Bulgaria ranked 85th, according to a study assessing the digital quality of life worldwide. This year the survey covers 90% of the world's population and rates 110 countries, looking at five main pillars of digital life: accessibility and quality of the Internet, e-infrastructure, e-security and e-government.
The DQL (Digital Quality of Life Index) study is conducted by cybersecurity company Surfshark and evaluates countries based on a set of five main digital wellbeing pillars.
Bulgaria is 22nd in terms of internet access, 34th in internet quality, 64th by indicator "Electronic Infrastructure", 51st in terms of electronic security and 49th in section "E-Government”.
The Bulgarian must work 596 seconds to afford the cheapest mobile Internet, and 82 minutes to afford the cheapest broadband internet.
The report shows that 6 out of 10 countries with the highest scores are in Europe, following last year's trend. Denmark is first in the DQL for the second year in a row and is closely followed by South Korea and Finland. Israel and the United States are in the top five out of 110 rated countries. The last 5 places take Ethiopia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Guatemala and Angola.