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Honduras vs Nicaragua

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

Nicaragua leads on 3 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.046 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Nicaragua does more with what it has (+0.002, against −0.026 for Honduras).

E-Government Index

Honduras 0.486

Nicaragua 0.532

Online services

Honduras 0.459

Nicaragua 0.449

Human capital

Honduras 0.518

Nicaragua 0.561

Telecoms

Honduras 0.480

Nicaragua 0.585

E-participation

Honduras 0.301

Nicaragua 0.233

HondurasNicaraguaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Honduras and Nicaragua: context figures
The contextHondurasNicaragua
Income per person (PPP)$7,210$8,040
Population10.6 million7.0 million
Using the internet60%61%
Score vs what income predicts−0.026+0.002

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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.