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UAE vs Sweden

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

UAE leads on 4 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.021 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Sweden does more with what it has (+0.035, against +0.025 for UAE).

E-Government Index

UAE 0.953

Sweden 0.933

Online services

UAE 0.916

Sweden 0.884

Human capital

UAE 0.944

Sweden 0.927

Telecoms

UAE 1.000

Sweden 0.987

E-participation

UAE 0.781

Sweden 0.794

UAESwedenEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
UAE and Sweden: context figures
The contextUAESweden
Income per person (PPP)$83,900$70,210
Population9.5 million10.5 million
Using the internet100%96%
Score vs what income predicts+0.025+0.035

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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.