Increasing Broadband Internet Penetration
In the OIC Member Countries
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same statistic for Asian OIC Member Countries is 29.62% and among African OIC Member
Countries is 17.30%. Finally, when assessed penetration against coverage, the mobile
broadband demand gap can be accurately measured across the OIC Member Countries (see
table 33).
Table 33: Mobile broadband demand gap (2015)
Country Population Covered (%) Connections Penetration (%) Demand Gap (%) Kuwait 100.00 139.31 (*) 0
Bahrain 97.90 131.78 (*) 0
Saudi Arabia 97.00 111.67 (*) 0
Malaysia 92.00 89.94 2.06
Suriname 80.00 75.85 4.15
Algeria 46.00 40.11 5.89
UAE 100.00 91.99 8.01
Chad 13.00 1.38 11.62
Kazakhstan 72.70 59.97 12.73
Uzbekistan 44.00 28.69 15.31
Sudan 45.73 29.41 16.32
Oman 95.00 78.26 16.74
Indonesia 60.00 42.05 17.95
Qatar 98.00 80.03 17.97
Guinea 39.10 13.93 25.17
Uganda 45.00 18.31 26.69
Kyrgyzstan 59.00 30.96 28.04
Somalia 30.00 0.99 29.01
Côte d'Ivoire 71.00 40.39 30.61
Tunisia 94.00 62.63 31.37
Pakistan 46.00 13.02 32.98
Afghanistan 40.00 5.97 34.03
Maldives 100.00 63.64 36.36
Azerbaijan 97.30 60.92 36.38
Iran (I.R.) 59.81 20.02 39.79
Mozambique 50.00 9.37 40.63
Morocco 80.00 39.28 40.72
Benin 45.00 4.24 40.76
Lebanon 96.40 53.43 42.97
Togo 50.00 6.02 43.98
Turkey 95.03 50.94 44.09
Nigeria 66.60 20.95 45.65
Cameroon 50.00 4.27 45.73
Egypt 97.80 50.66 47.14
Iraq 55.00 3.55 51.45
Bangladesh 71.00 13.45 57.55
Albania 99.00 40.58 58.42
Syria 70.00 10.38 59.62
Gabon 95.00 33.12 61.88
Jordan 99.00 35.58 63.42
Gambia 86.00 10.02 75.98
Brunei Darussalam 91.00 4.48 86.52
(*) A higher number of connections than coverage could indicate two lines per individual in some cases
Sources: Regulatory Agencies; International Telecommunications Union; Telecom Advisory Services analysisOnly in a few OIC Member Countries, the mobile broadband demand gap is non-existent:
Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, and United Arab Emirates. In other
Demand gap <10% Demand gap between 10% and 20% Demand gap >20%