ICT
Price
Basket
ICELAND
4
FINLAND
32,710
5
NORWAY
13
2
9
IRELAND
43,270
20
Measuring
the Information
Society
UNITED STATES
15
47,390
41,000
6
5,590
19
LUXEMBOURG
7
49,050
32
25
SWITZERLAND
10
CROATIA
23,860
41
13,870
BOSNIA
& HERZEGOVINA
29
48
4,770
62
73
104
MOROCCO
19,270
85
ALGERIA
69
CYPRUS
96
44
29,430
87
The state
of ICTs
89
43
13,170
4,800
HONDURAS
40
25,420
107
64
NICARAGUA
103
3,380
59
6,300
COSTA RICA
6,810
ICT uptake continues to grow. The number of mobile-cellular
subscriptions increased by more than 600 million within a year
(almost all of them in the developing world), to a total of around
6 billion, or 86 per 100 inhabitants, globally by the end of 2011
34
PANAMA
66
VENEZUELA
11,590
76
149
99
5,510
n/a
2,870
9,390
4,700
15.7
2001 2007 2011
BOLIVIA
98
8.5
1,810
2001 2007 2011
97
2,710
CHILE
Households
with Internet
access
Percentage of
individuals
using the
Internet
Fixed-telephone
subscriptions
Active mobilebroadband
subscription
55
Fixed (wired)broadband
subscription
10,120
Fixed (wired)-broadband and active
mobile-broadband subscriptions, by region, 2011
40
40
40
40
40
31.3
30
30
20
30
20
11.7
0.2
3.3
Africa
10
10.7
10
6.4
20
30
15.4
24.8
20
10
10
10
24.4
15.7
CIS
The
Europe
Americas
32.5
8.5
2001 2007 2011
2001 2007 2011
World
DEVELOPED
131
YEMEN
56
Economy
IDI rank
GNI per
capita,USD
KOREA (REP.)
1
126
19,890
1,070
THAILAND
DEVELOPING
WORLD
By end 2011,
one-third of
the population
(2.3 billion
people)
worldwide
was online
Almost all
countries
improved their
IDI values
between 2010
and 2011
+5.3%
5
+6.2%
0
2010 2011
DEVELOPED
2010 2011
DEVELOPING
2010 2011
WORLD
1,050
92
4,150
132
The most dynamic
performers are
primarily from the
developing world,
and include countries
from all regions
DEVELOPED
DEVELOPING
WORLD
164.7
150
150
150
120
120
120
90
90
90
60
60
30
30
115.1
60
30
1.7
2008 2009 2010 2011
2008 2009 2010 2011
2008 2009 2010 2011
11
32,780
DEVELOPED
DEVELOPING
WORLD
ICT services in Africa, IPB by region,
in particular fixed2011
broadband Internet, 40
are still largely
31.4
unaffordable
30
VIET NAM
81
PHILIPPINES
1,160
94
20
MALAYSIA
8.0
8.8
2.9
BRUNEI
DARUSSALAM
57
31,800
SINGAPORE
5,750
5.5
1.5
58
72
114
12
40,070
790
RWANDA
40.3
10
105
KENYA
500
CONGO
(REP. OF THE)
n/a
2008 2009 2010 2011
SRI LANKA
UGANDA
n/a
4
2,060
133
146
520
n/a
SEYCHELLES
70
PAPUA
NEW GUINEA
142
INDONESIA
9,760
95
TANZANIA
n/a
2,500
139
SOLOMON
ISLANDS
123
530
n/a
COMOROS
130
750
MALAWI
144
ZAMBIA
135
n/a
1,070
MAURITIUS
ZIMBABWE
115
460
74
MOZAMBIQUE
147
440
MADAGASCAR
109
112
7,750
n/a
143
430
BOTSWANA
NAMIBIA
TUVALU
FIJI
TOP 5 economies in each region
and their IDI ranking
108
6,790
88
Regional
IDI rank
SWAZILAND
116
21
Economy
Global
IDI rank
Kazakhstan
Brazil
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Bahrain
Azerbaijan
Fiji
United Kingdom
Viet Nam
Ghana
IDI
2010
49
60
133
47
40
68
88
9
81
117
56
67
140
53
45
73
93
14
86
121
IDI rank
change
7
7
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
4
CIS
AFRICA
Qatar
Russian Fed.
Seychelles
Belarus
Mauritius
100
3,280
Change in IDI
value (absolute)
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia
Kazakhastan
Azerbaijan
Brazil
Belarus
Estonia
Georgia
Costa Rica
Ghana
IDI
2011
IDI value
change
40
47
49
68
60
46
24
73
71
117
0.66
0.62
0.61
0.57
0.54
0.54
0.49
0.45
0.45
0.43
Change in IDI
value (%)
Ghana
Zimbabwe
Azerbaijan
Fiji
Kazakhstan
Brazil
Saudi Arabia
Bahrain
Kenya
Georgia
Sweden
Korea (Rep.)
United States
15
30
Denmark
Japan
Canada
Bahrain
2
1
38
70
2
Top 10 most dynamic countries – IDI changes between 2010 and 2011
IDI
2011
ARAB
STATES
TONGA
43,590
1
2,630
Change in IDI
ranking
EUROPE
ASIA &
THE
PACIFIC AMERICAS
3,630
AUSTRALIA
4,500
IDI growth
+4.0%
120
750
MALDIVES
140
4
6.8
2008 2009 2010 2011
8
LAO P.D.R.
7,760
138
10
121
n/a
CAMEROON
111
8
2008 2009 2010 2011
41,850
CAMBODIA
2,240
CONGO
(DEM. REP.)
8
Fixed-broadband
sub-basket
MYANMAR
n/a
GABON
1.9
JAPAN
119
153
780
1,160
WORLD
INDIA
6,090
70.2
2001 2007 2011
Asia &
Pacific
ARGENTINA
8,620
2.1
Arab
States
10,590
30
9.3
10
50
Percentage of individuals
using the Internet
40
20
1,230
141 122
1,180
8
34,880
91
29.7
30
20
36.5
14
SOUTH AFRICA
URUGUAY
At the end of 2011, there were almost twice as many
active mobile-broadband as fixed-broadband subscriptions
MACAO
CHINA
390
CENTRAL
AFRICAN REP.
The ICT Development Index (IDI): Combines 11
indicators into one single measure to track progress
made in ICT access, use and skills, and includes such
indicators as the number of fixed- and mobile-broadband
Internet subscriptions, households with a computer, and
literacy rates. The IDI measures the level of ICT
developments in 155 economies worldwide.
PARAGUAY
Mobile-cellular
telephone
subscriptions
129
117
ICT
Development
Index
60
86
32.5
41,930
150
490
BENIN
8.9
2.5
ETHIOPIA
1,180
PERU
2001 2007 2011
COTE D’IVOIRE
LIBERIA
3,850
2001 2007 2011
134
GHANA
1210.8
28.5
1,270
NIGERIA
BRAZIL
2001 2007 2011
151
16
13.7
HONG KONG
CHINA
128
TOGO
550
85.7
2001 2007 2011
BURKINA
FASO
61
GUYANA
1,050
DJIBOUTI
GUINEA
n/a
82
17.3
GAMBIA
TRINIDAD
& TOBAGO
ECUADOR
34.1
45
118
1,330
152
15,380
77
6,970
COLOMBIA
Global ICT developments
71,008
ERITREA
125 148
450
DEVELOPING
4,270
BHUTAN
n/a
370
600
2008 2009 2010 2011
1,870
154
n/a
3,270
12,660
ST. VINCENT AND
THE GRENADINES
1,110
71
30
127
UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES
CHAD
1,090
101
BARBADOS
6,560
113
EL SALVADOR
QATAR
18,260
124
CAPE VERDE
440
PAKISTAN
53
155
12
78
OMAN
SENEGAL
SAINT LUCIA
1,870
137
BAHRAIN
16,190
145
12
CHINA
NEPAL
n/a
1,030
5,030
2
20
IRAN (I.R.)
47
DOMENICAN REP.
8,890
16
4,340
136
93
2
16
75
27
MAURITANIA
JAMAICA
2
6
JORDAN
ISRAEL
NIGER
6
20
8,880
4,160
MALI
6
20
1,280
65
27,170
ANTIGUA
& BARBUDA
10
19,890
SAUDI
ARABIA
MEXICO
10
1
2,420
5,550
10
Mobile-cellular
sub-basket
6,300
EGYPT
106
14
KOREA (REP.)
83
79
110
5,330
LEBANON
2,850
CUBA
14
102
TURKMENISTAN
2,750
4,450
90
68
SYRIA
9,890
26,940
14
UZBEKISTAN
AZERBAIJAN
2,690
TURKEY
4,570
33
18
n/a
GEORGIA
GREECE
26
TUNISIA
18
2008 2009 2010 2011
-30.4%
20
18
DEVELOPED
84
1,810
3,960
MALTA
-29.7%
4
MONGOLIA
54
80
31,750
21,880
20
4.0
MOLDOVA
TFYR
MACEDONIA
ALBANIA
-38.5%
24
7,590
6,270
5,630
28
37
51
SERBIA
63
35,150
SPAIN
BULGARIA
12,850
20
24
49
52
7,840
24
KAZAKHSTAN
ROMANIA
HUNGARY
42
ITALY
PORTUGAL
39
By 2011, ICT prices in
developed countries had
stabilized. In developing
countries, prices continue
to fall at double digit rates
IPB decrease
2008 2009 2010 2011
3,000
16,830
71,530
42,390
67
SLOVAKIA
17,890
SLOVENIA
The price of
ICT services
has dropped
on average
by 30 per
cent between
2008 and
2011
UKRAINE
CZECH
REPUBLIC
47,060
77,160
18
46
AUSTRIA
NETHERLANDS
FRANCE
BELARUS
12,440
43,110
45,910
11,390
31
16
23
38,370
POLAND
GERMANY
11,620
35
59,050
9,900
36
LITHUANIA
BELGIUM
38
LATVIA
3
22
RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
14,460
50,110
DENMARK
UNITED
KINGDOM
24
SWEDEN
84,290
CANADA
ESTONIA
47,720
The ICT Price Basket (IPB): Combines
fixed-telephone, mobile-cellular and
fixed-broadband Internet prices for 165
economies into one measure and ranks
countries based on their 2011 prices, and in
relation to income levels. The IPB value reflects
the affordability of ICT services since prices are
calculated as a percentage of a country’s
average GNI per capita.
Economy
Global
IDI rank
IDI
2011
IDI %
change
117
115
68
88
49
60
47
40
114
73
23
19
15
14
13
13
13
13
12
12
3
8
22
40
46
74
3
Economy
Global
IDI rank
NEW
ZEALAND
17
28,770
Iceland
4
Hong Kong, Ch.
11
Barbados
34
UAE
45
Kazakhstan
South Africa
Moldova
Cape Verde
49
91
4
Economy
Global
IDI rank
Finland
5
Singapore Antigua & Barbuda Saudi Arabia
12
43
47
62
101
5
Economy
Global
IDI rank
Netherlands
6
Macao, China
14
Uruguay
50
Oman
53
Ukraine
67
Botswana
108
© 2012 International Telecommunication Union
Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database
www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/