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Barbados vs Suriname

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

Barbados leads on 4 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.045 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Barbados does more with what it has (+0.002, against −0.057 for Suriname).

E-Government Index

Barbados 0.681

Suriname 0.637

Online services

Barbados 0.498

Suriname 0.481

Human capital

Barbados 0.784

Suriname 0.557

Telecoms

Barbados 0.762

Suriname 0.871

E-participation

Barbados 0.329

Suriname 0.288

BarbadosSurinameEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Barbados and Suriname: context figures
The contextBarbadosSuriname
Income per person (PPP)$19,360$21,050
Population282,000623,000
Using the internet76%76%
Score vs what income predicts+0.002−0.057

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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.