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Spain vs Saudi Arabia

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

Saudi Arabia leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.040 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Saudi Arabia does more with what it has (+0.104, against +0.071 for Spain).

E-Government Index

Spain 0.921

Saudi Arabia 0.960

Online services

Spain 0.905

Saudi Arabia 0.990

Human capital

Spain 0.896

Saudi Arabia 0.907

Telecoms

Spain 0.960

Saudi Arabia 0.984

E-participation

Spain 0.808

Saudi Arabia 0.959

SpainSaudi ArabiaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Spain and Saudi Arabia: context figures
The contextSpainSaudi Arabia
Income per person (PPP)$52,780$54,990
Population48.4 million36.9 million
Using the internet95%100%
Score vs what income predicts+0.071+0.104

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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.