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Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v Data notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Regional tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 East Asia and Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Europe and Central Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Latin America and the Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Middle East and North Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 South Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Sub-Saharan Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Income group tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Low income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Middle income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Lower middle income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Upper middle income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Low and middle income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 High income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Euro area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Country tables (in alphabetical order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
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Acknowledgments The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2014 is a joint publication between the World Bank and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). For the World Bank team, the work was the result of close collaboration between the staff of the Development Data Group of the Development Economics Vice Presidency and the Transport, Water, and Information Communication Technologies Sector Unit of the World Bank. The Development Data Group team included Azita Amjadi, Federico Escaler, Buyant Erdene Khaltarkhuu, Leila Rafei, Jomo Tariku, and William Prince. The Information and Communication Technologies team included Tim Kelly and Kaoru Kimura. The work was carried out under the management of Haishan Fu and Jose Luis Irigoyen. Nora Ridolfi, Paola Scalabrin, and Janice Tuten from World Bank’s Publishing and Knowledge Division oversaw publication and dissemination of the book. The ITU contribution was provided by the ICT Data and Statistics Division of the Telecommunication Development Bureau. The team included Susan Teltscher (Head of Division), Vanessa Gray, Esperanza Magpantay, and Ivan Vallejo. Regulatory data were provided by the Regulatory and Market Environment Division of the Telecommunication Development Bureau. The team included Makhtar Fall (Head of Division), Nancy Sundberg, and Youlia Lozanova. The World Bank and ITU acknowledge the data provided by other sources: IMF, Netcraft, OECD, UNCTAD, UNDESA/UNPAN, UNESCO, UNPD, and UNSD.
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Preface Since the late 1990s access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) has seen tremendous growth—driven primarily by the wireless technologies and liberalization of telecommunications markets. Mobile communications have evolved from simple voice and text services to diversified innovative applications and mobile broadband Internet. By the end of 2013, there were an estimated 6.8 billion mobile-cellular subscriptions globally. The number of individuals using the Internet has risen constantly and reached an estimated 2.7 billion while the number of fixed (wired)- broadband subscriptions reached almost 700 million at the end of 2013. The impacts of ICTs cross all sectors. Research has shown that investment in information and communication technologies is associated with such economic benefits as higher productivity, lower costs, new economic opportunities, job creation, innovation, and increased trade. ICTs also help provide better services in health and education, and strengthen social cohesion. The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2014 illustrates the progress of this revolution for 214 economies around the world. It provides comparable statistics on the sector for 2005 and 2012 across a range of indicators, enabling readers to readily compare economies. This book includes indicators covering the economic and social context, the structure of the information and communication technology sector, sector efficiency and capacity, and sector performance related to access, usage, quality, affordability, trade, and applications. The glossary contains definitions of the terms used in the tables. For more information and other World Bank data publications, visit our data Web site at data.worldbank.org or the Web site of the Information and Communication Technologies Department at www.worldbank.org/ict. For more statistics on information and communication technology infrastructure, access and usage, as well as analytical reports such as the annual Measuring the Information Society report, visit ITU’s Web site at www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/default.aspx and the ITU ICT Eye at www.itu.int/icteye.
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Data notes The data in this book are for 2005 and 2012 or the most recent year unless otherwise noted in the table or the glossary. • Growth rates are proportional changes from the previous year unless otherwise noted. • Regional aggregates include data for low- and middle-income economies only. • Figures in italics indicate data for years or periods other than those specified. Symbols used: ..
indicates that data are not available or that aggregates cannot be calculated because of missing data.
0 or 0.0
indicates zero or small enough that the number would round to zero at the displayed number of decimal places.
$
indicates current U.S. dollars.
Lettered notes on some country tables can be found in the notes on page 232. Data are shown for economies with populations greater than 30,000 or for smaller economies if they are members of the World Bank or the ITU. The term country (used interchangeably with economy) does not imply political independence or official recognition by the World Bank or the ITU but refers to any economy for which the authorities report separate social or economic statistics. Aggregates for groups of economies are based on the World Bank’s regional and income classifications. Because of missing data, aggregates should be treated as approximations of unknown totals or average values. The aggregation method for each indicator is noted in the glossary. Sums (s) are simple totals of available data. Weighted averages (w) are calculated using the value of the denominator or, in some cases, another indicator as the weight. Median (m) calculations are based on available data and exclude economies with populations below 1 million. For more information about aggregation methods visit datahelpdesk.worldbank.org. The cutoff date for data is March 1, 2014.
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Regional tables The country composition of regions is based on the World Bank’s analytical regions and may differ from common geographic usage. These regions include low- and middle-income economies only. East Asia and Pacific American Samoa, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam Europe and Central Asia Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan Latin America and the Caribbean Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, República Bolivariana de Venezuela Middle East and North Africa Algeria, Djibouti, Arab Republic of Egypt, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, West Bank and Gaza, Republic of Yemen South Asia Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Sub-Saharan Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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World 2005 2012 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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6,491 7,044 49 53 7,208 10,181 2.9 2.1 82 84 67 71
3.0 17.9
2.6 17.7
19.4 33.9 3.4 27.6 18.9
16.7 89.3 9.2 40.3 37.4
.. .. 15.8
7.1 .. 35.5
67 93 49.7 93.3 4,848 41,190 .. .. ..
10.4 14.6 23.2
13.6 13.8 28.6
10.4 11.2 31.7
0.45 64.9
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East Asia & Pacific 2005 2012 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
1,893 42 1,614 8.4 91 67
1,992 50 4,884 9.1 94 71
3.2 23.5
2.2 20.0
20.9 28.1 2.0 20.4 9.0
17.0 88.9 9.7 34.9 30.9
1.3 132 8.3
0.5 386 36.2
93 45.9 975
99 96.8 5,993
.. .. ..
5.2 7.7 22.5
29.6 24.4 24.1
24.3 18.3 32.9
0.29 0.8
0.22 5.6
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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Europe & Central Asia 2005 2012 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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260 58 3,491 5.8 97 77
271 60 6,664 3.1 98 80
3.5 23.0
2.4 19.6
22.1 49.6 1.2 14.7 6.8
21.4 108.5 10.1 44.8 41.4
.. .. 12.0
.. 95 43.3
92 99 30.7 92.2 2,797 42,572 .. .. ..
3.7 12.5 12.1
7.6 8.0 10.5
5.3 6.7 16.6
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Latin America & Caribbean 2005 2012 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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536 77 4,368 2.5 90 81
581 79 9,070 3.6 91 83
3.3 20.3
3.0 16.2
17.3 42.1 1.4 16.8 9.4
17.8 108.1 8.0 38.7 33.1
.. 43 16.0
.. 93 42.7
89 99 53.8 89.3 1,156 28,238 .. .. ..
7.9 14.9 20.4
8.5 13.7 ..
8.4 12.6 ..
0.47 9.8
0.43 36.4
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Middle East & North Africa 2005 2012 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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301 58 1,996 4.5 68 68
340 60 3,450 4.2 77 72
3.2 21.7
2.7 15.6
14.4 22.4 0.4 15.4 8.9
16.1 95.1 2.9 34.7 27.9
8.5 .. 8.5
6.1 .. 30.7
79 .. 645
97 53.8 7,114
.. .. ..
4.5 10.9 14.4
0.7 5.2 ..
0.8 4.1 ..
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South Asia 2005 2012 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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1,499 29 700 6.3 58 56
1,649 31 1,437 7.1 62 62
2.4 37.8
2.3 36.3
4.0 7.8 0.1 2.0 1.4
2.6 68.9 1.1 10.3 8.6
5.3 .. 2.5
6.0 .. 11.6
37 14.9 560
85 56.9 5,284
.. .. ..
3.0 3.5 7.0
1.0 7.6 61.6
1.7 5.0 62.0
0.31 0.5
0.36 3.3
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Sub-Saharan Africa 2005 2012 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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757 34 763 4.6 57 52
911 37 1,350 4.7 60 58
4.7 ..
3.8 23.8
1.5 12.0 0.0 3.6 1.1
1.2 59.3 0.2 8.1 8.0
.. .. 2.1
5.1 302 14.8
51 .. 232
84 39.8 6,430
.. .. ..
10.5 14.6 46.6
0.6 7.6 12.5
0.5 5.8 14.4
0.25 2.1
0.27 6.8
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Income group tables For operational and analytical purposes the World Bank’s main criterion for classifying economies is gross national income (GNI) per capita. Every economy in The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology is classified as low income, middle income, or high income. Low- and middleincome economies are sometimes referred to as developing economies. The use of the term is convenient; it is not intended to imply that all economies in the group are experiencing similar development or that other economies have reached a preferred or final stage of development. Classification by income does not necessarily reflect development status. Note: Classifications are fixed during the World Bank’s fiscal year (ending on June 30), thus countries remain in the categories in which they are classified irrespective of any revisions to their per capita income data. Low-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of $1,035 or less in 2012. Middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of more than $1,035 but less than $12,616. Lower-middle-income and upper-middle income economies are separated at a GNI per capita of $4,085. High-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of $12,616 or more. Euro area includes the member states of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union that have adopted the euro as their currency: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, and Spain.
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Low income 2005 2012 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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727 26 330 4.8 57 51
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
2.5 ..
5.0 ..
0.9 4.6 0.0 1.0 0.3
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 0.9
.. 70 6.2
51 4.5 208
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.2 4.8 ..
.. .. ..
0.22 0.1
0.20 1.1
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Middle income 2005 2012 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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4,518 45 1,835 5.5 80 65
4,898 50 4,370 6.1 83 69
3.3 22.1
2.5 20.0
14.3 24.9 1.2 14.9 7.1
12.3 87.7 6.0 29.3 25.7
3.9 .. 7.7
4.0 .. 29.9
86 92 42.2 91.8 1,084 12,511 .. .. ..
6.9 13.1 18.3
17.9 16.5 26.0
15.2 13.1 35.2
0.42 2.4
0.37 11.3
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Lower middle income 2005 2012 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2,253 36 876 5.7 68 60
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
3.1 23.6
2.5 20.5
5.2 13.7 0.1 3.5 2.4
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
6.9 .. 4.0
6.5 .. 18.7
50 10.7 514
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
4.9 10.5 20.6
7.4 9.7 36.8
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.35 0.7
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Upper middle income 2005 2012 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2,265 54 2,788 5.4 91 72
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
3.3 20.5
2.5 18.2
23.0 36.1 2.3 22.0 10.2
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
2.6 98 11.3
1.3 284 41.6
94 99 49.7 95.5 1,283 14,580 .. .. ..
9.4 14.9 17.8
20.0 18.5 20.8
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.47 4.1
0.42 18.5
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Low and middle income 2005 2012 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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5,245 42 1,626 5.5 78 63
5,744 46 3,815 6.1 80 67
3.3 25.8
2.5 21.3
12.5 22.2 1.0 13.7 6.4
10.6 81.7 5.3 26.4 23.2
.. .. 6.8
4.3 .. 26.5
84 91 42.0 91.1 1,070 12,402 .. .. ..
7.2 12.6 20.6
17.6 16.3 25.8
15.1 12.9 34.9
0.35 2.2
0.33 9.8
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1,246 1,300 78 80 30,693 38,412 2.3 1.0 .. .. 90 93
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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3.0 14.4
2.7 17.6
48.1 83.4 13.5 60.1 49.5
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. 53.8
.. 114 75.4
98 100 37.9 95.9 7,041 85,990 .. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
12.3 13.1 29.3
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.66 313.4
0.67 827.6
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Euro area 2005 2012 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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327 333 74 76 31,548 38,030 1.5 0.4 .. 99 92 94
2.8 12.1
1.9 16.5
51.5 97.5 13.2 58.2 46.4
48.4 120.3 29.7 79.2 76.5
.. 84 51.4
.. 117 75.9
99 99 58.6 97.6 9,606 100,322 .. .. ..
27.8 25.2 31.3
8.2 10.1 30.0
4.8 6.9 35.8
0.70 144.1
0.66 662.3
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Afghanistan South Asia
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
25 22 250 6.2 .. 53
30 24 680 10.5 .. 62
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) P International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service P Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed)
Yes Public
6.0 37.8
.. ..
5.0 ..
0.2 4.8 0.0 0.8 0.8
0.0 60.4 0.0 2.3a 1.9a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. 28.8 1.2
.. .. 5.5a
.. 70.1 6.2
Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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P P P A C
72 18.3 13
85 50.0 1,229
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
1.9 9.7 53.5
8.9 11.9 46.9
.. .. ..
.. 0.2 51.6
.. .. ..
0.20 0.0
0.24 1.0
0.20 1.1
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Albania Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
3 47 2,540 5.3 99 66
3 54 4,030 4.4 97 ..
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) P International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed)
Yes Mixed
6.1 11.2
4.3 28.4
Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
P P C R A
2.5 18.2
8.7 47.9 0.0 7.0 5.0
9.9 110.7 5.1 20.0a 20.5a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
41.0 21.5 6.0
21.1 .. 54.7a
1.3 284.4 41.6
91 25.0 62
99 99 91.8 95.5 17,358 14,580
.. .. ..
7.5 25.9 11.9
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.6 3.8 10.3
0.4 3.0 10.9
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.47 0.3
0.42 16.1
0.42 18.5
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Algeria Middle East & North Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
34 67 2,660 5.6 73 69
38 74 5,020 2.6 .. 79
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) P International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed)
Yes Public
3.7 36.0
2.9 ..
2.5 18.2
8.3 97.9 2.9 24.2a 19.4a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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7.6 40.2 0.4 7.1 1.2
P P C .. A
8.1 12.4 5.8
6.8 1.3 191.1 284.4 15.2a 41.6
42 71.1 79
.. 99 .. 95.5 7,679 14,580
.. .. ..
6.4 14.1 14.1
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.0 7.9 29.2
0.0 4.0 59.4
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.35 0.1
0.25 1.5
0.42 18.5
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American Samoa East Asia & Pacific
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.06 91 .. .. .. ..
0.06 93 .. .. .. ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed)
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue)
.. ..
.. ..
2.5 18.2
Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
17.6 3.8 .. .. ..
18.1 .. .. .. ..
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
1.3 284.4 41.6
.. .. ..
.. 99 .. 95.5 .. 14,580
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
9.4 14.9 17.8
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
17.6 14.7 29.1
.. 69.1
.. 36.4
0.42 18.5
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Andorra High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.08 90 31,310 7.1 .. ..
0.08 1,300 87 80 43,110 38,412 .. 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service .. Internet service No Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed)
No Public
3.9 ..
3.6 ..
2.7 17.6
Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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M M M A ..
43.6 79.5 12.7 .. ..
48.9 81.5 34.3 .. ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
112.6 65.4 37.6
80.2 53.6 86.4a
.. 113.6 75.4
91 60.7 13,750
99 100 99.4 95.9 38,388 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
18.8 14.0 ..
.. .. ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.52 418.6
0.31 645.6
0.67 827.6
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Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
17 54
1,270 10.1 67 ..
21 60 4,580 9.4 70 73
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No
Yes Public
2.2 25.3
.. ..
2.5 18.2
0.6 9.7 0.0 4.0 1.4a
1.5 47.1 0.2 8.5a 7.2a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. .. 1.1
.. 1.3 .. 284.4 16.9a 41.6
40
.. 99 6.3 95.5 567 14,580
Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
0.0 359
.. .. ..
.. .. 9.3
0.33 0.3
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16.9 20.0 53.2
9.4 14.9 17.8
.. .. 4.5
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.33 3.9
0.42 18.5
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Antigua and Barbuda High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.08 31 12,000 3.9 99 ..
0.09 1,300 30 80 12,480 38,412 –1.7 1.0 99 .. 82 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) M International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed)
No Public
Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue)
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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44.2 104.2 1.0a .. .. .. .. 27.0a 100 8.8 24,896
P P P A A
37.2 43.6 143.0 122.9 4.6 26.2 56.1a 77.7 48.2a 75.5 19.0 138.9 59.0a
.. 113.6 75.4
100 100 91.6 95.9 97,620 85,990
.. .. ..
12.8 25.3 54.9
25.2 20.6 29.2
4.6 3.9 9.6
11.6 5.5 6.5
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.45 859.9
0.31 688.9
0.67 827.6
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Argentina Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
39 91 4,480 2.2 97 89
41 93 .. 6.3 98 97
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Private Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Private .. C C R A
3.1 ..
2.9 15.3
2.5 18.2
24.4 57.3 2.4 32.0 13.3a
23.5 151.9 10.9 56.0a 47.5a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. .. 17.7
.. 1.3 19.6 284.4 55.8a 41.6
94 38.3 1,788
.. 99 92.2 95.5 21,983 14,580
.. .. ..
4.5 39.4 24.3
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.2 11.6 31.1
0.1 8.3 46.0
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.58 10.8
0.53 42.9
0.42 18.5
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Armenia Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
3 64 1,500 12.3 99 73
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) C Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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3 64 3,720 2.8 100 78
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed .. P C A A
3.0 23.6
4.2 19.7
2.5 20.5
19.7 10.5 0.1 5.5a 2.9a
19.7 111.9 6.7 34.0a 25.4a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. 58.0 5.3
20.5 171.7 39.2a
6.5 .. 18.7
85 1.1 459
100 95.5 40,373
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
3.0 8.8 12.1
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.3 3.6 14.3
1.3 3.7 13.5
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.42 1.3
0.33 40.3
0.32 4.4
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Aruba High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.10 47 .. 2.0 97 84
0.10 1,300 47 80 .. 38,412 –3.9 1.0 97 .. 84 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
53.0 1.2
5.6 15.8
35.2a 43.6 131.9a 122.9 18.9 26.2 73.1a 77.7 69.6a 75.5
38.2 103.4 12.3 45.0 36.7 .. .. 25.4a 90 100.0 7,084
2.7 17.6
.. .. 74.0a
.. 113.6 75.4
99 100 100.0 95.9 67,578 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. 10.2
0.7 4.4 13.9
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. 289.9
.. 281.6
0.67 827.6
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Australia High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
20 88 30,280 3.4 .. 112
23 1,300 89 80 59,260 38,412 2.8 1.0 .. .. 112 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2014
Yes Mixed C C C A A
3.8 16.7
2.9 20.5
49.3 89.8 9.8 67.0 56.0
45.4 105.6 24.3 85.2a 81.4a
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. 63.0
.. .. 82.3a
.. 113.6 75.4
98 33.7 7,794
2.7 17.6
99 100 92.9 95.9 69,066 85,990
.. .. ..
33.0 20.3 61.9
25.2 20.6 29.2
1.7 11.8 16.0
0.9 8.9 18.6
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.81 0.86 498.1 1,265.3
0.67 827.6
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Austria High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
8 67 37,210 1.7 .. 88
8 1,300 68 80 47,850 38,412 1.1 1.0 .. .. 94 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Mixed C C C A A
2.4 12.7
1.4 12.5
2.7 17.6
45.4 105.2 14.2 63.1 46.7
39.7 160.5 25.0 81.0 79.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
16.1 107.5 58.0
.. 140.0 81.0
.. 113.6 75.4
99 99 100 66.3 85.4 95.9 11,430 108,084 85,990 .. .. ..
27.8 14.7 41.6
25.2 20.6 29.2
5.5 7.7 24.8
3.9 5.1 30.7
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.74 231.7
0.75 1,079.2
0.67 827.6
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Azerbaijan Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
8 52 1,270 12.7 100 72
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) M International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2014
9 54 6,220 10.8 100 71
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
No Public M P C R A
3.6 6.8
2.5 24.7
2.5 18.2
12.8 26.2 0.0 7.3 6.3
18.5 108.8 14.1 45.0a 46.8a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
7.6 3.1 8.0
6.4 1.3 179.7 284.4 54.2a 41.6
99 3.0 436
100 99 77.3 95.5 40,591 14,580
.. .. ..
2.5 10.4 12.7
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.0 4.6 38.8
0.0 3.3 15.0
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.46 0.5
0.37 8.6
0.42 18.5
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Bahamas, The High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.33 83 23,680 1.3 .. ..
0.37 1,300 84 80 20,600 38,412 –0.3 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) M International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) C Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
.. ..
Yes Mixed C M C A A
.. ..
2.7 17.6
40.4 69.2 4.1 .. ..
36.3 43.6 80.7a 122.9 4.2a 26.2 .. 77.7 .. 75.5
.. .. 25.0a
.. .. 71.7a
95 49.2 1,094
.. 113.6 75.4
100 100 100.0 95.9 3,747 85,990
.. .. ..
16.3 17.5 30.0
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.3 3.2 ..
0.2 3.9 ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.49 148.9
0.47 267.9
0.67 827.6
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Bahrain High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.88 88 16,730 6.1 87 ..
1 1,300 89 80 19,560 38,412 4.8 1.0 95 .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) C Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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Yes Mixed C P C A A
3.9 14.9
3.6 13.0
2.7 17.6
22.0 87.2 2.4 44.0 32.0
22.7 161.2 13.2 92.7 79.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. 117.3 21.3
100.6 227.6 88.0
.. 113.6 75.4
100 42.6 2,183
100 100 100.0 95.9 18,108 85,990
.. .. ..
4.8 15.0 26.6
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.1 2.1 25.1
0.6 3.3 22.8
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.57 39.8
0.86 141.9
0.67 827.6
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Bangladesh South Asia
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
143 26 470 5.4 47 51
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
155 29 840 6.2 58 59
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Public P C C A A
1.5 ..
7.5 8.8
5.0 ..
0.7 6.3 0.0 1.4 0.2
0.6 62.8 0.4 4.8a 3.2a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 0.2a
21.3 96.2 6.3a
.. 70.1 6.2
80 0.0 173
99 25.8 3,032
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
2.6 1.6 4.7
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.1 6.2 18.2
.. .. 26.7
.. .. ..
0.29 0.0
0.44 0.8
0.20 1.1
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Barbados High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.27 41 13,640 1.2 .. 94
0.28 1,300 45 80 15,080 38,412 0.1 1.0 .. .. 96 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2014
4.6 14.0
49.3 75.4 11.7 42.6a 37.2a .. .. 52.5a 100 71.2 3,481
Yes Mixed .. P .. R A
.. ..
2.7 17.6
50.8 43.6 122.5a 122.9 23.1a 26.2 69.2a 77.7 62.9a 75.5 .. .. 73.3a
.. 113.6 75.4
99 100 94.0 95.9 67,410 85,990
.. .. ..
22.0 24.6 45.2
25.2 20.6 29.2
4.9 7.8 15.3
0.8 4.4 25.9
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.57 204.7
0.37 340.4
0.67 827.6
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Belarus Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
10 72 2,810 7.6 .. ..
9 75 6,530 6.1 100 100
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) M International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
No Public M C C R C
1.3 41.3
1.7 26.8
2.5 18.2
34.0 42.4 0.0 9.6 7.0
46.9 113.5 26.9 51.7 48.3
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
6.6 116.2 19.7
5.6 202.6 46.9
1.3 284.4 41.6
90 4.2 1,356
100 99 96.1 95.5 79,337 14,580
.. .. ..
1.4 8.4 11.9
9.4 14.9 17.8
1.0 2.4 15.0
0.6 2.4 18.0
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.52 0.5
0.41 26.4
0.42 18.5
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Belgium High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
10 97 36,610 1.6 .. 93
11 1,300 98 80 44,720 38,412 0.9 1.0 .. .. 95 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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Yes Mixed C C C A A
3.0 11.6
1.6 20.4
2.7 17.6
45.6 91.4 19.1 57.0 50.2
41.9 111.3 33.3 80.0 78.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. 70.2 55.8a
.. 92.5 82.0
.. 113.6 75.4
99 100 100 88.1 99.7 95.9 20,038 180,389 85,990 .. .. ..
36.1 39.7 34.7
25.2 20.6 29.2
3.9 4.6 34.5
2.1 3.1 43.1
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.68 117.9
0.65 749.3
0.67 827.6
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Belize Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.27 46 4,770 5.7 .. 79
0.32 45 4,490 2.8 .. 82
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service M Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed C C C R C
5.7 23.8
4.8 19.4
2.5 18.2
12.4 35.3 1.8 .. ..
7.8 53.2 3.1 .. ..
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. 15.3 9.2
34.3 1.3 .. 284.4 25.0a 41.6
.. 73.5 5,390
.. 99 71.7 95.5 34,562 14,580
.. .. ..
19.2 31.3 50.0
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.0 5.9 12.3
0.5 3.6 11.0
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.41 275.8
0.40 177.7
0.42 18.5
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Benin Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
8 41 530 4.0 29 54
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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1.4 35.0
10 46 750 3.8 .. 68
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Public P C P A B
6.3 32.2
5.0 ..
0.9 7.3 0.0 1.6a 0.0a
1.6 83.7 0.1 4.2a 2.4a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 1.3
6.4 30.9 3.8a
.. 70.1 6.2
43 2.9 452
99 11.9 3,249
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
13.4 14.4 53.0
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.0 2.9 20.1
0.0 1.3 21.1
.. .. ..
0.19 0.1
0.20 1.1
0.20 1.1
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Bermuda High income Highincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.06 0.06 1,300 100 100 80 117,640 104,590 38,412 2.3 –1.2 1.0 .. .. .. 71 68 93
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
3.9 11.3
.. ..
81.8 82.2 28.8 67.9 62.8a
2.7 17.6
105.8 43.6 139.5 122.9 61.7 26.2 97.2a 77.7 95.0a 75.5
.. 194.8 65.4
.. .. 91.3a
98 59.8 10,554
.. 113.6 75.4
.. 100 .. 95.9 .. 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. 37.2
6.6 3.6 40.4
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. 1,699.0
.. 5,015.0
0.67 827.6
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Bhutan South Asia
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.65 31 1,230 7.9 53 54
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) M International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service P Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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0.74 36 2,420 9.3 .. 69
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Public C C C R A
2.0 81.1
2.8 35.1
2.5 20.5
5.1 5.5 0.0 2.6 1.2
3.6 75.6 2.3 16.4 11.6
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. 56.1 3.8
21.3 44.6 25.4a
6.5 .. 18.7
5 0.0 240
100 98.1 3,286
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
1.7 3.5 10.7
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.9 5.3 5.8
15.9 2.4 3.9
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.31 ..
0.35 9.3
0.32 4.4
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Bolivia Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
9 64 1,000 3.1 91 79
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Private Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
10 67 2,220 4.7 91 ..
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Public .. C C No A
5.6 3.8
4.8 21.1
2.5 20.5
6.9 25.9 0.1 12.1 3.5
8.4 90.4 1.1 25.9a 10.0a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. 20.8 5.2
5.8 33.4 34.2a
6.5 .. 18.7
46 18.1 814
95 81.1 5,176
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
24.0 11.8 24.5
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.0 3.9 6.6
0.0 3.2 11.8
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.49 2.4
0.41 8.9
0.32 4.4
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
4 45 2,940 5.0 97 ..
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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4 49 4,750 2.1 98 ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed .. P C A A
6.1 36.5
4.7 22.7
2.5 18.2
25.0 41.1 0.4 20.0 6.2a
23.1 87.6 10.6 39.8a 39.7a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. 36.3 21.3
20.4 1.3 59.2 284.4 65.4a 41.6
97 7.6 187
100 99 83.3 95.5 23,945 14,580
.. .. ..
10.4 15.4 8.3
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.3 4.2 18.1
0.2 2.7 5.5
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.45 3.4
0.37 24.0
0.42 18.5
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Botswana Sub-Saharan Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
2 57 4,730 3.9 81 71
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) M International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2 62 7,650 3.7 85 ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Public P P C A A
3.2 48.9
4.2 14.4
2.5 18.2
7.3 30.1 0.1 6.5a 0.1a
8.0 153.8 0.9 12.3a 9.1a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. 45.5 3.3a
.. 1.3 56.4 284.4 11.5a 41.6
99 .. 490
96 99 100.0 95.5 6,509 14,580
.. .. ..
17.9 13.0 57.3
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.2 4.7 12.8
0.2 2.4 40.9
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.36 1.6
0.36 10.4
0.42 18.5
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Brazil Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
186 83 3,960 2.8 90 ..
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Private Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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199 85 11,630 3.8 90 ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Private C C C A A
4.1 17.4
2.9 13.1
2.5 18.2
21.4 46.3 1.7 18.5 13.6
22.3 125.0 9.2 49.9a 45.4a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. 30.9 21.0
0.2 1.3 56.9 284.4 49.8a 41.6
88 74.1 716
100 99 81.4 95.5 44,837 14,580
.. .. ..
29.8 60.2 17.8
9.4 14.9 17.8
3.1 12.1 43.0
0.5 8.8 55.7
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.57 14.2
0.67 57.4
0.42 18.5
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Brunei Darussalam High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.37 74 22,920 2.2 93 81
0.41 1,300 76 80 31,590 38,412 0.6 1.0 95 .. 81 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) P International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service P Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Public P M P R A
.. ..
.. ..
22.8 63.3 2.2 55.0 50.0
17.2 43.6 113.9 122.9 4.8 26.2 86.9a 77.7 72.4a 75.5
.. .. 36.5 .. 45.2 4,138
2.7 17.6
.. .. 60.3a
.. 113.6 75.4
.. 100 84.5 95.9 39,925 85,990
.. .. ..
12.5 20.8 51.7
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.1 6.1 17.0
0.3 4.1 21.4
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.47 13.6
0.59 117.2
0.67 827.6
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Bulgaria Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
8 70 3,640 5.5 98 77
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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7 74 6,840 1.8 98 82
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed P P C A A
6.0 34.5
3.0 23.9
2.5 18.2
32.4 81.3 2.2 17.9a 13.3a
29.3 148.1 17.9 52.0 51.0
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
5.9 37.8 20.0
6.8 122.8 55.1
1.3 284.4 41.6
100 80.0 888
100 99 100.0 95.5 85,424 14,580
.. .. ..
11.9 34.8 10.5
9.4 14.9 17.8
1.5 5.5 12.5
2.0 6.2 22.8
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.57 8.7
0.49 146.8
0.42 18.5
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Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
13 22 410 6.4 24 29
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) M International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
3.5 55.8
0.7 4.7 0.0 1.4 0.0a .. 27.7 0.5
16 27 670 5.5 .. 45
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed C C C R C
.. ..
5.0 ..
0.9 60.6 0.1 3.4a 2.8a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. 30.2 3.7a
.. 70.1 6.2
26 4.6 1,142
.. 47.7 1,812
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
14.8 12.2 46.6
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.2 4.5 8.9
0.0 3.2 21.1
.. .. ..
0.15 0.1
0.29 0.8
0.20 1.1
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Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
8 9 130 2.2 59 36
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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10 11 240 4.3 87 59
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Public C C C A B
.. ..
2.3 ..
5.0 ..
0.4a 2.0 0.0 .. ..
0.2 22.8 0.0 0.1a 0.1a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 0.5
.. 35.1 1.2a
.. 70.1 6.2
82 0.0 95
83 0.6 3,462
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.1 5.6 ..
0.2 1.9 6.6
.. .. ..
0.18 0.1
0.15 0.3
0.20 1.1
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Cabo Verde Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.48 58 2,330 5.9 80 71
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) M International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
0.49 63 3,830 5.9 85 77
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed C C C A A
6.7 19.1
7.9 23.9
2.5 20.5
15.0 17.1 0.2 6.7a 1.4a
14.2 86.0 4.0 26.5a 13.7a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
33.8 46.6 6.1
22.6 72.1 34.7a
6.5 .. 18.7
85 14.4 482
96 100.0 6,317
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
10.8 32.9 33.3
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.5 3.9 7.8
.. 3.7 4.6
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.42 2.1
0.44 26.1
0.32 4.4
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Cambodia East Asia & Pacific
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
13 19 460 9.1 74 62
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service P Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
50
2014
15 20 880 6.2 74 64
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Public C C C A A
0.4 ..
5.5 69.8
5.0 ..
0.2 8.0 0.0 1.8a ..
3.9 128.5 0.2 5.4a 3.9a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. 11.1 0.3
.. .. 4.9a
.. 70.1 6.2
75 11.7 425
99 46.8 13,619
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
3.8 7.5 23.5
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.0 2.3 6.5
0.2 1.7 8.4
.. .. ..
0.30 0.1
0.19 2.0
0.20 1.1
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Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
18 49 900 3.8 71 51
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
22 53 1,170 3.2 71 62
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Public .. C C A B
3.1 28.3
3.5 24.2
2.5 20.5
0.6 12.4 0.0 3.0 1.1a
3.4 60.4 0.6 8.3a 3.5a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. 1.6 1.4
4.4 9.3 5.7a
6.5 .. 18.7
54 1.3 609
.. .. 260
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
17.9 18.8 58.1
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.0 3.3 19.1
0.0 2.7 29.7
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.27 0.1
0.30 1.5
0.32 4.4
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Canada High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
32 80 33,110 2.5 .. ..
35 1,300 81 80 51,570 38,412 1.2 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
52
2014
Yes Private C C C R A
2.5 16.2
2.5 21.9
2.7 17.6
56.3 52.8 21.7 72.0 64.3
50.7 80.1 32.5 86.6a 83.0a
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. 71.7
.. 357.1 86.8a
.. 113.6 75.4
97 99 100 78.9 97.9 95.9 9,411 100,505 85,990 .. .. ..
29.3 40.8 40.4
25.2 20.6 29.2
3.9 9.1 39.3
2.3 7.3 41.2
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.82 569.1
0.89 1,040.6
0.67 827.6
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Cayman Islands High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.05 100 .. .. 99 ..
0.06 1,300 100 80 .. 38,412 .. 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. No
.. .. .. .. No
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
78.2a 166.5 .. 54.8 50.7a
65.0 171.7 33.6 74.5a 66.0a
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. 38.0
.. .. 74.1a
.. 113.6 75.4
100 .. ..
100 100 .. 95.9 .. 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. .. 843.2 2,103.4
0.67 827.6
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Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
4 38 340 1.5 51 ..
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2014
5 39 510 6.7 57 43
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed C C C A C
1.1 ..
2.2 56.3
5.0 ..
0.3 2.5 0.0 .. ..
0.0 25.3 0.0 2.9a 2.4a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 0.3a
5.2 29.8 3.0a
.. 70.1 6.2
19 0.0 145
63 0.0 162
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
10.1 12.9 1,329.5
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.0 2.4 ..
0.2 5.9 ..
.. .. ..
0.14 0.2
0.00 0.2
0.20 1.1
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Chad Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
10 22 360 17.2 28 36
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
12 22 770 4.9 35 47
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Public .. .. C A B
.. ..
2.1 ..
5.0 ..
0.1 2.1 0.0 .. ..
0.2 35.4 0.2 2.5a 2.3a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 0.4
3.4 .. 2.1a
.. 70.1 6.2
24 0.0 88
36 100.0 490
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
16.7 15.4 11.8
8.9 11.9 46.9
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
0.10 ..
0.10 ..
0.20 1.1
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Channel Islands High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.15 31 55,320 –1.2 .. ..
0.16 1,300 31 80 .. 38,412 .. 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. 113.6 75.4
.. .. ..
.. 100 .. 95.9 .. 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. ..
.. ..
0.67 827.6
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Chile High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
16 88 6,250 4.2 96 83
17 1,300 89 80 14,310 38,412 3.8 1.0 99 .. 88 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Private Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Private C C C A A
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
21.0 64.7 4.3 30.1a 16.7a
18.8 138.2 12.4 53.7a 45.3a
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
3.7 55.9 31.2a
1.9 91.5 61.4a
.. 113.6 75.4
100 78.2 2,494
100 100 98.9 95.9 40,460 85,990
.. .. ..
35.1 22.8 25.8
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.5 8.2 18.4
0.3 7.3 21.1
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.58 21.0
0.75 93.6
0.67 827.6
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China East Asia & Pacific
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
1,304 43 1,740 9.8 91 64
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2014
1,351 52 5,720 10.4 95 74
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
No Mixed P .. .. R C
3.2 35.9
2.1 33.6
2.5 18.2
26.6 29.8 2.8 25.0 11.0
20.2 80.8 12.7 40.9a 37.4a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
1.3 132.5 8.5
0.4 415.4 42.3a
1.3 284.4 41.6
97 51.2 1,211
99 99 96.8 95.5 3,261 14,580
.. .. ..
4.9 2.3 23.2
9.4 14.9 17.8
30.7 25.3 24.9
27.1 19.6 34.9
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.50 0.3
0.53 3.9
0.42 18.5
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Colombia Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
43 74 2,930 3.7 93 79
48 76 7,020 4.5 94 82
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed C C C A A
4.3 ..
5.4 17.8
2.5 18.2
17.8 50.6 0.7 14.6 6.2
13.0 102.9 8.2 38.4 32.1
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. 48.4 11.0
5.7 353.4 49.0
1.3 284.4 41.6
82 46.3 4,686
100 99 99.9 95.5 20,370 14,580
.. .. ..
10.0 22.7 18.7
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.2 13.0 14.6
0.1 9.0 18.6
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.53 4.4
0.84 33.5
0.42 18.5
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Comoros Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.60 28 650 2.6 68 64
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service M Internet service No Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
60
2014
4.0 25.6
0.72 28 840 1.6 76 78
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Public M M M A C
5.5 13.8
5.0 ..
2.8 2.6 0.0 3.0 0.8a
3.3a 39.5 0.2 6.4a 3.4a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 2.0a
.. 49.4 6.0a
.. 70.1 6.2
40 0.3 166
.. 60.6 7,231
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
10.0 13.5 80.2
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.0 2.7 ..
0.9 7.0 ..
.. .. ..
0.19 5.0
0.08 1.4
0.20 1.1
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Congo, Dem. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
54 31 130 4.6 61 53
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
5.5 89.2
66 35 230 5.8 .. 63
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Public C C C R A
5.8 49.4
5.0 ..
0.0 5.1 0.0 0.2a 0.2a
0.1 30.6 0.0 1.3a 1.3a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
9.5 51.2 0.2a
3.0 35.6 1.7a
.. 70.1 6.2
50 6.3 39
50 .. 725
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
9.9 11.9 400.2
8.9 11.9 46.9
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
0.22 0.1
0.18 0.3
0.20 1.1
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Congo, Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
4 61 970 3.7 .. 55
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
62
2014
4 64 2,550 5.0 .. 66
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Public C C C A C
2.7 ..
3.2 23.4
2.5 20.5
0.4 15.8 0.0 1.4 0.1a
0.3 98.8 0.0 4.3a 1.3a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 1.5a
9.5 40.9 6.1a
6.5 .. 18.7
39 0.0 19
95 14.3 204
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.0 1.0 ..
0.0 0.9 ..
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.27 0.6
0.08 1.1
0.32 4.4
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Costa Rica Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
4 62 4,810 4.3 95 74
5 65 8,820 4.1 96 85
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service M Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Public C C C R A
2.3 25.8
2.3 98.2
2.5 18.2
32.1 25.5 1.0 27.0 10.2
20.7 111.9 9.3 49.0 47.3
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
19.2 152.2 22.1
13.0 120.0 47.5
1.3 284.4 41.6
86 60.6 687
70 99 100.0 95.5 29,890 14,580
.. .. ..
4.7 3.8 15.8
9.4 14.9 17.8
23.7 23.7 13.3
19.4 18.3 32.2
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.51 61.8
0.50 79.0
0.42 18.5
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Côte d’Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
17 47 900 –0.2 49 ..
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
64
2014
20 52 1,220 1.9 57 ..
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed M P C A No
5.0 29.1
7.0 15.4
2.5 20.5
1.5 13.5 0.0 1.3 0.2a
1.4 91.2 0.1 2.3a 1.3a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. 106.4 1.0
5.9 66.5 2.4a
6.5 .. 18.7
55 6.9 307
95 .. 16,950
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
20.7 20.1 42.4
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.6 3.8 33.7
0.1 3.1 28.5
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.19 0.3
0.33 2.0
0.32 4.4
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Croatia High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
4 56 9,690 4.6 98 79
4 1,300 58 80 13,490 38,412 –0.4 1.0 99 .. 85 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Mixed C C C A A
4.9 14.5
3.6 18.3
2.7 17.6
42.9 83.2 2.6 32.7 25.0
37.9 115.4 20.7 68.0 66.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
16.5 65.7 33.1
8.4 115.0 63.0
.. 113.6 75.4
100 12.2 3,280
100 100 95.6 95.9 28,743 85,990
.. .. ..
15.3 17.6 19.0
25.2 20.6 29.2
2.6 6.1 12.5
1.9 4.4 14.5
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.57 39.6
0.64 188.5
0.67 827.6
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Cuba Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
11 76 3,950 4.6 100 86
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Private Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service P Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2014
2.9 7.5
7.6 1.2 0.0 0.2a 0.0 26.5 53.0 9.7 71 5.8 95
11 75 5,890 4.4 100 85
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
No Mixed .. M P R A
.. ..
2.5 18.2
10.8 14.9 0.0 4.6a 3.8a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
11.9 36.6 25.6a
1.3 284.4 41.6
85 99 11.9 95.5 158 14,580
.. 0.3 .. 26.5 .. 1,760.4
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.9 2.6 ..
.. .. ..
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.40 0.1
0.31 0.4
0.42 18.5
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Curaçao High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.14 .. .. .. .. ..
0.15 1,300 .. 80 .. 38,412 .. 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. 113.6 75.4
.. .. ..
.. 100 .. 95.9 .. 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. ..
.. 187.5
0.67 827.6
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Cyprus High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
1 69 21,490 3.1 97 78
1 1,300 71 80 26,110 38,412 1.5 1.0 99 .. 78 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
68
2014
Yes Public C P C A A
2.9 15.0
3.1 11.9
2.7 17.6
40.7 75.8 3.1 46.0 31.7
33.1 98.4 19.2 70.0 62.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
57.5 174.0 32.8
40.2 228.7 61.0
.. 113.6 75.4
100 35.0 1,328
100 100 96.5 95.9 69,698 85,990
.. .. ..
25.2 8.4 21.9
25.2 20.6 29.2
25.0 10.8 21.1
3.5 4.1 25.1
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.60 175.3
0.56 621.4
0.67 827.6
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Czech Republic High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
10 74 11,920 3.9 .. 83
11 1,300 73 80 18,130 38,412 1.6 1.0 .. .. 88 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Private Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Private .. P C R A
3.8 11.7
1.9 20.8
2.7 17.6
31.4 115.1 6.9 30.0 19.1
19.9 126.8 16.4 75.0a 71.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
7.4 50.3 35.3
9.7 97.8 75.0
.. 113.6 75.4
100 100 100 30.1 100.0 95.9 13,620 100,062 85,990 .. .. ..
29.1 27.7 22.6
25.2 20.6 29.2
11.1 11.2 24.4
14.5 14.7 36.1
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.67 41.6
0.54 559.3
0.67 827.6
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Denmark High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
5 86 48,590 1.2 .. 103
6 1,300 87 80 59,870 38,412 –0.4 1.0 .. .. 100 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Private Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
70
2014
Yes Private C P C A A
2.6 17.2
2.0 17.2
2.7 17.6
61.8 100.6 24.8 84.0 74.9
43.4 117.6 38.8 92.2a 92.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. 99.1 82.7
18.2 146.1 93.0
.. 113.6 75.4
.. .. 100 74.3 96.3 95.9 42,041 174,801 85,990 .. .. ..
30.5 10.3 46.4
25.2 20.6 29.2
7.1 12.4 ..
3.5 8.2 ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.91 411.3
0.86 2,104.5
0.67 827.6
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Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.78 77 1,030 3.0 .. 25
0.86 77 .. .. .. 37
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service M Internet service No Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
No Public M M M No C
4.8 25.6
.. 14.3
2.5 20.5
1.4 5.7 0.0 6.8 0.6
2.3 24.7 1.7 15.5a 5.1a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. 50.2 1.0
124.9 32.0 8.3a
6.5 .. 18.7
75 1.2 6,076
95 79.6 11,960
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
6.9 13.2 31.6
4.9 10.5 20.6
.. .. 5.1
0.1 5.4 ..
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.23 1.3
0.20 4.6
0.32 4.4
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Dominica Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.07 67 4,980 1.9 .. ..
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service .. Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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0.07 67 6,440 3.3 .. ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Private C C C A A
8.4 18.0
7.8 12.5
2.5 18.2
26.9 73.7 4.8 .. ..
20.3 152.5 11.9 .. ..
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
41.2 38.4 38.5a
14.6 112.1 55.2a
1.3 284.4 41.6
.. 54.0 1,407
90 99 97.2 95.5 65,734 14,580
.. .. ..
10.7 15.4 33.0
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.2 8.3 25.9
7.8 4.3 14.5
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.37 113.4
0.29 430.6
0.42 18.5
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Dominican Republic Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
9 66 2,880 3.1 88 ..
10 70 5,470 6.0 90 ..
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Private Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Private C C C A A
0.4 192.0
3.3 16.1
2.5 18.2
9.6 38.8 0.6 8.7 3.1
10.4 86.9 4.3 19.8a 13.7a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. .. 11.5
12.8 26.1 45.0a
1.3 284.4 41.6
.. 45.1 2,889
95 99 90.4 95.5 14,874 14,580
.. .. ..
16.6 14.9 23.3
9.4 14.9 17.8
7.2 4.2 2.8
0.9 3.2 4.3
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.49 5.6
0.54 20.4
0.42 18.5
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Ecuador Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
14 64 2,890 4.8 84 ..
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
74
2014
15 68 5,170 4.0 92 ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Public C C C A A
3.4 ..
2.3 13.9
2.5 18.2
12.2 45.3 0.2 17.9 2.5
14.9 106.2 5.3 32.2 22.5
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
4.4 77.6 35.1
1.3 284.4 41.6
.. .. 6.0a 80 19.5 2,422
96 99 94.2 95.5 31,804 14,580
.. .. ..
6.9 17.1 20.2
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.2 11.1 ..
0.1 6.4 ..
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.48 3.9
0.46 24.5
0.42 18.5
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Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
72 43 1,290 3.4 71 76
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) M International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
81 44 2,980 5.1 74 77
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed P C C A A
3.8 35.2
2.8 33.4
2.5 20.5
14.5 19.0 0.2 .. 15.3
10.6 119.9 2.8 37.9 32.3
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
7.6 36.0 12.8
5.5 119.6 44.1
6.5 .. 18.7
92 5.5 413
100 93.8 4,242
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
3.0 6.3 7.6
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.1 4.4 13.2
0.2 3.4 7.3
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.48 0.5
0.60 3.5
0.32 4.4
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El Salvador Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
6 62 2,810 2.3 84 72
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
76
2014
6 65 3,590 1.2 84 71
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed C C C A A
4.1 13.6
3.8 17.7
2.5 20.5
16.0 39.7 0.7 7.4 2.1
16.8 137.3 3.8 15.3a 15.0a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. 33.2 4.2a
27.5 86.9 25.5a
6.5 .. 18.7
95 33.2 608
.. 99.3 6,850
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
6.9 14.7 20.3
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.2 3.6 8.4
0.4 5.0 11.5
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.50 6.1
0.67 18.8
0.32 4.4
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Equatorial Guinea High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.60 39 5,250 26.0 88 ..
0.74 1,300 40 80 13,560 38,412 3.1 1.0 94 .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service M Internet service No Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Mixed P C C R No
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
1.7 16.1 0.0 .. ..
2.0 68.1 0.2 .. ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. 1.1
.. .. 13.9a
.. 113.6 75.4
.. 15.0 2,421
.. 100 .. 95.9 2,123 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.29 ..
0.10 1.3
0.67 827.6
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Eritrea Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
5 19 230 1.9 53 30
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) M International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service P Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
78
2014
3.1 57.6
6 22 450 1.2 69 25
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Public M P P .. B
3.1 70.0
5.0 ..
0.8 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.2a
1.0 5.0 0.0 1.5a 1.1a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. 81.4 0.4a
76.5 88.7 0.8a
.. 70.1 6.2
2 0.0 562
85 13.0 1,284
.. 30.9 9,141
.. 4.1 .. 11.8 .. 1,596.5
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.2 3.0 ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
0.20 ..
0.21 ..
0.20 1.1
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Estonia High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
1 69 9,690 7.1 100 95
1 1,300 70 80 16,270 38,412 0.3 1.0 100 .. 96 93
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Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Mixed .. C C A A
5.5 8.2
2.6 26.0
2.7 17.6
33.4 109.1 13.5 43.0 38.7
34.7 160.4 25.5 76.0 75.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
6.9 75.0 61.5
9.0 115.0 79.0
.. 113.6 75.4
99 91.0 5,895
100 100 95.6 95.9 26,478 85,990
.. .. ..
12.8 24.6 22.2
25.2 20.6 29.2
17.0 13.0 17.2
10.9 10.7 26.2
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.76 101.4
0.82 749.2
0.67 827.6
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Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
76 16 160 5.6 30 43
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) M International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service M Internet service No Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
80
2014
2.2 82.1
0.8 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.0a 13.5 90.9 0.2
92 17 380 9.7 .. ..
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
No Public M M M No B
1.7 36.2
5.0 ..
0.9 22.4 0.0 2.1a 1.9a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
3.1 55.8 1.5a
.. 70.1 6.2
10 0.3 347
73 3.2 4,779
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
1.0 3.8 23.7
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.0 7.0 10.9
0.2 3.5 6.5
.. .. ..
0.19 0.0
0.47 0.2
0.20 1.1
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Faeroe Islands High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.05 40 .. .. .. ..
0.05 1,300 41 80 .. 38,412 .. 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
3.5 ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
48.5 85.5 11.9 .. ..
37.7 118.6 33.0 .. ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. 73.1 67.9a
.. 122.4 85.3a
.. 113.6 75.4
100 49.2 4,793
100 100 100.0 95.9 .. 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.0 4.3 30.1
0.0 4.3 25.8
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. .. 61.5 1,632.7
0.67 827.6
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Fiji East Asia & Pacific
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.82 50 3,590 2.6 .. 78
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
82
2014
0.87 53 4,110 0.4 .. 88
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed C C C A A
4.7 20.2
.. ..
2.5 18.2
13.7 24.9 0.9 13.0 8.0
10.1 98.2 1.5 31.7a 24.4a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. .. 8.5
.. .. 33.7a
1.3 284.4 41.6
60 52.6 1,036
.. 99 59.6 95.5 9,232 14,580
.. .. ..
6.9 21.1 19.5
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.3 4.7 5.4
0.8 4.2 4.3
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.42 8.5
0.36 30.6
0.42 18.5
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Finland High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
5 83 38,550 2.6 .. 101
5 1,300 84 80 46,490 38,412 0.4 1.0 .. .. 101 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Mixed C C C A A
2.7 9.8
2.0 15.0
2.7 17.6
40.4 100.5 22.4 63.9 54.1
16.4 172.3 30.3 88.0 87.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. 171.5 74.5
.. 177.5 91.0
.. 113.6 75.4
99 100 100 57.1 .. 95.9 5,788 159,294 85,990 .. .. ..
31.4 13.8 37.4
25.2 20.6 29.2
20.3 14.3 32.3
4.0 6.9 45.7
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.75 308.2
0.88 1,554.7
0.67 827.6
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France High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
63 82 34,850 1.5 .. 93
66 1,300 86 80 41,750 38,412 0.5 1.0 .. .. 94 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
84
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Yes Mixed C C C R A
2.4 15.6
2.1 17.6
2.7 17.6
54.9 78.3 15.4 54.3a 34.4
61.5 97.4 37.5 81.0 80.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
19.5 160.4 83.0
.. 113.6 75.4
13.6 138.0 42.9 99 71.7 7,593
99 100 99.1 95.9 83,918 85,990
.. .. ..
28.1 42.2 29.2
25.2 20.6 29.2
6.3 8.5 23.8
4.1 6.2 32.6
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.80 76.1
0.88 487.0
0.67 827.6
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French Polynesia High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.25 52 .. .. .. ..
0.27 1,300 51 80 .. 38,412 .. 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
20.9 47.1 4.3 45.0 ..
20.1 82.5 14.7 .. ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
9.1 116.7 21.5
9.4 103.8 52.9a
.. 113.6 75.4
96 59.5 1,639
98 100 98.5 95.9 13,814 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.2 5.1 13.5
0.4 5.2 9.7
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. 58.9
.. 133.6
0.67 827.6
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Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
1 83 5,080 1.6 84 ..
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
86
2014
2 86 10,040 3.1 89 ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed C C C A C
1.7 12.4
.. ..
2.5 18.2
2.8 53.4 0.1 3.0 2.0
1.0 179.5a 0.3a 10.1a 7.9a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. .. 4.9
1.6 .. 8.6a
1.3 284.4 41.6
78 17.7 2,963
.. 99 18.4 95.5 5,509 14,580
.. .. ..
52.9 23.3 31.8
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.0 3.7 37.7
0.0 3.5 ..
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.32 5.8
0.19 9.6
0.42 18.5
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Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
1 53 410 3.2 37 ..
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2 58 510 3.8 51 58
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Public M C C A B
.. ..
.. ..
5.0 ..
3.1 17.2 0.0 2.3 1.0a
3.6 85.2 0.0 7.4a 6.7a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. 14.7 3.8a
.. .. 12.4a
.. 70.1 6.2
70 7.6 165
.. .. 2,117
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
3.5 6.0 280.3
8.9 11.9 46.9
1.2 5.0 ..
0.1 1.9 ..
.. .. ..
0.23 1.3
0.32 4.3
0.20 1.1
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Georgia Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
4 52 1,360 7.5 100 77
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
88
2014
4 53 3,290 4.7 100 72
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed C C C A No
6.2 30.9
2.7 19.6
2.5 20.5
12.7 26.2 0.1 1.8a 1.0a
29.3 107.8 8.7 32.7 32.0
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 6.1a
6.1 116.5 45.5a
6.5 .. 18.7
95 1.3 118
99 100.0 52,946
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
2.4 6.0 11.9
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.1 4.4 4.0
0.5 4.9 4.6
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.46 4.6
0.60 29.3
0.32 4.4
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Germany High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
82 73 34,780 0.5 .. ..
80 1,300 74 80 45,070 38,412 1.2 1.0 .. .. 90 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Mixed C C C A A
3.0 8.6
1.5 15.3
2.7 17.6
65.4 94.6 12.9 70.0 61.6
60.5 111.6 33.7 87.0 85.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. 43.0 68.7
.. 99.1 84.0
.. 113.6 75.4
99 53.9 9,827
99 100 .. 95.9 74,793 85,990
.. .. ..
28.6 18.9 41.7
25.2 20.6 29.2
7.9 11.5 29.7
4.4 7.6 33.7
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.71 274.2
0.75 1,060.5
0.67 827.6
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Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
21 48 470 5.1 58 54
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) C Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
90
2014
.. ..
25 53 1,550 7.9 71 66
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed C C C A C
2.4 98.7
2.5 20.5
1.5 13.4 0.0 2.0 0.2a
1.1 101.0 0.3 13.8 11.0a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
14.6 .. 1.8
6.5 67.5 17.1a
6.5 .. 18.7
59 17.8 429
87 100.0 230
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
5.2 6.6 43.0
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.0 4.8 ..
0.1 4.4 ..
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.30 0.1
0.30 2.6
0.32 4.4
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Greece High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
11 60 21,400 4.2 96 100
11 1,300 62 80 23,660 38,412 –2.2 1.0 97 .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Mixed C P C A A
4.0 9.4
3.1 12.2
2.7 17.6
57.2 92.9 1.5 33.0 21.7
49.1 120.0 24.1 57.4 54.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
13.9 49.3 24.0
13.9 34.0 56.0
.. 113.6 75.4
100a 100 100 18.1 98.7 95.9 2,458 64,208 85,990 .. .. ..
25.4 43.3 23.7
25.2 20.6 29.2
2.8 5.7 6.6
1.7 5.1 7.9
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.57 31.4
0.58 133.1
0.67 827.6
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Greenland High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.06 83 29,690 0.7 .. ..
0.06 1,300 85 80 26,020 38,412 1.5 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
92
2014
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
56.5 81.6 12.5 .. 32.0
33.3 104.7 19.9 .. 76.7a
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. 57.7
.. .. 87.9 113.6 64.9a 75.4
90 100.0 913
100 100 100.0 95.9 18,995 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.1 5.6 ..
0.0 3.9 ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. 212.2
.. 1,478.6
0.67 827.6
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Grenada Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.10 37 6,800 4.6 .. ..
0.11 39 7,220 –0.4 .. 91
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service M Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed .. C C A No
5.8 19.1
6.7 13.4
2.5 18.2
26.6 45.5 3.1 .. ..
27.0a 121.3 13.7a .. ..
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
100.5 133.5 20.5a
46.6 200.9 42.1a
1.3 284.4 41.6
.. 57.3 19,463
.. 99 100.0 95.5 90,094 14,580
.. .. ..
13.4 14.7 29.4
9.4 14.9 17.8
1.5 4.8 15.8
2.0 4.4 15.9
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.45 29.1
0.35 28.3
0.42 18.5
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Guam High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.16 93 .. .. .. ..
0.16 1,300 93 80 .. 38,412 .. 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
94
2014
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
41.4 61.9 1.7 .. ..
41.2 .. 1.9 .. ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. 38.6
.. .. 61.5a
.. 113.6 75.4
.. .. ..
.. 100 .. 95.9 .. 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. 113.6
.. 242.4
0.67 827.6
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Guatemala Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
13 47 2,070 3.1 69 71
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
15 50 3,120 3.4 76 ..
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Private C C C A A
.. ..
.. ..
2.5 20.5
9.8 35.6 0.2 8.4 2.1
11.6 137.8 1.8 19.2a 9.3a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
32.1 51.4 5.7
11.5 77.6 16.0a
6.5 .. 18.7
76 .. 977
100 .. 6,630
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
5.8 19.8 20.6
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.3 6.0 19.3
0.3 5.7 21.9
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.43 5.5
0.46 13.3
0.32 4.4
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Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
10 33 340 3.0 30 44
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
96
2014
11 36 440 2.5 25 52
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed C C C R A
.. ..
.. ..
5.0 ..
0.3 2.0 0.0 .. 0.0a
0.2 41.8 0.0 2.1a 1.3a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 0.5
.. .. 1.5a
.. 70.1 6.2
80 0.0 39
80 .. 2,051
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
1.6 4.1 800.0
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.0 0.7 1.1
0.0 5.2 64.9
.. .. ..
0.14 ..
0.00 0.1
0.20 1.1
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Guinea-Bissau Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
1 40 390 0.7 41 59
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2 45 510 3.1 55 ..
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed P P C A B
.. ..
.. ..
5.0 ..
0.7 7.0 0.0 .. 0.7
0.3 63.1 0.0 2.3a 1.6a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 1.9
.. .. 2.9a
.. 70.1 6.2
65 .. 2
65 0.0 3,220
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 11.9 46.9
.. 1.8 10.5
.. .. 55.4
.. .. ..
0.15 ..
0.10 1.2
0.20 1.1
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Guyana Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.76 28 1,070 0.8 .. 77
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
98
2014
0.80 28 3,410 2.8 85 68
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed M P P .. C
6.3 50.0
5.2 19.2
2.5 20.5
14.5 37.0 0.3 11.6a 10.4a
19.4 68.8 3.7 22.9a 20.6a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
21.7 24.7 13.8a
15.1 35.2 33.0a
6.5 .. 18.7
95 4.2 339
97 68.2 8,382
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
3.1 9.0 24.5
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.0 1.9 42.4
0.1 5.8 41.4
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.44 1.3
0.25 12.5
0.32 4.4
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Haiti Latin America & Caribbean
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
9 44 410 –0.7 49 ..
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
10 55 760 1.4 .. ..
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed C C C R A
.. ..
3.7 ..
5.0 ..
1.6 5.4 0.0 2.0 1.0
0.5 59.9 0.0 7.3a 3.4a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 6.4a
.. .. 9.8a
.. 70.1 6.2
.. 0.0 229
.. .. ..
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
5.6 12.6 47.8
8.9 11.9 46.9
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
0.21 0.6
0.09 1.1
0.20 1.1
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Honduras Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
7 49 1,380 4.7 84 ..
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service M Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
100
2014
8 53 2,120 3.2 85 71
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Public .. C C R C
5.1 23.5
5.4 9.1
2.5 20.5
7.2 18.6 0.0 6.3 1.5
7.7 92.9 0.8 15.1a 13.2a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
25.3 43.0 6.5
24.7 186.5 18.1a
6.5 .. 18.7
90 0.0 1,115
.. 81.1 4,173
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
6.3 17.0 19.0
4.9 10.5 20.6
1.1 5.6 8.1
0.3 5.0 11.2
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.40 4.3
0.38 9.1
0.32 4.4
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Hong Kong SAR, China High income Highincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
7 100 28,890 4.2 .. 72
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
7 1,300 100 80 36,560 38,412 3.4 1.0 .. .. 90 93
.. ..
Yes ..
.. .. .. .. A
.. .. .. .. A
3.6 18.3
3.6 12.9
2.7 17.6
55.0 123.9 24.1 70.1 64.6
61.3 229.2 31.2 80.3 78.6
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. 56.9
61.2 102.5 72.8
.. 113.6 75.4
100 100 100 63.1 75.6 95.9 16,723 1,426,554 85,990 .. .. ..
14.1 1.8 21.6
25.2 20.6 29.2
38.3 38.2 18.4
42.2 40.8 15.3
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. 162.3
.. 627.0
0.67 827.6
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Hungary Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
10 66 10,220 4.2 99 89
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
102
2014
10 70 12,410 -0.5 99 90
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Private C P C A A
4.6 9.1
3.4 15.8
2.5 18.2
33.8 92.3 6.5 42.0 22.1
29.7 116.1 22.9 71.0 69.0
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
6.8 84.5 39.0
8.9 129.5 72.0
1.3 284.4 41.6
99 66.7 8,896
99 99 99.4 95.5 15,314 14,580
.. .. ..
25.3 25.1 31.0
9.4 14.9 17.8
25.6 18.7 20.3
17.4 16.2 27.7
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.65 30.0
0.69 248.7
0.42 18.5
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Iceland High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.30 93 49,620 4.0 .. 95
0.32 1,300 94 80 38,270 38,412 -0.1 1.0 .. .. 98 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) C Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Private C C C A A
2.8 19.5
2.0 14.6
2.7 17.6
65.3 95.4 26.3 89.0 84.4
55.2 108.1 34.3 96.0 95.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
18.7 125.4 87.0
13.9 178.7 96.2
.. 113.6 75.4
99 99 100 89.6 95.9 95.9 4,803 318,962 85,990 .. .. ..
21.0 21.9 31.8
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.1 6.4 21.4
0.2 4.1 27.1
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.72 1,004.3
0.54 2,869.3
0.67 827.6
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India South Asia
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
1,127 29 740 6.7 63 63
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
104
2014
2.4 42.8
1,237 32 1,550 7.6 .. 70
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed C C C R A
2.1 17.6
2.5 20.5
4.5 8.0 0.1 2.0a 1.6a
2.5 69.9 1.2 10.9a 9.5a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
5.6 .. 2.4a
4.9 .. 12.6a
6.5 .. 18.7
31 19.4 743
83 59.1 5,277
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
3.2 3.5 6.0
4.9 10.5 20.6
1.1 7.6 67.2
2.0 5.3 65.9
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.38 0.6
0.54 3.9
0.32 4.4
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Indonesia East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
224 46 1,230 4.7 92 67
247 51 3,420 5.9 93 77
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed C C C .. A
2.2 28.3
1.9 18.6
2.5 20.5
6.0 20.9 0.0 3.7 1.0
15.4 114.2 1.2 15.1 6.5
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 3.6
.. .. 15.4
6.5 .. 18.7
90 5.8 186
100 57.5 17,063
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
4.8 7.9 22.2
4.9 10.5 20.6
8.1 3.6 29.7
4.1 7.1 38.2
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.41 0.5
0.50 4.1
0.32 4.4
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Iran, Islamic Rep. Middle East & North Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
70 68 2,530 5.9 82 64
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service P Internet service P Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
106
2014
76 69 4,330 3.7 85 87
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Public M C C R B
1.4 74.5
2.0 95.4
2.5 18.2
29.0 12.1 0.1 19.0a 6.6a
37.6 76.1 4.0 37.0a 26.5a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
2.9 .. 8.1a
2.6 109.4 26.0a
1.3 284.4 41.6
75 .. 600
96 99 33.8 95.5 3,731 14,580
.. .. ..
0.2 5.0 17.8
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.0 4.6 ..
0.0 4.6 ..
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.41 0.3
0.49 1.3
0.42 18.5
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Iraq Middle East & North Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
27 67 1,990 –1.1 74 63
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
33 66 6,130 6.7 78 ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Public M P P R B
.. ..
.. ..
2.5 18.2
4.1 5.6 0.0 5.0 ..
5.7a 81.6a 0.0 23.3a 15.6a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. .. 0.9a
.. .. 7.1a
1.3 284.4 41.6
68 72.1 130
.. 99 28.5 95.5 43 14,580
.. .. ..
0.4 12.5 211.3
9.4 14.9 17.8
.. .. 5.0
.. .. 12.0
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.27 0.0
0.29 0.3
0.42 18.5
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Ireland High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
4 60 42,380 4.7 .. 96
5 1,300 63 80 39,020 38,412 -0.4 1.0 .. .. 106 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
108
2014
Yes Private C C C R A
2.4 10.1
1.6 23.9
2.7 17.6
49.4 102.7 7.8 55.0 47.2
43.9 107.2 22.7 83.0 81.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. 115.4 41.6
.. 167.1 79.0
.. 113.6 75.4
99 34.8 14,211
99 100 93.1 95.9 97,097 85,990
.. .. ..
27.8 46.0 34.8
25.2 20.6 29.2
22.4 23.8 57.1
5.8 9.0 66.3
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.73 353.9
0.54 700.5
0.67 827.6
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Isle of Man High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.08 51 38,440 5.8 .. ..
0.09 1,300 51 80 .. 38,412 .. 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. 113.6 75.4
.. .. ..
.. 100 .. 95.9 .. 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. .. 24.9 2,220.9
0.67 827.6
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Israel High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
7 92 20,140 2.0 .. 92
8 1,300 92 80 32,030 38,412 4.4 1.0 .. .. 92 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
110
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4.1 ..
No Mixed C C C R A
2.6 12.0
2.7 17.6
44.5 117.5 18.6 60.0 42.0
47.0 120.7 25.3 82.1a 73.4a
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. 25.2
.. .. 73.4a
.. 113.6 75.4
99 73.3 10,218
99 100 100.0 95.9 56,170 85,990
.. .. ..
18.2 36.2 38.3
25.2 20.6 29.2
7.5 9.7 55.4
11.7 8.9 59.3
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.74 162.8
0.85 275.4
0.67 827.6
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Italy High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
59 68 30,880 0.9 98 90
60 1,300 69 80 34,640 38,412 -0.7 1.0 99 .. 90 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Mixed .. P C A A
2.4 23.2
1.8 21.3
2.7 17.6
42.7 121.9 11.6 46.0 38.6
35.4 159.8 22.1 67.0 63.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. 87.7 35.0
.. 108.8 58.0
.. 113.6 75.4
100 38.5 5,834
99 100 97.5 95.9 76,346 85,990
.. .. ..
28.8 31.9 28.0
25.2 20.6 29.2
3.1 7.1 34.2
2.1 6.2 34.9
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.67 44.2
0.58 200.3
0.67 827.6
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Jamaica Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
3 52 .. .. .. 80
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
112
2014
3 52 5,130 –1.0 87 ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed C C C A A
6.6 19.0
4.2 23.2
2.5 18.2
11.9 73.9 1.7 12.7a 5.1a
9.6 96.3 4.3 32.6a 23.0a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
41.3 33.5 12.8a
80.8 194.7 46.5a
1.3 284.4 41.6
95 96.4 5,826
.. 99 97.9 95.5 20,193 14,580
.. .. ..
15.0 10.5 29.2
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.3 5.0 8.3
0.4 2.5 9.4
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.47 14.4
0.31 44.3
0.42 18.5
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Japan High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
128 86 39,140 1.3 .. 86
128 1,300 92 80 47,870 38,412 0.1 1.0 .. .. 89 93
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Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
No Private C C C A A
2.9 14.3
2.8 10.8
2.7 17.6
45.7 76.0 18.4 80.5 57.0
50.5 110.9 27.7 80.0 86.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
23.6 97.6 66.9
1.9 90.4 79.1
.. 113.6 75.4
99 44.0 2,589
100 100 89.9 95.9 32,827 85,990
.. .. ..
29.0 30.7 26.6
25.2 20.6 29.2
16.9 13.5 19.8
9.1 10.2 20.7
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.77 257.7
0.86 741.6
0.67 827.6
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Jordan Middle East & North Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
5 81 2,490 6.3 91 83
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
114
2014
6 83 4,670 5.2 96 79
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed C P C A A
8.5 20.5
5.4 12.0
2.5 18.2
12.0 59.9 0.4 23.0 8.0
6.2 128.2 2.8 54.6a 43.6a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
15.4 111.8 12.9
16.0 297.2 41.0a
1.3 284.4 41.6
99 12.0 457
99 99 99.6 95.5 5,219 14,580
.. .. ..
9.4 7.8 18.7
9.4 14.9 17.8
3.2 6.9 ..
1.5 4.1 ..
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.55 3.7
0.39 25.8
0.42 18.5
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Kazakhstan Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
15 55 2,930 10.1 .. 92
17 54 9,780 5.7 100 92
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
No Mixed C P C R A
2.8 5.3
2.0 18.0
2.5 18.2
18.0 35.8 0.0 15.6a 5.0
26.8 185.8 9.8 63.0a 52.6a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
7.2 41.1 3.0
.. 97.0 53.3a
1.3 284.4 41.6
81 1.0 108
95 99 96.5 95.5 32,028 14,580
.. .. ..
3.2 11.3 13.2
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.1 4.0 11.2
0.4 5.8 10.6
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.47 0.9
0.78 9.5
0.42 18.5
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Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
36 22 520 3.4 72 59
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
116
2014
43 24 860 4.3 .. 67
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed C C C R A
4.7 76.3
4.1 48.0
5.0 ..
0.8 12.9 0.0 2.6 1.2
0.6 71.2 0.1 10.8a 11.5a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
3.8 12.7 3.1
3.8 78.1 32.1a
.. 70.1 6.2
62 6.7 102
89 61.6 23,715
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
12.6 3.7 33.7
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.2 4.1 ..
1.4 7.2 ..
.. .. ..
0.35 0.3
0.43 4.8
0.20 1.1
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Kiribati East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.09 44 1,800 2.0 .. 77
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
0.10 44 2,520 1.5 .. 75
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Public .. P C .. No
.. ..
.. ..
2.5 20.5
4.6 0.7 0.4 6.0 2.5
8.9 15.9 1.0 .. ..
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 4.0a
.. .. 10.7a
6.5 .. 18.7
.. .. ..
.. .. 4,155
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
12.9 18.1 428.3
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.9 1.3 ..
1.9 1.5 ..
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.00 ..
0.07 9.8
0.32 4.4
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Korea, Dem. People’s Rep. East Asia & Pacific
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
24 60 .. .. .. ..
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
118
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25 60 .. .. 100 ..
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
No Public .. .. .. No B
.. ..
.. ..
5.0 ..
4.2 0.0 0.0 .. ..
4.8 6.9 0.0 .. ..
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 0.0
.. .. 0.0a
.. 70.1 6.2
0 .. ..
.. .. ..
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 11.9 46.9
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
0.00 ..
0.12 0.0
0.20 1.1
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Korea, Rep. High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
48 81 16,900 4.5 .. 98
50 1,300 83 80 22,670 38,412 3.4 1.0 .. .. 100 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Private C P C R A
4.7 14.4
4.3 15.7
2.7 17.6
50.8 81.5 25.9 79.7a 92.7
61.4 109.4 37.2 82.3 97.4
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
3.2 163.0 84.1
.. 113.6 75.4
3.2 175.8 73.5 80 100.0 1,440
100 100 100.0 95.9 25,815 85,990
.. .. ..
6.1 7.4 27.1
25.2 20.6 29.2
30.0 15.2 19.9
17.2 9.8 21.6
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.83 20.0
1.00 1,999.1
0.67 827.6
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Kosovo Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
120
2014
2 .. 2,520 6.4 .. ..
2 .. 3,600 4.7 .. ..
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
.. ..
2.5 20.5
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
6.5 .. 18.7
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.9 10.5 20.6
.. .. 4.7
.. .. 20.7
4.6 7.2 47.1
.. ..
.. ..
0.32 4.4
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Kuwait High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
2 98 34,160 9.0 93 86
3 1,300 98 80 44,880 38,412 1.4 1.0 94 .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service P Internet service P Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
No Public M M P R B
3.5 27.0
.. ..
2.7 17.6
22.0 60.2 1.1 32.0 27.0
15.7 156.9 1.4 75.0a 65.2a
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. 25.9
.. .. 79.2a
.. 113.6 75.4
100 8.8 1,481
100a 100 .. 95.9 5,444 85,990
.. .. ..
8.6 7.8 19.2
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.2 5.0 52.2
0.3 6.4 34.5
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.52 34.8
0.58 184.9
0.67 827.6
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Kyrgyz Republic Europe & Central Asia
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
5 35 450 4.1 .. 79
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
122
2014
6 35 990 4.2 99 75
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed C C C A No
4.5 3.2
6.7 18.6
5.0 ..
8.7 10.7 0.0 1.0a 0.8a
8.9 124.2 0.9 6.9a 6.3a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 10.5
14.8 394.7 21.7a
.. 70.1 6.2
42 16.2 516
98 33.6 3,875
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
1.4 5.7 12.5
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.1 3.3 26.4
0.1 2.3 15.9
.. .. ..
0.42 0.6
0.42 5.5
0.20 1.1
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Lao PDR East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
6 27 450 6.2 73 58
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service P Internet service P Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
7 35 1,270 8.0 .. 60
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed M P P R No
1.7 63.0
1.7 8.9
2.5 20.5
1.6 11.4 0.0 2.0 1.0
1.8 64.7 0.1 8.7a 5.1a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. 59.6 0.9
5.9 11.2 10.7a
6.5 .. 18.7
55 5.0 406
72 27.6 9,397
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
4.6 6.2 97.2
4.9 10.5 20.6
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.24 0.3
0.22 1.0
0.32 4.4
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Latvia High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
2 68 7,000 8.0 100 95
2 1,300 68 80 14,060 38,412 -1.1 1.0 100 .. 89 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
124
2014
Yes Mixed .. P C A A
4.0 ..
3.6 25.9
2.7 17.6
32.8 84.0 2.7 32.0 30.5
24.3a 112.1a 23.3a 70.0 69.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
3.7 72.2 46.0
.. .. 74.0
.. 113.6 75.4
98 83.2 2,713
.. 100 .. 95.9 59,027 85,990
.. .. ..
10.9 13.3 13.8
25.2 20.6 29.2
2.0 5.8 15.9
6.1 6.0 20.5
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.59 38.9
0.59 266.1
0.67 827.6
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Lebanon Middle East & North Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
4 87 5,800 4.0 90 78
4 87 9,190 6.1 .. 75
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Public M M C R B
7.9 ..
.. ..
2.5 18.2
15.9 24.9 3.3 24.0 4.4
18.7 80.8 9.7 79.7a 64.0a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
88.5 190.6 10.1
44.4 189.4 61.2a
1.3 284.4 41.6
100 56.5 717
99 99 61.9 95.5 18,445 14,580
.. .. ..
10.3 20.9 17.6
9.4 14.9 17.8
1.8 3.3 42.4
0.6 2.2 56.8
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.48 8.5
0.48 39.8
0.42 18.5
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Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
2 23 910 2.8 86 64
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
126
2014
2 28 1,380 5.0 76 65
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed C C C A No
0.6 20.9
4.5 12.2
2.5 20.5
2.5 13.0 0.0 3.0 0.6
2.5 75.3 0.1 5.9a 3.7a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. 26.2 2.6a
31.1 21.4 4.6a
6.5 .. 18.7
29 1.8 86
81 4.1 6,330
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
13.8 19.8 85.4
4.9 10.5 20.6
3.3 1.1 11.9
5.8 2.7 18.0
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.38 0.5
0.30 0.5
0.32 4.4
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Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
3 46 120 –1.0 55 ..
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
4 49 370 11.6 .. ..
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Public C P C No C
8.1 ..
.. ..
5.0 ..
0.1 4.9 0.0 0.8 ..
0.0 57.1 0.0 2.0a 1.5a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. 0.0 0.6a
11.1 52.0 3.8a
.. 70.1 6.2
16 .. ..
.. .. 2,006
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 11.9 46.9
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
0.22 ..
0.19 0.9
0.20 1.1
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Libya Middle East & North Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
6 77 6,660 4.7 86 94
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service M Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
128
2014
6 78 12,930 4.5 90 ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Public .. M .. .. B
.. ..
.. ..
2.5 18.2
15.2a 35.7 0.0 5.0 3.0
13.2a 155.8a 1.1a 17.6a 13.7a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
13.4 84.0 3.9a
.. .. 14.0a
1.3 284.4 41.6
71 .. 456
98 99 8.2 95.5 14,044 14,580
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
9.4 14.9 17.8
.. 4.8 ..
.. 3.6 ..
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.35 0.2
0.00 3.4
0.42 18.5
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Liechtenstein High income Highincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.03 0.04 1,300 15 14 80 92,660 136,770 38,412 0.5 3.0 1.0 .. .. .. 86 88 93
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) .. Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Public C C C A ..
0.8 ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
57.6 79.2 24.8 .. ..
50.4 97.4 30.5 .. ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. 63.4
.. 11.7 89.4a
.. 113.6 75.4
94 54.9 6,813
100 100 92.7 95.9 6,022 85,990
.. .. ..
29.0 23.4 47.1
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.55 1,410.5
0.59 8,216.2
0.67 827.6
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Lithuania High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
3 67 7,590 8.0 100 96
3 1,300 67 80 13,820 38,412 0.8 1.0 100 .. 97 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
130
2014
Yes Mixed .. C C A A
3.5 15.6
1.7 138.3
2.7 17.6
24.4 132.5 7.1 32.0 15.8
22.3 165.1 21.1 64.0 62.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
6.0 55.7 36.2
6.1 124.5 68.0
.. 113.6 75.4
100 90.9 4,188
98 100 99.4 95.9 76,193 85,990
.. .. ..
13.9 10.8 12.1
25.2 20.6 29.2
5.3 6.4 8.2
2.3 3.6 9.0
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.66 22.3
0.70 248.6
0.67 827.6
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Luxembourg High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.47 84 69,180 3.5 .. 76
0.53 1,300 86 80 71,640 38,412 0.9 1.0 .. .. 78 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Public C C C A A
1.5 18.3
1.2 25.9
2.7 17.6
53.4 111.4 15.3 75.0 64.6
50.9 145.4 32.4 92.0 93.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
74.2 79.7 70.0
69.1 84.4 92.0
.. 113.6 75.4
99 100 100 58.9 100.0 95.9 29,486 4,088,456 85,990 .. .. ..
28.5 27.7 40.3
25.2 20.6 29.2
7.9 8.4 16.4
2.7 4.1 21.7
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.75 473.0
0.70 2,258.1
0.67 827.6
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Macao SAR, China High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.47 100 24,080 12.8 93 92
0.56 1,300 100 80 55,720 38,412 12.6 1.0 96 .. 82 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
132
2014
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. No
.. .. .. .. No
2.5 16.8
1.7 11.2
2.7 17.6
37.3 113.8 14.5 68.1 56.9a
29.2 289.8 26.0 85.8a 81.0a
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
37.5 123.1 34.9
30.1 .. 64.3a
.. 113.6 75.4
100 76.8 9,803
100 100 99.6 95.9 59,233 85,990
.. .. ..
8.4 5.7 7.9
25.2 20.6 29.2
2.8 9.7 0.9
14.9 14.5 1.3
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. 55.5
.. 311.0
0.67 827.6
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Macedonia, FYR Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
2 59 2,830 1.9 96 68
2 59 4,620 2.9 97 70
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed .. C C .. A
5.5 9.8
4.9 14.0
2.5 18.2
25.5 54.1 0.6 24.9 12.5
19.4 106.2 13.7 58.4a 56.8a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. 28.7 26.5a
9.0 149.3 63.1a
1.3 284.4 41.6
99 11.5 62
100 99 92.2 95.5 30,836 14,580
.. .. ..
9.1 13.3 13.5
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.4 4.3 20.7
0.3 4.0 24.0
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.49 0.5
0.45 51.7
0.42 18.5
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Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
18 29 290 2.0 71 60
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
134
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2.6 32.8
22 33 430 2.3 64 66
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed .. C C R C
3.2 31.3
5.0 ..
0.5 2.8 0.0 0.5 0.4a
1.1 39.4 0.0 2.9a 2.7a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
14.7 7.7 0.6a
0.9 2.4 2.1a
.. 70.1 6.2
23 0.0 327
.. 65.0 493
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
8.8 17.7 63.7
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.3 4.6 19.6
0.1 2.4 ..
.. .. ..
0.31 0.2
0.32 0.7
0.20 1.1
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Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
13 15 220 2.5 .. 64
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service P Internet service P Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
16 16 320 3.6 61 69
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed C P P R C
3.4 ..
3.4 ..
5.0 ..
0.8 3.3 0.0 .. ..
1.4 29.2 0.0 4.0 5.5
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 0.4
.. 5.2 4.4a
.. 70.1 6.2
70 2.7 392
85 0.3 2,803
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
21.5 21.0 48.1
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.2 3.5 6.7
0.2 3.5 27.1
.. .. ..
0.29 0.2
0.22 0.9
0.20 1.1
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Malaysia East Asia & Pacific
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
26 68 5,240 5.1 89 71
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
136
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29 73 9,820 4.4 93 ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Private C C C R A
4.6 22.5
4.6 14.4
2.5 18.2
16.9 75.6 1.9 28.2 15.0a
15.7 141.3 8.4 66.9 64.7
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. .. 48.6
.. .. 65.8
1.3 284.4 41.6
93 11.6 254
97 99 27.6 95.5 16,424 14,580
.. .. ..
5.4 7.4 21.6
9.4 14.9 17.8
43.4 38.0 19.4
27.9 23.1 27.9
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.61 14.6
0.79 66.8
0.42 18.5
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Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.30 34 3,420 7.1 98 77
0.34 42 5,750 7.0 .. ..
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service M Internet service M Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed .. P .. A C
9.6 15.2
.. ..
2.5 18.2
10.9 68.4 1.1 26.1a 7.0a
6.8 165.6 5.3 67.2a 34.3a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. 55.8 6.9
32.7 218.4 38.9a
1.3 284.4 41.6
91 71.7 2,593
100 99 100.0 95.5 25,479 14,580
.. .. ..
3.6 6.0 8.2
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.2 11.2 ..
.. 4.3 ..
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.45 6.7
0.33 87.0
0.42 18.5
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Mali Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
12 31 440 5.9 26 48
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
138
2014
4.7 25.8
15 36 660 4.4 33 57
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed P P C A B
6.3 24.2
5.0 ..
0.6 6.4 0.0 1.0a 0.7a
0.8 98.4 0.0 7.7a 2.5a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
5.0 9.9 0.5
5.2 19.3 2.2a
.. 70.1 6.2
20 45.7 429
.. 11.3 5,292
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
8.3 15.5 50.0
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.2 2.2 21.9
0.0 3.6 33.9
.. .. ..
0.16 0.1
0.32 1.0
0.20 1.1
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Malta High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.40 94 14,380 0.8 92 77
0.42 1,300 95 80 19,710 38,412 1.9 1.0 .. .. 81 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Private C C C A A
5.4 15.1
3.0 22.3
2.7 17.6
48.7 78.1 12.4 46.0 40.6
53.7 127.0 32.0 78.0 77.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. 40.3 41.2
10.3 86.3 70.0
.. 113.6 75.4
99 100 100 57.9 100.0 95.9 4,531 625,752 85,990 .. .. ..
13.6 28.2 19.3
25.2 20.6 29.2
45.2 25.5 15.3
20.2 10.9 12.3
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.66 0.61 331.8 1,488.0
0.67 827.6
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Marshall Islands East Asia & Pacific
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.05 70 3,560 1.8 .. 69
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
140
2014
0.05 72 4,040 1.2 .. ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
No Mixed M M M A B
5.0 ..
.. ..
2.5 18.2
10.6 1.3 0.0 .. ..
.. .. 0.0 .. ..
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. .. 3.9
.. .. 10.0a
1.3 284.4 41.6
.. 0.0 1,153
.. 99 .. 95.5 8,562 14,580
.. .. ..
45.8 22.2 50.0
9.4 14.9 17.8
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.00 19.2
0.14 113.2
0.42 18.5
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Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
3 40 690 4.5 51 45
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
4 42 1,110 4.2 59 49
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed C C C A C
5.8 19.2
5.7 20.0
2.5 20.5
1.3 23.7 0.0 1.6a 0.6a
1.7 106.0 0.2 3.7a 3.4a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
8.7 47.1 0.7
5.3 68.0 5.4a
6.5 .. 18.7
26 7.2 2,135
62 95.5 3,042
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
17.6 14.6 22.3
4.9 10.5 20.6
.. 1.4 ..
.. 1.2 ..
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.20 0.3
0.08 2.1
0.32 4.4
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Mauritius Sub-Saharan Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
1 42 5,360 3.3 84 77
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
142
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1 42 8,570 4.3 89 86
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed C C C A A
4.4 12.9
3.1 55.5
2.5 18.2
29.5 54.2 0.4 22.5a 15.0a
28.2 119.9 11.2 40.6a 42.0a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
14.5 80.8 15.2a
11.6 125.1 41.4a
1.3 284.4 41.6
100 6.3 832
99 99 96.2 95.5 16,125 14,580
.. .. ..
5.4 6.5 12.2
9.4 14.9 17.8
13.3 12.8 18.5
0.8 5.1 35.4
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.51 18.5
0.43 127.3
0.42 18.5
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Mexico Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
111 76 7,710 1.7 92 73
121 78 9,640 1.9 94 76
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Private Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Private .. C C R No
2.5 15.9
2.6 22.2
2.5 18.2
17.6 42.6 1.7 18.6 8.9
16.7 83.4 10.5 32.2 26.0
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. 45.8 17.2a
.. 111.8 38.4
1.3 284.4 41.6
100 49.5 708
100 99 98.3 95.5 15,670 14,580
.. .. ..
19.2 23.4 17.6
9.4 14.9 17.8
18.0 17.1 ..
16.9 16.5 ..
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.59 7.8
0.73 26.5
0.42 18.5
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Micronesia, Fed. Sts. East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.11 22 2,550 0.4 .. 75
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
144
2014
0.10 23 3,230 0.2 .. ..
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
No Public M M M R A
4.8 13.2
.. ..
2.5 20.5
11.7 13.3 0.0 .. ..
8.1 30.2 1.0 .. ..
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. 44.2 11.9
.. .. 26.0a
6.5 .. 18.7
.. 2.0 476
.. 46.9 1,930
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
147.0 13.6 33.0
4.9 10.5 20.6
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.00 18.8
0.21 19.2
0.32 4.4
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Moldova Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
4 43 890 7.1 97 71
4 48 2,070 3.1 99 64
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Public C C C A A
9.7 31.4
4.7 42.0
2.5 20.5
24.7 28.9 0.3 7.0 2.3a
34.3 102.0 11.9 44.5a 42.0a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
22.2 36.4 14.6
17.2 103.1 43.4a
6.5 .. 18.7
97 17.0 744
.. 100.0 94,175
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
0.5 13.2 12.8
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.3 3.6 21.2
0.3 3.3 25.3
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.45 4.2
0.52 25.3
0.32 4.4
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Monaco High income Highincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.03 0.04 1,300 100 100 80 128,380 186,950 38,412 1.7 .. 1.0 .. .. .. .. .. 93
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Private Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
146
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5.4 7.6
No Private P M M A ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
100.5 50.8 28.1 63.5a 40.1a
121.7 88.3 43.3 73.5a 70.9a
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
241.5 49.0 55.5
114.6 125.4 87.0a
.. 113.6 75.4
100 100 100 96.9 100.0 95.9 6,129 244,695 85,990 .. .. ..
21.2 52.6 45.9
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.00 709.9
0.36 2,736.8
0.67 827.6
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Mongolia East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
3 62 900 6.7 98 79
3 69 3,160 8.0 97 93
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed P P C R A
3.3 15.1
4.2 19.1
2.5 20.5
6.2 22.1 0.1 6.3a 2.3a
6.3 120.7 3.7 30.3 14.0
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. 0.3 9.0a
4.2 99.4 16.4
6.5 .. 18.7
29 20.0 5,138
91 98.8 94,295
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
1.1 5.7 10.3
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.0 5.0 6.0
.. .. 20.7
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.47 3.2
0.59 22.2
0.32 4.4
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Montenegro Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.62 62 3,650 2.8 .. 75
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
148
2014
0.62 63 7,220 3.1 98 89
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed C C C A A
.. ..
.. ..
2.5 18.2
27.8 88.2 1.2 18.6 13.0a
26.2a 181.3 8.4 51.3 55.0
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. 110.7 27.1a
.. .. 56.8
1.3 284.4 41.6
99 9.5 1,438
100 99 .. 95.5 60,621 14,580
.. .. ..
8.3 17.5 19.5
9.4 14.9 17.8
.. .. 9.5
0.4 3.0 7.9
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.43 ..
0.51 37.0
0.42 18.5
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Morocco Middle East & North Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
30 55 1,980 5.0 52 59
33 57 2,960 4.7 67 67
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) C Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed C C C A A
4.6 17.0
4.3 16.7
2.5 20.5
4.5 41.1 0.8 13.2 4.3
10.1 120.0 2.1 43.1 38.9
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
12.7 7.8 15.1
9.9 68.2 55.0
6.5 .. 18.7
98 95.0 1,562
99 99.7 14,871
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
2.3 23.2 12.2
4.9 10.5 20.6
6.0 7.0 17.0
3.1 3.5 21.8
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.29 0.7
0.54 3.6
0.32 4.4
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Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
21 30 290 8.5 48 52
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
150
2014
1.5 24.6
25 31 510 6.9 51 61
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed C C C R B
6.2 21.7
5.0 ..
0.3 7.2 0.0 0.6a 0.8a
0.3 36.2 0.1 5.9a 4.7a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. 25.6 0.9a
0.8 26.4 4.8a
.. 70.1 6.2
.. .. 106
.. 132.8 1,636
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
12.9 13.0 58.5
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.1 4.5 20.6
0.0 2.3 31.1
.. .. ..
0.26 0.1
0.37 1.6
0.20 1.1
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Myanmar East Asia & Pacific
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
50 29 .. 12.8 90 53
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service M Internet service P Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) C Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
.. 8.6
1.0 0.3 0.0 0.3a 0.2a 15.2 .. 0.1
53 33 .. .. 93 ..
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
No Public M M M A B
.. ..
5.0 ..
1.1 10.3 0.0 2.3a 1.8a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 1.1a
.. 70.1 6.2
10 3.8 2,871
2 72.8 9,425
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
0.9 12.8 28.5
8.9 11.9 46.9
.. .. ..
0.0 1.7 ..
.. .. ..
0.29 0.0
0.10 0.1
0.20 1.1
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Namibia Sub-Saharan Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
2 35 3,390 5.4 76 71
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service M Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
152
2014
2 39 5,610 4.1 .. ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Public C C C R A
4.1 7.5
3.2 12.3
2.5 18.2
6.9 22.1 0.0 6.9a 3.0a
7.6 95.0 1.2 14.3a 13.0a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. .. 4.0a 88 0.2 443
6.0 1.3 92.6 284.4 12.9a 41.6 100 99 .. 95.5 3,564 14,580
.. .. ..
12.8 16.0 68.7
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.5 4.8 4.7
0.6 3.1 27.0
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.34 6.9
0.30 18.2
0.42 18.5
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Nepal South Asia
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
25 15 320 3.3 49 64
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) P International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
0.9 26.7
27 17 700 4.5 57 77
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed C P C R A
.. ..
5.0 ..
1.9 0.9 0.0 1.9 0.7a
3.0 59.6 0.5 7.8a 4.1a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 0.8
.. .. 11.1a
.. 70.1 6.2
10 0.0 226
35 64.8 1,632
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
2.7 3.5 8.0
8.9 11.9 46.9
.. 4.5 27.2
0.2 5.3 41.5
.. .. ..
0.27 0.5
0.29 2.4
0.20 1.1
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Netherlands High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
16 80 39,880 1.2 .. 97
17 1,300 84 80 48,000 38,412 0.7 1.0 .. .. 106 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service P Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
154
2014
2.2 13.2
46.6 97.1 25.1 78.0 78.3 .. 38.8 81.0
Yes Mixed C C C A A
1.7 26.3
2.7 17.6
43.0 43.6 118.0 122.9 39.8 26.2 97.2a 77.7 94.0 75.5 .. 95.0 93.0
.. 113.6 75.4
100 100 100 73.2 100.0 95.9 25,338 172,864 85,990 .. .. ..
35.1 43.5 35.4
25.2 20.6 29.2
16.8 18.7 45.5
10.2 12.1 45.2
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.86 327.1
0.96 2,391.3
0.67 827.6
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New Caledonia High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.23 63 .. .. .. ..
0.26 1,300 62 80 .. 38,412 .. 1.0 97 .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed)
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. B
.. .. .. .. A
Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue)
.. ..
.. ..
Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2.7 17.6
24.2 58.7 4.2 18.2 8.0a
31.6 43.6 91.2 122.9 18.9 26.2 28.2a 77.7 20.3a 75.5
.. 60.1 32.4
.. .. 58.0a
.. 113.6 75.4
75a 89 100 51.2 100.0 95.9 1,784 20,432 85,990 .. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.2 4.6 8.6
0.2 3.3 12.7
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. 68.3
.. 242.3
0.67 827.6
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New Zealand High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
4 86 25,150 4.0 .. 106
4 1,300 86 80 36,900 38,412 1.2 1.0 .. .. 107 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
156
2014
4.3 6.1
41.8 85.4 7.8 67.8a 62.1a .. 29.5 62.7a 98 27.8 1,764
Yes Private C C C A A
2.5 24.1
2.7 17.6
42.2 43.6 110.4 122.9 27.8 26.2 91.2a 77.7 87.4a 75.5 .. 73.6 89.5a
.. 113.6 75.4
97 100 90.5 95.9 31,062 85,990
.. .. ..
53.4 51.6 59.2
25.2 20.6 29.2
1.7 9.6 12.5
1.1 7.7 18.6
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.74 0.78 489.9 1,093.8
0.67 827.6
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Nicaragua Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
5 56 1,160 3.1 78 ..
6 58 1,650 3.2 .. ..
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Private Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Private M C C A A
2.9 24.0
.. ..
2.5 20.5
4.0 20.5 0.2 3.8 0.1
5.0 86.1 1.6 9.9a 7.4a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 2.6
.. .. 13.5a
6.5 .. 18.7
70 45.0 43
100 100.0 24,725
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
3.8 27.8 22.2
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.1 6.1 ..
0.2 4.1 18.7
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.37 2.0
0.31 8.4
0.32 4.4
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Niger Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
13 17 250 3.7 29 26
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service M Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
158
2014
2.2 56.5
17 18 390 5.2 .. 38
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed .. C M R B
4.6 ..
5.0 ..
0.6 31.4 0.0 1.8a 1.4a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. .. 18,471.9 0.2a 1.4a
.. 70.1 6.2
0.2 2.5 0.0 0.1a 0.0a
15 5.9 1,028
75 13.4 3,499
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
11.7 16.6 59.6
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.2 3.2 34.3
0.2 1.9 5.4
.. .. ..
0.11 0.1
0.20 0.2
0.20 1.1
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Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
140 46 630 6.6 55 56
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
169 50 1,440 6.9 51 ..
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed C C C A A
3.1 0.4
2.6 75.5
2.5 20.5
0.9 13.3 0.0 4.0 2.0a
0.2 66.8 0.0 11.4a 9.1a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
6.2 27.4 3.5
4.6 37.6 32.9a
6.5 .. 18.7
58 .. 30
96 44.6 306
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
9.5 9.8 39.0
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.0 3.9 1.6
0.0 5.5 4.4
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.31 0.2
0.22 1.7
0.32 4.4
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Northern Mariana Islands High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.06 91 .. .. .. ..
0.05 1,300 92 80 .. 38,412 .. 1.0 .. .. .. 93
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Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
160
2014
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
36.2 31.0 0.0 .. 30.9
43.1 .. 0.0 .. ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. 113.6 75.4
.. .. ..
.. 100 .. 95.9 .. 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. 83.6
.. 37.0
0.67 827.6
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Norway High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
5 77 62,760 2.1 .. 99
5 1,300 80 80 98,780 38,412 0.8 1.0 .. .. 98 93
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Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Mixed C C C A A
1.6 ..
1.1 ..
2.7 17.6
45.6 102.8 21.4 74.0 64.0
28.0 116.7 36.3 92.0 93.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. 119.3 82.0
.. 174.7 95.0
.. 113.6 75.4
.. .. 100 69.8 100.0 95.9 11,346 187,809 85,990 .. .. ..
38.0 25.2 53.3
25.2 20.6 29.2
1.2 8.8 24.4
0.8 7.1 29.1
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.89 308.9
0.86 1,741.9
0.67 827.6
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Oman High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
3 72 10,780 3.1 81 68
3 1,300 74 80 19,450 38,412 5.7 1.0 87 .. 77 93
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Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) M International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service M Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
162
2014
3.0 102.5
Yes Mixed C P C A A
2.4 10.8
2.7 17.6
10.5 52.9 0.5 37.2 15.5a
9.2 43.6 159.3 122.9 2.1 26.2 62.7a 77.7 41.9a 75.5
18.1 99.9 6.7
17.0 108.9 60.0a
92 24.4 2,960
.. 113.6 75.4
98 100 92.1 95.9 8,948 85,990
.. .. ..
13.2 8.7 26.0
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.2 4.4 21.9
0.1 3.0 24.1
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.47 4.0
0.67 62.8
0.67 827.6
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Pakistan South Asia
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
158 34 710 5.0 50 41
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
179 37 1,260 3.1 55 45
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed C C C A A
2.2 61.0
2.0 39.7
2.5 20.5
3.3 8.1 0.0 8.1 ..
3.2 67.1 0.5 12.5a 8.3a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
4.0 40.9 6.3
8.3 135.6 10.0a
6.5 .. 18.7
36 0.7 72
92 25.6 7,283
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
3.5 3.5 14.5
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.5 8.7 17.9
0.2 4.4 20.1
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.32 0.3
0.37 1.3
0.32 4.4
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Palau East Asia & Pacific
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.02 78 8,910 3.2 .. ..
Sector structure .. Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
164
2014
0.02 85 9,860 –1.9 .. ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
.. Public .. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
.. ..
2.5 18.2
40.1 30.4 0.5 18.5 ..
35.3 82.6 4.4 .. 19.0
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
50.7 .. 27.0
23.8 .. ..
1.3 284.4 41.6
30 7.6 1,123
98 99 79.2 95.5 .. 14,580
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
9.4 14.9 17.8
.. .. ..
1.0 2.5 ..
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.00 50.5
0.18 95.2
0.42 18.5
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Panama Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
3 71 4,460 4.4 92 76
4 76 8,510 8.7 94 74
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed C C C A A
3.7 ..
14.0 52.0 0.5 14.6a 8.1
2.5 ..
2.5 18.2
16.8 178.0 7.8 38.3 31.6
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. 61.3 11.5
6.7 1.3 79.2 284.4 45.2a 41.6
75 21.3 2,396
96 99 98.4 95.5 30,838 14,580
.. .. ..
9.5 12.6 14.0
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.1 9.1 10.6
7.9 8.1 8.1
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.47 54.1
0.46 89.8
0.42 18.5
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Papua New Guinea East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
6 13 680 1.6 57 ..
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service P Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
166
2014
.. ..
7 13 1,790 6.9 62 ..
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Public .. M P .. A
.. ..
2.5 20.5
1.0 1.2 0.0 2.0a 1.1a
1.9 37.8 0.1 3.2a 2.7a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 1.7
.. .. 2.3a
6.5 .. 18.7
.. .. 57
.. .. 4,849
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
11.5 30.4 185.6
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.0 3.2 72.8
0.0 2.2 49.3
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.21 0.5
0.23 7.8
0.32 4.4
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Paraguay Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
6 58 1,210 2.2 95 72
7 62 3,400 4.3 94 74
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Public C C C A A
3.5 ..
3.7 ..
2.5 20.5
5.4 32.0 0.1 8.7 1.7
6.1 101.6 1.2 24.3a 22.8a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 7.9
7.2 81.6 27.1a
6.5 .. 18.7
.. 9.3 737
94 98.3 11,585
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
8.8 8.8 21.8
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.2 17.4 8.7
0.1 19.1 1.9
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.47 1.4
0.46 15.4
0.32 4.4
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Peru Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
28 75 2,700 4.3 88 81
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Private Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
168
2014
30 78 6,060 6.9 .. 82
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Private .. C C A A
2.7 17.9
2.7 16.7
2.5 18.2
8.7 20.1 1.3 8.2 3.5
11.4 98.0 4.7 29.9 20.2
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
13.7 40.5 17.1a
9.5 58.6 38.2
1.3 284.4 41.6
92 42.3 2,109
97 99 98.2 95.5 13,094 14,580
.. .. ..
12.3 12.8 18.0
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.2 8.4 13.9
0.1 7.8 15.1
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.53 5.2
0.52 21.4
0.42 18.5
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Philippines East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
86 48 1,210 4.7 93 78
97 49 2,500 4.8 95 76
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Private Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Private .. C C R A
4.2 24.4
2.4 24.0
2.5 20.5
3.9 40.5 0.1 6.6a 4.3a
4.1 106.5 2.2 16.9a 18.9a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 5.4a
.. .. 36.2a
6.5 .. 18.7
99a 34.5 14,269
86 58.2 8,076
99 8.5 694 .. .. ..
15.0 10.5 22.9
4.9 10.5 20.6
47.7 45.8 15.9
29.5 24.8 67.3
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.50 2.4
0.50 8.1
0.32 4.4
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Poland High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
38 61 7,270 3.2 100 87
39 1,300 61 80 12,660 38,412 4.2 1.0 100 .. 90 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
170
2014
Yes Mixed C P C A A
3.8 16.1
2.7 14.9
2.7 17.6
31.0 76.3 2.5 40.0 30.4
15.6 140.3 15.5 73.0 70.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. 46.7 38.8
.. 105.9 65.0
.. 113.6 75.4
99 35.2 1,442
100 100 99.1 95.9 70,620 85,990
.. .. ..
21.6 11.3 19.9
25.2 20.6 29.2
4.0 7.9 19.6
7.0 8.2 33.7
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.61 22.0
0.54 312.2
0.67 827.6
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Portugal High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
11 58 18,140 0.7 .. 89
11 1,300 62 80 20,640 38,412 –0.2 1.0 95 .. 97 93
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Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Mixed C C C A A
4.8 9.9
4.0 11.6
2.7 17.6
40.3 108.9 11.1 42.5 31.5
43.0 116.1 22.5 66.0 61.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
15.7 80.6 35.0
.. 135.8 64.0
.. 113.6 75.4
99 99 100 81.1 99.0 95.9 2,378 195,537 85,990 .. .. ..
25.0 25.3 29.2
25.2 20.6 29.2
7.8 8.4 16.1
3.4 5.1 17.8
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.65 57.7
0.65 216.0
0.67 827.6
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Puerto Rico High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
4 98 14,120 1.5 91 ..
4 1,300 99 80 18,000 38,412 –1.1 1.0 90 .. 92 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
172
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.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
27.6a 53.0 3.1 .. ..
19.1 43.6 82.6 122.9 15.5 26.2 60.0a 77.7 60.7a 75.5
.. .. 23.4a
.. .. 51.4a
.. 113.6 75.4
62 68 100 .. 99.9 95.9 2,272 136,866 85,990 .. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. 31.9
.. 106.5
0.67 827.6
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Qatar High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.82 97 40,320 8.7 89 79
2 1,300 99 80 74,600 38,412 14.9 1.0 96 .. .. 93
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Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) M International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service M Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Mixed P P P R A
1.8 26.3
1.1 14.2
2.7 17.6
25.0 87.3 3.1 65.7a 31.5a
19.2 126.9 10.5 91.5 88.1
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
79.1 .. 24.7
.. .. 88.1
.. 113.6 75.4
99 48.2 3,816
100 100 97.8 95.9 33,212 85,990
.. .. ..
9.1 18.7 54.9
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.0 4.8 ..
0.0 4.3 ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.53 20.7
0.74 161.8
0.67 827.6
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Romania Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
21 53 3,920 6.0 97 75
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
174
2014
20 53 8,560 1.8 98 81
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed C C C A A
3.8 23.0
1.8 19.0
2.5 18.2
19.8 60.4 1.7 24.7 9.8a
21.4 105.0 16.2 57.0 54.0
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
10.2 57.2 21.5a
11.6 224.7 50.0
1.3 284.4 41.6
99 100 99 47.7 100.0 95.5 2,835 114,917 14,580 .. .. ..
13.0 25.7 9.5
9.4 14.9 17.8
2.2 6.7 19.2
5.0 6.8 37.3
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.54 5.4
0.52 68.7
0.42 18.5
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Russian Federation High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
143 73 4,460 6.2 99 82
144 1,300 74 80 12,700 38,412 2.9 1.0 100 .. 84 93
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Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
No Mixed .. C .. .. No
2.9 32.1
2.3 21.3
2.7 17.6
27.9 83.4 1.1 25.0a 17.0a
30.1 43.6 182.9 122.9 14.5 26.2 60.6a 77.7 51.2a 75.5
.. .. 15.2
.. 115.2 53.3a
95 8.3 655
.. 113.6 75.4
.. 100 98.1 95.9 32,838 85,990
.. .. ..
4.1 11.1 10.2
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.2 7.8 23.7
0.3 7.5 31.9
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.51 2.4
0.66 51.9
0.67 827.6
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Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
9 18 260 7.5 65 55
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
176
2014
11 19 600 8.1 66 67
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed P C C A A
2.7 22.7
2.8 40.1
5.0 ..
0.3 2.4 0.0 0.2 0.1
0.4 49.7 0.0 2.4a 2.4a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
12.8 11.8 0.6a
3.3 48.9 8.0a
.. 70.1 6.2
75 40.0 1,030
98 69.6 6,585
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
9.0 14.7 111.7
8.9 11.9 46.9
1.2 8.4 8.4
0.2 7.8 3.8
.. .. ..
0.29 ..
0.34 2.5
0.20 1.1
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Samoa East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.18 21 2,100 4.9 99 ..
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) M International gateway(s) M Mobile telephone service C Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
0.19 20 3,260 0.7 99 ..
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Public C C C R A
5.0 ..
.. ..
2.5 20.5
10.8 13.3 0.0 .. ..
.. .. 0.1 .. ..
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 3.4
.. .. 12.9a
6.5 .. 18.7
.. .. 1,492
.. .. 5,531
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
12.7 18.1 42.7
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.1 2.0 10.1
0.1 2.7 7.8
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.38 5.6
0.28 26.3
0.32 4.4
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San Marino High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.03 94 41,080 3.2 .. ..
0.03 1,300 94 80 51,470 38,412 .. 1.0 .. .. 86 93
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Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
178
2014
No Mixed .. C .. .. ..
0.4 50.0
.. ..
2.7 17.6
70.0 57.6 4.1 .. ..
59.8 115.2 31.7 .. ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. 50.3
.. .. 50.9a
.. 113.6 75.4
.. 98 100 22.2 75.4 95.9 10,358 628,959 85,990 .. .. ..
25.6 23.8 22.2
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.00 369.4
0.29 1,451.6
0.67 827.6
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São Tomé and Príncipe Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.15 58 740 4.1 85 65
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) No Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
0.19 63 1,310 4.9 70 74
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed .. M M .. No
9.1 14.9
5.8 51.2
2.5 20.5
4.6 7.7 0.0 .. ..
4.3 65.0 0.4 .. ..
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
33.2 4.6 13.8a
7.4 25.5 21.6a
6.5 .. 18.7
8 0.0 94
70 88.7 7,689
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
8.6 13.2 116.8
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.0 3.4 13.2
0.2 3.2 8.3
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.32 12.2
0.12 46.6
0.32 4.4
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Saudi Arabia High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
25 81 12,460 5.2 83 75
28 1,300 82 80 24,310 38,412 6.1 1.0 87 .. 92 93
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Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) P International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service C Internet service No Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
180
2014
2.8 0.0
Yes Mixed .. P C R B
2.7 0.0
2.7 17.6
15.6 57.4 0.3 30.0 20.0
17.0 43.6 187.4 122.9 6.9 26.2 67.7a 77.7 66.6a 75.5
.. 15.6 12.7
29.3 102.0 54.0a
96 5.4 383
.. 113.6 75.4
99 100 100.0 95.9 36,396 85,990
.. .. ..
13.2 14.1 39.7
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.1 6.5 41.5
0.1 8.0 3.6
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.49 3.1
0.80 34.2
0.67 827.6
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Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
11 41 770 4.6 42 41
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
14 43 1,030 3.4 50 48
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed C P C A A
7.8 22.1
9.8 10.0
2.5 20.5
2.4 15.4 0.2 2.9a 0.7a
2.5 83.6 0.7 9.0a 5.8a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
36.4 42.6 4.8
9.3 68.1 19.2a
6.5 .. 18.7
85 86.8 1,437
91 100.0 5,122
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
12.5 19.5 38.1
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.4 3.9 28.0
0.3 2.2 32.3
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.25 0.3
0.35 2.2
0.32 4.4
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Serbia Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
7 54 3,430 5.3 .. 78
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
182
2014
7 57 5,280 1.3 98 79
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed .. C C A A
4.7 22.9
5.3 15.0
2.5 18.2
30.9 67.4 0.4 25.0 18.0
38.4 117.8 12.9 60.3a 48.0a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
13.5 27.6 26.3a 96 4.4 799
8.2 1.3 97.4 284.4 48.1a 41.6 100 99 99.0 95.5 89,563 14,580
.. .. ..
7.0 12.5 21.2
9.4 14.9 17.8
.. .. 36.5
2.1 3.8 42.0
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.48 5.1
0.58 34.7
0.42 18.5
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Seychelles Sub-Saharan Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.08 52 10,540 –1.0 92 82
0.09 54 12,180 4.0 92 71
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Private Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service P Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
No Private C P C A A
6.4 24.9
3.8 ..
2.5 18.2
24.6 67.5 1.1 12.0a 6.0a
22.7 147.8 11.0 51.9a 41.9a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
9.3 .. 25.4
5.2 1.3 42.3 284.4 47.1a 41.6
98 24.5 1,062
98 99 94.2 95.5 15,606 14,580
.. .. ..
9.0 15.3 16.3
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.0 1.5 4.9
0.0 2.1 6.4
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.49 482.5
0.33 604.4
0.42 18.5
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Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
5 37 310 9.0 35 ..
Sector structure No Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Public Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service P Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
184
2014
6 40 580 6.3 43 ..
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Public P P P .. B
.. ..
.. ..
5.0 ..
0.5 14.3 0.0 0.8 ..
0.3 37.0 .. .. ..
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 0.2
.. .. 1.3a
.. 70.1 6.2
70 .. ..
.. .. 1,994
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 11.9 46.9
.. .. 0.2
.. .. 57.2
.. .. ..
0.15 0.7
0.17 0.8
0.20 1.1
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Singapore High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
4 100 27,240 5.1 93 ..
5 1,300 100 80 47,210 38,412 5.5 1.0 96 .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
3.5 12.6
41.0 97.5 14.6 74.0 66.0 75.2 .. 61.0
Yes Mixed C C C A No
2.6 ..
2.7 17.6
37.5 43.6 152.1 122.9 25.4 26.2 87.7a 77.7 87.7a 75.5 88.3 .. 74.2a
.. 113.6 75.4
100 100 100 29.1 98.3 95.9 31,606 387,641 85,990 .. .. ..
8.8 9.3 30.0
25.2 20.6 29.2
45.5 37.9 22.3
28.4 23.4 24.0
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.70 275.4
1.00 610.1
0.67 827.6
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Sint Maarten (Dutch part) High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.04 .. .. .. .. ..
0.04 1,300 .. 80 .. 38,412 .. 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
186
2014
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. 113.6 75.4
.. .. ..
.. 100 .. 95.9 .. 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. ..
.. ..
0.67 827.6
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Slovak Republic High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
5 56 11,070 4.9 .. 78
5 1,300 55 80 17,190 38,412 3.5 1.0 .. .. 82 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) C International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Mixed P P C A A
3.0 22.6
2.6 11.0
2.7 17.6
22.2 84.2 3.4 47.0 23.0
17.9 111.9 14.7 79.0 76.6
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
12.4 86.4 55.2
11.4 120.0 80.0
.. 113.6 75.4
100 61.7 4,772
100 100 96.4 95.9 11,477 85,990
.. .. ..
18.9 17.5 27.6
25.2 20.6 29.2
9.4 8.3 24.2
16.6 12.8 31.7
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.59 18.4
0.50 263.3
0.67 827.6
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Slovenia High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
2 50 18,070 3.6 100 92
2 1,300 50 80 22,810 38,412 0.6 1.0 100 .. 94 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
188
2014
Yes Mixed C C C A A
3.3 23.8
2.5 20.0
2.7 17.6
51.0 87.9 9.8 61.0 48.2
39.9 108.6 24.3 76.0 74.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
11.6 109.4 46.8
9.9 137.3 70.0
.. 113.6 75.4
99 49.4 2,681
100 100 99.6 95.9 94,652 85,990
.. .. ..
18.7 25.1 36.2
25.2 20.6 29.2
1.3 4.3 20.4
1.8 3.6 22.2
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.67 79.0
0.67 547.8
0.67 827.6
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Solomon Islands East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.47 18 900 1.6 .. 51
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
0.55 21 1,130 6.0 .. ..
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed .. .. .. .. B
2.7 ..
.. ..
2.5 20.5
1.6 1.3 0.1 .. ..
1.5 55.0 0.4 5.1a 4.2a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 0.8
.. .. 7.0a
6.5 .. 18.7
.. 23.7 2,044
.. .. 3,614
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
10.3 14.5 259.2
4.9 10.5 20.6
.. .. 57.5
0.0 2.7 2.4
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.27 4.3
0.13 5.3
0.32 4.4
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Somalia Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
8 35 .. .. .. ..
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
190
2014
10 38 .. .. .. ..
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
No Private .. .. .. .. A
.. ..
.. ..
5.0 ..
1.2 5.9 0.0 .. ..
0.7 22.6 0.0 .. ..
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. 1.1a
.. .. 1.4a
.. 70.1 6.2
.. 0.0 33
80 .. ..
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 11.9 46.9
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
0.00 0.1
0.18 0.1
0.20 1.1
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South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
48 59 4,810 3.8 89 ..
52 62 7,460 2.8 93 ..
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed P P C R A
6.3 13.1
4.5 12.1
2.5 18.2
9.8 70.4 0.3 13.0a 3.0a
7.7 130.6 2.1 23.6a 25.5a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. .. 7.5
.. .. 41.0a
1.3 284.4 41.6
96 1.7 244
.. 99 .. 95.5 18,111 14,580
.. .. ..
28.3 32.6 28.1
9.4 14.9 17.8
1.2 11.1 9.9
1.0 7.6 10.6
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.51 20.2
0.46 87.7
0.42 18.5
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South Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
8 17 .. .. .. ..
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) .. Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
192
2014
11 18 790 –9.8 .. ..
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
No Mixed .. .. .. .. C
.. ..
.. ..
5.0 ..
.. .. .. .. ..
0.0 21.2 0.0 .. ..
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. .. ..
10.2 63.0 ..
.. 70.1 6.2
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 11.9 46.9
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. ..
0.14 ..
0.20 1.1
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Spain High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
44 77 25,310 3.2 98 96
47 1,300 78 80 29,270 38,412 0.1 1.0 98 .. 106 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Private C C C A A
3.1 19.6
2.3 15.4
2.7 17.6
44.9 98.4 11.6 55.0 35.5
41.9 108.4 24.4 74.0 68.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. 93.1 47.9
.. 115.7 72.0
.. 113.6 75.4
99 80.8 5,799
100 100 99.6 95.9 81,365 85,990
.. .. ..
33.5 39.9 33.5
25.2 20.6 29.2
3.7 7.2 23.3
1.3 4.6 30.0
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.72 81.2
0.76 266.7
0.67 827.6
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Sri Lanka South Asia
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
20 15 1,210 4.3 91 ..
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
194
2014
20 15 2,920 6.5 91 77
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed P P P A C
2.5 12.2
1.9 33.4
2.5 20.5
6.2 16.8 0.1 5.0 1.1a
16.3 91.6 1.7 15.0a 10.3a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. 74.7 1.8a
10.0 160.5 18.3a
6.5 .. 18.7
85 18.3 1,396
98 83.6 5,995
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
3.4 1.1 4.5
4.9 10.5 20.6
1.1 4.9 20.4
0.5 3.7 24.6
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.42 1.8
0.38 8.7
0.32 4.4
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St. Kitts and Nevis High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.05 32 10,900 3.2 .. ..
0.05 1,300 32 80 13,610 38,412 0.7 1.0 .. .. 75 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
No Private .. .. .. .. No
5.4 25.3
6.9 7.9
2.7 17.6
41.3 103.8 13.2 17.3a ..
37.3a 156.8a 27.2a 54.7a ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
58.2 102.1 34.0a
63.5 32.3 79.3a
.. 113.6 75.4
.. .. ..
.. 100 .. 95.9 67,860 85,990
.. .. ..
12.6 22.1 36.7
25.2 20.6 29.2
2.4 8.3 14.0
22.5 5.9 16.7
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.48 1,017.5
0.18 1,388.9
0.67 827.6
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St. Lucia Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.17 23 5,110 2.0 .. 73
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service M Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
196
2014
8.5 9.4
0.18 17 6,890 2.2 .. 71
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Private C C C A A
6.7 8.4
2.5 18.2
23.6 63.9 4.2a .. ..
20.4 125.5 13.6 42.5a 32.2a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
53.5 64.7 21.6
28.7 80.4 48.6a
1.3 284.4 41.6
80 91.2 ..
100 99 98.5 95.5 68,218 14,580
.. .. ..
13.4 21.6 36.2
9.4 14.9 17.8
4.8 5.5 5.9
4.2 3.9 9.1
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.47 36.3
0.35 71.4
0.42 18.5
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St. Martin (French part) High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.03 .. .. .. .. ..
0.03 1,300 .. 80 .. 38,412 .. 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. 113.6 75.4
.. .. ..
.. 100 .. 95.9 .. 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. ..
.. 32.3
0.67 827.6
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.11 47 4,960 4.9 .. 78
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
198
2014
0.11 50 6,400 0.6 .. ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Private C C C A A
9.3 ..
7.4 ..
2.5 18.2
20.7 64.9 3.4 16.8a 14.1a
17.7 123.9 12.4 62.3a 49.7a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
58.9 49.4 9.2
34.7 82.2 47.5a
1.3 284.4 41.6
100 100 99 71.7 98.4 95.5 1,719,474 577,211 14,580 .. .. ..
10.9 24.6 33.6
9.4 14.9 17.8
1.4 6.4 24.8
2.5 3.3 23.8
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.43 101.2
0.31 238.5
0.42 18.5
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Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions)b Urban population (% of total)b GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($)c GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %)c Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
32 33 570 6.3 61 ..
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Mixed Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) M International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service P Internet service R Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) B Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
3.9 384.0
37 33 1,500 2.8 72 ..
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed P P C R C
2.1 332.4
2.5 20.5
1.1 74.4 0.1 14.0 29.3
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
5.6 81.1 1.3
5.6 80.2 21.0
6.5 .. 18.7
34 4.7 407
88 72.4 1,703
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
4.9 5.6 9.7
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.0 4.2 2.1
0.0 3.8 3.8
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.22 0.0
0.25 0.0
0.32 4.4
1.5 4.8a 0.0 3.0 0.6
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Suriname Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
200
2014
0.50 67 3,330 5.9 90 ..
0.53 70 8,680 4.2 95 ..
Yes Public
Yes Public
M M P R No
C C C R A
5.7 32.4
1.0 15.9
2.5 18.2
16.2 46.6 0.2 17.3a 5.2a
16.2 106.5 5.5 34.3a 20.2a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. 43.0 6.4
28.9 70.6 34.7a
1.3 284.4 41.6
.. 15.9 1,407
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
100 99 67.9 95.5 2,002 14,580
.. .. ..
2.9 14.2 41.9
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.2 3.3 ..
0.1 2.8 26.7
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.35 10.0
0.16 33.4
0.42 18.5
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Swaziland Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
1 22 2,390 2.2 82 61
1 21 2,860 1.7 88 67
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
No Public
No Public
.. M C No B
M M P R B
12.4 13.2
4.5 6.8
2.5 20.5
4.0 18.1 0.0 8.6a 3.0a
3.7 65.4 0.3 11.9a 11.4a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 3.7a
8.3 45.2 20.8a
6.5 .. 18.7
90 0.0 24
97 90.0 1,818
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
6.8 22.5 75.7
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.2 2.2 15.6
.. .. 42.7
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.35 1.8
0.14 8.8
0.32 4.4
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Sweden High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
9 84 42,920 2.8 .. 95
10 1,300 85 80 56,120 38,412 1.4 1.0 .. .. 92 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
202
2014
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
C C C A A
C C C A A
1.8 17.8
1.5 13.5
2.7 17.6
62.4 100.8 27.9 80.0 72.5
43.8 124.6 32.3 92.0 92.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. 90.8 84.8
.. 164.9 94.0
.. 113.6 75.4
99 100 100 76.7 96.6 95.9 20,578 279,287 85,990 .. .. ..
28.3 20.6 36.8
25.2 20.6 29.2
11.2 11.1 46.2
7.2 10.1 46.6
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.92 0.84 331.2 1,444.0
0.67 827.6
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Switzerland High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
7 73 58,530 1.2 .. 85
8 1,300 74 80 80,970 38,412 1.7 1.0 .. .. 87 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
C P C A A
C C C A A
3.4 12.6
2.4 21.1
2.7 17.6
69.5 92.2 22.5 76.5 67.0a
56.5 130.2 39.9 85.8a 90.0a
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. 57.6 70.1
.. 84.5 85.2
.. 113.6 75.4
100 100 100 64.6 99.0 95.9 13,760 312,015 85,990 .. .. ..
34.6 51.3 38.3
25.2 20.6 29.2
2.6 7.4 26.9
1.4 5.5 34.6
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.76 472.8
0.67 2,222.0
0.67 827.6
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Syrian Arab Republic Middle East & North Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
204
2014
18 54 1,520 4.7 81 70
22 56 .. 5.0 84 73
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
No Public
No Public
.. P P A B
.. P P R B
2.6 7.5
.. 15.1
2.5 20.5
16.0 16.2 0.0a 28.0 26.0
20.2 59.3 1.1 43.0a 38.0a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
13.6 130.2 5.6a
11.6 72.2 24.3a
6.5 .. 18.7
92 1.3 333
90 60.5 3,760
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
1.3 21.3 21.6
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.0 3.3 9.3
0.0 2.2 2.5
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.36 0.1
0.23 0.5
0.32 4.4
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Tajikistan Europe & Central Asia
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
7 26 320 10.1 99 69
8 27 880 6.7 100 69
No Mixed
No Mixed
.. .. .. .. No
.. .. .. .. A
2.9 71.4
.. ..
5.0 ..
4.1 3.9 0.1 1.0a 0.3
4.9 81.5 0.1 4.1a 3.6a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. 7.3 0.3
.. .. 14.5a
.. 70.1 6.2
.. 2.2 98
.. .. ..
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
0.9 8.5 362.5
8.9 11.9 46.9
.. .. 19.2
.. .. 40.7
.. .. ..
0.32 ..
0.24 1.2
0.20 1.1
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846 28 590 5.9 61 60
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Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
206
2014
39 24 380 7.1 69 ..
48 27 570 6.8 68 56
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M C C R A
M C C R A
.. ..
.. ..
5.0 ..
0.4 7.6 0.0 2.1a 0.5a
0.4 57.0 0.0 3.2a 3.3a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
3.2 7.1 1.1a
0.5 51.5 4.0a
.. 70.1 6.2
45 1.6 234
95 .. 3,974
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
8.9 7.7 19.1
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.3 5.8 10.1
0.1 3.6 13.3
.. .. ..
0.29 0.1
0.35 1.1
0.20 1.1
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Thailand East Asia & Pacific
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
66 32 2,600 5.5 94 72
67 34 5,210 3.0 .. 76
Yes Public
Yes Public
M P C R B
C C C R A
3.2 10.0
2.3 23.5
2.5 18.2
10.7 46.5 0.8 15.5 7.2a
9.5 127.3 8.2 26.9 18.4
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. .. 15.0
1.8 38.0 26.5
1.3 284.4 41.6
26 99.6 691
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
100 99 94.4 95.5 26,649 14,580
.. .. ..
6.2 10.6 20.7
9.4 14.9 17.8
23.4 17.4 25.7
16.0 11.8 16.2
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.50 4.8
0.51 18.1
0.42 18.5
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Timor-Leste East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
208
2014
1 26 890 1.0 51 66
1 29 3,620 9.8 58 72
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
No ..
No ..
.. .. .. .. B
.. .. .. .. B
3.6 16.9
6.0 28.6
2.5 20.5
0.2 3.3 0.0 .. ..
0.3 55.7 0.1 .. ..
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
20.0 70.6 0.1
.. 36.8 0.9a
6.5 .. 18.7
50 3.4 5,071
92 51.5 17,467
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
20.8 16.3 99.0
4.9 10.5 20.6
5.2 3.4 ..
.. .. ..
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.25 1.0
0.22 0.8
0.32 4.4
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Togo Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
6 35 370 1.5 57 61
7 39 500 3.6 60 73
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Public
Yes Public
P P C R A
P C C R A
6.3 34.7
9.2 23.6
5.0 ..
1.1 7.8 0.0 1.0 ..
0.9 49.9 0.1 2.3 1.4
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
22.5 22.0 1.8a
7.6 29.4 4.0a
.. 70.1 6.2
85 1.9 143
91 16.9 5,224
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
10.5 17.8 47.2
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.1 3.9 23.8
0.0 1.9 23.2
.. .. ..
0.22 0.4
0.14 3.1
0.20 1.1
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Tonga East Asia & Pacific
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
210
2014
0.10 23 2,550 2.4 99 88
0.10 24 4,220 1.1 .. ..
No Public
No Public
.. .. P .. C
C C C A C
.. ..
.. ..
2.5 18.2
13.6 29.6 0.6 .. ..
28.6 53.4 1.4 15.5a 12.0a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. .. 4.9a
.. .. 34.9a
1.3 284.4 41.6
70 37.0 404
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
.. 99 16.2 95.5 2,733 14,580
.. .. ..
6.4 11.0 62.3
9.4 14.9 17.8
.. 2.8 16.3
1.1 3.8 12.2
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.40 9.8
0.24 19.0
0.42 18.5
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Trinidad and Tobago High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
1 12 11,060 8.7 98 67
1 1,300 14 80 14,710 38,412 1.4 1.0 99 .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M M C A No
.. P P A A
2.4 ..
2.9 8.7
2.7 17.6
24.9 71.3 0.8 31.0 17.0
21.4 140.8 13.8 61.0a 40.0a
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
27.0 272.8 29.0a
19.6 205.7 59.5a
.. 113.6 75.4
100 16.6 1,304
100 100 99.1 95.9 18,442 85,990
.. .. ..
15.6 15.1 12.3
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.2 4.0 8.9
0.1 3.1 85.3
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.53 21.6
0.48 93.2
0.67 827.6
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Tunisia Middle East & North Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
10 65 3,200 4.5 74 77
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) C Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
212
2014
11 67 4,150 3.3 79 78
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed P C C R A
3.8 21.7
3.9 18.2
2.5 18.2
12.5 56.5 0.2 7.2 2.1
10.2 118.1 4.9 22.8a 20.6a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
7.1 35.5 9.7
9.3 136.7 41.4a
1.3 284.4 41.6
98 11.7 773
99 99 96.3 95.5 18,745 14,580
.. .. ..
6.0 10.6 7.0
9.4 14.9 17.8
2.0 4.6 5.1
7.4 6.6 9.6
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.35 1.4
0.48 17.0
0.42 18.5
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Turkey Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
68 67 6,520 5.2 88 74
74 72 10,830 3.4 94 85
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Mixed .. .. C A A
2.6 11.0
2.1 19.0
2.5 18.2
28.0 64.4 2.3 12.0 7.7
18.7 91.5 10.6 50.2 47.2
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
3.9 68.3 15.5
5.6 209.0 45.1
1.3 284.4 41.6
96 70.6 2,788
100 99 99.2 95.5 40,629 14,580
.. .. ..
13.7 31.4 12.5
9.4 14.9 17.8
4.4 6.1 2.2
1.7 4.2 1.6
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.48 18.1
0.46 50.4
0.42 18.5
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Turkmenistan Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
5 47 1,600 4.5 .. ..
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2014
5 49 5,410 10.9 100 ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
No Public .. C .. .. B
1.5 ..
.. ..
2.5 18.2
8.4 2.2 .. 1.9a 0.9a
11.1 76.4 0.0 13.7a 6.7a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. .. 1.0a
.. .. 7.2a
1.3 284.4 41.6
14 .. 1,605
.. 99 .. 95.5 1,075 14,580
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
9.4 14.9 17.8
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.33 ..
0.19 0.2
0.42 18.5
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Turks and Caicos Islands High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.03 90 .. .. .. ..
0.03 1,300 94 80 .. 38,412 .. 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. 113.6 75.4
.. .. ..
.. 100 .. 95.9 .. 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
4.0 4.6 ..
1.9 3.0 ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. ..
.. 333.3
0.67 827.6
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Tuvalu East Asia & Pacific
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
0.01 48 3,740 0.2 .. ..
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service M Internet service M Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) R Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) .. Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2014
.. ..
0.01 51 5,650 2.3 .. ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
No Public .. .. M R ..
.. ..
2.5 18.2
9.2 13.4 1.5 .. ..
14.7 28.4 5.6 23.4a 19.7a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. 2.9 10.0a
.. .. 35.0a
1.3 284.4 41.6
13 28.8 3,073
.. 99 .. 95.5 1,159 14,580
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
9.4 14.9 17.8
7.3 6.1 ..
.. 2.1 ..
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.00 ..
0.05 102.2
0.42 18.5
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Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
29 13 290 6.9 71 64
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
3.2 23.4
36 16 480 7.3 73 67
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Mixed C C C A A
3.7 32.6
5.0 ..
0.3 4.6 0.0 0.8a 0.1a
0.9 45.0 0.1 4.0a 4.2a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. 119.4 1.7
.. 61.3 14.7a
.. 70.1 6.2
70 8.9 121
100 40.0 4,670
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
9.2 9.0 14.0
8.9 11.9 46.9
2.0 7.5 13.4
6.5 6.6 14.1
.. .. ..
0.31 0.0
0.29 1.2
0.20 1.1
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Ukraine Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
47 68 1,540 8.0 99 88
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service .. Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2014
46 69 3,500 0.5 100 94
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Mixed C C C A A
5.9 32.8
3.4 13.6
2.5 20.5
24.8 63.7 0.3 11.5 3.0
26.8 130.3 8.0 40.5 36.5a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 3.7
.. .. 33.7a
6.5 .. 18.7
96 3.5 461
100 72.0 14,143
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
3.7 7.8 7.5
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.5 4.0 7.6
1.1 3.8 19.2
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.57 1.3
0.42 26.8
0.32 4.4
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United Arab Emirates High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
4 82 41,470 5.8 90 ..
9 1,300 85 80 38,620 38,412 2.1 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) P Mobile telephone service P Internet service P Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) .. Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) B Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Mixed P P P R A
1.9 9.8
2.0 22.6
2.7 17.6
29.8 109.3 3.1 36.5a 30.4a
21.4 149.6 10.3 85.0 72.0
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. 40.0a
41.8 110.4 85.0
.. 113.6 75.4
100 24.5 3,082
100 100 99.4 95.9 32,445 85,990
.. .. ..
4.1 9.1 40.6
25.2 20.6 29.2
4.3 8.1 ..
2.0 4.5 ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.63 53.7
0.86 194.2
0.67 827.6
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United Kingdom High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
60 79 39,560 3.0 .. 92
64 1,300 80 80 38,500 38,412 0.0 1.0 .. .. 89 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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3.7 ..
Yes Private .. C .. A A
1.8 15.2
2.7 17.6
56.5 108.6 16.4 70.0 60.2
52.9 135.3 34.0 87.0 88.6a
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. 87.6 70.0
.. 123.0 87.0a
.. 113.6 75.4
99 100 100 60.7 98.6 95.9 52,831 188,920 85,990 .. .. ..
36.2 47.8 20.8
25.2 20.6 29.2
14.0 12.3 37.6
4.2 7.3 39.0
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.79 0.97 464.8 1,200.3
0.67 827.6
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United States High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
296 81 46,350 2.6 .. 93
314 1,300 83 80 52,340 38,412 0.8 1.0 .. .. 97 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) A Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
Yes Private C C C A A
2.9 18.7
3.4 14.0
2.7 17.6
58.7 68.3 17.2 67.1 58.1a
44.4 95.4 28.3 79.3a 75.0a
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
20.1 .. 68.0a
18.5 383.7 81.0a
.. 113.6 75.4
99 90.0 7,185
100 100 97.0 95.9 61,938 85,990
.. .. ..
15.0 35.6 15.0
25.2 20.6 29.2
14.3 13.7 19.3
9.0 12.8 22.1
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.86 785.2
1.00 1,304.0
0.67 827.6
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Uruguay High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
3 92 4,720 0.0 98 90
3 1,300 93 80 13,580 38,412 5.8 1.0 98 .. 90 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Public Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) .. Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) No Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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Yes Public .. C P .. A
3.8 8.0
2.5 49.7
2.7 17.6
30.3 34.7 1.5 22.1 13.5
29.8 147.1 16.6 63.7 48.4
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
8.9 28.1 20.1 100 27.8 2,395
5.9 97.0 55.1a
.. 113.6 75.4
100 100 100.0 95.9 40,635 85,990
.. .. ..
12.0 22.4 14.9
25.2 20.6 29.2
0.1 6.3 11.6
0.1 5.6 15.9
8.9 10.8 30.8
0.56 27.1
0.55 75.1
0.67 827.6
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Uzbekistan Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
26 37 530 5.3 99 75
30 36 1,720 8.5 99 70
No Public
No Public
.. C .. .. No
.. C .. .. No
2.2 31.7
.. ..
2.5 20.5
6.9 2.8 0.0 1.0 0.9a
6.9 71.0 0.7 8.0a 9.6a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 3.3
22.1 154.3 36.5a
6.5 .. 18.7
75 7.4 164
92 85.0 959
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
1.4 2.4 11.5
4.9 10.5 20.6
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.41 0.0
0.50 0.8
0.32 4.4
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Vanuatu East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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0.21 23 1,780 1.0 78 64
0.25 25 3,000 3.9 83 ..
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
No Mixed
Yes Mixed
.. .. .. .. No
C C C R A
3.5 20.0
4.8 24.6
2.5 20.5
3.3 6.1 0.0 4.0 ..
2.2 59.1 0.1 10.7a 3.5
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 5.1
.. 99.1 10.6a
6.5 .. 18.7
20 3.7 376
92 11.9 2,290
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
40.4 25.1 105.2
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.2 2.8 6.5
0.0 3.1 2.0
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.25 133.7
0.22 43.5
0.32 4.4
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Venezuela, RB Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
27 92 4,920 1.5 95 76
30 94 12,460 3.1 96 89
Yes Mixed
Yes Public
C C C A No
.. C C R C
3.5 27.5
2.9 14.7
2.5 18.2
13.7 46.8 1.3 10.3 2.5
25.5 101.9 6.7 20.2a 20.2a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
6.3 91.6 12.6
3.8 99.3 44.0a
1.3 284.4 41.6
90 55.2 399
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
.. 99 89.1 95.5 10,914 14,580
.. .. ..
1.7 14.9 15.4
9.4 14.9 17.8
0.0 11.9 13.8
0.0 6.4 11.9
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.51 4.6
0.48 11.1
0.42 18.5
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Vietnam East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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82 27 680 6.9 90 ..
89 32 1,550 6.1 93 ..
No Public
Yes Public
C C C .. C
C C C R A
4.3 ..
6.5 ..
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
2.5 20.5
10.0 11.3 0.2 6.3a 1.5a
11.2 147.7 4.9 17.5a 15.6a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 12.7
.. .. 39.5a
6.5 .. 18.7
70 7.2 334
.. 30.6 13,359
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
2.0 4.1 11.8
4.9 10.5 20.6
2.8 6.1 ..
11.6 10.2 ..
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.46 0.1
0.42 8.2
0.32 4.4
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Virgin Islands (U.S.) High income
2005
Highincome group 2012 2012
0.11 94 .. .. .. ..
0.11 1,300 96 80 .. 38,412 .. 1.0 .. .. .. 93
Country data
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed)
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue)
.. ..
.. ..
2.7 17.6
66.5 74.5a 2.8a .. ..
71.3 .. 8.6a .. ..
43.6 122.9 26.2 77.7 75.5
.. .. 27.3a
.. .. 40.5a
.. 113.6 75.4
Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
.. .. 1,527
.. 100 .. 95.9 .. 85,990
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
25.2 20.6 29.2
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
8.9 10.8 30.8
.. 213.2
.. 396.2
0.67 827.6
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West Bank and Gaza Middle East & North Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
3 73 1,340 -0.9 93 79
4 75 .. .. 95 77
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed)
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. .. No
.. .. .. .. A
Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue)
0.8 5.1
.. ..
2.5 20.5
9.5 15.9 0.2 29.5a 15.9
9.3 75.6 .. 53.9a 33.4a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. .. 16.0a
.. .. 41.1a
6.5 .. 18.7
95 9.6 421
.. .. 10,906
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.5 2.3 27.7
1.0 3.1 4.4
4.6 7.2 47.1
.. 0.6
.. 4.6
0.32 4.4
Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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Yemen, Rep. Middle East & North Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
20 29 700 4.1 55 56
24 33 1,270 1.9 65 56
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
No Public
No Public
M C C .. B
M C C No B
1.2 25.2
3.4 29.4
2.5 20.5
4.5a 11.3 0.0 1.9a 1.4a
4.6 58.3 0.7 5.1a 4.7a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
14.7 .. 1.0a
13.4 .. 17.4a
6.5 .. 18.7
68 1.4 28
84 14.4 2,788
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
0.9 11.1 14.7
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.0 2.1 15.8
0.0 1.0 8.7
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.21 0.1
0.18 0.7
0.32 4.4
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Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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11 37 490 4.8 61 ..
14 40 1,350 6.6 .. 85
2,507 39 1,893 6.0 71 64
Yes Public
Yes Mixed
C P P R B
C C C R B
2.6 29.3
0.1 ..
2.5 20.5
0.8 8.3 0.0 1.4a 0.1a
0.6 74.8 0.1 3.1a 2.8a
5.4 83.1 1.4 15.0 12.4
.. 28.2 2.9a
1.8 57.8 13.5a
6.5 .. 18.7
65 31.8 67
78 93.9 2,721
86 58.2 8,076
.. .. ..
7.4 16.5 82.3
4.9 10.5 20.6
0.0 4.6 5.5
0.0 3.0 6.8
4.6 7.2 47.1
0.23 0.2
0.31 2.8
0.32 4.4
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Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2012 2012
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International gateway(s) Mobile telephone service Internet service Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
13 36 430 -8.5 .. 54
14 39 650 0.2 84 ..
846 28 590 5.9 61 60
Yes Public
Yes Public
M C C R B
P P C R A
.. 4.1
.. ..
5.0 ..
2.6 5.1 0.1 2.0a 0.9a
2.2 91.9 0.5 6.5a 4.9a
1.0 47.2 0.2 4.2 3.4
.. 51.7 8.0a
4.0 30.3 17.1a
.. 70.1 6.2
70 10.6 54
81 99.3 2,643
.. 30.9 9,141
.. .. ..
9.8 20.6 30.0
8.9 11.9 46.9
0.1 2.5 ..
0.0 3.4 ..
.. .. ..
0.30 0.2
0.30 3.2
0.20 1.1
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Glossary Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and older who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life. (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Institute for Statistics) (w) Domestic mobile-telephone traffic refers to the total number of minutes of calls made by mobile subscribers within a country (including minutes to fixed-telephone and minutes to mobile-phone subscribers). (International Telecommunication Union) (w) Fixed-broadband sub-basket refers to the price of the monthly subscription to an entry-level fixed broadband plan. For comparability reasons, the fixed broadband sub-basket is based on a monthly usage of (a minimum of) 1Â gigabyte (GB). For plans that limit the monthly amount of data transferred by including caps below 1 gigabyte, the cost for additional bytes is added to the sub-basket. The minimum speed of a broadband connection is 256Â kbit/s. (International Telecommunication Union) (m) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions refers to subscriptions to high-speed access to the public Internet (a TCP/IP connection), at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s. This includes cable modem, DSL, fiberto-the-home/building, and other fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions. This total is measured irrespective of the method of payment. It excludes subscriptions that have access to data communications (including the Internet) via mobile-cellular networks. It excludes technologies listed under the wirelessbroadband category. (International Telecommunication Union) (w) Fixed-telephone sub-basket refers to the monthly price charged for subscribing to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), plus the cost of 30 local calls to the same (fixed) network (15 peak and 15 off-peak calls) of three minutes each. The service refers to the traditional fixed telephone line and does not refer to, for example, prices for managed VoIP. (International Telecommunication Union) (m) Fixed-telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analog fixed-telephone lines, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents, and fixed public payphones. (International Telecommunication Union) (w) Foreign ownership refers to the allowance of foreign participation or ownership in facility-based and spectrum-based operators as well as in Internet Service Providers (ISPs). (No = not allowed, R = allowed with restrictions, A = allowed without restrictions) (International Telecommunication Union) GDP growth is the annual percentage growth rate of gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2005 U.S. dollars. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without
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Glossary making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. (World Bank and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) (w) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method, is gross national income (GNI) converted to U.S. dollars using the World Bank Atlas method divided by the midyear population. GNI is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. GNI, calculated in national currency, is usually converted to U.S. dollars at official exchange rates for comparisons across economies. The World Bank Atlas method is used to smooth fluctuations in prices and exchange rates. It averages the exchange rate for a given year and the two preceding years, adjusted for differences in rates of inflation between the country and the Euro area, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. (World Bank) (w) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment is the combined number of students enrolled in primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of education, regardless of age, as a percentage of the population of official school age for the three levels. (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Institute for Statistics) (w) Households with a computer refers to the percentage of households with a computer at home. A computer includes a desktop computer, a laptop (portable) computer, or a tablet (or similar handheld computer). It does not include equipment with some embedded computing abilities such as smart TV sets, and devices with telephony as their primary function, such as smartphones. (International Telecommunication Union) (w) Households with Internet access at home refers to the percentage of households with Internet access at home. Access is not assumed to be only via a computer—it may also be by mobile phone, tablet, PDA, games machine, digital TV, etc. (International Telecommunication Union) (w) ICT goods exports and imports are goods that are intended to fulfill the function of information processing and communication by electronic means, including transmission and display, or that use electronic processing to detect, measure, or record physical phenomena or to control a physical process. They include telecommunications, audio and video, computer and related equipment; electronic components; and other information and communication technology goods. Software is excluded. Re-exports (exports of foreign goods in the same state as previously imported) are included. (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) (w) ICT service exports comprise communications services (telecommunications, business network services, teleconferencing, support services, and postal services) and computer and information services (database, data processing, software design and development, maintenance and repair, and news-related service transactions). (International Monetary Fund) (w)
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Glossary Individuals using the Internet refers to the percentage of individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 12 months. Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV, etc. (International Telecommunication Union) (w) International Internet bandwidth refers to the total used capacity of international Internet bandwidth, in bits per second per Internet user. It is measured as the sum of used capacity of all Internet exchanges (locations where Internet traffic is exchanged) offering international bandwidth. If capacity is asymmetric (i.e., more incoming [downlink] than outgoing [uplink] capacity), then the incoming (downlink) capacity should be provided. (International Telecommunication Union) (w) International voice traffic, total is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone fixed and mobile telephone traffic (in minutes). (International Telecommunication Union) (w) Level of competition, international gateway, is the level of competition for international gateway(s). International gateway is any facility that provides an interface to send and receive electronic communications (i.e., voice, data and multimedia images/video) traffic between one country’s domestic network facilities and those in another country. (M = monopoly, P = partial competition, C = full competition). (International Telecommunication Union) Level of competition, Internet service, is the level of competition for retail Internet access service. (M = monopoly, P = partial competition, C = full competition). (International Telecommunication Union) Level of competition, mobile telephone service, is the level of competition for digital cellular mobile services. (M = monopoly, P = partial competition, C = full competition). (International Telecommunication Union) Mobile-cellular sub-basket refers to the price of a standard basket of mobile monthly usage for 30 outgoing calls per month (on-net, off-net, to a fixed line, and for peak and off-peak times) in predetermined ratios, plus 100 SMS messages. The mobile-cellular sub-basket is based on prepaid tariffs although postpaid tariffs may be used for countries where prepaid subscriptions make up less than three percent of all mobile-cellular subscriptions. The mobile-cellular prepaid sub-basket is largely based, but does not entirely follow, the 2009 methodology of the OECD low-user basket. (International Telecommunication Union) (m) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions refers to the number of subscriptions to a public mobile-telephone service that provide access to the PSTN (public switched telephone network) using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e., that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile-cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or
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Glossary USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging, and telemetry services. (International Telecommunication Union) (w) Online service index is one of the three component indicators for the United Nation’s e-Government Development Index (EGDI). Online service index measures the level of sophistication of a government’s online presence based on four stages of e-government evolution: emerging presence, enhanced presence, transactional presence, and connected presence. A value of 0 indicates the lowest presence, a value of 1 the highest. (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and United Nations Public Administration Network) (m) Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship, except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Data are midyear estimates. (World Bank) (s) Population covered by a mobile-cellular network refers to the percentage of people within range of a mobile-cellular signal, irrespective of whether they are subscribers or users or not. This is calculated by dividing the number of people within range of a mobile-cellular signal by the total population and multiplying by 100. (International Telecommunication Union) (w) Regulatory treatment of VoIP indicates whether the country has any regulatory treatment on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), a generic term to describe the techniques used to carry voice traffic over IP. The status are categorized as banned, closed, no framework, or allowed. “Closed” means that wholesale VoIP is permitted, but retail VoIP is banned, as well as cases where only the incumbent is licensed to provide VoIP. (B = banned, C = closed, No = no framework, A = allowed) (International Telecommunication Union) Secure Internet servers are the number of servers using encryption technology for Internet transactions. Data listed for 2012 are for December 2013. (Netcraft) (w) Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator indicates whether the country has a separate telecommunications/ICT Regulatory Authority independent in terms of finance, structure, and decision making from the operators and the sector Ministry. (International Telecommunication Union) Status of main fixed-line telephone operator indicates whether the incumbent fixed-line operator is a public or private entity. Public refers to a fully stateowned operator that has remained 100 percent government-owned since its creation or has been re/nationalized; private refers to a fully private operator that is 100 percent private, either as a result of a privatization or created as such; and mixed refers to a partially private operator that has a portion of its shares sold to either a private operator or to the public (e.g., through Initial
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Glossary Public Offerings or Employee Stock Ownership Plan), with the government remaining one of its shareholders. (International Telecommunication Union) Telecommunications investment refers to the investment during the financial year in telecommunication services (including fixed, mobile, and Internet services) for acquiring or upgrading property and networks. Property includes tangible assets such as plant, intellectual and non-tangible assets such as computer software. The indicator is a measure of investment in telecommunication infrastructure in the country, and includes expenditure on initial installations and additions to existing installations where the usage is expected to be over an extended period of time. It excludes expenditure on research and development (R&D), annual fees for operating licenses and the use of radio spectrum. (International Telecommunication Union) (m) Telecommunications revenue refers to revenue earned from retail fixed telephone, mobile-cellular, Internet, and data services offered by telecommunication operators (both network and virtual) offering services within the country. Revenue (turnover) consists of retail telecommunication service earnings (therefore excluding revenue from wholesaling activities) during the financial year under review. It is calculated as percentage of GDP. (International Telecommunication Union) (w) Urban population is the midyear population of areas defined as urban in each country and reported to the United Nations. (United Nations) (s) VoIP is Voice over Internet Protocol, a generic term.
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