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Israel vs Portugal

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

Israel leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.060 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Israel does more with what it has (+0.050, against +0.005 for Portugal).

E-Government Index

Israel 0.901

Portugal 0.842

Online services

Israel 0.854

Portugal 0.788

Human capital

Israel 0.874

Portugal 0.839

Telecoms

Israel 0.976

Portugal 0.898

E-participation

Israel 0.699

Portugal 0.644

IsraelPortugalEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Israel and Portugal: context figures
The contextIsraelPortugal
Income per person (PPP)$53,430$48,760
Population9.8 million10.5 million
Using the internet92%86%
Score vs what income predicts+0.050+0.005

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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.