Which Country Has the Best Digital Quality Life?

哪个国家的数字生活质量最好?

TECHNOLOGY AFFECTS nearly every aspect of daily life, providing convenience and efficiency in areas such as health care, education and communication. Yet not all nations are performing well in the digital space, according to a recent study. The top five countries ranked by their digital quality of life come from different parts of the world, and Australia takes the podium.

科技几乎影响到日常生活的方方面面，在医疗、教育和通讯等领域提供了便利和效率。然而，根据最近的一项研究，并非所有国家都在数字领域表现良好。根据数字生活质量排名前五的国家来自世界各地，澳大利亚位居榜首。

Australia ranked highest in the 2019 Digital Quality of Life index, a study produced by Surfshark, a virtual private network based in the British Virgin Islands. The country registered a score of 0.7992 on of a scale of zero to one. Australia was followed by France with a near identical score, and Singapore, at 0.78. None of the countries examined crossed the threshold of 0.8, reflecting room for improvement in various digital areas globally, according to the study's authors.

澳大利亚在2019年“数字生活质量指数”(Digital Quality of Life Index)中排名最高，该指数是由总部位于英属维尔京群岛的虚拟私人网络“冲浪鲨鱼”(Surfshark)进行的一项研究。这个国家在0到1的评分中获得了0.7992分。紧随其后的是几乎相同的法国和新加坡，得分为0.78。研究报告的作者表示，所有接受调查的国家都没有超过0.8的限制，这反映出全球各个数字领域还有改进的空间。

The Surfshark research is based on open-source information from the databases of multiple sources, including the United Nations, the World Bank, Freedom House and the International Communications Union, The report examined a total population of more than 5.5 billion people in 65 countries and used factored in criteria that included internet connectivity speed, affordability, cybersecurity, the availability of data protection laws, e-government services and others.

“冲浪鲨鱼”研究是基于多来源数据库的开元信息,包括联合国、世界银行、自由之家、国际通信联盟，该报告调查了65个国家的55亿多人口，并将其纳入标准，包括互联网连接速度、支付能力、网络安全、数据保护法的可用性、电子政府服务等。

In their assessment of Australia, the study's authors credit the affordability of the mobile internet in the country, comparatively high mobile internet speeds and what they label a "solid level of cybersecurity in the country."

在对澳大利亚的评估中，该研究的作者赞扬了该国移动互联网的支付能力，相对较高的移动互联网速度，以及他们所称的“该国坚实的网络安全水平”。

The top 10 ranking countries：

排名前10位的国家包括：

Included Norway, Japan, Canada, Denmark, South Korea, Italy, and Sweden. The United States ranked No. 11, scoring high in cybersecurity, and e-government availability.

挪威、日本、加拿大、丹麦、韩国、意大利和瑞典。美国排名第11位，在网路安全和电子政府可用性方面得分很高。

Finishing last among the countries studied was Algeria, followed by Ethiopia, Iraq, Egypt and Pakistan. In their remarks about Algeria, the study's authors note the low mobile and broadband internet speeds, low internet affordability, a poor development of electronic government services and the second-lowest score in cybersecurity, barely finishing better than Nepal.

在所研究的国家中排在最后的是阿尔及利亚，紧随其后的是埃塞俄比亚、伊拉克、埃及和巴基斯坦。在对阿尔及利亚的评论中，该研究的作者指出，该国移动和宽带互联网速度较低，互联网支付能力较低，电子政务服务发展不佳，网络安全得分位居第二，仅略高于尼泊尔。