ABSTRACT While electronic government (e-government) is conceived as an innovative digital tool to bring economic and social benefits to a country, it remains largely underexplored whether it could help citizens have a meaningful, thriving, and happy life. A country’s development does not just depend on its economic performance or GDP; it is also contingent on the well-being of its citizens. Nevertheless, the literature lacks a theoretical and empirical understanding of the linkage between e-government and well-being. To fill this gap, this cross-country study examines (a) the direct influence of e-government maturity on well-being and (b) the mediating role of corruption perception, education, healthy life expectancy, and inequality in the above relationship. Hypotheses were tested using archival data from 123 countries. The results suggest that a higher level of e-government maturity in a country directly contributes to its well-being and indirectly by influencing corruption perception and healthy life expectancy.