Increasing Broadband Internet Penetration
In the OIC Member Countries
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Figure 21: OECD versus OIC Member Countries: Internet penetration
Sources: International Telecommunications Union; Telecom Advisory Services analysisHowever, as of 2015, at this point the proportion of Internet users in the OIC Member
Countries (30.59%) is half that of OECD countries (77.24%). As expected, the percentage of
Internet users varies significantly across the OIC Member Countries. For example, Internet
penetration in African OIC Member Countries reaches 27.90%, while in Arab countries it is
39.53%, and in Asian OIC Member Countries it is 28.05%. The difference between the OIC and
all countries in each of the regions is presented in table 31.
Table 31: Internet Penetration: OIC Member Countries vs. all countries
OIC
Member
Countries
All Countries (only major countries cited)
Africa 27.90%
•Eastern Africa (Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi,
Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda,
Zambia, Zimbabwe): 15.57%
•Middle Africa (Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial
Guinea, Gambia): 8.34%
•Northern Africa (Algeria, Eritrea, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia): 37.00 %
•Southern Africa (Botswana, Egypt, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa): 48.26%
•Western Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo): 31.09%
Asia 28.03%
• Australasia (Australia, New Zealand): 85.13%
• Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan): 43.98%
• Eastern Asia (China, Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan): 54.71%
• Melanesia (Fiji): 13.79%
• Micronesia: 42.11%
28%
33%
42%
46%
51%
54% 57%
62% 64% 65% 68% 69% 71% 72% 74%
77%
1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 9%
12% 14% 16% 18% 21% 23%
27%
31%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
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