Bulgaria leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.085 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Bulgaria does more with what it has (+0.018, against −0.072 for Panama).
E-Government Index
The overall score: the average of the next three.
Bulgaria 0.815
Panama 0.730
Online services
What the government offers online.
Bulgaria 0.773
Panama 0.650
Human capital
Literacy and schooling.
Bulgaria 0.754
Panama 0.687
Telecoms
Internet, mobile and broadband.
Bulgaria 0.917
Panama 0.852
E-participation
How far citizens are involved online.
Bulgaria 0.671
Panama 0.520
Each track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Bulgaria and Panama: context figures The context Bulgaria Panama Income per person (PPP) $38,690 $39,700 Population 6.4 million 4.5 million Using the internet 80% 74% Score vs what income predicts +0.018 −0.072
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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.
