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Benin vs Papua New Guinea

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

Benin leads on 4 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.150 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Benin does more with what it has (+0.036, against −0.128 for Papua New Guinea).

E-Government Index

Benin 0.458

Papua New Guinea 0.308

Online services

Benin 0.520

Papua New Guinea 0.339

Human capital

Benin 0.371

Papua New Guinea 0.398

Telecoms

Benin 0.482

Papua New Guinea 0.185

E-participation

Benin 0.370

Papua New Guinea 0.192

BeninPapua New GuineaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Benin and Papua New Guinea: context figures
The contextBeninPapua New Guinea
Income per person (PPP)$4,250$4,610
Population13.7 million10.3 million
Using the internet34%27%
Score vs what income predicts+0.036−0.128

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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.