A new UN survey on the level of e-government development has been published. The study is conducted every two years. In 2018, Kazakhstan was ranked 39th, and this year it took 29th place among 193 UN member countries. Thus, our country has risen by 10 positions.
The top 10 countries with the best performance were Denmark, South Korea, Estonia, Finland, Australia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the United States and the Netherlands. Among the CIS countries, Kazakhstan ranks first, ahead of Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Armenia. Among the landlocked countries, Kazakhstan ranked first with the highest EGDI (0.8375). And among the Asian countries with the highest EGDI, Kazakhstan took the 6th place, behind South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Cyprus and the UAE.
According to the government's open data index, Kazakhstan ranked 1st among Asian countries. According to the index of online services — 3rd place among Asian countries and 11th place in the global ranking. In addition, Kazakhstan was ahead of such countries as Luxembourg, Israel, Bahrain, Belgium, China, Italy, Malaysia, Portugal and Romania. According to the level of development of local online services, Almaty is ranked 29th among 100 cities in the world.