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Ireland vs Singapore

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

Singapore leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.055 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Singapore does more with what it has (−0.031, against −0.086 for Ireland).

E-Government Index

Ireland 0.914

Singapore 0.969

Online services

Ireland 0.877

Singapore 0.983

Human capital

Ireland 0.905

Singapore 0.936

Telecoms

Ireland 0.960

Singapore 0.988

E-participation

Ireland 0.918

Singapore 0.959

IrelandSingaporeEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Ireland and Singapore: context figures
The contextIrelandSingapore
Income per person (PPP)$127,620$141,500
Population5.3 million5.9 million
Using the internet96%94%
Score vs what income predicts−0.086−0.031

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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.