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Zambia vs Zimbabwe

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

Zambia leads on 5 of 5 measures, and the overall scores are 0.094 apart. Measured against what their incomes predict, Zambia does more with what it has (+0.125, against +0.041 for Zimbabwe).

E-Government Index

Zambia 0.542

Zimbabwe 0.448

Online services

Zambia 0.496

Zimbabwe 0.410

Human capital

Zambia 0.623

Zimbabwe 0.539

Telecoms

Zambia 0.509

Zimbabwe 0.395

E-participation

Zambia 0.411

Zimbabwe 0.274

ZambiaZimbabweEach track runs from 0 to 1. The higher score in each row is in bold.
Zambia and Zimbabwe: context figures
The contextZambiaZimbabwe
Income per person (PPP)$4,130$3,900
Population20.6 million16.7 million
Using the internet31%33%
Score vs what income predicts+0.125+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.