Wikilatief - Perhaps you can guess Japan, Germany, USA, in this list.
Nevertheless, some countries can make you happy.
Here are the top 10 countries in utilizing information technology :
10. Finland
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| Helsinki |
Finland is famous for its high-tech projects and prowess.
The country of Nokia's birth has been winning in communication technology for a dozen years, and now accepts on biosciences, energy and environmental sciences, and has offered scholarships to young scientists from around the world.
One of the mainstays has been the popular angry birds mobile game until now.
9. China
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| Shanghai |
Today China is often touted as the next superpower, even though this is already the case.
In the last 10 years, China has recorded achievements in major developments in technology.
Today, Chinese scientists successfully use robotics, semiconductors, high-speed trains, supercomputers, genetics and cars.
Hardware companies like Huawei have started their attacks on the smartphone market, not to mention Baidu, Google China which continues to dominate the domestic market with more than 70 million active users.
Coupled with the presence of Alibaba, a retail site that sells everything from electronics to real-estate services.
It is not wrong if in 2020 China successfully targets 60% of GDP comes from science and technology.
8. Canada
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| Toronto |
Canada has a very advanced technology sector. In 2016 alone Canada's technology sector already tops the country's financial and insurance sectors.
Even companies engaged in technology already accounted for 117 billion dollars of the country's 51 trillion dollars of GDP.
Canada also has its own Silicon Valley in Kitchener and Waterloo, a Suburb of Toronto where hardware companies and software developers work together to produce the latest mobile applications.
The Canadian government strongly encourages science and research.
Not only supporting biotechnology, Canada is also busy creating wireless communication machines and a supersonic, dual-engined engine, avro arrow.
7. England
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| London |
The UK is the world's first modern industrial country.
Jet engines, locomotive engines, the World Wide Web, electric motors, incandescent light bulbs and electric telegraphs are all found in the UK.
Recently, the UK saved itself on military technology including an unmanned combat vehicle, BAE Systems Taranis.
The technology produced spectacular results on the battlefield in Iraq.
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6. Russia
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| Moscow |
Russia's rapid economic growth is one of the country's great achievements. In addition to oil and gas, the information and communication technology sector is one of the drivers of Russia's economic development.
Since 2000, the development of Information and Communication Technology has grown four times faster than the average performance of Russian economy. In fact, everyone knows about the hacker's great abilities.
Russia is also a heavy manufacturer and inventor of weapons technology and defense systems.
The country has one of the best high-tech defense systems, also equipping defense equipment to many countries in the world.
The Russian missile systems S300, S400, S500 and ICBM are highly efficient in the world.
Recently Russia placed it in the S300 in the Middle East in Syria and was able to support the most powerful Air Force in the Region, Israel.
5. Germany
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| Berlin |
Germany has been a high-tech country for centuries. Germany is capable of leading Europe in technology. For its research and development, alone Germany spends about 116 dollars or the equivalent of 3% of its GDP.
Siemens is one example of a fast-growing German company. Siemens, which used to be known as a mobile-phone manufacturer, is now expanding its business to various lines ranging from transportation to renewable energy.
Germany's automotive technology is exceptional with major brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW, Volkswagen and Porsche.
Germany also recently took the lead in terms of the Defense Industry by producing Dolphin submarines sold to Israel.
4. Israel
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| Tel Aviv |
The intelligence of Israeli youth in the development of technology, especially innovations in the smartphone and automotive applications, has made the country one of the countries worth taking into account.
Even in March 2017 Israel managed to grab the world's attention when Intel bought the company MobileEye for $15.3 billion.
To support development in this field of technology, Israel has provided more than 300 research centers and other facilities related to technology development.
About 35% of Israel's exports are related to technology. Israel is one of the top five of space science.
It is also known for innovations in the defense industry such as the legendary Iron Dome as it successfully diverted all missile strikes from Gaza during the 2014 conflict. Israel develops its first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with real-time surveillance.
3. South Korea
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| Seoul |
Not only famous for its drama series, Korea is also famous for its technology. Although it was once one of the poorest countries in 1960, in fact it was able to rise and develop into the country with the 14th largest economy in the world. This can not be separated from the huge growth of his country's technology.
Korea has some of the most successful technology companies in the world. One of them is Samsung, a technology company with sales of $174 billion in 2017.
Did you know that the average internet speed in South Korea triples in the U.S.?
South Korea is also the birthplace of tech companies such as LG, Hyundai and Samsung.
A line of brands that successfully compete with global technology brands such as Apple and Toyota.
South Korean scientists have made significant contributions in fields such as robotics.
2. United States of America
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| New York |
The United States can boast of 6.7 million workers in their tech industry. A 2015 report explained that 6% of the country's GDP comes from the digital economy, this number is not included with the amount obtained from other technology sectors.
Apple certainly exerts a significant influence on the success of the country's economy. This year alone Apple reached the highest level in the market of about 800 billion dollars.
Space exploration, pharmaceuticals, defense systems and telecommunications have been the main focus of the United States for decades.
America has the most powerful and technologically advanced military in the world through the world's largest technology companies such as Google, Facebook, Apple, Intel, IBM and Microsoft.
A giant technology that changes the way people live around the world.
1. Japan
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| Tokyo |
Japan still dominates the Asian technology industry. Unabashedly, the Government deliberately invested 26 trillion yen in 2016 for the development of technology and small business for the next five years.
The names Sony, Toshiba, Mitsubishi and Panasonic are certainly familiar. They are a list of well-known Japanese companies that are enlivening the world technology market.
All to his reach, Japan is a country that achieves results in every field: from biotech to robotics.
Japan is renowned for its scientific research that has contributed enormously in various fields such as cars, electronics, machinery, earthquake engineering, optics, industrial robotics, metals and semi-conductors.
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