South Korea ranked No. 2 in development of its information and communications technologies (ICT), a U.N. agency said Tuesday, giving up its first place to Denmark.

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said Asia's fourth-largest economy ranked second among 166 countries surveyed.
It marked the first time for South Korea to miss the top spot since 2010.
   
Sweden came in at third, followed by Iceland, Britain, Norway, the Netherlands and Finland. Hong Kong and Luxembourg also made the top 10 list.
  

By sector, South Korea took the top spot in the percentage of households with Internet access and second place in secondary gross enrollment ratio. It took sixth and ninth place for fixed (wired)-broadband Internet subscriptions per 100 inhabitants and active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, respectively. (Yonhap)