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Germany vs United Kingdom

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

United Kingdom leads on 3 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.020 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, United Kingdom does more with what it has (+0.089, against +0.042 for Germany).

E-Government Index

Germany 0.938

United Kingdom 0.958

Online services

Germany 0.924

United Kingdom 0.953

Human capital

Germany 0.967

United Kingdom 0.945

Telecoms

Germany 0.924

United Kingdom 0.975

E-participation

Germany 0.973

United Kingdom 0.973

GermanyUnited KingdomEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Germany and United Kingdom: context figures
The contextGermanyUnited Kingdom
Income per person (PPP)$69,340$58,910
Population84.5 million68.3 million
Using the internet93%95%
Score vs what income predicts+0.042+0.089

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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.