Table: Waseda University Institute of e-Government Rankings 2012
The main indicators and their weights are still kept in order to maintain backward compatibility. The final score in Waseda University International e-Government ranking 2012 is shown in the table.
Singapore and USA in the top of ranking 2012
This year Singapore continued the fourth consecutive year in the first position, sharing the position with USA, and followed by Korea and Finland in the third and fourth position. Denmark jumped to the fifth position from the tenth position last year. Standing at the sixth is Sweden which slipped down three steps from 3rd in 2011. Canada also dropped to the tenth place. This year, Australia and Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) returned to the top ten, standing at seventh and tenth place. Japan fell down two steps to the eighth which is the lowest position for Japan in the last eight years in the Waseda University Institute of e-Government ranking.
Compared with last year, UK climbed one step and stood at the ninth. According to the Waseda Survey, the top 10 countries (economy) which have the most advanced development in e-Government are: (1) Singapore, (1) USA, (3) Korea, (4) Finland, (5) Denmark, (6) Sweden, (7) Australia, (8) Japan, (9) UK, (10) Taiwan (Chinese Taipei).
The 2012 Waseda Ranking surveyed the e-Government development of 55 countries. Five new countries which were added to the survey for the first time, are Argentina, Cambodia, Nigeria, UAE and Venezuela.
The Institute of e-Government at Waseda University is also in charge of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) e-Government Research Center. In coordination with APEC, the Institute has been continuously monitoring and researching the development of eGovernment strategies of APEC member economies since 2004 as part of the activities of the e-APEC initiative
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