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Ireland vs Qatar

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

Ireland leads on 4 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.089 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Ireland does more with what it has (−0.086, against −0.166 for Qatar).

E-Government Index

Ireland 0.914

Qatar 0.824

Online services

Ireland 0.877

Qatar 0.765

Human capital

Ireland 0.905

Qatar 0.711

Telecoms

Ireland 0.960

Qatar 0.996

E-participation

Ireland 0.918

Qatar 0.479

IrelandQatarEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Ireland and Qatar: context figures
The contextIrelandQatar
Income per person (PPP)$127,620$121,120
Population5.3 million2.7 million
Using the internet96%100%
Score vs what income predicts−0.086−0.166

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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.