Azerbaijan has entered the group of countries with the highest score in the UN e-government development ranking for the first time.

At a press conference dedicated to the United Nations E-Government Development Index, it was announced that Azerbaijan has achieved significant progress in the development of its digital government. According to the international report, Azerbaijan rose by nine positions compared to 2022, taking 74th place among 193 countries. With a final score of 0.7607 points on a scale from 0 to 1, Azerbaijan achieved a historic result. Thus, for the first time, Azerbaijan entered the group of countries with the highest level of the index, falling into the Very High EGDI category.

The United Nations E-Government Development Index is published every two years and includes country indicators on the development of digital government. The indicators presented in this report reflect the situation as of May 2023.

Azerbaijan has made progress in two assessment criteria of the index: online public services and telecommunications infrastructure. The report notes that in each of these areas, our country achieved a 21% growth.

For the first time in recent years, Azerbaijan has also made significant progress in the E-Participation Index. Growth in this index amounted to 28%, which enabled the country to advance from 98th to 88th place.