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| National wallet(s) |
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| EUDI Wallet status |
| Electronic identity and Personal Identification Data (PID) |
• eID cards mandatory for citizens ≥15 from 2023 (and non-citizens), and for expatriates from 2025 |
| National architecture documents |
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| Current progress |
Estonia
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e-estonia e-identity |
| EUDI Wallet status |
| Electronic identity and Personal Identification Data (PID) |
| National architecture documents |
| Stakeholder groups |
| Current progress |
3.17. Malta
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Malta is preparing a digital identity wallet that lets citizens use a free smartphone app in place of their physical ID or passport. Developed by the Malta Digital Innovation Authority, the wallet will meet EU EUDI requirements by December 2026, enabling secure identity and age verification with privacy safeguards. Future updates could add credentials like driver’s licenses, transit cards, and boarding passes ref |
| Similar efforts to EUDIW |
| Electronic identity and Personal Identification Data (PID) |
| National architecture documents |
| Stakeholder groups |
| Current progress |
Other European countries:
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Fragmented efforts https://itif.org/publications/2024/09/23/path-to-digital-identity-in-the-united-states/ LA Wallet: Louisiana's Digital Driver's License |
| Efforts similar to the EUDIW |
| Electronic identity and Personal Identification Data (PID) |
| National architecture documents |
| Stakeholder groups |
| Current progress |
Nigeria
| National wallet |
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| NIN (National identity Number) ref |
| Similar efforts to EUDIW |
| Electronic identity and Personal Identification Data (PID) |
| National architecture documents |
| Stakeholder groups |
| Current progress |
Canada
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Alberta has introduced the Digital Alberta Wallet app, beginning with a mobile health card available to residents 14 and older. The app uses encryption and requires user consent for data sharing, ensuring privacy, while paper health cards remain valid. Parents can add children’s cards, and spouses can share within the wallet. More government documents will be added in the future, with a combined driver’s licence–health card expected by 2026." ref |
| Similar efforts to EUDIW |
| Electronic identity and Personal Identification Data (PID) |
| National architecture documents |
| Stakeholder groups |
| Current progress |
Panama
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| Panama’s Land Transit and Transportation Authority (ATTT) has approved digital driver’s licenses on mobile phones, giving citizens a secure, convenient alternative to the plastic card. Issued through the same provider, Sertracen, the digital format can be verified in real time by police and ATTT officers. While the physical license remains official, this move marks a major step in Panama’s digital-government push toward more accessible, tech-enabled identity options. ref |
| Similar efforts to EUDIW |
| Electronic identity and Personal Identification Data (PID) |
| National architecture documents |
| Stakeholder groups |
| Current progress |
Asia
China
| National wallet |
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| Similar efforts to the EUDIW |
| Electronic identity and Personal Identification Data (PID) |
| National architecture documents |
| Stakeholder groups |
| Current progress |
Laos
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national digital ID cards link |
| Similar efforts to the EUDIW |
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| Electronic identity and Personal Identification Data (PID) |
| - |
| National architecture documents |
The Southeast Asian state officially launched its digital identity project in July last year, according to the Laotian Times. In May, the government announced it would establish a digital ID infrastructure to manage citizens’ personal data securely as part of its public services modernization drive. The Ministry of Technology and Communications had completed 37 digital government systems as of this past February as it seeks to spur socio-economic development with open source technology and digital public infrastructure (DPI). |
| Stakeholder groups |
The agency developing and managing the national citizen database is the Ministry of Public Security, while other ministries will need to ensure that their data systems are ready for secure integration and data exchange. The digital ID is managed by the Digital Government Center under the Ministry of Technology and Communications of Laos. Laos is getting support from Vietnam and Japan in the building of the digital ID management system. Vietnamese officials and experts have provided strategic advice while Japan is providing government funding and technical advice from companies like NEC, Ryobi Systems and J&C. |
| Current progress |
| Laos will begin issuing national digital ID cards across the country next month(Oct 2025), replacing its paper-based system and providing citizens with official proof of identity from birth through old age. |
Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka is evolving its e-NIC system into a new digital ID (SL-UDI) delivered through a mobile eLocker app. The 3–5-year rollout reuses existing infrastructure, with encrypted citizen data managed locally under government control. Designed for security and inclusivity, SL-UDI aims to modernize identity while maintaining public trust ref |
| Similar efforts to the EUDIW |
| Electronic identity and Personal Identification Data (PID) |
| National architecture documents |
| Stakeholder groups |
| Current progress |
Costa Rica
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"Costa Rica has launched a national mobile digital ID app, introducing Identidad Digital Costarricense (IDC) as a secure digital alternative to physical ID cards. The initiative underscores government modernization, biometric verification, and international standards. Key updates include support for facial biometrics, collaboration with KOMSCO on blockchain-based architecture, mandatory digital acceptance by public authorities and major service providers, a four-year validity period, and phased implementation—excluding its use in the next national election." |
| EUDI Wallet status |
| Electronic identity and Personal Identification Data (PID) |
| National architecture documents |
| Stakeholder groups |
| Current progress |
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