DIGITAL QUALITY OF SOCIETY’S LIFE AS A RESULT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE CONDITIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES

Abstract

At the current stage of its development, the world is in conditions of global digitalization, the events of recent years only accelerate technological processes. Advanced digital technologies are changing both the approach to the implementation of human life processes and the vector of socio-economic development of the country. The digital transformation of the economy affects all economic relations with the active use of modern ICT, and the well-being of the population is measured by the digital quality of life. The author analyzed the dynamics of changes in the ranking of individual countries of the world according to the Digital Quality of Life (DQL) Index in 2022–2023 and found that France and Finland became the leaders in 2023, while Ukraine took only 46th place. It has been established that the higher the GDP per capita, the higher the DQL Index, this is particularly evident in Western Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand, and Northern Europe. It found that a country’s digital quality of life is affected by its access to the Internet and in 2023, the global trend shows increased Internet access, and people needed to work 11% less to afford fixed broadband Internet access. The article also examines the dynamics of changes in the rating of individual countries of the world for the development of e-security and e-infrastructure according to the DQL Index in 2022–2023, as a result of which it was found that Ukraine has positive dynamics towards the improvement of e-security. In order to improve the level of digital quality of life in Ukraine, it is proposed to create conditions for learning how to work with digital technologies and platforms; to form digital literacy of the country’s population; strengthen information security; support businesses in using modern digital business models.