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Somalia vs South Sudan

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

Somalia leads on 4 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.028 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, South Sudan does more with what it has (−0.081, against −0.111 for Somalia).

E-Government Index

Somalia 0.147

South Sudan 0.119

Online services

Somalia 0.297

South Sudan 0.150

Human capital

Somalia 0.000

South Sudan 0.152

Telecoms

Somalia 0.143

South Sudan 0.055

E-participation

Somalia 0.288

South Sudan 0.110

SomaliaSouth SudanEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Somalia and South Sudan: context figures
The contextSomaliaSouth Sudan
Income per person (PPP)$1,610$1,150
Population18.1 million11.1 million
Using the internet28%12%
Score vs what income predicts−0.111−0.081

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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.