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Canada vs Saudi Arabia

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

Saudi Arabia leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.115 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Saudi Arabia does more with what it has (+0.104, against −0.031 for Canada).

E-Government Index

Canada 0.845

Saudi Arabia 0.960

Online services

Canada 0.855

Saudi Arabia 0.990

Human capital

Canada 0.872

Saudi Arabia 0.907

Telecoms

Canada 0.808

Saudi Arabia 0.984

E-participation

Canada 0.918

Saudi Arabia 0.959

CanadaSaudi ArabiaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Canada and Saudi Arabia: context figures
The contextCanadaSaudi Arabia
Income per person (PPP)$61,580$54,990
Population40.1 million36.9 million
Using the internet94%100%
Score vs what income predicts−0.031+0.104

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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.