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France vs United Kingdom

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

United Kingdom leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.083 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, United Kingdom does more with what it has (+0.089, against −0.000 for France).

E-Government Index

France 0.874

United Kingdom 0.958

Online services

France 0.844

United Kingdom 0.953

Human capital

France 0.856

United Kingdom 0.945

Telecoms

France 0.923

United Kingdom 0.975

E-participation

France 0.808

United Kingdom 0.973

FranceUnited KingdomEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
France and United Kingdom: context figures
The contextFranceUnited Kingdom
Income per person (PPP)$61,160$58,910
Population68.2 million68.3 million
Using the internet87%95%
Score vs what income predicts−0.000+0.089

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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.