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Panama vs Uruguay

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

Uruguay leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.171 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Uruguay does more with what it has (+0.125, against −0.072 for Panama).

E-Government Index

Panama 0.730

Uruguay 0.901

Online services

Panama 0.650

Uruguay 0.883

Human capital

Panama 0.687

Uruguay 0.875

Telecoms

Panama 0.852

Uruguay 0.944

E-participation

Panama 0.520

Uruguay 0.863

PanamaUruguayEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Panama and Uruguay: context figures
The contextPanamaUruguay
Income per person (PPP)$39,700$34,060
Population4.5 million3.4 million
Using the internet74%90%
Score vs what income predicts−0.072+0.125

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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.