There are many studies dealing with comparative evaluation of e-government. The reason
for such popularity of comparative evaluation is the interest of different countries for a
better insight into the current, specific phase of e-government development at the
national level. At the same time, this insight reveals positive and negative aspects of
development in comparison with other countries and emphasizes those aspects that need
to be improved. The purpose of our study, which includes the analysis of the development
of e-government in Slovenia, Austria, Croatia, Denmark and Estonia in 2014, 2015 and
2016, is to determine whether a correlation between the level of development of egovernment
and other selected factors of the country's development (amount of gross
domestic product, level of education, level of interaction with public authorities) exists in
selected countries. In order to describe the key concepts of e-government and
development indicators, a descriptive method was used, and with the comparative and
statistical method we compared the measured value of the selected indicators.
The findings of the analysis do not indicate the correlation between the level of GDP and
the level of development of e-government. At the lower and middle level of education,
there is a negative correlation, which means that smaller the proportions of the
population with lower and secondary education are, higher is the level of development of
e-government. The proportion of the population with higher education positively
correlates with the level of e-government development. A strong positive correlation is
also present between the level of interaction with public authorities and the level of egovernment
development. The only exception is Slovenia, where the level of interaction
with public authorities is decreasing by increasing the level of e-government development.
With our comparative analysis we gained a better insight into the condition of egovernment
in selected countries and thus contributed to a better understanding of the
area as well as identified the connection between the development of e-government and
other indicators of the country's development.
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