{"id":82,"date":"2026-06-12T13:49:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2026-08-12T20:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:34:46","slug":"stats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/awards\/stats\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1,500<\/p>\n

Submissions<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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146<\/p>\n

Countries<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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4<\/p>\n

Award Categories<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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Submissions by Award Category<\/h3>\n
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1,500<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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<\/span>Inclusion \u2014 620 (41%)<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>Government \u2014 314 (21%)<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>Frontiers \u2014 286 (19%)<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>Pioneers \u2014 280 (19%)<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Submissions by Type<\/h3>\n
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\n 54%<\/span>\n Project\/Initiative<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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<\/span>Project\/Initiative \u2014 812 (54%)<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>Digital Application\/Platform \u2014 609 (41%)<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>Policy\/Regulatory Framework \u2014 79 (5%)<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n \n

Stakeholder Type<\/h2>\n
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<\/span>Government \/ Public \u2014 379<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>Civil Society \/ NGO \u2014 245<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>Private Sector \u2014 237<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>Start-up \u2014 268<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>Intl Organization \u2014 110<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>Youth-led Org \u2014 102<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>Other \u2014 46<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>Technical Community \u2014 22<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>Academic \/ Research \u2014 91<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

A truly global response<\/h2>\n

Top 10 countries by number of submissions<\/p>\n

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\n Saudi Arabia<\/span>\n
99<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n India<\/span>\n
84<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n United States<\/span>\n
84<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n Kenya<\/span>\n
65<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n Nigeria<\/span>\n
62<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n United Kingdom<\/span>\n
45<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n Pakistan<\/span>\n
44<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n China<\/span>\n
40<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n France<\/span>\n
33<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n Brazil<\/span>\n
29<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n

Technologies powering the submissions<\/h2>\n

83% of submissions use Artificial Intelligence<\/p>\n\n

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\n 83%<\/span>\n Artificial Intelligence<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 60%<\/span>\n Data Platforms \/ Governance<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 59%<\/span>\n Cloud Infrastructure<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 58%<\/span>\n Mobile Technologies<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 47%<\/span>\n Open-source<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 42%<\/span>\n Connectivity<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 37%<\/span>\n Cybersecurity<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 30%<\/span>\n Other<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 23%<\/span>\n Payments<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 21%<\/span>\n Digital ID<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 17%<\/span>\n Data Centres<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 15%<\/span>\n Signature<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 12%<\/span>\n Satellite<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 8%<\/span>\n Blockchain<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 3%<\/span>\n Quantum<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1,500 Submissions 146 Countries 4 Award Categories Submissions by Award Category 1,500 Inclusion \u2014 620 (41%) Government \u2014 314 (21%) Frontiers \u2014 286 (19%) Pioneers \u2014 280 (19%) Submissions by Type 54% Project\/Initiative Project\/Initiative \u2014 812 (54%) Digital Application\/Platform \u2014 609 (41%) Policy\/Regulatory Framework \u2014 79 (5%) Stakeholder Type Government \/ Public \u2014 379 Civil […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":56,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"obsolete-templates\/page-submenu.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-82","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}