Brunei  Darussalam  National  Broadband  Policy       IDI VALUES IN THE ASIA PACIFIC COMPARED WITH THE GLOBAL, REGIONAL AND DEVELOPING/DEVELOPED-COUNTRY AVERAGES, 2013 Figure 2: Values in the Asia Pacific compared with the global, regional and developing/developed country averages, 2013 9 8 7 Developed 6 5 World Asia & Pacific 4 Developing 3 2 Bangladesh Pakistan Myanmar Solomon Islands India Lao P.D.R. Bhutan Cambodia Tonga Sri Lanka Philippines Thailand Indonesia Iran (I.R.) Viet Nam Fiji Mongolia China Malaysia Maldives Brunei Darussalam Singapore New Zealand Japan Macao, China Australia Korea (Rep.) Hong Kong, China 1   Source : ITU However,  as  shown  in  table  below,  despite  those  annual  incremental  improvements,  Brunei  Darussalam’s   global  ranking  has  fallen  by  two  places,  from  56th  in  2011  to  58th  in  2012.         Figure 3: Brunei Darussalam’s Performance on ICT Development Index Index Value 2011 2012 IDI 4.93 Access sub-index Global ranking 2011 2012 5.06 56th 58th 6.35 6.55 42nd 42nd Use sub-index 2.39 2.53 62nd 70th Skills sub-index 7.08 7.16 76nd 76th IDI Change Change _ _   Source : ITU, Measuring the Information Society (2013) This  suggests  that  other  countries  are  reinforcing  their  existing  strengths  in  the  key  areas  of  access,  use   and  skills;  or  have  been  doing  more  than  Brunei  Darussalam  to  leapfrog  into  the  broadband  era;  or  are   making   greater   progress   than   Brunei   Darussalam   to   universalise   access   and   use   of   broadband   and   ICTs.   It   also   suggests   that   Brunei   Darussalam’s   advantage   of   a   high   average   income   is   not   being   fully   leveraged   upon   to   advance   Brunei   Darussalam   into   the   digital   economy   era   and   maximise   the   development   potential  of  ICTs  (see  Figure  4).       3