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Austria vs Switzerland

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

Switzerland leads on 3 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.006 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Austria does more with what it has (+0.000, against −0.045 for Switzerland).

E-Government Index

Austria 0.907

Switzerland 0.900

Online services

Austria 0.838

Switzerland 0.841

Human capital

Austria 0.900

Switzerland 0.903

Telecoms

Austria 0.981

Switzerland 0.958

E-participation

Austria 0.781

Switzerland 0.822

AustriaSwitzerlandEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Austria and Switzerland: context figures
The contextAustriaSwitzerland
Income per person (PPP)$73,750$92,980
Population9.1 million8.8 million
Using the internet95%97%
Score vs what income predicts+0.000−0.045

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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.