ICT Facts and Figures 2014 - ITU

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FACTS AND FIGURES

“I am pleased to present the latest ICT statistics. The new figures show that, by the end of 2014, there will be almost 3 billion Internet users, two-thirds of them coming from the developing world, and that the number of mobile-broadband subscriptions will reach 2.3 billion globally. Fifty-five per cent of these subscriptions are expected to be in the developing world. Behind these numbers and statistics are real human stories. The stories of people whose lives have improved thanks to ICTs. Our mission is to bring ICTs into the hands of ordinary people, wherever they live. By measuring the information society, we can track progress, or identify gaps, towards achieving socio-economic development for all.” Brahima Sanou, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau

MOBILE-BROADBAND UPTAKE CONTINUES TO GROW AT DOUBLE-DIGIT RATES The number of mobile-broadband subscriptions reaches 2.3 billion, with 55% of them in developing countries Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, 2007-2014* 90

Per 100 inhabitants

84

Developed World Developing

80 70 60 50 40

32

30

21

20 10 0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014*

Note: * Estimate Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database

Globally, mobile-broadband penetration will reach 32% by end 2014 – almost double the penetration rate just three years earlier (2011) and four times as high as five years earlier (2009). In developed countries, mobile-broadband penetration will reach 84%, a level four times as high as in developing countries (21%). Mobile broadband remains the fastest growing market segment, with continuous double-digit growth rates in 2014. Mobile broadband is growing fastest in developing countries, where 2013/2014 growth rates are expected to be twice as high as in developed countries (26% compared with 11.5%). By end 2014, the number of mobile-broadband subscriptions will reach 2.3 billion globally, almost 5 times as many as just six years earlier (in 2008).

AFRICA LEADS IN MOBILE-BROADBAND GROWTH Mobile-broadband penetration in Africa reaches close to 20% in 2014, up from 2% in 2010 Share of active mobile-broadband subscriptions, by level of development (2008, 2011, 2014*)

55%

20%

40%

45%

60%

80%

2008

2011

2014*

422 million

1.2 billion

2.3 billion

Developing Developed

Note: * Estimate Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database

By end 2014, 55% of all mobile-broadband subscriptions are expected to be in the developing world, compared with only 20% in 2008.

Active mobile-broadband subscriptions by region, 2014* and growth rates, 2011-2014* 90

84

80 100,00%

64

60

32

Note: * Estimate Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database

21

19 Africa

23

Developing

Arab States

World

Europe

Developed

0

CIS

25

Asia & Pacific

30

10

Per cent

40

20

Africa Asia & Pacific Arab States

80,00%

49

50

The Americas CIS Europe

100 90,00% 90

59

The Americas

Per 100 inhabitants

70

Africa Asia & Pacific Arab States

The Americas

80 70,00% 70 60,00% 60

CIS Europe

50,00%

50

43 42,9%

40,00%

40 30,00% 30 20,00% 20 10,00% 10

0,00% 0 20 11-2012 2011/2012 Note: * Es mate Telecommunication Source: ITU Worl /ICT

21 19 20,9% 19,4% 16 15,7% 14,9% 15 11,8% 12 2012-2013 2012/2013

2013-2014 2013/2014*

dIndicators database

Mobile-broadband penetration levels are highest in Europe (64%) and the Americas (59%), followed by the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (49%), the Arab States (25%), Asia-Pacific (23%) and Africa (19%). The Americas region, with the second highest penetration levels, will be home to more than half a billion mobilebroadband subscriptions by end 2014, and the growth rate will remain above 15%. Although by the end of 2014 Asia-Pacific will be home to close to 1 billion mobile-broadband subscriptions, the region’s penetration rate lags behind other regions, including the Arab States and CIS. All regions continue to show double-digit growth rates but Africa stands out with a growth rate of over 40% – twice as high as the global average. By end 2014, mobile-broadband penetration in Africa will have reached almost 20%, up from less than 2% four years earlier.

ALMOST 7 BILLION MOBILE-CELLULAR SUBSCRIPTIONS WORLDWIDE The developing countries are home to more than three quarters of all mobile-cellular subscriptions Mobile-cellular subscriptions, total and per 100 inhabitants, 2005-2014*, and by region, 2014*

2000

30 20

1000 0

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014*

90

96

89

80 80

69

60 60 40 40

10

20 20

0

00

Africa

40

108

Asia & Pacific

50

3000

110

96

Developing

4000

108

100 100

World

60

121

110

The Americas

70

125 125 121

120 120

Arab States

Millions

5000

141141 141

Developed

80

140 140

Europe

90

160 160

CIS

100

Per 100 inhabitants

6000

Developing (in millions) Developed (in millions) World (Per 100 inhabitants)

Per 100 inhabitants

7000

Note: * Estimate Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database

The number of mobile-cellular subscriptions worldwide is approaching the number of people on earth. Mobilecellular subscriptions will reach almost 7 billion by end 2014, corresponding to a penetration rate of 96%. More than half of these (3.6 billion subscriptions) will be in the Asia-Pacific region. In developing countries, mobile-cellular penetration will reach 90% by end 2014, compared with 121% in developed countries. Mobile-cellular growth rates have reached their lowest-ever level (of 2.6% globally), indicating that the market is approaching saturation levels. The continuous increase in mobile-cellular subscriptions is mostly due to growth in the developing world: penetration in developing countries continues to grow twice as much as in developed countries (3.1% compared with 1.5%, respectively, in 2014). Africa and Asia and the Pacific, where penetration will reach 69% and 89%, respectively, by end 2014, are the regions with the strongest mobile-cellular growth (and the lowest penetration rates). Penetration rates in the CIS countries, Arab States, the Americas and Europe have reached levels above 100% (since 2012) and are expected to grow at less than 2% in 2014.

Share of mobile-cellular subscriptions, by level of development (2000, 2005, 2014*)

22% 78% 55%

45%

35% 65%

2000 719 million

2005

2014*

2.2 billion

6.9 billion



Developing Developed

Note: * Estimate Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database

The developing countries’ share continues to increase and by end 2014, the number of mobile-cellular subscriptions in the developing world will account for 78% (or more than three-quarters) of the world’s total.

FIXED-BROADBAND GROWTH SLOWING DOWN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 44% of all fixed-broadband subscriptions are in Asia-Pacific,compared with only 0.5% in Africa Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, 2005-2014* 30 30

Developed

Per 100 inhabitants

27 2.7

Developed World World Developing Developing

25 25 20 20

15 % 15 10

10 10

1.0

6

0.6

55



00

2005 2005 2006 2006

2007 2007

2008 2008

2009 2009

2010 2010

2011 2011 2012 2012

2013 2013

2014* 2014*

Note: * Estimate Note:

* Estimate Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database

Source: ITU World Telecommunication /ICT Indicators database

Fixed-broadband penetration continues to grow, albeit slowly (at 4.4% globally in 2014), mostly due to a slowdown in developing countries, where fixed-broadband penetration growth rates are expected to drop from 18% in 2011 to 6% in 2014. In developed countries, fixed-broadband penetration will grow at around 3.5% in 2014 compared with 4.8% in 2011. In 2013, the number of fixed-broadband subscriptions in developing countries overtook the number in developed countries; a trend that is expected to continue, given the higher growth rates in developing countries compared with developed countries.

Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by region, 2014* 30

28

27

25 20

17

6 Developing

Asia & Pacific

World

CIS

The Americas

0

Europe

5

Developed

8

3

Africa

10

10

Arab States

14

% 15

0.4

Note: * Estimate Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database

44% of all fixed-broadband subscriptions are in Asia-Pacific, and 24% are in Europe. In contrast, Africa accounts for less than 0.5% of the world’s fixed-broadband subscriptions and despite double-digit growth over the last four years, penetration in Africa remains very low, at 0.4% by end 2014. Africa, the Arab States, and CIS are the only regions with double-digit fixed-broadband penetration growth rates. The Americas region stands out with the lowest growth in fixed broadband, estimated at 2.5% and reaching a penetration rate of around 17% by the end of 2014. Europe’s fixed-broadband penetration is much higher compared with other regions and almost three times as high as the global average (28% compared with 10%).

ALMOST 3 BILLION PEOPLE — 40% OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION — ARE USING THE INTERNET Close to one out of three people in the developing countries are online Individuals using the Internet, total and percentage, 2005-2014* 3500

Developing (in millions) Developed (in millions) World (%)

3000 Millions

2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014*

100 90 80 70 60 50 % 40 30 20 10 0

By end 2014, the number of Internet users globally will have reached almost 3 billion. Twothirds of the world’s Internet users are from the developing world. In developing countries, the number of Internet users will have doubled in 5 years, from 974 million in 2009 to 1.9 billion in 2014.

Note: * Estimate Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database

Percentage of individuals using the Internet, 2005-2014*

Per 100 inhabitants

100 100 Developed 90 90 Developed World World 80 78 80 7.8 Developing Developing 70 70 60 60 % 50 50 40 4.0 40 40 3.2 32 30 30 20 20 10 10 00 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014* 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014* Note: * Estimate

Internet user penetration has reached 40% globally, 78% in developed countries and 32% in developing countries. 2014 growth rates in developed countries remain at a relatively low, at 3.3% compared with 8.7% in developing countries. Globally, there are 4 billion people not yet using the Internet and more than 90% of them are from the developing world.

Source: ITU World Telecommunication /ICT Indicators database

Note: * Estimate Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database

Percentage of individuals using the Internet, by region, 2014* In Africa, almost 20% of the population will be online by end 2014, up from 10% in 2010.

90 80

78

75

70 60

56

50 40

Note: * Estimate Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database

32 19 Africa

World

Arab Staates

0

CIS

10

Europe

20

The Americas

30

Developing

32

Asia & Pacific

41

40

Developed

%

In the Americas, close to two out of three people will be using the Internet by end 2014, the second highest penetration rate after Europe.

65

Europe’s Internet penetration will be reaching 75% (or three out of four people) by end 2014, the highest worldwide. One third of the population in Asia-Pacific will be online by end 2014 and around 45% of the world’s Internet users will be from the AsiaPacific region.

44% OF HOUSEHOLDS HAVE INTERNET ACCESS AT HOME In Africa, only one out of ten households is connected Percentage of households with Internet access, by level of development, 2005-2014* 80

78

Developed World Developing

70 60 50

44

% 40

31

30 20 10 0 2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014*

Note: * Estimate Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database

By end 2014, 44% of the world’s households will have Internet access at home. Close to one third (31%) of households in developing countries will be connected to the Internet, compared with 78% in developed countries. 2013/14 growth rates in the developing world will be more than three times as high as those in the developed world (12.5% growth compared with 4%). Household Internet access is approaching saturation levels in developed countries. The number of households with Internet access in developing countries surpassed those in developed countries in 2013, and doubled between 2010 and 2014.

78

78

Developed

80

Europe

Percentage of households with Internet access, by region, 2014*

70 57

60 53 50 36

36

Asia & Pacific

Arab States

44

% 40

31

30

The Americas

CIS

World

0

11 Africa

10

Developing

20

Note: * Estimate Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database

By end 2014, more than one out of two households in the CIS will be connected to the Internet. In Africa, only about one out of ten households will be connected to the Internet. However, household Internet access in Africa continues to grow at double-digit rates (at 18% in 2014, more than twice the growth of the world average).

HIGH-SPEED ACCESS TO THE INTERNET Differences in broadband speed persist Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed, early 2013

Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed, early 2013

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≥10 Mbit/s

≥2 to