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Bangladesh vs Nigeria

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

Bangladesh leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.175 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Bangladesh does more with what it has (+0.106, against −0.008 for Nigeria).

E-Government Index

Bangladesh 0.657

Nigeria 0.481

Online services

Bangladesh 0.737

Nigeria 0.537

Human capital

Bangladesh 0.583

Nigeria 0.424

Telecoms

Bangladesh 0.650

Nigeria 0.484

E-participation

Bangladesh 0.616

Nigeria 0.370

BangladeshNigeriaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Bangladesh and Nigeria: context figures
The contextBangladeshNigeria
Income per person (PPP)$9,070$6,320
Population173 million224 million
Using the internet45%36%
Score vs what income predicts+0.106−0.008

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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.