Although the IT startups make significant actions, in general, IT condition in Indonesia is quite bad in the International perception. On the list of IT Industry Competitiveness Index 2011 arranged by Business Software alliance (BSA), Indonesia is on the 57th from 66 countries (increased only 2 rank from the previous year). In Southeast Asia, Indonesia is in the bottom position “being beat” by Philippines and Vietnam.

As a comparison, Singapore is on the 3rd position (increased 6 rank from last year), Malaysia is on the 31st position (increased 11 rank from the last year), Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam are on the 50th, 52nd, and 53rd. Indonesia is only higher than other developing countries such as Venezuela, Ecuador, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. The lowest rank is for Iran and the highest is, of course, The USA.

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