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Liberia vs Malawi

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

Malawi leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.124 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Malawi does more with what it has (+0.093, against −0.027 for Liberia).

E-Government Index

Liberia 0.251

Malawi 0.375

Online services

Liberia 0.263

Malawi 0.462

Human capital

Liberia 0.367

Malawi 0.475

Telecoms

Liberia 0.124

Malawi 0.189

E-participation

Liberia 0.164

Malawi 0.452

LiberiaMalawiEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Liberia and Malawi: context figures
The contextLiberiaMalawi
Income per person (PPP)$1,820$1,870
Population5.4 million20.9 million
Using the internet30%18%
Score vs what income predicts−0.027+0.093

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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.