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Brazil vs China

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

China leads on 4 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.032 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, China does more with what it has (+0.152, against +0.150 for Brazil).

E-Government Index

Brazil 0.840

China 0.872

Online services

Brazil 0.906

China 0.926

Human capital

Brazil 0.808

China 0.790

Telecoms

Brazil 0.807

China 0.900

E-participation

Brazil 0.863

China 0.931

BrazilChinaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Brazil and China: context figures
The contextBrazilChina
Income per person (PPP)$20,580$24,560
Population216 million1.41 billion
Using the internet84%78%
Score vs what income predicts+0.150+0.152

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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.