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Kenya vs Pakistan

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 0.122 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Kenya does more with what it has (+0.142, against +0.023 for Pakistan).

E-Government Index

Kenya 0.631

Pakistan 0.510

Online services

Kenya 0.777

Pakistan 0.704

Human capital

Kenya 0.527

Pakistan 0.350

Telecoms

Kenya 0.590

Pakistan 0.475

E-participation

Kenya 0.520

Pakistan 0.493

KenyaPakistanEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Kenya and Pakistan: context figures
The contextKenyaPakistan
Income per person (PPP)$6,320$6,210
Population55.1 million240 million
Using the internet41%33%
Score vs what income predicts+0.142+0.023

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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.