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Algeria vs South Africa

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

South Africa leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.266 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, South Africa does more with what it has (+0.216, against −0.062 for Algeria).

E-Government Index

Algeria 0.596

South Africa 0.862

Online services

Algeria 0.332

South Africa 0.887

Human capital

Algeria 0.642

South Africa 0.803

Telecoms

Algeria 0.813

South Africa 0.895

E-participation

Algeria 0.055

South Africa 0.836

AlgeriaSouth AfricaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Algeria and South Africa: context figures
The contextAlgeriaSouth Africa
Income per person (PPP)$17,030$15,850
Population45.6 million60.4 million
Using the internet71%75%
Score vs what income predicts−0.062+0.216

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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.