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Burkina Faso vs Mali

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

Mali leads on 3 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.011 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Mali does more with what it has (−0.046, against −0.057 for Burkina Faso).

E-Government Index

Burkina Faso 0.289

Mali 0.301

Online services

Burkina Faso 0.338

Mali 0.333

Human capital

Burkina Faso 0.167

Mali 0.125

Telecoms

Burkina Faso 0.364

Mali 0.443

E-participation

Burkina Faso 0.219

Mali 0.274

Burkina FasoMaliEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Burkina Faso and Mali: context figures
The contextBurkina FasoMali
Income per person (PPP)$2,730$2,730
Population23.3 million23.3 million
Using the internet20%33%
Score vs what income predicts−0.057−0.046

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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.