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Gambia vs Lesotho

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

Lesotho leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.157 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Lesotho does more with what it has (+0.062, against −0.117 for Gambia).

E-Government Index

Gambia 0.255

Lesotho 0.412

Online services

Gambia 0.096

Lesotho 0.286

Human capital

Gambia 0.282

Lesotho 0.486

Telecoms

Gambia 0.388

Lesotho 0.464

E-participation

Gambia 0.178

Lesotho 0.205

GambiaLesothoEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Gambia and Lesotho: context figures
The contextGambiaLesotho
Income per person (PPP)$3,160$2,790
Population2.8 million2.3 million
Using the internet54%47%
Score vs what income predicts−0.117+0.062

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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.