Algeria

Egypt

Libya

Morocco

Sudan (the)

Tunisia

Burundi

Comoros (the)

Djibouti

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Kenya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mauritius

Mozambique

Rwanda

Seychelles

Somalia

South Sudan

Uganda

United Republic of Tanzania (the)

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Angola

Cameroon

Central African Republic (the)

Chad

Congo (the)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Sao Tome and Principe

Botswana

Eswatini

Lesotho

Namibia

South Africa

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cabo Verde

Côte d'Ivoire

Gambia (the)

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Liberia

Mali

Mauritania

Niger (the)

Nigeria

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Togo

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas (the)

Barbados

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic (the)

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Belize

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Argentina

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Guyana

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Canada

United States of America (the)

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

China

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the)

Japan

Mongolia

Republic of Korea (the)

Brunei Darussalam

Limited: Consistently lower access, ignored differentiation.

Systematic

Inaccessible: Basic quality, selective coverage.

Opportunistic

Digitalized: Machine-readable records, workflows set.

Transformational: Widespread digital payments, local currencies.

Transformational

Integrated IDs, digital wallets, accessible data.

Differentiating

Adverse: Limited tech adoption, unfavorable conditions.

Basic

Limited integration: Traditional finance, low tech business.

Digitalization: Online transactions, some redesign.

Outsourcing: Few skills, external help, partial strategy.

Reactive: No strategy, no senior support, isolated projects.

Initiatives in silos, limited support, no strategy.

Restricted: Tech not for citizen-govt interaction, voice exclusion.

Elective: Basic skills widespread, optional school learning.

Intermediate: Complex actions, info access, tech ownership.

Limited literacy: Digital gap, basic use.

No recognition: No cyber crime law, unprotected infrastructure.

Integrated: Govt-business linked IDs, data protection.

Integrated: Widespread skills, central strategy, metrics-driven.

Strategic: Inclusive vision, some shared adoption.

Shared vision, limited funds, strategic planning.

Community: Tech solves local issues, citizen decision influence.

Transactional: Moderate use, gaps in access.

Growing acceptance: Basic literacy, more complex tasks.

Recognition: Enacted law, limited enforcement.

Established: Substantive digital laws, weak enforcement.

Restricted: Lower tech access, systemic barriers.

Outdated: Limited coverage, unreliable infrastructure.

Paper-based: Birth, marriage, land records on paper.

Traditional: Cash, checks dominate, rare digital payments.

Paper IDs, traditional payments, siloed data.

Paper-based: No online services, in-person only.

Analogue: No skills, outsourcing, no strategy, no budget.

Limited: Paper bureaucracy, no funding, ad-hoc tech.

Integrated digitalization: Centralized, redesigned, data-centric.

Formal: Underdeveloped plan, moderate priority.

Promotion: Budget support, growing practice.

Blocked: Systemic barriers exclude at-risk groups.

Informal: Scattered support, no national framework.

Private: Basic skills, some schools, company training.

Basic: Tech for leisure, low access and adoption.

Limited exposure: Cultural aversion, minimal tech use.

Differentiating: Decoupled payments, digital wallets.

Engaged: Tech shapes decisions, ethics guide communication.

Western Sahara

British Indian Ocean Territory

Basic IDs, early digital payments, limited sharing.

Volunteerism: Tech aids activism, accountability via volunteers.

Regulate & forget: Developing law, seeking resources.

Digital seeds: Growing skills, some insourcing, developing strategy.

Digitized: Records digital, separate institutions.

Digitization: Basic digital tools, in-person main.

Digital IDs, mobile banking, online data sharing.

Elite: Educated, skilled minority. Digital divide persists.

French Southern Territories

Growing tech: Digital finance, moderate tech business.

Systematic: Prepaid, mobile money, no bank account.

Developing: Moderate tech, sector-specific conditions.

Embedded, administrative integration, emerging tech.

Mayotte

Réunion

Digital by default: Embedded skills, centralized strategy, quantifiable objectives, long-term budget, full Digital Principles integration.

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