We catalogued 86 national digital ID schemes across 51 countries. The patterns that emerge, mobile-first, bank-led, biometric, and wallet-bound, tell you where identity is going and what to build for.

Not every national ID is equally trustworthy or equally easy to verify. A practical seven-point checklist for evaluating a country's digital ID before you wire it into onboarding, with the references to do it fast.

With eIDAS 2 requiring every EU member state to offer a Digital Identity Wallet by the end of 2026, readiness now varies widely. Denmark and Ireland have opened test wallets and France and Germany lead on developer access, while Germany has said its state wallet will launch on 2 January 2027.