aggregated regional reference (Scandinavia). There are 33 Phase ll Digital Economies, 78 Phase I Digital The complete list of nations, their Digital Readiness scores, and their location within specific phases of Digital Readiness Index overall scores, and their consequent Digital Economy Phase classifications, are expressed on a scale of O-100 in this report. The underlying data, however, represents a consolidation of a variety of logarithmic and exponential data calculations and transformations. The O-100 scale should be 1. The results are not meant to be a competition. Instead, they serve as a report card of how well economic resources and social conditions they currently have. This point of view delivers a relative view of progress, i.e., how well is a nation doing given its current resources and conditions? 2. The results can be used to develop a unique, specifically tailored path for further development of a nation's Digital Economy. The potential for progress is not limited to a certain group of nations, but instead exists for every nation. The copious underlying data that produced this report will also produce