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United Kingdom vs Italy

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 0.122 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, United Kingdom does more with what it has (+0.089, against −0.032 for Italy).

E-Government Index

United Kingdom 0.958

Italy 0.836

Online services

United Kingdom 0.953

Italy 0.762

Human capital

United Kingdom 0.945

Italy 0.843

Telecoms

United Kingdom 0.975

Italy 0.902

E-participation

United Kingdom 0.973

Italy 0.657

United KingdomItalyEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
United Kingdom and Italy: context figures
The contextUnited KingdomItaly
Income per person (PPP)$58,910$58,750
Population68.3 million58.8 million
Using the internet95%87%
Score vs what income predicts+0.089−0.032

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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.