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Marshall Islands vs Samoa

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

Samoa leads on 3 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.008 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Samoa does more with what it has (−0.009, against −0.036 for Marshall Islands).

E-Government Index

Marshall Islands 0.482

Samoa 0.490

Online services

Marshall Islands 0.359

Samoa 0.364

Human capital

Marshall Islands 0.784

Samoa 0.645

Telecoms

Marshall Islands 0.305

Samoa 0.461

E-participation

Marshall Islands 0.329

Samoa 0.301

Marshall IslandsSamoaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Marshall Islands and Samoa: context figures
The contextMarshall IslandsSamoa
Income per person (PPP)$7,490$6,680
Population42,000226,000
Using the internet73%75%
Score vs what income predicts−0.036−0.009

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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.