Advancing digital rights in limited aspects while still engaging in rights-violating practices with key rights-protecting legislation and/or key international human rights instruments not signed or ratified

Opportunistic

Systematically advancing key aspects of freedom of expression both online and offline through legislation based on some priority areas with rare instances of digital rights being violated but some institutional frameworks/legislation missing

Systematic

Systematically advancing key aspects of privacy  both online and offline through data protection legislation based on some priority areas with rare instances of digital rights being violated but some institutional aspects of a data protection authority or data protection legislation still missing

Limited: Consistently lower access, ignored differentiation.

Inaccessible: Basic quality, selective coverage.

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.

Integrated digitalization: Centralized, redesigned, data-centric.

Outsourcing: Few skills, external help, partial strategy.

Formal: Underdeveloped plan, moderate priority.

Shared vision, limited funds, strategic planning.

Volunteerism: Tech aids activism, accountability via volunteers.

Private: Basic skills, some schools, company training.

Basic: Tech for leisure, low access and adoption.

Limited literacy: Digital gap, basic use.

No recognition: No cyber crime law, unprotected infrastructure.

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

Digital Development Compass

Digital Development Compass

Guatemala

Pillar scores

Pillar scores

Skills and Literacy

Usage and Adoption

Cultural Norms

Civic Engagement

Physical Infrastructure

Access Enablers

Leadership and Strategy

Implementation Capacity and Systems

Digital Public Services and Platforms

Open government

Data Protection

Emerging technologies

Fair market competition

Cybersecurity

Consumer protection

Human Rights

Business

Financial services

Innovation ecosystem

Standards of responsibility

Payments

Identification

Data exchange

Related countries

Guatemala

Belize