Digital transformation is an imperative for modern governments. It enables better services, smarter decisions, and collaboration across siloes and borders, and is crucial for meeting citizens' expectations in a context of rapid change. The OECD Digital Government Index (DGI) and the Open, Useful and Re-usable Data (OURdata) Index assess how governments are structuring, governing and sustaining digital transformation across the public sector. 

This paper presents the results of the 2025 DGI and OURdata Index. The paper provides an overview of OECD countries’ performance in both indices, as well as high-level changes observed since the 2023 edition. Data were collected in the first half of 2025, covering policies and initiatives from 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2024.

Key findings

• The results of the 2025 DGI show moderate progress towards full digital governments. 
• Countries with the highest scores in the 2025 DGI are Korea, Australia, Portugal, United Kingdom, Norway, Estonia, Ireland and Denmark.
• Progress in DGI was driven by stronger data governance frameworks, digital public infrastructure, the use and governance of artificial intelligence (AI) in government, and the wider adoption of service standards.
• Areas such as digital investments and open data policies show comparatively low maturity levels and have not kept pace with progress observed elsewhere.
• Countries with highest scores in the OURdata Index are France, Korea, Poland, Estonia and Spain, reflecting comprehensive open government data policies and implementation efforts.