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China vs Thailand

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

China leads on 3 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.037 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, China does more with what it has (+0.152, against +0.123 for Thailand).

E-Government Index

China 0.872

Thailand 0.835

Online services

China 0.926

Thailand 0.761

Human capital

China 0.790

Thailand 0.803

Telecoms

China 0.900

Thailand 0.941

E-participation

China 0.931

Thailand 0.753

ChinaThailandEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
China and Thailand: context figures
The contextChinaThailand
Income per person (PPP)$24,560$23,420
Population1.41 billion71.8 million
Using the internet78%90%
Score vs what income predicts+0.152+0.123

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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.