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Estonia vs Latvia

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

Estonia leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.088 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Estonia does more with what it has (+0.136, against +0.072 for Latvia).

E-Government Index

Estonia 0.973

Latvia 0.885

Online services

Estonia 0.995

Latvia 0.809

Human capital

Estonia 0.950

Latvia 0.880

Telecoms

Estonia 0.973

Latvia 0.966

E-participation

Estonia 0.959

Latvia 0.781

EstoniaLatviaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Estonia and Latvia: context figures
The contextEstoniaLatvia
Income per person (PPP)$48,990$42,500
Population1.4 million1.9 million
Using the internet93%92%
Score vs what income predicts+0.136+0.072

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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.