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Namibia vs Eswatini

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

Eswatini leads on 4 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.007 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Eswatini does more with what it has (+0.014, against −0.008 for Namibia).

E-Government Index

Namibia 0.601

Eswatini 0.608

Online services

Namibia 0.500

Eswatini 0.456

Human capital

Namibia 0.574

Eswatini 0.584

Telecoms

Namibia 0.729

Eswatini 0.785

E-participation

Namibia 0.274

Eswatini 0.384

NamibiaEswatiniEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Namibia and Eswatini: context figures
The contextNamibiaEswatini
Income per person (PPP)$12,760$11,740
Population2.6 million1.2 million
Using the internet62%58%
Score vs what income predicts−0.008+0.014

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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.