Two years ago, the government of Mongolia set out a five-year plan to build a ‘digital nation’, harnessing data and technology to facilitate innovation, streamline public services and diversify the country’s mining-reliant economy.

Mongolia wants to deliver digital transformation up to 90 percent by 2024. It established the Mongolian Ministry of Digital Development and Communications. Following this announcement, the necessary legal framework was created to accelerate digital transformation, and a set of digital development laws were approved. These include the laws on Personal Information Protection, Public Information, Cybersecurity, Digital Signatures, and Virtual Asset Service Providers, all of which were approved in 2020 and implemented in May, 2022.

Startups and private sector innovation have accelerated in Mongolia, while digital governance has taken new steps against red-tape bureaucracy and corruption. The country launched the E-Mongolia platform, which provides government services online. Currently,   about 2,000 government services were digitised including registering a company, getting a license and ordering a new passport etc. Over 75 per cent of the adult population is now using E-Mongolia on a daily basis.