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Switzerland vs Norway

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

Norway leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.031 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Norway does more with what it has (−0.034, against −0.045 for Switzerland).

E-Government Index

Switzerland 0.900

Norway 0.932

Online services

Switzerland 0.841

Norway 0.912

Human capital

Switzerland 0.903

Norway 0.917

Telecoms

Switzerland 0.958

Norway 0.965

E-participation

Switzerland 0.822

Norway 0.863

SwitzerlandNorwayEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Switzerland and Norway: context figures
The contextSwitzerlandNorway
Income per person (PPP)$92,980$104,460
Population8.8 million5.5 million
Using the internet97%99%
Score vs what income predicts−0.045−0.034

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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.