Compare 2025 and 2026
Rank change is the comparison. A positive number means the country placed higher in 2026. Overall scores are shown side by side and are not subtracted: the 2025 and 2026 indexes are not on the same scale. Pillar scores are left out for the same reason. Indicator columns differ between the two workbooks, so they are not compared here.
| Country | 2025 rank | 2026 rank | Overall rank change | 2025 score | 2026 score | Digital skills rank change | Data & infrastructure rank change | Government rank change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 3 | 1 | +2 | 51.8 | 43.8 | 0 | +1 | 0 |
| South Africa | 1 | 2 | -1 | 52.15 | 41.91875 | -2 | 0 | -7 |
| Morocco | 9 | 3 | +6 | 43.75 | 41.69875 | +6 | +6 | +7 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 4 | +1 | 48 | 40.6475 | -4 | +2 | +1 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 5 | -3 | 51.8 | 40.29875 | +3 | -4 | -14 |
| Kenya | 4 | 6 | -2 | 49.7 | 39.805 | +1 | -9 | +4 |
| Ghana | 7 | 7 | 0 | 46.5 | 39.08875 | +6 | -2 | -3 |
| Algeria | 8 | 8 | 0 | 45.85 | 38.91125 | -2 | +11 | -10 |
| Rwanda | 6 | 9 | -3 | 46.9 | 35.325 | +2 | -10 | -1 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 10 | +8 | 37.7 | 35.07375 | +10 | +1 | +5 |
| Senegal | 15 | 11 | +4 | 39.35 | 35.0225 | +7 | +3 | -4 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 21 | 12 | +9 | 34.95 | 34.51375 | +22 | -3 | -2 |
| Botswana | 20 | 13 | +7 | 35.95 | 33.0225 | +14 | -1 | -5 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 14 | +3 | 38.2 | 31.66 | -1 | +3 | +1 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 15 | -4 | 42.35 | 30.425 | -5 | -4 | -7 |
| Namibia | 14 | 16 | -2 | 39.4 | 29.755 | -11 | +3 | -4 |
| Ethiopia | 26 | 17 | +9 | 28.35 | 29.49875 | +23 | -11 | +14 |
| Zambia | 19 | 18 | +1 | 36.95 | 29.06625 | +4 | -8 | -1 |
| Cabo Verde | 12 | 19 | -7 | 41.6 | 29.02 | -17 | -3 | -1 |
| Uganda | 13 | 20 | -7 | 39.65 | 28.8875 | -2 | -18 | +10 |
| Libya | 46 | 21 | +25 | 11.3 | 28.54375 | +29 | +24 | +6 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 22 | -6 | 38.55 | 28.265 | -10 | +1 | -3 |
| Gabon | 32 | 23 | +9 | 21.8 | 26.985 | +7 | +14 | +9 |
| Seychelles | 10 | 24 | -14 | 42.5 | 26.7075 | -24 | -2 | -8 |
| Angola | 25 | 25 | 0 | 30.1 | 26.00875 | 0 | +4 | -4 |
| Benin | 22 | 26 | -4 | 34.9 | 25.82375 | +5 | -22 | +8 |
| Lesotho | 27 | 27 | 0 | 28.3 | 24.55 | -5 | -1 | +6 |
| Djibouti | 52 | 28 | +24 | 4.6 | 23.23625 | +14 | +34 | +10 |
| Togo | 31 | 29 | +2 | 22.05 | 22.37375 | -1 | +6 | +1 |
| Mauritania | 36 | 30 | +6 | 18.45 | 21.9575 | 0 | +3 | +14 |
| Eswatini | 24 | 31 | -7 | 30.95 | 21.885 | -25 | +2 | +4 |
| Burkina Faso | 35 | 32 | +3 | 20.1 | 21.485 | +17 | -16 | +13 |
| Guinea | 49 | 33 | +16 | 9.65 | 19.64375 | +8 | +9 | +8 |
| Madagascar | 28 | 34 | -6 | 25.7 | 19.3925 | -7 | -1 | +1 |
| Mali | 29 | 35 | -6 | 24.9 | 18.4325 | -10 | +1 | -14 |
| Gambia | 38 | 36 | +2 | 17.2 | 18.40125 | +2 | +6 | -6 |
| DRC | 43 | 37 | +6 | 13.55 | 18.245 | +8 | +3 | +4 |
| Malawi | 23 | 38 | -15 | 31.7 | 17.77 | -2 | -19 | -14 |
| Mozambique | 30 | 39 | -9 | 24.75 | 17.4075 | -13 | -7 | 0 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 42 | 40 | +2 | 13.95 | 17.22125 | -4 | +17 | -7 |
| Somalia | 50 | 41 | +9 | 8.95 | 16.25625 | +21 | +1 | +4 |
| Sierra Leone | 39 | 42 | -3 | 15.25 | 15.8725 | +10 | -6 | -5 |
| Comoros | 37 | 43 | -6 | 18.35 | 15.85625 | -15 | -4 | +9 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 41 | 44 | -3 | 14.1 | 15.58125 | -11 | +13 | -5 |
| Burundi | 34 | 45 | -11 | 20.35 | 15.1325 | -18 | -7 | +15 |
| Sudan | 33 | 46 | -13 | 20.85 | 14.33875 | -6 | -6 | 0 |
| Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) | 45 | 47 | -2 | 12 | 14.15875 | -1 | -1 | 0 |
| Liberia | 44 | 48 | -4 | 13.1 | 12.9275 | -15 | +7 | 0 |
| Niger | 47 | 49 | -2 | 10.65 | 10.52125 | -4 | -2 | -9 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 51 | 50 | +1 | 5.35 | 9.91625 | +3 | +5 | -4 |
| Eritrea | 48 | 51 | -3 | 10.45 | 9.63125 | -4 | -4 | -1 |
| Chad | 40 | 52 | -12 | 14.2 | 9.60375 | 0 | -10 | -16 |
| South Sudan | 54 | 53 | +1 | 1.4 | 7.00125 | +3 | +2 | 0 |
| Central African Republic | 53 | 54 | -1 | 4.1 | 6.77125 | -2 | +1 | -1 |