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Rwanda vs Zimbabwe

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

Rwanda leads on 4 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.132 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Rwanda does more with what it has (+0.198, against +0.041 for Zimbabwe).

E-Government Index

Rwanda 0.580

Zimbabwe 0.448

Online services

Rwanda 0.821

Zimbabwe 0.410

Human capital

Rwanda 0.547

Zimbabwe 0.539

Telecoms

Rwanda 0.372

Zimbabwe 0.395

E-participation

Rwanda 0.753

Zimbabwe 0.274

RwandaZimbabweEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Rwanda and Zimbabwe: context figures
The contextRwandaZimbabwe
Income per person (PPP)$3,360$3,900
Population14.1 million16.7 million
Using the internet34%33%
Score vs what income predicts+0.198+0.041

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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.