485.2%●

Turkmenistan1412381494.0%

SouthSuda0%

Eq

Guinea12138201513.7%Digital

EconomyPhase

I-

DevelopingCountryOverallEconomyEnvironmentSocial/GovernanceRanking%

DigitalEconomy●

Morocco476931438114.1%

Kenya474967358213.9%

Tajikistan465756358313.9%

Panama464459398413.6%

Tanzania456639378513.5%

Namibia456139388613.4%

Indonesia456528438713.3%

Azerbaijan445621518813.3%

Maldives445022528913.3%

SouthAfrica447425389013.1%

Ghana444945419113.1%

Philippines446732389213.1%

Uganda443975309313.0%

SaudiArabia44629529413.0%

Russia445435439513.0%

Mongolia436318479613.0%

Puerto

Rico433923559713.0%

Senegal436031409812.9%

Jamaica435527449912.9%

Egypt4257224510012.7%

Zambia4245613110112.7%

Qatar424246010212.7%

Myanmar4254363810312.6%

Bahamas4146125310412.6%

Pakistan4151393710512.4%●

Malawi4143613010612.3%

Cote

D'Ivoire4150423610712.3%

Botswana415755010812.3%

Kuwait4141125610912.2%

Algeria404985311012.2%

Bolivia4048383811112.2%

Togo4053463111212.1%(s)

Mexico4048363811312.1%Digital

EconomyPhase

II-Substantially

DevelopedCountryOverallEconomyEnvironmentSocial/GovernanceRanking%

DigitalEconomy

Netherlands788158854

NewZealand77796880523.4%

Belgium76706583623.0%

Austria75716980722.8%

France74777373822.4%

Slovenia74766379922.3%●

Germany737654801022.0%

UK727262751122.0%

Canada717557761221.7%

Estonia708737771321.3%

Australia677542761421.0%些

Uruguay677366641520.7%

Ireland675760751620.1%

Spain677262661719.8%

Japan678037751819.8%

Portugal667658651919.8%

South

Korea668240702019.6%

Czechia667248722119.5%

Chile658652602219.4%

Latvia657561612319.4%

Lithuania647848652419.2%

Georgia648255582519.2%

Luxembourg635841762619.2%

Costa

Rica636581522718.9%

Bhutan627554592818.7%

Malaysia628829652918.7%

Singapore627922713018.5%

Hungary617256583118.3%

Croatia616757603218.2%

USA616845643318.1%

Poland617435673418.1%

Seychelles607726683518.0%Digital

EconomyValueby

RegionRegionValue%

RegionalGDP%

World

DE

Africa$35211%2%Americas$7,06417%35%

Asia

Pacific$6,40716%31%

Europe$5,98920%29%

Middle

East$54214%3%

World$20,35417%Digital

EconomyPhase

III-

Highly

DevelopedCountryOverallEconomyEnvironmentSocial/GovernanceRanking%

DigitalEconomyf

Scandinavia

学86759089125.4%

Switzerland85739982225.1%

Finland82826888324.4%12

Global

Digital

Economy

Report(2026)02

Key

FindingsKeyFindingsEconomicMomentumAs

in2024,therewaseconomic

momentum

in2025

propelling

most

nationsacross

all

regions

andincometiers.

NominalGDPgrew8.3

percent,whileGDP

PPP

(purchasing

power

parity,

a

method

that

encapsulatescostoflivingand

buying

power

ina

particular

country)

rose

slightly

faster.

PPP

reached

$211trillion.

It

represents78

percent

more

buying

power

indeveloping

nationsthan

nominalfiguresindicate,a

risefrom67

percent

in

2024.Figure3

plotsthedifferencesamong

nations

between

percapita

GDP

nominal

and

GDP

PPP

levels.

Itisexpressedasa

natural

logarithm,which

reducestheapparent

differences

between

nominal

and

PPP

levels.This

illustrationdemonstratesthe

principlethateventhough

PPPcanappear

to

provide

significant

benefitwith

respecttocost-of-living,

itdoes

not

provideenoughofan

advantage

to

lift

nations

out

ofpovertyon

its

own.FIGURE

3.

GDP

Nominal

vs

PPP400

2

.00

Inanycase,theworld’soveralleconomic

momentum

both

reflectsand

accelerates

technologicalmomentum.Specifically,globalaccesstothe

Internet

increasedfrom58.8

percentto

71.0

percent

in2025,showingsubstantial

improvement

inthedevelopingworld.The

use

of

mobile

devices

rose

3

percentage

pointstodrivea

measureofgrowth

inaccess.

Internet

speed

rose

22

percent,facilitating

wider

useofalldevicesconnected

to

the

Internet.●Countries

GDP

Nominal

GDP

PPP13

Global

Digital

Economy

Report2026Source:

IDCAGDPAI’s

PotentialDiscussionsaboutAIdon’toccurjust

intech-developmentcirclesanymore,

but

becamecommonplace

in

politicalagendas,

mainstream

newsdiscussions,andanecdotally

ingeneral

conversations.The

large

building

boomassociatedwithAIfacilitiesand

hubs

isexpectedtostartto

play

out

in

2026.IncreasingDataCenter

FootprintFor2025,globaldatacenterfootprint

(in

MWconsumption)

rose

between

13.3

to

21.7

percent,

reaching

a

level

between64and69gigawatts.Theseestimates

vary

by

5

percentage

points

due

to

the

opacity

of

determiningactualdatacenterconsumption

inChina.

Estimatesfrom

several

trusted

organizations

vary

as

muchas200

percent;

IDCAresearchattributesa

relatively

modest

4.7GW

data-center

footprint

toChina(including

Hong

Kong),with

utilization

ratesthat

remaindifficulttoverifydue

to

limited

transparency

in

publiclyavailabledata.This

isclearlyanarea

to

watch

closely

throughout

2026.A

summary

of

key

data

isshown

in

Figure

4.ContinuedData-CenterDisparityDespiteefforts

bygovernmentsand

investorsto

build

newdatacentersthroughout

the

world,

the

United

Statesactually

increased

itsshareofglobaldata-centerfootprint

bytwo

percentage

points,

rising

from

43.7to45.7

percent.

Datacenters

inthe

UnitedStatesare

estimated

by

IDCAto

consume

morethan5

percentofthe

nation’selectricity,withseveralwell-known

hubsconsuming

a

higher

percentage

and

causingsignificantstresson

localelectricitygrids.

(A

summary

is

shown

in

Figure

5.)Gapingdisparities

remain

intheworld.Theworld’sTop

10datacenterfootprints,

for

example,

represent

79.8

percentoftheworld’sdatacenterconsumption,andtheTop

20

consume

89

percent

ofthe

global

footprint.Thedisparity

is

reflected

inelectricityconsumption

patterns,with

14

nations

nowdevoting

more

than5

percentoftheirelectricitytodatacenters,

but

also

with

75

nations

devoting

less

than

0.1

percent

oftheirelectricitytodatacenters.Theworldaverage

rose

slightlyfrom

1.7

percent

to

1.9

percent

overthecourseof2025.

Estimatesvary

by

methodologyanddata

availability,

and

should

be

interpreted

as

directional

ratherthan

precise.DataCenterGrowthElectricityGridStressDataCentersandNationalPower

Supplies:In

the

US

and

13other

nations,datacentersnowconsume

over5%of

the

country’s

electricity.Theworldwideaverageelectricityconsumption for

data

centers

rose

to

1.9%in

2025,

highlightingagrowingglobaldemandthat nationsmuststrategically

manage.WorkforceDevelopmentA

Global

Deficit

of100+

MillionTechJobsimbalance.DigitalReadinessDirectly

CorrelateswithEconomic

GrowthStrongersovereigndigital

infrastructure,particularlydatacentersand

high-speedinternet,

isdirectly

linkedto

higher

nationalincomesanda

greater

share

ofthe

$20trillionglobaldigital

economy.located

inother

countries.Developing

Nations

Face

80%

of

theTalentShortfallThevast

majorityofthetechtalent

deficitis

indeveloping

nations,

making

localinfrastructure

projectsacriticalengineforcreatingaskilleddomestic

workforce.Controloverdigitalassets

isincreasinglyviewedbymany

governmentsasastrategicpriorityEnsuringsovereigncontrol

over

criticaldigital

resources14

Global

Digital

Economy

Report2026ReducingGeopoliticalandEconomicVulnerability:Hostingdataand

digital

services

locally

mitigates

risksassociated

with

relianceon

infrastructureGlobal

DataCenter

FootprintNearly

80%(79.8%)oftheworld’s

datacenterconsumption

is

located

inthetop

10

nations,creating

significantglobalDataCenterdemandis

growingglobalexpansionofartificial

intelligence

require

massive

localcomputecapacityNationalSecurity&DataSovereigntyGlobal

Data

CenterConsumptionReaches64-69GWEnergyconsumption

surged

by

up221.7%

in20251.9%

ofWorld’sElectricityIs

Used

byDataCentersEconomicCompetitivenessDataInfrastructureis

highlyConcentratedFIGURE4.Source:

IDCAGlobalWorkforceDeficitAs

in2024,

IDCAresearch

in2025founda

model-based

global

gap

of

morethan

100

million

technology-

related

roles

relativeto

IDCA’s

benchmarkworkforceassumptions

inallareasofthetechnology

industry,

includingdigital

infrastructureoperationsskills,softwaredevelopment,

and

management

at

all

levels.The

numberwasderived

bycomparingtheexpectednumber

ofjobscountry-by-country

(based

on

local

economicconditionsandcost-of-living)withthe

ideal

levelfound

ina

highly

developed

Digital

Economy.Developing

nationsaccountfor80

percentofthisdeficit.Asia

represents

45

percent

ofthis

need,Africa

represents27

percent,and

LatinAmerica7

percent.Yeteventhe

most

highly

developed

nations

have

a

needforcontinuous

improvement

intheireducation,training,andworkforcedevelopment.Therefore,a

keychallengetoworld’sgovernments,enterprises,

and

investors

isto

develop

significantdatacenterfootprintsand

hubsasquicklyas

possible

in

as

many

nations

as

possible.

Even

though

large

regional

hubscan

provide

internetaccessandservicestoseveral

developing

nations

simultaneously,especially

inAfrica,

it

isstilltoa

nation’sadvantageto

havea

local,

sovereign

data

center

footprint

that

canadequatelyservethe

needsof

its

people.Thisfigure

representsa

normative

benchmarkderivedfrom

IDCA’soptimized

model

ratherthana

measured

labor-marketshortfall.Global

DataCenter

Disparities

in2025Top10

Nations(79.8%)Theworld’stop

10countriesfordatacenterfootprintrepresentastaggering79.8%oftotalglobalconsumption.Top20NationsControlAlmost90%Expandingtothetop20countriesrevealsanevengreaterconcentration,withthissmall

group