World Economic Forum - Global Information Technology Report

The following index by World Economic Forum shows the country readiness to participate and benefit from ICT developments. Three main companents of the scoring are:
- environment for ICT offered by a country or community
- readiness of the community's key stakeholders (individuals, business and governments)
- usage of ICT among these stakeholders.

The Network Readiness Index 2006-2007 rankings:

[rank].[country] [score]

1. Denmark 5.71
2. Sweden 5.66
3. Singapore 5.60
4. Finland 5.59
5. Switzerland 5.58
6. Netherlands 5.54
7. United States 5.54
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70. Russian Federation 3.54
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73. Kazakhstan 3.52
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105. Kyrgyz Republic 2.90

Index is calculated for 122 countries only. Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are not listed in 2006-2007 ranking.

Full list: http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gitr/rankings2007.pdf
Report description:
http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Global%20Information%20Technology%20Report/index.htm

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Uzbekistan at a Glance

Area: 447,400 sq km (Spain 506K, Japan 378K)
Population: 26'600'000 [July 2005 est] (Canada 33M, Australia 21M)
Internet Penetration: 1,745,000 users / 6.6% [May/07 ITU]
Official language: Uzbek

Sources:
ITU
Wikipedia
Internet World Stats

Turkmenistan at a Glance

Area: 488'100 sq km (Spain 506K, Sweden 450K)
Population: 5'110'000 [Dec 2006 est] (Finland 5.3M, Ireland 4.2M)
Internet Penetration: 48,300 users / 0.7% [April/07 ITU]
Official language: Turkmen

Sources:
ITU
Wikipedia
Internet World Stats

Tajikistan at a Glance

Area: 143'100 sq km (UK 243K, Greece 132K)
Population: 6'740'000 [2006 est] (Switzerland 7.4M, Denmark 5.5M)
Internet Penetration: 19,500users / 0.3% [April/07 ITU]
Official language: Tajik

Sources:
ITU
Wikipedia
Internet World Stats

Kyrgyzstan at a Glance

Area: 199'900 sq km (UK 243K, Greece 132K)
Population: 5'300'000 [2005 est] (Denmark 5.5M, Finland 5.3M)
Internet Penetration: 280,000 users / 5.2% [Sept/06 ITU]
Official languages: Kyrgyz, Russian
Aliases: Kyrgyz Republic, Kirgizia, Kyrghyzstan, Kyrghyz Republic, Kirghizia.

Sources:
ITU
Wikipedia
Internet World Stats

Kazakhstan at a Glance

Area: 2'724'900 sq km (9th biggest, Argentina 2.8M Mexico 2.0M)
Population: 15'300'000 [2006 est] (Greece 11M, Netherlands 16M, Australia 21M)
Internet Penetration: 609,200 users / 4.2% [Aplil/07 ITU]
Official languages: Kazakh, Russian

Sources:
ITU
Wikipedia
Internet World Stats