The United Nations' E-Government Development Index for 2018 ranked Lebanon in 99th place among 193 countries worldwide and in ninth place among 19 Arab countries. Lebanon also came in 32nd place among 55 upper middle-income countries (UMICs) included in the survey. Lebanon's global rank regressed by 26 spots from 73rd place, while its regional rank regressed by one spot from eighth place in the 2016 survey. 

The index is a benchmark that provides a numerical ranking about the development of electronic government across member states of the United Nations. It is a composite indicator that measures the willingness and capacity of national administrations to use information and communication technology to deliver public services. The index is a weighted average of three sub-indices that reflect the most important dimensions of e-government, which are the Online Service Index, the Telecommunication Infrastructure Index and the Human Capital Index. A country's overall score ranges between zero and one, with a higher score reflecting a more developed electronic government system.

Globally, Lebanon has a more developed e-government system than El Salvador, Ghana and Bolivia, and a less advanced one than the Dominican Republic, India and Jordan among economies with a GDP of $10bn or more. It ranked ahead of Bosnia & Herzegovina and behind the Dominican Republic among UMICs. Lebanon received a score of 0.553 points on the overall index, down from 2.1% from 0.5646 points in the 2016 survey, and constituting the 10th steepest decline globally. Also, Lebanon's score is higher than the global average of 0.549 points and the Arab average of 0.5079 points, while it is lower than the UMICs' average of 0.5655 points. Lebanon's score is also lower than the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries' average score of 0.7483 points, but is higher than the average score of non-GCC Arab countries of 0.397 points. Denmark has the world's most developed e-government system, while Somalia is last globally.