DSI: Digital Sovereignty Index Score
DAL: Data Accessibility Level
Digital Sovereignty Index
Measuring Digital Sovereignty in the Multipolar Era
The Digital Sovereignty Index (DSI) is a global framework for measuring and comparing digital sovereignty, technological autonomy, cybersecurity capacity, data governance, AI development, digital infrastructure, and strategic control over critical technologies.
The index measures sovereignty across infrastructure, software ecosystems, cognition, governance, and strategic value capture, offering a multidimensional assessment of national technological autonomy in the emerging multipolar order.
The Digital Sovereignty Index (DSI) is a comparative index developed by the BRICS Tech Forum, GEPSI UnB, and GETIP USP to measure how countries accumulate and exercise technological power within the contemporary international order. The project evaluates more than 80 countries across four core dimensions — hardware, software, cognition, and governance — identifying capacities for autonomy, dependency, and strategic coordination.
By transforming digital sovereignty into a comparable metric, the DSI offers a strategic tool for researchers, policymakers, companies, multilateral institutions, and Global South actors seeking to understand structural vulnerabilities, national capabilities, and power disputes within the contemporary technological environment. The index aims to support the formulation of development, governance, and autonomy strategies in a context marked by the global concentration of infrastructure, data, and computational capacity.
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Digital Sovereignty Index (DSI) 2026 | Global Rankings & Country Analysis