President Moon: "World's No.1 Digital Government... Result of Efforts Since DJ Era"

"Will Do Our Best for the Success of the Digital New Deal"

President Moon Jae-in is attending the credential presentation ceremony for new ambassadors to Korea at the Blue House on the 16th.

Regarding South Korea's achievement of ranking first in the digital government evaluation, President Moon Jae-in stated on the 16th that it was "the result of considerable government-level efforts since the Kim Dae-jung administration," and added, "We will do our best to promote the Korean New Deal and ensure the success of the Digital New Deal based on digital competitiveness."

Kang Min-seok, the Blue House spokesperson, said at a briefing held at the press center on the same day, "After a long period of government-level efforts, we have realized a digital government, and this year’s first evaluation resulted in proudly being ranked number one in the world," expressing this view.

Spokesperson Kang emphasized, "The digital government is directly connected to the daily lives of the people," citing the swift execution of various support funds included in the fourth supplementary budget, including the emergency disaster relief funds in May. He also stressed, "K-Quarantine can also be said to be based on digital competitiveness."

On the 14th (local time), the OECD announced the '2019 Digital Government Index' evaluation, in which South Korea received the highest score among 33 evaluated countries with a composite score of 0.742 (out of 1 point).

The 'OECD Digital Government Index' is an indicator released for the first time this year to measure the level of digital transformation and digital government maturity among member countries.

The evaluation covered 33 countries (29 member countries and 4 non-member countries) and was measured over two years from 2018 to 2019. The United States, Australia, Switzerland, Hungary, Mexico, Slovakia, Turkey, and Poland were excluded from the evaluation.

In this evaluation, the United Kingdom ranked second with 0.736, followed by Colombia (0.729), Denmark (0.652), Japan (0.645), Canada (0.629), Spain (0.621), and Israel (0.604). The average composite score of the evaluated countries was 0.501.

The OECD stated in the report, "Top-ranking countries such as South Korea have placed digital government at the core of government policies and have actively pursued whole-of-government reforms across multiple administrations. This evaluation reflects that fact."

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