Data from the new World Bank report that measures the maturity of countries in relation to good digital practices in public services offered to the population, the GovTeck Maturity Index (GTMI) 2022, GovTech Maturity Index 2022 in Portuguese translation, published last Wednesday – just (16), placed Brazil in second place among the 198 global economies assessed.

South Korea was in first place, Brazil in second place, followed respectively by the United Arab Emirates, Estonia, France, India, Lithuania, Mongolia and Russia. Brazil’s lead represented a five-position gain from the country’s seventh-place finish at GTMI 2021.

The 2022 version of the GTMI is composed of the simple average of four components: the Core Government Systems Index (CGSI) containing 17 government indicators such as government cloud, interoperability framework and other platforms; the Public Service Delivery Index (PSDI), which measures nine indicators related to the maturity of online service portals, with a focus on citizen-centric design and universal accessibility; the Digital Citizen Engagement Index (DCEI) containing six indicators related to aspects of public participation platforms, citizen feedback mechanisms and transparency; the GovTech Enablers Index (GTEI) with 16 indicators that relate to strategies, institutions, laws and regulations, as well as digital skills and innovation policies and programs to promote GovTech.

In descending order, countries were grouped from A to D based on the average GTMI score, which was 0.552 out of 1 (55.2%). In Group A were 69 countries (35%) with an average of 0.836, including Brazil; group B was occupied by 46 countries (23%) with an average of 0.620; group C was composed of 53 countries (27%) with an average of 0.347; and Group D was represented by 30 countries (15%) with an average of 0.159.

The report also showed that regional disparities persist, as economies in Europe and Central Asia (ECA), South Asia (SAR), Middle East and North Africa (MNA) regions and Latin America and the Caribbean (LCR) recorded the highest GTMI scores, while Sub-Saharan Africa (AFR), East Asia and the Pacific recorded the lowest scores.

In Epoca, the Ministry of Economy credited the Brazilian advance in documents, digital certificates and other online services, such as the Unified Selection System (Sisu), the National High School Examination (Enem) . Which should increase in the coming years thanks to the popularization of blockchain technology as launch of RealDigital and other services that will be possible through the Brazilian CBDC, such as used car ownership document transfersaccording reported Cointelegraph Brasil🇧🇷

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