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United Kingdom vs United States

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 0.038 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, United Kingdom does more with what it has (+0.089, against −0.004 for United States).

E-Government Index

United Kingdom 0.958

United States 0.919

Online services

United Kingdom 0.953

United States 0.914

Human capital

United Kingdom 0.945

United States 0.884

Telecoms

United Kingdom 0.975

United States 0.961

E-participation

United Kingdom 0.973

United States 0.945

United KingdomUnited StatesEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
United Kingdom and United States: context figures
The contextUnited KingdomUnited States
Income per person (PPP)$58,910$81,700
Population68.3 million335 million
Using the internet95%97%
Score vs what income predicts+0.089−0.004

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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.