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Ethiopia vs Uganda

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

Uganda leads on 4 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.135 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Uganda does more with what it has (+0.078, against −0.058 for Ethiopia).

E-Government Index

Ethiopia 0.311

Uganda 0.446

Online services

Ethiopia 0.342

Uganda 0.607

Human capital

Ethiopia 0.325

Uganda 0.502

Telecoms

Ethiopia 0.266

Uganda 0.230

E-participation

Ethiopia 0.164

Uganda 0.438

EthiopiaUgandaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Ethiopia and Uganda: context figures
The contextEthiopiaUganda
Income per person (PPP)$3,110$3,100
Population127 million48.6 million
Using the internet19%10%
Score vs what income predicts−0.058+0.078

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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.