France, where stinky cheese meets decent Internet. Blessed with stunning countryside, charming hilltop villages and fabulous wines – not to mention many varieties of cheese – France already enjoys a quality of life envied by many, and fiercely protected by policy makers and citizens alike. According to the latest annual study by Surfshark, France has a pretty good digital quality of life as well. In fact, Surfshark’s fifth Digital Quality of Life Index (DQLi) ranks the nation first in Europe as well as globally, up three places compared to 2022. France is also ranked well ahead of the US, which trails many European countries in 19 th place. At the same time, being placed 19 th out of 121 countries is not a bad result. Overall, nine out of ten countries with the highest digital quality of life are in Europe. Furthermore, only 19 countries out of the top 50 are located outside of Europe. The DQLi measures digital quality of life according to five pillars: Internet affordability, Internet quality, electronic infrastructure, electronic security and electronic government. As you’d expect, each country performs differently depending on the pillar. France, for example, is ranked first overall for Internet affordability, while […]
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