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Iran vs Thailand

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

Thailand leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.179 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Thailand does more with what it has (+0.123, against −0.010 for Iran).

E-Government Index

Iran 0.656

Thailand 0.835

Online services

Iran 0.377

Thailand 0.761

Human capital

Iran 0.693

Thailand 0.803

Telecoms

Iran 0.899

Thailand 0.941

E-participation

Iran 0.178

Thailand 0.753

IranThailandEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Iran and Thailand: context figures
The contextIranThailand
Income per person (PPP)$17,920$23,420
Population89.2 million71.8 million
Using the internet82%90%
Score vs what income predicts−0.010+0.123

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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.