The United Nations (UN) has recognized the Philippines as one of only 12 out of 193 countries worldwide to receive the UN E-Government Award, citing the nation’s remarkable progress in digital governance from 2022 to 2024.
The UN E-Government Award was conferred to the Philippines by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) on June 25 during a special segment of the 2025 UN Public Service Forum, held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
The award acknowledges countries that are significantly advanced in the UN E-Government Development Index (EGDI) and the Online Service Index (OSI)—two global benchmarks for measuring government digital performance.
The UN DESA commended the Philippines for its significant progress in digital government. Specifically, the country improved its classification from “High” to “Very High” in the E-Government Development Index (EGDI), rose more than 15 places in the EGDI global ranking, and also moved from “High” to “Very High” in the Online Service Index (OSI) after achieving an increase of over 15% between 2022 and 2024.
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary for E-Government David Almirol Jr. said that these milestones reflect the government’s sustained efforts to digitalize public services and make them more accessible, secure, and citizen-centric.
“This global recognition by the UN validates the Philippines’ digital transformation roadmap under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., aligning with his vision to make government services more efficient, inclusive, and future-ready,” Almirol added.
The recognition follows the successful rollout of several major digital platforms by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), including the eGov PH Super App, which now has over 13 million users and offers 47 integrated service modules with over 150 million transactions.
The eGovDX platform has facilitated over 500 million transactions connected to more than 1,000 national and local government agency systems through its eNGA and eLGU platform.
Twenty-one out of 25 eGovernment platforms have been deployed and integrated such as eGovAI, eGovPay, eReport, eGovDocs, eSignature, eResume and eTravel.
Additionally, the Digital National ID empowers its eKYC features, over 87 million digital national IDs have been generated out of 93 million registrants.
Supporting this service ecosystem is a robust digital infrastructure through the eGovCloud project, optimizing four multi-cloud services with more than 3,000 hosted government system servers.
The UN Digital Government Award coincided with UN Public Service Day, and represents a significant achievement for the country as it pushes forward with its digital governance reforms and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Philippines also clinched two major accolades recently at the prestigious 2025 GovMedia Awards in Singapore, with the eGovPH Super App being hailed as the E-Governance Project of the Year, and the eGovDX Platform winning the Digital Transformation of the Year.
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