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Peru vs South Africa

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

South Africa leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.055 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, South Africa does more with what it has (+0.216, against +0.152 for Peru).

E-Government Index

Peru 0.807

South Africa 0.862

Online services

Peru 0.838

South Africa 0.887

Human capital

Peru 0.747

South Africa 0.803

Telecoms

Peru 0.836

South Africa 0.895

E-participation

Peru 0.753

South Africa 0.836

PeruSouth AfricaEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Peru and South Africa: context figures
The contextPeruSouth Africa
Income per person (PPP)$16,720$15,850
Population34.4 million60.4 million
Using the internet75%75%
Score vs what income predicts+0.152+0.216

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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.