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Kenya vs Nigeria

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

Kenya leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.150 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Kenya does more with what it has (+0.142, against −0.008 for Nigeria).

E-Government Index

Kenya 0.631

Nigeria 0.481

Online services

Kenya 0.777

Nigeria 0.537

Human capital

Kenya 0.527

Nigeria 0.424

Telecoms

Kenya 0.590

Nigeria 0.484

E-participation

Kenya 0.520

Nigeria 0.370

KenyaNigeriaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Kenya and Nigeria: context figures
The contextKenyaNigeria
Income per person (PPP)$6,320$6,320
Population55.1 million224 million
Using the internet41%36%
Score vs what income predicts+0.142−0.008

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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.