Peru Climbs 41 Places in United Nations Open Data World Index

Peru Climbs 41 Places in United Nations Open Data World Index | information

Posted On: September 29, 2022

The recent United Nations Digital Government Development Index positioned Peru as one of eleven leading countries in the Government Open Data Index.

The study assessed the availability of open data both in general and in six key sectors closely related to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to education, employment, environment, health, justice and social protection.

In this sense, the UN survey pointed out that there are eleven countries that are at number 1 in this ranking, made up of six Europeans (Estonia, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Portugal and Switzerland), two Asian (Singapore and Saudi Arabia), two oceanic (Australia and New Zealand) and one American (Peru). Peru is not only ranked as the best in Latin America and the Caribbean, but also on the continent, ahead of the United States and Canada.

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Likewise, Peru ranks 59th out of 193 economies assessed, climbing 12 positions and ranking in the overall Very High Performance score, overtaking countries like Mexico and Colombia. According to the report, this leap was driven by digital innovation and the development of digital services.

Regarding the digital citizen participation index, Peru is ranked 23rd out of 193 economies assessed, climbing 32 positions with the second highest growth in the world and ranking second in Latin America and the Caribbean.

“Axis 8 of the General Policy of the Government establishes the commitment to implement a governmental and digital transformation with equity. Therefore, The results of the United Nations Digitization Index represent recognition of the efforts and sustained commitment of public entities, civil society organizations, the private sector, academia and citizens, in the national process of digital transformation “said Marushka. Chocobar, Secretary of Government and Digital Transformation of the PCM.

He added that this commits us to continue promoting concrete actions in all regions of the country to put technology at the service of citizens.

Peru was recently chosen as the venue for the VII Ministerial Summit on Government and Digital Transformation of the Americas, precisely because of the sustained growth in international indicators. Likewise, this Summit was declared of national interest by Supreme Decree No. 111-2022-PCM, enshrining the State’s commitment to the national digital transformation process.

According to reports from the Secretary of Government and Digital Transformation of the PCM, to date, more than 3,000 million attentions have been achieved on the unique digital platform Gob.pe and more than 10,000 digital orientation services of this platform have been implemented, which have generated savings estimated at more than 9,000 million soles for citizens.

Likewise, more than 600 municipalities have implemented digital interaction services in the Facilita Peru platform, the National Center for Digital Security has been establishedthe national digital government platform, and more than 900 layers of georeferenced information have been published on the Geo Peru platform.

On the digital economy side, Peru managed to invoice more than $9,300 million in e-commerce in 2021, according to the Peruvian Chamber of Electronic Commerce (Capece) and transactions for more than 100 million soles were generated in digital wallets in procurement markets across the country, according to reports from the Association of Banks of Peru (Asbanc).

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