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Australia vs Canada

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

Australia leads on 4 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.113 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Australia does more with what it has (+0.062, against −0.031 for Canada).

E-Government Index

Australia 0.958

Canada 0.845

Online services

Australia 0.922

Canada 0.855

Human capital

Australia 1.000

Canada 0.872

Telecoms

Australia 0.951

Canada 0.808

E-participation

Australia 0.863

Canada 0.918

AustraliaCanadaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Australia and Canada: context figures
The contextAustraliaCanada
Income per person (PPP)$69,110$61,580
Population26.6 million40.1 million
Using the internet95%94%
Score vs what income predicts+0.062−0.031

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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.