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Maldives are followed by UAE, Kazakhstan, and Bahrain. OIC countries are generally in a less
favorable position in terms of internet penetration compared to fixed and mobile telephony.
Average of fixed broadband penetrations among the OIC countries is just 4.28 percent and this
is much lower than world average, which is 11.2 percent.
Bahrain, Qatar and UAE are the best performing OIC countries in terms of internet usage rates
with values above 90 percent. However, average of internet usage rates among OIC countries is
still lower than world average as well as developing countries average.