Balgarianovinite.com Bulgaria remains significantly below the average levels of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries in digital government and open data performance, according to the Digital Government Outlook published Monday.
The country scored 0.37 points in the OECD Digital Government Index, compared with the OECD average of 0.70 points, the report said.
Bulgaria’s strongest performance was recorded in Digital by Design, with a score of 0.57 points, and Data-driven Public Sector, with 0.43 points. However, both scores remain below the OECD averages of 0.75 and 0.74 points, respectively.
The country’s weakest scores were recorded in Proactiveness and User-Driven. Bulgaria scored 0.14 points for proactive service design, compared with an OECD average of 0.67 points, and 0.28 points for user-driven service design, against an OECD average of 0.71 points.
According to the OECD, these results highlight there is significant room for improvement in anticipating user needs through proactive service design and in placing users at the centre of service delivery.
In the Open, Useful and Reusable Data (OURdata) Index, Bulgaria scored 0.31 points, compared with the OECD average of 0.53 points.
The country performed relatively well in Data accessibility, achieving 0.63 points against an OECD average of 0.67 points. Significantly weaker results were recorded in Data availability and the promotion of data re-use. In this area, Bulgaria scored just 0.04 points, compared with an OECD average of 0.40 points.
The OECD notes that Bulgaria has established a digital government governance structure led by the Ministry of Electronic Governance under the Updated Strategy for the Development of Electronic Governance 2019– 2025. A comprehensive Bulgarian data interoperability system has been established through RegiX, the Registry Information Exchange System. RegiX enables automated machine-to-machine interconnections between 62 Bulgarian registries and other information systems.
The report also highlights Bulgaria’s significant potential in the field of artificial intelligence. According to the OECD, the country still lacks a national AI strategy, an ethical framework, transparency mechanisms, dedicated oversight bodies, and documented use cases of AI technologies in public administration.
The organisation further points to the need for a stronger user-centric approach in the development of digital public services, including the introduction of service design standards, a public service catalogue, mechanisms for user participation, and implementation of the Once-Only Principle, under which citizens and businesses provide information to public authorities only once. Bulgaria Remains Significantly below Average OECD Levels in Digital Government and Open Data Performance 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-06-15 12:45:29 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law