Egypt advances 47 places in World Bank’s GovTech Maturity Index

The country rose 47 places in 2025, compared to 2022, when it ranked 69th globally as a category B country with a maturity score of 0.751 points, according to a cabinet statement on Sunday.

The GTMI measures a government’s core systems. It reviews governments' improvements of digital technologies to enhance their public services, strengthen their governance, and engage with citizens, according to the World Bank website. 

According to the statement, Egypt has made progress on all of the index’s main pillars. The country’s automation pillar score rose to 0.916 points out of 1, up from 0.783 points. The score for delivering digital government services increased to 0.962 points from 0.795 points, and the score for digital engagement and communication with citizens rose to 0.896 points from 0.626 points. Similarly, the score of the digital government enablers pillar rose to 0.869 points from 0.802 points.

Minister of Communication and Information Technology Amr Talaat noted that the ministry’s main priority remains investing in digital capabilities, implementing programmes, and qualifying personnel’s skills in various technologies for administrative purposes, according to the statement