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Belarus vs Costa Rica

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

Costa Rica leads on 4 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.056 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Costa Rica does more with what it has (+0.059, against −0.013 for Belarus).

E-Government Index

Belarus 0.744

Costa Rica 0.801

Online services

Belarus 0.576

Costa Rica 0.722

Human capital

Belarus 0.742

Costa Rica 0.788

Telecoms

Belarus 0.916

Costa Rica 0.893

E-participation

Belarus 0.493

Costa Rica 0.726

BelarusCosta RicaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Belarus and Costa Rica: context figures
The contextBelarusCosta Rica
Income per person (PPP)$30,750$27,950
Population9.2 million5.2 million
Using the internet92%85%
Score vs what income predicts−0.013+0.059

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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.