With over 80 indicators based on the most up-to-date official statistics, this volume provides a comprehensive international comparison of countries' performance in the information economy. New indicators address emerging policy issues: international differences in the quality and price of the ICT infrastructure, diffusion of Internet technologies in larger and smaller firms, relative size of cross-border electronic transactions, barriers to Internet commerce. With the essential findings presented in bullets points and methodological notes on indicators and data sources, this publication combines statistical rigour with easy access and readability. For the first time data annexes with time series for the ICT sector are made available in the electronic version.