Denmark has again been ranked as the world’s number one when it comes to IT, but it is a title that could easily be lost

For the third year in a row Denmark was ranked number one in the World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009, which rated countries on their IT competence and readiness.

But the margin between number one and number two was paper-thin this year, with Denmark receiving a 5.85 score to Sweden’s 5.84. In all, 134 countries were rated in the report, which rewards ‘good education fundamentals and high levels of technological readiness and innovation’.

Countries were rated in nine areas, subdivided into 68 individual categories. Denmark received the top score in seven categories, including freedom of the press, efficiency of its legal framework, and the extent of its business staff training.

In addition, the report indicated that Denmark’s private residents were the world’s top broadband subscribers and that its high-speed internet connections were the world’s most widespread.

Areas where the country fared less favourably were in the categories relating to internet costs, taxation and the intensity of competition.

In the WEF’s more comprehensive Global Competitiveness Report, Denmark came third, behind the US and Switzerland.

In the organisation’s gender gap report, Denmark came eighth, while the country fell one place in the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness ratings from 13th to 14th.