2.2.5. Digital public services

The digitalisation of Public Administrations considers two sub-dimensions, which are e-Government and e-Health. This is the second dimension in which the Basque Country occupies its highest position.

Overall, digital public services in the Basque Country have an advanced level with respect to the EU-28 average, 77.96% versus 62.86%, which allows it to obtain the fifth rank. The countries that are ahead are Finland (79.87%), Estonia (79.54%), Holland (78.81%) and Spain (78.40%).

Graph 7.

  1. In dimension 5 there are two new e-Health indicators: exchange of medical data (5.b.2) and electronic prescription (5.b.3).

    More information in section 5. Methodological note, and section 6. Appendix - Indicators and definitions.