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Malawi vs Somalia

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 0.229 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Malawi does more with what it has (+0.093, against −0.111 for Somalia).

E-Government Index

Malawi 0.375

Somalia 0.147

Online services

Malawi 0.462

Somalia 0.297

Human capital

Malawi 0.475

Somalia 0.000

Telecoms

Malawi 0.189

Somalia 0.143

E-participation

Malawi 0.452

Somalia 0.288

MalawiSomaliaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Malawi and Somalia: context figures
The contextMalawiSomalia
Income per person (PPP)$1,870$1,610
Population20.9 million18.1 million
Using the internet18%28%
Score vs what income predicts+0.093−0.111

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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.