Azerbaijan, Baku, 5 March / Trend corr S. Babayeva/ In 2008, Azerbaijan was 89th position in the UN's universal E-readiness rating, while in 2005 the country was 101st. According to the UN's 'E-Government Survey 2008: From E-Government to Connected Governance', in West Asia Azerbaijan overtook Georgia (90th position) and Armenia (103rd position). The index of Azerbaijan's e-readiness is 0.4609, Georgia's - 0.4598, Armenia - 0.4182.
Taking 17th position Israel topped the rating for West Asia, followed by the United Arab Emirates (32nd position) and Cyprus (35th position).
The table of the West Asian countries:
| Country | 2008Index | 2005Index | 2008Rating | 2005Rating |
| 0.7393 | 0.6903 | 17 | 24 | |
| UAE | 0.6301 | 0.5718 | 32 | 42 |
| 0.6019 | 0.5872 | 35 | 37 | |
| 0.5723 | 0.5282 | 42 | 53 | |
| 0.5480 | 0.4639 | 50 | 68 | |
| 0.5314 | 0.4895 | 53 | 62 | |
| 0.5202 | 0.4431 | 57 | 75 | |
| 0.4935 | 0.4105 | 70 | 80 | |
| 0.4840 | 0.4560 | 74 | 71 | |
| 0.4834 | 0.4960 | 76 | 60 | |
| 0.4691 | 0.3405 | 84 | 112 | |
| 0.4609 | 0.3773 | 89 | 101 | |
| 0.4598 | 0.4034 | 90 | 83 | |
| 0.4182 | 0.3625 | 103 | 106 | |
| 0.3614 | 0.2871 | 119 | 132 | |
| 0.2690 | 0.3334 | 151 | 118 | |
| 0.2142 | 0.2125 | 164 | 154 | |
| Region | 0.4857 | 0.4384 | ||
| World | 0.4514 | 0.4267 |
In the UN's E-participation index, Azerbaijan was 49th position leaving behind Egypt, India, Ireland and Italy.
The UN's e-readiness report includes 192 countries. Sweden heads the TOP-10 and is followed by Denmark and Norway. The USA is 4th position, followed by Netherlands, Korea, Canada, Australia, France and UK.