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Eritrea vs Sierra Leone

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

Sierra Leone leads on 4 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.147 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Sierra Leone does more with what it has (+0.023, against −0.102 for Eritrea).

E-Government Index

Eritrea 0.158

Sierra Leone 0.304

Online services

Eritrea 0.000

Sierra Leone 0.382

Human capital

Eritrea 0.332

Sierra Leone 0.272

Telecoms

Eritrea 0.141

Sierra Leone 0.259

E-participation

Eritrea 0.014

Sierra Leone 0.329

EritreaSierra LeoneEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Eritrea and Sierra Leone: context figures
The contextEritreaSierra Leone
Income per person (PPP)$1,630$1,850
Population3.7 million8.8 million
Using the internet27%30%
Score vs what income predicts−0.102+0.023

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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.