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FACTS AND FIGURES
ICT
2017
70% OF THE WORLD’S YOUTH ARE ONLINE
Proportion of youth (15-24) using the Internet, 2017*
“This year marks the 25th anniversary of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector. Over the past two and a half dec-ades, ITU has contributed to the unprec-edented development of ICTs worldwide and the wider transformation they have brought to society. Our new data show that young people are at the forefront of today’s digital economy with 70 per cent of the world’s youth being online. Today’s ICT development is driven by the spread of mobile-broadband services. The growth of mobile broadband has largely outpaced that of fixed broadband, while mobile-broadband prices have dropped by 50 per cent on average over the last three years. These factors have resulted in about half of the world’s population get-ting online and broadband services being available at much higher speeds.
As ICTs continue to be a key enabler of economic and social development, ITU has a pivotal role in the global efforts to bridge the digital divide and in fostering an inclusive digital economy. I am confident that the discussions at the World Telecommunication De-velopment Conference 2017, to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 9 to 20 October 2017, under the theme of “ICT for Sustainable Development Goals”, will contribute to the mapping of results-ori-ented strategies aimed at hastening the pace of countries towards the timely attainment of the SDGs and their related targets.”
Source: ITU. Note: * Estimates.
Brahima Sanou, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau
In 104 countries, more than 80% of the youth population are online.
In developed countries, 94% of young people aged 15-24 use the Internet compared with 67% in developing countries and only 30% in Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
Out of the 830 million young people who are online, 320 million (39%) are in China and India.
Nearly 9 out of 10 young individuals not using the Internet live in Africa or Asia and the Pacific.
YOUTH ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF INTERNET ADOPTIONProportion of individuals using the Internet, by age, 2017*
Proportion of youth (15-24) Internet users and youth in the population, 2017*
Proportion of households with Internet access, 2017*
79.6
67.7 65.9
43.9 43.7
21.8
48.0
17.5
41.3
81.0
95.7 89.6 88.4
72.3 64.2
40.3
70.6
30.3
67.3
94.3
Europe CIS TheAmericas
Asia &Pacific
Arab States Africa World LDCs Developing Developed
Total population Ages 15-24
Source: ITU. Note: * Estimates. CIS refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States. Proportions in this chart refer to the number of people using the Internet, as a percentage of the total population, and the number of people aged 15-24 using the Internet, as a percentage of the total population aged 15-24, respectively.
Source: ITU. Note: * Estimates. CIS refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States. Proportions in this chart refer to the number of people aged 15-24 using the Internet, as a percentage of the total population using the Internet, and the number of people aged 15-24, as a percentage of the total population, respectively.
Source: ITU. Note: * Estimates. CIS refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States.
37.3
26.3 25.8 21.0
15.8 13.8
23.4
13.0
27.6
35.1
20.1 17.9
15.7 15.7 11.9 11.5
15.9
11.2
16.8 20.3
Africa Arab States Asia &Pacific
TheAmericas
CIS Europe World Developed Developing LDCs
Proportion of youth (15-24) Internet users Proportion of youth (15-24) in the population
84.2
70.4 65.3
48.1 47.2
18.0
53.6
14.7
42.9
84.4
Europe CIS TheAmericas
Asia &Pacific
Arab States Africa World LDCs Developing Developed
The proportion of young people aged 15-24 using the Internet (71%) is significantly higher than the proportion of the total population using the Internet (48%).
Young people represent almost one-fourth of the total number of individuals using the Internet worldwide.
In LDCs, 35% of the individuals using the Internet are young people aged 15-24, compared with 13% in developed countries and 23% globally.
In developed countries, the proportion of households with Internet access at home is twice as high as in developing countries.
Only 15% of households in LDCs have Internet access at home. In these countries, many Internet users are accessing the Internet from work, schools and universities or from other shared public connections outside the home.
Proportion of individuals using the Internet, by gender, 2017*
The proportion of women using the Internet is 12% lower than the proportion of men using the Internet worldwide.
While the gender gap has narrowed in most regions since 2013, it has widened in Africa. In Africa, the proportion of women using the Internet is 25% lower than the proportion of men using the Internet.
In LDCs, only one out of seven women is using the Internet compared with one out of five men.
Source: ITU. Note: * Estimates. Penetration rates in this chart refer to the number of women/men using the Internet, as a percentage of the respective total female/male population. CIS refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Source: ITU. Note: * Estimates. The gender gap represents the difference between the Internet user penetration rates for males and females relative to the Internet user penetration rate for males, expressed as a percentage. CIS refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States.
14.1
37.5
79.9
44.9
76.3
65.8
66.7
39.7
39.4
18.6
21.0
44.7
82.2
50.9
82.9
69.8
65.1
47.9
47.7
24.9
LDCs
Developing
Developed
World
Europe
CIS
The Americas
Asia & Pacific
Arab States
Africa
Male Female
20.7
19.2
17.4
9.4
7.5
- 0.4
11.0
5.8
15.8
29.9
25.3
17.3
17.1
7.9
5.8
-2.6
11.6
2.8
16.1
32.9
Africa ArabStates
Asia &Pacific
Europe CIS TheAmericas
World Developed Developing LDCs
2013 2017
THE DIGITAL GENDER GAP PERSISTS
The proportion of men using the Internet is higher than the proportion of women using the Internet in two-thirds of countries worldwide.
There is a strong link between gender parity in the enrollment ratio in tertiary education and gender parity in Internet use.
The only region where a higher percentage of women than men are using the Internet is the Americas, where countries also score highly on gender parity in tertiary education.
Internet penetration rate for men and women, 2017*
Internet user gender gap (%), 2013 and 2017*
Source: ITU. Note: * Estimates. Proportions in this chart refer to the number of women/men using the Internet, as a percentage of the respective total female/male population.
BROADBAND IS INCREASINGLY MOBILE
0 15 30 45 60
World
Developed
Developing
LDCs
%0 20 40 60 80 100
Per 100 inhabitants
World
Developed
Developing
LDCs
Source: ITU. Note: *Estimates. CAGR refers to the compound annual growth rate.
Source: ITU. Note: *Estimates. CAGR refers to the compound annual growth rate.
0 15 30 45 60
World
Developed
Developing
LDCs
%0 10 20 30 40
Per 100 inhabitants
World
Developed
Developing
LDCs
Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 2017*Growth of fixed-broadband subscriptions, CAGR, 2012-2017*
Growth of mobile-broadband subscriptions, CAGR, 2012-2017*
Mobile-broadband subscriptions, 2017*
Mobile-broadband subscriptions have grown more than 20% annually in the last five years and are expected to reach 4.3 billion globally by end 2017.
Despite the high growth rates in developing countries and in LDCs, there are twice as many mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants in developed countries as in developing countries, and four times as many in developed countries as in LDCs.
The global number of fixed-broadband subscriptions has increased by 9% annually in the last five years and 330 million new fixed-broadband subscriptions have been added.
Higher growth will be needed to bridge the divide between developed and developing countries: there are 31 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants in developed countries against 9 in developing countries.
Fixed-broadband uptake remains very limited in LDCs, with only one subscription per 100 inhabitants.
MOBILE BROADBAND IS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN FIXED BROADBAND
Mobile broadband prices as a percentage of GNI per capita, 2016
Broadband prices as a percentage of GNI per capita, 2016
Broadband prices in PPP$, 2016
1.0 0.7
11.6
6.0
32.4
14.1
8.3
4.3
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
2013 2014 2015 2016
As a
% o
f GN
I p.c
.
Developed Developing LDCs WorldSource: ITU. Note: Based on simple averages including data for 136 countries. Prices are based on entry-level computer-based mobile-broadband plans with a minimum data allowance of 1 GB per month.
Source: ITU. Note: Based on simple averages including data for 167 countries. Prices are based on entry-level plans with a minimum data allowance of 1 GB per month. PPP$ refers to prices in international dollars, calculated using purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factors instead of market exchange rates.
Source: ITU. Note: Based on data available for 169 countries. Prices are based on entry-level plans with a minimum data allowance of 1 GB per month.
44 431
7361
1527
32
3435
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Mobile broadband Fixed broadband Mobile broadband Fixed broadband
Below 5% Above 5%
Num
ber o
f cou
ntrie
s
Developed Developing (excl. LDCs) LDCs
Broadband Commission target5% GNI p.c.
107.9
41.1
61.3
33.4
30.5
15.4
53.2
28.6
0 20 40 60 80 100
Fixed broadband
Mobile broadband
World
Developed
Developing
LDCs
Mobile broadband is more affordable than fixed-broadband services in most developing countries. However, mobile-broadband prices represent more than 5% of GNI per capita in most LDCs and are therefore unaffordable for the large majority of the population.
In LDCs, on average, an entry-level fixed-broadband subscription is 2.6 times more expensive than an entry-level mobile-broadband subscription.
Mobile-broadband prices as a percentage of GNI per capita halved between 2013 and 2016 worldwide.
The steepest decrease ocurred in LDCs, where prices fell from 32.4 to 14.1% of GNI p.c.
LDCs
Developing
World
Developed
Developed
Developing (excl. LDCs)
LDCs
FIBRE DEPLOYMENT IS INCREASING FIXED BROADBAND SPEEDS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIESFixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by technology, 2016
Source: ITU.
Source: ITU. Note: Data refer to early 2016. CIS refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States.
18.8
7.0
5.5
3.6
2.6
0.15
5.7
9.4
0.6
0.2 0.5
0.02
3.8
1.6
8.8
0.6
6.1
0.04
1.0
0.9 1.0
0.3 0.
9
0.05
Europe The Americas CIS Arab States Asia & Pacific Africa
DSL Internet subscriptions per 100 inhabitantsCable modem Internet subscriptions per 100 inhabitantsFTTH/B subscriptions per 100 inhabitantsOther fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
4.7
0.07
2.8
12.7
2.3
0.03 0.7
8.8
4.5
0.6
3.9
6.7
0.8 0.2
0.7 1.1
World LDCs Developing Developed
DSL Internet subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
Cable modem Internet subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
FTTH/B subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
Other fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
Despite the worldwide increase in high-speed fixed-broadband subscriptions, there remains a lack of high-speed connections in the developing world, with a penetration rate of 6% (1.6% excluding China) compared with 24% in developed countries.
Most of the increase in high-speed fixed-broadband subscriptions in developing countries can be attributed to China, which accounts for 80% of all fixed-broadband subscriptions at 10 Mbit/s or above in developing countries.
Developing countries and LDCs are deploying fibre infrastructure directly, leapfrogging cable and DSL.
However, the proportion of fibre broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants in developed countries is twice as high as in developing countries, and ten times higher than in LDCs.
The share of fibre in total fixed-broadband subscriptions is highest in the CIS and Asia and the Pacific.
0.9 0.8
6.0
21.4
1.70.5
4.5
24.0
0
5
10
15
20
Breakdown by speedNA
≥256 kbit/s to <2 Mbit/s
≥2 to <10 Mbit/s ≥10 Mbit/s
Developed countries
2015 2016
Per 1
00 in
habi
tant
s
Developed countries
0.9 0.62.0
4.1
0.9 0.6 1.2
6.1
0
5
10
15
20
Breakdown by speedNA
≥256 kbit/s to <2 Mbit/s
≥2 to <10 Mbit/s ≥10 Mbit/s
Developing countries
2015 2016Pe
r 100
inha
bita
nts
Developing countries
INTERNATIONAL BANDWIDTH UP TELECOMMUNICATION REVENUES DOWN
Telecommunication revenues, world and by level of development
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Gbi
t/s
Europe Asia & Pacific The Americas CIS Arab States Africa
653
140
394851
5991
178
0 50 100 150 200
LDCs
Developed
Arab States
AfricaCIS
The Americas
Asia & Pacific
Developing
Europe
kbit/s per Internet user
Source: ITU. Note: CIS refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States.
0
500
1 000
1 500
2 000
2 500
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Billi
on U
SD
WorldDevelopedDeveloping
Source: ITU.
International Internet bandwidth in Gbit/s, per region, 2008-2016
International Internet bandwidth per Internet user in kbit/s, 2016
International Internet bandwidth grew worldwide by 32% between 2015 and 2016. Africa experienced an increase of 72% during this period, the highest of all regions.
Global telecommunication revenues declined by 4% between 2014 and 2015, falling back to USD 1.9 trillion.
Developing countries saw a compound annual growth rate in telecommunication revenue of 6.6% in the period 2007-2015, whereas developed countries experienced a contraction of -0.8% during the same period.
Developing countries are home to 83% of the global population but generate only 39% of the world’s telecommunication revenues.
Europe
Asia & Pacific
CIS
Arab States
The Americas
Africa
World
Developed
Developing
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