Increasing Broadband Internet Penetration
In the OIC Member Countries
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Figure 12: Worldwide Internet adoption (as percent of world population) (2000-2015)
Sources: International Telecommunications Union; Telecom Advisory Services analysisHaving said that, a comparison of adoption across regions indicates a lag of emerging countries
vis-à-vis the developed world. As an example, as of the end of 2015, Internet penetration
among OECD countries is 77.24%, while it remains at 30.59% within the OIC Member
Countries. A more granular view of Internet adoption across continents provides a better view
of advanced and laggard Internet adopting countries (see table 8).
Table 8: Worldwide internet adoption (as percent of population) (2015)
Region Internet Adoption ( %) Northern Europe 90.90
Western Europe 86.83
Australasia 85.13
OECD 77.24
Northern America 75.94
Southern Europe 70.13
Eastern Europe 67.32
Southern America 57.77
Eastern Asia 54.71
Western Asia 50.35
Central America 50.13
Southern Africa 48.26
Polynesia 47.33
Central Asia 43.98
World 43.84
Micronesia 42.11
Caribbean 39.17
Northern Africa 37.00
South-Eastern Asia 34.17
Western Africa 31.09
Southern Asia 24.53
Eastern Africa 15.57
Melanesia 13.79
Middle Africa 8.34
Sources: International Telecommunications Union; Telecom Advisory Services analysis
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