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Eritrea vs Somalia

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

Somalia leads on 3 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.011 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Eritrea does more with what it has (−0.102, against −0.111 for Somalia).

E-Government Index

Eritrea 0.158

Somalia 0.147

Online services

Eritrea 0.000

Somalia 0.297

Human capital

Eritrea 0.332

Somalia 0.000

Telecoms

Eritrea 0.141

Somalia 0.143

E-participation

Eritrea 0.014

Somalia 0.288

EritreaSomaliaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Eritrea and Somalia: context figures
The contextEritreaSomalia
Income per person (PPP)$1,630$1,610
Population3.7 million18.1 million
Using the internet27%28%
Score vs what income predicts−0.102−0.111

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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.