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Afghanistan vs Madagascar

Digital government compared, on the UN’s 2024 index and the figures behind it.

Madagascar leads on 4 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.115 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Madagascar does more with what it has (+0.040, against −0.093 for Afghanistan).

E-Government Index

Afghanistan 0.208

Madagascar 0.323

Online services

Afghanistan 0.144

Madagascar 0.404

Human capital

Afghanistan 0.264

Madagascar 0.414

Telecoms

Afghanistan 0.217

Madagascar 0.152

E-participation

Afghanistan 0.110

Madagascar 0.301

AfghanistanMadagascarEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Afghanistan and Madagascar: context figures
The contextAfghanistanMadagascar
Income per person (PPP)$2,090$1,880
Population42.2 million30.3 million
Using the internet18%21%
Score vs what income predicts−0.093+0.040

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Sources: UN E-Government Survey 2024, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs; income per person (GDP, PPP) and population from the World Bank World Development Indicators, via the Quality of Government Standard Dataset, January 2025.