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France vs United States

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

United States leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.045 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, France does more with what it has (−0.000, against −0.004 for United States).

E-Government Index

France 0.874

United States 0.919

Online services

France 0.844

United States 0.914

Human capital

France 0.856

United States 0.884

Telecoms

France 0.923

United States 0.961

E-participation

France 0.808

United States 0.945

FranceUnited StatesEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
France and United States: context figures
The contextFranceUnited States
Income per person (PPP)$61,160$81,700
Population68.2 million335 million
Using the internet87%97%
Score vs what income predicts−0.000−0.004

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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.