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China vs Mexico

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

China leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.087 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, China does more with what it has (+0.152, against +0.058 for Mexico).

E-Government Index

China 0.872

Mexico 0.785

Online services

China 0.926

Mexico 0.764

Human capital

China 0.790

Mexico 0.760

Telecoms

China 0.900

Mexico 0.831

E-participation

China 0.931

Mexico 0.740

ChinaMexicoEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
China and Mexico: context figures
The contextChinaMexico
Income per person (PPP)$24,560$25,600
Population1.41 billion128 million
Using the internet78%81%
Score vs what income predicts+0.152+0.058

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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.