Brasília – The World Bank has recognized Brazil as the seventh country with the highest level of maturity in digital government in the world. The score, which was made public by the federal government on Thursday (30), was measured in the GovTech Maturity Index 2020, a rating that assesses the current state of digital transformation of public service in 198 economies around the world.
According to the ranking, Brazil ranked higher than all countries in the Americans, including the United States and Canada. Before Brazil, there are only South Korea, Estonia, France, Denmark, Austria, and the United Kingdom. Among the top ten, Brazil is the only country with a population of over 100 million.
The government said this achievement is largely due to the progress of the gov.br platform, which today has more than 115 million users. In early 2019, the number was 1.8 million. The platform allows individual access to thousands of digital services and facilitates access to information and the citizen-government relationship.
The index ranked 198 global economies in four aspects: support for key government systems; improve service delivery; integration of citizen participation; and encouraging the digital skills of individuals in the public sector, an appropriate legal and regulatory system, training and innovation. Brazil has stood out in digital solutions with a huge impact on the population, such as: emergency assistance, Meu INSS, unemployment insurance and unemployment insurance for domestic employees, digital employment record book and digital driving license, and PIX.
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
