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Copyright ©2008 by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/THE WORLD BANK 1818 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20433 U.S.A. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing May 2008 ISBN: 978-0-8213-7402-3 e-ISBN: 978-0-8213-7560-0 DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-7402-3
The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2008 is a product of the Development Data Group of the Development Economics Vice Presidency and the Global Information and Communication Technologies Department of the World Bank. Editing, design, and layout by Communications Development Incorporated, Washington, D.C. Cover design by Peter Grundy Art & Design, London, U.K.
Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Data notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Regional tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 East Asia and Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Europe and Central Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Latin America and the Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Middle East and North Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 South Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Sub-Saharan Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Income group tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Low income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Middle income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Lower middle income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Upper middle income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Low and middle income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Euro area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 High income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Country tables (in alphabetical order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
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Acknowledgments The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2008 is the result of close collaboration between the staff of the Development Data Group of the Development Economics Vice Presidency and the Global Information and Communication Technologies Department of the World Bank. The Development Data Group team included David Cieslikowski, Richard Fix, Raymond Muhula, Beatriz Prieto-Oramas, and William Prince. The Global Information and Communication Technologies team included Naomi Halewood, Kaoru Kimura, Marta Priftis, and Mark Williams. We would also like to acknowledge the cooperation of the International Telecommunication Union for the use of its data. The work was carried out under the management of Shaida Badiee and Mohsen Khalil. Meta de Coquereaumont, Christopher Trott, and Elaine Wilson of Communications Development Incorporated provided design, editing, and layout. Staff from External Affairs oversaw publication and dissemination of the book.
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Preface In the last decade developing countries have experienced a revolution in information and communication technology. Most countries now have more than one telecommunications operator, and in many countries more than three companies compete to provide telecommunications services. This competition has resulted in high levels of investment, rapid growth of networks, and a downward trend in prices. Today, more than half of the world’s population lives within reach of communication networks—and the share is rising. This rapid increase in the availability of communication services has broad implications. Research shows that investment in information and communication technology can boost economic growth and the productivity of firms of all sizes in countries across the range of income levels. The sector is an increasingly important source of investment and tax revenue, particularly in low-income countries. It also has a direct impact on people’s lives, allowing family members to maintain contact with each other and providing improved services in health and education. The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2008 charts the progress of this revolution for 209 countries around the world. It provides comparable statistics on the sector for 2000 and 2006 across a range of indicators, enabling readers to readily compare countries. This guide includes indicators covering the economic and social context, the structure of the information and communication technology sector, and sector performance related to access, quality, affordability, institutional efficiency, and applications. The Glossary contains definitions of the terms used in the tables. For more information about these data or other World Bank data publications, visit our data Web site at www.worldbank.org/data or the Web site of the Global Information and Communication Technologies Department at www.worldbank.org/ict or call our data hotline at 800.590.1906 or 202.473.7824.
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Data notes The data in this book are for 2000 and 2006 or the most recent year unless otherwise noted in the Glossary. •
Growth rates are proportional changes from the previous year unless otherwise noted.
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Regional aggregates include data for low- and middle-income economies only.
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Italics indicate data for years or periods other than those specified.
Symbols used: ..
indicates that data are not available or that aggregates cannot be calculated because of missing data.
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indicates zero or small enough that the number would round to zero at the displayed number of decimal places.
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indicates current U.S. dollars.
Data are shown for economies with populations greater than 30,000 or for smaller economies if they are members of the World Bank. The term country (used interchangeably with economy) does not imply political independence or official recognition by the World Bank but refers to any economy for which the authorities report separate social or economic statistics.
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Regional tables The country composition of regions is based on the World Bank’s analytical regions and may differ from common geographic usage. East Asia and Pacific American Samoa, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Democratic Republic of Korea, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam Europe and Central Asia Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan Latin America and the Caribbean Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Uruguay, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Middle East and North Africa Algeria, Djibouti, Arab Republic of Egypt, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, West Bank and Gaza, Republic of Yemen South Asia Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Sub-Saharan Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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World 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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6,077 47 5,252 3.2 .. 64
6,538 49 7,448 3.0 82 68
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4.6
16.1 38 12.2 .. 6.5 8.0 79
19.5 .. 40.0 .. 21.4 10.6 83
25.0 0.36 102
.. 5.46 529
10.2 .. .. 3.01
10.0 10.4 12.1 1.42
2.3 157 26.8
2.9 572 18.5
7.3 .. 21.8
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East Asia & Pacific 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
1,804 37 908 6.0 .. 66
1,899 42 1,856 8.6 91 69
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4.7
9.3 6 5.8 .. 1.9 1.6 53
23.1 8 34.7 .. 11.1 4.1 63
31.9 0.00 2
.. 3.56 182
6.9 .. .. 4.32
5.8 5.0 5.8 1.16
1.9 151 30.7
2.7 849 ..
3.8 .. 0.3
5.3 0.43 1.4
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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Europe & Central Asia 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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460 63 1,965 2.8 .. ..
461 64 4,815 5.8 97 82
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4.4
22.0 29 8.5 .. 2.8 5.1 92
24.6 .. 63.5 .. 19.2 10.2 97
35.7 0.01 15
9.5 3.64 268
8.6 .. .. 3.03
7.2 11.8 11.1 1.55
2.5 114 26.0
1.7 314 22.0
5.2 .. 3.2
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Latin America & Caribbean 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
514 75 3,766 3.0 .. 79
556 78 4,785 3.1 90 81
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4.2
14.4 38 12.1 .. 3.8 4.9 77
17.8 .. 54.9 90 18.4 11.3 79
14.5 0.04 8
.. 2.95 269
15.7 .. .. 2.46
9.5 10.4 12.2 1.21
3.1 244 26.3
4.3 642 ..
4.6 .. 4.0
5.3 0.49 15.4
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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Middle East & North Africa 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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279 56 1,684 4.5 .. 62
311 57 2,507 4.2 73 70
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8.7 16 2.3 70 0.9 2.5 82
16.9 36 35.7 84 13.8 5.6 90
25.0 0.00 1
23.5 0.63 126
8.8 .. .. 4.06
5.2 6.5 9.2 1.66
1.1 153 39.2
1.5 466 18.4
2.2 .. 0.2
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South Asia 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
1,359 27 443 5.4 .. 53
1,499 29 768 7.0 58 60
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4.6
2.7 3 0.3 24 0.5 0.4 20
3.3 .. 15.3 60 4.9 1.4 32
132.0 0.00 1
.. 0.18 22
6.5 .. .. 3.48
4.0 2.4 6.6 2.02
1.5 60 25.9
2.1 433 ..
3.9 .. 0.1
6.0 0.32 0.8
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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Sub-Saharan Africa 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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673 33 483 3.2 .. 43
782 36 829 4.7 59 51
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4.5
1.4 7 1.7 .. 0.5 0.9 12
1.0 .. 13.5 .. 3.8 1.8 14
60.8 0.00 1
.. 0.03 5
8.4 .. .. 5.88
11.6 12.3 15.9 2.43
2.4 73 32.5
3.2 586 ..
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.. 0.25 2.5
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Income group tables For operational and analytical purposes the World Bank’s main criterion for classifying economies is gross national income (GNI) per capita. Every economy in The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology is classified as low income, middle income, or high income. Low- and middleincome economies are sometimes referred to as developing economies. The use of the term is convenient; it is not intended to imply that all economies in the group are experiencing similar development or that other economies have reached a preferred or final stage of development. Classification by income does not necessarily reflect development status. Low-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of $905 or less in 2006. Middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of more than $905 but less than $11,116. Lower-middle-income and upper-middle-income economies are separated at a GNI per capita of $3,595. High-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of $11,116 or more. Euro area includes the member states of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union that have adopted the euro as their currency: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain.
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Low income 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2,161 28 381 5.0 .. 50
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
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2.1 4 0.4 .. 0.3 0.4 13
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
80.0 0.00 1
.. 0.18 22
8.4 .. .. 5.93
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
3.0 56 27.4
4.0 141 ..
3.8 .. 0.1
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Middle income 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2,928 51 1,725 4.0 .. 70
3,088 55 3,053 5.6 90 72
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4.4
12.6 16 7.5 .. 2.4 2.9 82
21.6 31 44.1 .. 14.1 6.6 89
28.3 0.01 5
8.2 3.33 144
10.1 .. .. 3.05
9.2 10.2 11.2 1.65
1.6 186 26.9
2.1 586 21.0
4.4 .. 1.6
5.1 0.48 6.8
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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Lower middle income 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2008
2006
2,153 43 1,055 5.3 .. 68
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
..
4.3
10.0 10 5.3 .. 1.6 1.8 75
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
31.2 0.00 2
22.0 3.23 189
8.2 .. .. 3.33
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
1.5 125 28.4
2.1 599 27.1
3.8 .. 0.3
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Upper middle income 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
775 73 3,588 3.0 .. 80
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
..
4.4
19.7 37 13.7 .. 4.7 5.9 89
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
27.0 0.02 14
7.5 3.57 242
12.8 .. .. 2.55
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
3.4 247 25.5
3.6 594 ..
4.8 .. 5.1
5.2 0.54 21.1
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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Low and middle income 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
14
2008
2006
5,089 41 1,154 4.1 .. 61
5,507 44 1,997 5.7 79 65
..
4.5
8.1 11 4.5 .. 1.6 1.9 52
13.4 .. 30.9 .. 8.0 4.3 60
48.0 0.00 3
.. 2.04 143
9.3 .. .. 3.97
8.7 10.0 11.7 1.81
1.9 103 26.9
2.5 492 ..
4.3 .. 1.0
5.2 0.38 4.1
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Euro area 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
306 73 22,314 2.8 .. ..
317 73 34,307 1.5 .. ..
..
5.0
53.5 194 61.1 99 23.0 26.3 96
54.2 .. 98.7 99 47.9 47.6 98
9.6 0.42 844
8.3 17.33 4,830
18.4 .. .. 0.81
28.8 20.5 20.7 0.73
2.3 430 ..
3.3 638 ..
5.6 .. 38.7
5.4 0.72 263.0
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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High income 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
16
2008
2006
988 76 26,365 3.0 .. 90
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
..
5.1
57.0 170 51.7 99 31.6 38.2 97
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
6.2 1.64 595
5.8 19.20 4,346
16.0 .. .. 0.96
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.4 384 26.8
4.4 641 16.1
7.9 .. 117.1
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Serbia and Montenegro Montenegro declared independence from Serbia and Montenegro on June 3, 2006. Where available, data for each country are shown separately. However, some indicators for Serbia prior to 2006 include data for Montenegro. Moreover, data for most indicators from 1999 onward for Serbia exclude data for Kosovo and Metohija.
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Afghanistan South Asia
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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.. 21 .. .. 28 12
.. 23 .. 10.7 .. 43
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
No Public
Yes Public
C .. .. ..
P P P ..
..
0.1 .. 0.1 .. 0.0 .. 6
0.6 1 9.7 .. 2.1 0.4 6
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. ..
25.0 0.00 0
.. 0.18 22
.. .. .. ..
0.1 10.8 .. 0.39
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
4.1 .. ..
5.1 60 37.8
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.20 0.2
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Albania Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
3 42 1,170 5.2 99 68
3 46 2,930 5.3 .. 69
Yes Public
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
P P C 3.9
4.3
5.0 73 1.0 84 0.1 0.8 90
11.2 160 48.5 97 14.9 1.7 90
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
70.2 .. 4
.. 0.01 4
22.0 3.23 189
3.0 .. .. 4.59
5.1 22.1 16.3 1.34
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
1.8 40 28.4
6.0 623 19.0
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 0.3
.. 0.47 2.5
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
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Algeria Middle East & North Africa
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
31 60 1,610 3.2 70 68
33 64 3,030 5.0 .. 74
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
No Public
Yes Public
M M .. ..
P P C 5.1
4.3
5.8 27 0.3 60 0.5 0.7 79
8.5 17 63.0 75 7.4 1.1 90
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
12.0 .. 0
0.8 0.59 5
22.0 3.23 189
4.5 .. .. 3.67
6.3 7.5 9.3 2.08
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
0.6 103 23.9
4.7 302 ..
2.1 599 27.1
2.1 .. ..
2.4 0.35 0.2
5.0 0.45 1.6
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American Samoa East Asia & Pacific
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
.. 89 .. .. .. ..
0.06 92 .. .. .. ..
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
4.4
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
18.2 .. 3.9 .. .. .. ..
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
7.5 3.57 242
10.1 .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
.. 82 ..
.. .. ..
3.6 594 ..
.. .. ..
.. .. 66.5
5.2 0.54 21.1
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
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811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
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Andorra High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2006
.. 92 .. .. .. 65
0.07 90 .. .. .. 63
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
.. Public
No Public
M M .. ..
M M M ..
5.1
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
53.5 .. 97.5 .. 33.1 .. ..
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. .. ..
.. 15.62 6,344
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. ..
.. 15.0 .. ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. ..
.. 0.52 523.2
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Angola Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
14 50 420 6.3 67 26
17 54 1,970 11.5 .. ..
Yes Public
Yes Public
M P P ..
C P C 3.6
4.3
0.5 5 0.2 .. 0.1 0.1 9
0.6 .. 13.7 .. 0.5 0.7 9
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
36.9 .. 0
.. .. 12
22.0 3.23 189
11.9 .. .. 9.32
.. 12.2 0.2 3.23
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
1.2 43 ..
2.0 586 25.3
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. 0.33 1.1
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
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Antigua and Barbuda High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2006
0.08 37 8,100 4.6 .. ..
0.08 40 11,050 5.1 .. ..
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
.. Public
No Public
M C M ..
M C C ..
5.1
49.9 641 28.7 85 6.5 10.2 89
47.6 596 121.3 100 38.1 14.6 98
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. .. 358
.. 6.89 16,588
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. ..
13.5 12.3 22.0 ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. 128 ..
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 242.7
.. 0.45 801.8
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Argentina Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
37 89 7,470 2.7 97 92
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service P Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
39 90 5,150 3.6 .. 90
Upper middleincome group 2006
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
Yes Private C C C 3.7
4.4
21.4 25 17.6 .. 7.0 6.9 95
24.2 33 80.5 .. 20.9 9.0 97
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. 0.23 12
.. 4.01 690
7.5 3.57 242
20.0 .. .. 2.77
6.8 7.8 5.4 ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
3.3 700 20.1
3.4 972 ..
3.6 594 ..
4.3 .. 6.4
6.9 0.58 15.6
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Armenia Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
3 65 660 5.1 99 72
3 64 1,920 12.5 .. 71
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
.. Mixed
No Mixed
M M C ..
M P C 4.5
4.3
17.3 40 0.6 38 1.3 0.8 89
19.7 128 10.5 88 5.7 9.8 91
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
55.5 0.00 3
64.4 0.07 22
22.0 3.23 189
8.1 .. .. 5.34
2.4 8.7 56.6 2.42
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
3.0 71 46.3
3.0 173 23.6
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 0.3
.. 0.42 4.3
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Aruba High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
.. 47 .. 4.4 97 87
0.10 47 .. –0.8 .. 86
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
5.1
.. .. .. .. .. .. 76
38.1 .. 107.9 90 23.9 7.9 76
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. .. ..
.. 12.24 1,795
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. 2.90
16.0 12.4 .. ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
4.8 130 ..
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. ..
.. .. 386.5
7.2 0.74 569.4
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
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1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
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Australia High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
28
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
19 87 20,720 4.1 .. 113
21 88 35,860 3.2 .. 113
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
C C C ..
C C C 4.8
5.1
52.5 225 44.7 96 34.5 47.0 97
48.0 .. 95.5 98 73.9 75.7 99
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
8.3 0.63 128
12.0 18.84 11,593
5.8 19.20 4,346
17.4 .. .. 0.67
30.5 18.2 22.5 ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.0 248 30.9
3.6 317 16.7
4.4 641 16.1
6.7 .. 176.3
6.4 0.81 813.2
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Austria High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Highincome group 2006
8 66 26,010 2.9 .. 91
8 66 39,750 1.7 .. 92
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
C P C ..
C P C 5.1
5.1
49.9 303 76.4 98 33.7 36.2 97
43.0 265 111.8 99 50.7 60.7 98
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
5.4 2.38 1,034
5.7 17.24 6,634
5.8 19.20 4,346
23.3 .. .. 1.19
29.0 23.2 15.7 0.71
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
2.3 545 18.8
2.3 642 11.2
4.4 641 16.1
5.9 .. 83.2
5.5 0.74 400.2
7.2 0.74 569.4
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
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Azerbaijan Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
30
2008
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
8 51 610 7.3 99 66
8 52 1,840 15.6 .. 67
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
.. Public
No Public
M C .. ..
P P C 5.1
4.3
10.0 12 5.2 94 0.1 0.7 99
14.0 33 39.2 99 9.8 2.3 99
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
52.0 .. 0
48.1 0.03 36
22.0 3.23 189
17.6 .. .. 7.10
5.3 15.1 10.0 4.18
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
1.6 123 30.8
1.3 229 18.7
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 0.1
.. 0.46 0.6
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Bahamas, The High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
0.30 89 15,290 4.2 .. 66
0.33 91 .. .. .. 71
Yes Public
Yes Public
M M M ..
P M C ..
5.1
37.7 620 10.4 95 4.3 9.0 82
41.2 585 70.5 95 31.9 12.4 93
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. 1.35 146
.. 4.14 278
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. 2.40
.. 9.5 25.0 ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. 132 ..
.. 301 ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 71.6
.. 0.49 181.2
7.2 0.74 569.4
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
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Bahrain High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
32
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
0.65 95 10,740 4.3 87 81
0.74 97 19,350 6.1 .. 86
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
No Mixed
Yes Mixed
M M M ..
C P C 5.1
5.1
26.3 408 31.6 100 6.2 14.6 97
26.2 587 121.6 100 21.3 17.7 95
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
15.0 0.18 293
.. 5.23 564
5.8 19.20 4,346
7.2 .. .. 3.39
5.7 6.6 7.9 1.74
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
4.9 180 21.4
3.5 438 11.3
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 16.5
.. 0.57 55.8
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Bangladesh South Asia
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
139 23 360 5.2 47 58
156 26 450 5.6 .. 56
No Public
Yes Public
M C .. ..
M C C 4.5
..
0.4 2 0.2 40 0.1 0.1 18
0.7 6 12.3 90 0.3 2.2 23
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. 0
.. .. 8
.. 0.18 22
10.7 .. .. 4.14
4.0 2.6 24.0 2.02
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
0.8 48 25.1
1.5 .. ..
4.0 141 ..
2.0 .. 0.0
2.7 0.29 0.0
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
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Barbados High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
0.29 50 8,480 3.7 .. 88
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service M Mobile telephone service C Internet service .. Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
34
2008
0.29 53 .. .. .. ..
Highincome group 2006
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Mixed P P P 4.9
5.1
43.2 466 9.9 95 3.5 7.7 75
46.2 565 70.6 100 54.8 13.7 93
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. .. ..
.. 10.94 2,055
5.8 19.20 4,346
16.3 .. .. 4.05
17.8 11.3 25.6 1.95
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
6.6 172 15.8
5.2 365 16.4
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 48.7
.. 0.57 234.7
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Belarus Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
10 70 1,380 6.7 100 87
10 73 3,470 8.1 .. 89
.. Public
No Public
M C .. ..
M C C ..
4.3
27.5 39 0.5 62 1.9 .. 87
34.6 64 61.2 93 56.3 0.8 97
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
28.3 0.00 2
23.1 0.12 192
22.0 3.23 189
1.2 .. .. 3.28
1.6 11.8 10.5 1.90
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
1.5 105 28.8
2.1 280 41.3
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 0.4
.. 0.52 1.1
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
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Belgium High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
36
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
10 97 25,360 2.7 .. 107
11 97 38,460 1.7 .. 95
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
C P C ..
C P C 4.8
5.1
49.1 316 54.9 99 29.3 22.4 95
44.8 .. 91.6 99 45.8 37.7 98
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
3.5 1.24 1,829
6.3 19.19 11,279
5.8 19.20 4,346
22.0 .. .. 1.67
33.1 18.5 37.6 0.75
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
1.9 374 33.7
3.2 634 18.0
4.4 641 16.1
6.0 .. 33.2
5.9 0.68 193.5
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Belize Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
0.25 48 3,090 5.6 .. 71
0.30 49 3,740 5.6 .. 82
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M .. M ..
M .. M ..
4.4
14.3 120 6.7 .. 6.0 12.0 70
11.4 178 39.8 .. 11.4 14.1 93
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
65.6 .. 12
41.1 1.89 605
7.5 3.57 242
9.3 .. .. 4.45
17.6 16.3 12.7 2.59
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
6.0 132 15.1
5.2 312 23.8
3.6 594 ..
.. .. 31.1
.. 0.41 259.9
5.2 0.54 21.1
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2008
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
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Benin Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
38
2008
2006
Lowincome group 2006
7 38 340 5.3 35 40
9 41 530 3.8 .. 51
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
No ..
Yes ..
M M .. ..
M C .. 4.8
..
0.7 4 0.8 23 0.2 0.1 18
0.9 6 12.1 .. 8.0 0.4 20
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
8.0 0.00 0
7.5 0.00 5
.. 0.18 22
11.3 .. .. 5.93
16.1 13.0 11.4 4.80
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
2.4 87 54.2
1.6 621 513.2
4.0 141 ..
.. .. 0.1
.. 0.19 0.1
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Bermuda High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
0.06 100 .. .. .. 87
0.06 100 .. .. .. ..
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
5.1
90.2 .. 20.9 .. 43.5 48.3 ..
90.4 .. 94.2 98 66.1 22.5 ..
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. .. ..
4.4 37.06 8,699
5.8 19.20 4,346
39.0 .. .. ..
38.9 12.2 .. ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. 151 33.0
.. 178 11.3
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. .. .. 496.3 1,833.9
7.2 0.74 569.4
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
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1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
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Bhutan South Asia
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
40
2008
2006
0.56 10 720 6.3 .. ..
0.65 11 1,430 7.8 60 ..
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
Yes Public
Yes Public
M .. .. ..
M P C ..
4.3
2.5 .. .. .. 0.4 0.9 52
4.9 41 12.7 11 4.6 2.0 53
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. .. 2
54.0 .. 34
22.0 3.23 189
4.9 .. .. 1.19
4.3 3.9 14.9 0.66
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
2.2 41 26.2
2.3 141 81.1
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. 0.31 ..
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Bolivia Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
8 62 1,000 3.5 87 84
9 65 1,100 3.3 .. 86
Yes Mixed
Yes Private
M P C ..
M C C 4.1
4.3
6.1 14 7.0 .. 1.4 1.7 46
7.1 49 28.8 .. 6.2 2.4 50
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. 0.04 2
.. 0.12 43
22.0 3.23 189
11.6 .. .. 2.43
8.5 5.6 12.1 ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
4.7 451 43.4
5.7 810 3.8
2.1 599 27.1
4.4 .. 0.6
4.9 0.49 3.8
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
42
2008
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
4 43 1,520 24.9 97 ..
4 46 3,230 5.1 .. ..
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
Yes Public
Yes Mixed
M P C ..
M C C 4.5
4.3
20.6 90 2.5 60 1.1 3.7 87
25.2 208 48.1 97 24.2 5.4 87
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. 0.01 7
.. 1.02 40
22.0 3.23 189
4.6 .. .. 2.96
6.3 6.6 7.6 3.62
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
3.6 480 27.5
5.5 366 36.5
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. 0.45 5.9
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Botswana Sub-Saharan Africa
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
2 53 3,310 8.7 .. 69
2 58 5,570 5.1 81 70
Yes Public
Yes Public
M C C ..
P .. C 4.6
4.4
7.9 42 12.9 90 2.9 3.5 10
7.4 74 52.7 99 3.3 4.7 10
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. .. 3
.. 0.09 16
7.5 3.57 242
4.8 .. .. 3.64
10.2 8.7 18.2 2.88
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
3.0 202 13.9
2.6 1,101 145.5
3.6 594 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.36 1.6
5.2 0.54 21.1
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811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
43
Brazil Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
174 81 3,870 1.7 86 90
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service P Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
44
2008
2006
189 85 4,710 3.0 89 88
Upper middleincome group 2006
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
Yes Private C C C 4.4
4.4
17.8 11 13.3 .. 2.9 4.9 89
20.5 .. 52.8 88 22.5 16.1 91
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
3.1 0.06 5
1.6 3.13 150
7.5 3.57 242
9.4 .. .. 1.15
15.6 26.2 10.1 0.71
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
3.4 516 39.8
3.4 1,545 21.3
3.6 594 ..
5.2 .. 5.8
6.4 0.57 20.1
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Brunei Darussalam High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
0.33 71 14,670 1.0 93 74
0.38 74 26,930 2.3 .. 78
No Public
Yes Public
P M .. ..
P M P ..
5.1
24.1 143 28.5 .. 9.0 6.9 98
21.0 .. 66.5 .. 43.3 8.8 98
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. 0.56 180
.. 2.74 1,453
5.8 19.20 4,346
10.7 .. .. ..
11.4 7.0 18.6 ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 8.8
.. 0.47 28.3
7.2 0.74 569.4
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
45
Bulgaria Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
46
2008
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
8 69 1,600 –0.4 98 79
8 70 3,990 5.5 .. 81
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
Yes Public
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
P P C 4.0
4.4
35.8 40 9.2 95 5.3 4.5 92
31.2 72 107.3 100 24.3 6.3 97
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
4.8 .. 5
2.8 5.00 1,756
7.5 3.57 242
3.8 .. .. 2.55
10.0 16.2 7.4 0.57
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
3.1 140 14.0
6.2 347 33.6
3.6 594 ..
3.9 .. 2.3
3.4 0.57 17.4
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lowincome group 2006
12 17 240 6.8 .. 22
14 19 440 6.2 24 29
Yes Public
Yes Public
M C C ..
M C C 4.6
..
0.4 3 0.2 22 0.1 0.1 7
0.7 11 7.1 26 0.6 0.2 8
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
59.3 0.00 0
18.4 0.01 15
.. 0.18 22
11.6 .. .. 3.16
16.9 12.8 33.9 1.14
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
2.0 62 38.0
3.7 440 155.4
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.15 0.1
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
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Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
48
2008
2006
Lowincome group 2006
7 9 120 –0.7 59 30
8 10 100 2.5 .. 38
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
Yes Public
Yes Public
M C C ..
C C C 2.8
..
0.3 1 0.2 .. 0.1 0.1 11
0.4 .. 1.9 .. 0.7 0.7 14
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
7.2 .. 0
6.0 .. 1
.. 0.18 22
1.9 .. .. 7.35
2.6 12.2 40.0 2.45
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.9 65 ..
.. 234 ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.18 0.2
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Cambodia East Asia & Pacific
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lowincome group 2006
13 17 280 7.3 67 51
14 20 490 9.5 74 60
.. Public
No Public
P P P ..
P P P 4.5
..
0.2 3 1.0 80 0.0 0.1 33
0.2 10 8.0 88 0.3 0.3 43
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
7.2 0.00 0
.. 0.01 1
.. 0.18 22
16.7 .. .. 6.00
5.2 5.1 9.9 2.94
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
0.6 241 ..
0.4 534 ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. 0.2
.. 0.30 0.5
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
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Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
50
2008
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
16 50 620 4.8 68 48
18 55 990 3.6 .. 62
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
Yes Public
Yes Public
M P C ..
M C C 3.7
4.3
0.6 6 0.7 30 0.3 0.3 17
0.6 9 12.7 73 2.0 1.1 26
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. .. 0
.. 0.00 9
22.0 3.23 189
6.5 .. .. 3.25
9.3 16.3 17.6 ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
1.4 90 62.8
3.1 730 28.3
2.1 599 27.1
4.1 .. ..
5.1 0.27 0.4
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Canada High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
31 79 22,130 4.3 .. 95
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service C Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
33 80 36,650 2.6 .. 99
Highincome group 2006
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Private C C C 5.1
5.1
67.7 439 28.4 90 42.2 41.9 101
64.3 .. 52.7 97 68.1 87.6 99
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. 4.59 1,133
.. 23.51 6,732
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. ..
.. 6.9 9.5 ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
2.8 331 24.0
2.5 425 16.2
4.4 641 16.1
6.1 .. 162.6
5.7 0.82 814.2
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Cape Verde Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
52
2008
2006
0.45 53 1,280 6.6 .. 71
0.52 58 2,130 5.1 81 66
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
M C C ..
4.3
12.1 79 4.4 90 1.8 5.5 40
13.8 139 21.0 .. 5.7 10.9 61
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
47.0 .. 2
38.4 0.35 46
22.0 3.23 189
4.6 .. .. 4.66
4.7 18.2 22.8 6.08
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
7.0 154 35.3
7.3 346 12.9
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. 0.42 1.9
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Cayman Islands High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
.. 100 .. .. .. 81
0.05 100 .. .. .. 76
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
5.1
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. 1,630 76.8 100 45.7 .. ..
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
5.8 19.20 4,346
13.5 .. .. ..
24.9 .. .. ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. 170 ..
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. .. .. .. 1,108.7
7.2 0.74 569.4
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
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1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
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Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
54
2008
2006
4 38 270 3.0 49 34
4 38 350 –0.7 .. 30
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M C .. ..
M C .. ..
..
0.2 2 0.1 .. 0.1 0.2 3
0.2 .. 2.4 .. 0.3 0.3 5
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. 0
56.0 .. 0
.. 0.18 22
.. .. .. 13.31
.. 12.4 100.1 1.99
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.1 35 1.0
1.1 134 ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.14 0.2
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Chad Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
8 23 180 3.1 26 32
10 26 450 14.1 .. 37
Yes Public
Yes Public
M P M ..
M .. C 2.8
..
0.1 1 0.1 .. 0.0 0.1 2
0.1 2 4.5 .. 0.6 0.2 4
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
52.0 .. 0
.. .. 1
.. 0.18 22
16.3 .. .. 12.50
16.9 13.2 86.3 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.4 31 ..
.. 127 ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.10 ..
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
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Channel Islands High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
56
2008
2006
0.15 31 .. .. .. ..
0.15 31 .. .. .. ..
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
5.1
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. 2.90
.. .. .. 2.90
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Chile Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
15 86 4,850 3.8 96 78
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator .. Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service C Mobile telephone service C Internet service .. Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
16 88 6,810 4.3 .. 83
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
Yes Private C C C 5.2
4.4
21.4 33 22.1 100 16.5 9.2 89
20.2 48 75.8 100 25.3 14.1 90
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
25.0 0.05 12
.. 5.95 780
7.5 3.57 242
15.7 .. .. 2.45
9.7 11.8 26.7 ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
3.4 315 44.0
.. .. ..
3.6 594 ..
6.0 .. 9.0
5.2 0.58 29.0
5.2 0.54 21.1
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57
China East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
58
2008
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
1,263 36 930 8.5 91 67
1,312 41 2,000 9.8 .. 69
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
.. Public
No Mixed
P P C ..
P P C 4.2
4.3
11.5 4 6.8 .. 1.8 1.6 86
28.0 7 35.1 .. 10.4 4.3 89
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. 0.00 2
.. 3.88 196
22.0 3.23 189
.. .. .. 6.67
.. 2.9 10.0 2.90
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
3.2 222 69.8
3.1 1,043 36.7
2.1 599 27.1
3.7 .. 0.1
5.4 0.50 0.7
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Colombia Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
42 71 2,080 0.6 .. 71
46 73 3,120 3.9 93 75
Yes Public
Yes Public
C P C ..
C C C 4.7
4.3
17.3 22 5.4 .. 2.1 3.6 94
17.3 68 65.3 80 14.7 4.2 90
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
44.3 0.02 15
27.9 1.38 560
22.0 3.23 189
6.6 .. .. 2.00
8.0 10.4 7.5 ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
2.7 242 63.5
5.3 .. ..
2.1 599 27.1
8.5 .. 1.7
7.1 0.53 7.7
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
59
Comoros Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
60
2008
2006
0.54 34 400 1.7 .. 41
0.61 38 660 2.4 .. 46
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
.. Public
No Public
M .. M ..
M .. M ..
..
1.3 24 .. .. 0.3 0.6 10
2.8 .. 2.7 .. 3.4 0.9 13
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
82.8 .. 0
.. 0.00 3
.. 0.18 22
14.0 .. .. ..
18.8 12.3 12.7 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
3.2 55 69.5
4.9 89 ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.19 1.6
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Congo, Dem. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
51 30 80 –3.8 67 27
61 33 130 4.7 .. 34
No Public
Yes Public
C C C ..
C C C ..
..
0.0 .. 0.0 .. 0.0 0.0 1
0.0 5 7.3 50 0.3 0.0 4
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. 0
.. 0.00 0
.. 0.18 22
.. .. .. ..
.. 11.0 14.0 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
.. .. ..
6.4 1,428 ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.22 0.1
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
61
Congo, Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
62
2008
2006
3 58 550 1.9 .. 43
4 61 1,050 4.4 85 51
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
.. Public
No Public
C C .. ..
C C .. ..
4.3
0.7 .. 2.2 60 0.0 0.3 6
0.4 .. 13.6 80 1.9 0.5 7
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. .. 0
.. .. 0
22.0 3.23 189
.. .. .. ..
.. 11.0 64.9 5.39
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
.. .. ..
2.9 .. ..
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. 0.27 0.5
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Costa Rica Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
4 59 3,710 5.7 95 66
4 62 4,980 4.8 .. 73
Yes Public
Yes Public
M M M ..
M M P 4.2
4.4
22.9 62 5.4 .. 5.8 15.3 85
30.7 127 32.8 86 27.6 23.1 89
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
5.0 0.01 91
3.8 1.34 176
7.5 3.57 242
7.1 .. .. 1.93
6.0 1.9 18.3 ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
1.7 231 44.4
2.4 459 36.2
3.6 594 ..
6.9 .. 13.9
7.3 0.51 90.5
5.2 0.54 21.1
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2008
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
63
Côte d’Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
64
2008
2006
17 43 630 3.4 49 37
19 45 880 0.1 .. ..
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M P C ..
P P C ..
..
1.5 9 2.8 23 0.2 0.5 32
1.4 17 21.5 55 1.6 1.7 35
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
100.0 .. 0
81.0 0.01 3
.. 0.18 22
8.5 .. .. 6.07
22.5 21.8 67.7 2.25
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
3.5 189 23.7
5.4 1,442 40.0
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.19 0.5
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Croatia Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
5 56 4,360 3.2 98 70
4 57 9,310 4.8 .. 73
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
C C C 4.9
4.4
38.2 163 22.9 98 6.6 11.1 94
41.3 231 100.6 100 35.5 19.9 98
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
12.0 .. 41
12.0 5.67 1,074
7.5 3.57 242
11.9 .. .. ..
13.1 14.5 16.5 ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
3.9 178 14.7
5.5 540 14.5
3.6 594 ..
.. .. 13.7
0.0 0.57 75.3
5.2 0.54 21.1
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811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
65
Cuba Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
66
2008
2006
11 76 .. 4.2 100 75
11 75 .. 3.4 .. 88
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
.. Mixed
No Private
M P C ..
M M P ..
4.3
4.4 29 0.1 41 0.5 1.2 70
8.6 31 1.4 71 2.1 3.3 70
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
9.9 .. 2
9.2 .. 14
22.0 3.23 189
12.4 .. .. 7.35
13.1 22.6 30.0 7.49
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
2.2 30 16.0
2.6 58 7.5
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 0.2
.. 0.40 0.1
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Cyprus High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Highincome group 2006
0.69 69 13,440 3.9 97 73
0.77 70 23,270 3.2 .. 78
No Public
Yes Public
M M C ..
C P C 4.1
5.1
63.4 508 31.5 99 17.3 21.6 97
52.9 693 100.8 100 46.2 36.8 99
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
22.8 0.36 58
.. 6.43 594
5.8 19.20 4,346
7.8 .. .. 1.02
18.3 3.8 20.8 0.33
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.2 274 36.6
2.9 480 18.9
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 42.8
.. 0.60 401.5
7.2 0.74 569.4
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1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
67
Czech Republic High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
68
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
10 74 5,800 1.0 .. 74
10 74 12,790 4.1 .. 83
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M P C ..
C P C 4.4
5.1
37.7 77 42.3 99 9.7 12.2 89
31.4 95 118.3 100 34.5 27.4 ..
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
17.0 0.02 602
6.1 10.58 2,170
5.8 19.20 4,346
12.1 .. .. 0.97
24.1 17.2 19.9 1.06
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
4.5 349 47.1
3.9 768 11.7
4.4 641 16.1
7.4 .. 26.7
7.3 0.67 105.4
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Denmark High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
5 85 31,850 2.8 .. 96
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service C Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
5 86 52,110 1.6 .. 103
Highincome group 2006
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Private C P C 5.7
5.1
71.9 255 63.0 .. 39.2 50.6 96
57.0 318 107.4 .. 58.3 69.6 97
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
8.0 1.06 1,409
9.0 31.79 34,796
5.8 19.20 4,346
22.5 .. .. 1.30
30.7 6.0 23.4 0.89
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
2.6 337 27.0
2.6 474 17.3
4.4 641 16.1
6.1 .. 73.9
6.0 0.91 807.9
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Djibouti Middle East & North Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
70
2008
2006
0.73 83 760 –0.2 .. 19
0.82 87 1,060 3.3 .. 25
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
.. Public
No Public
M .. M ..
M .. M ..
4.3
1.3 23 0.0 30 0.2 0.9 39
1.3 27 5.5 78 1.3 2.4 43
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
112.5 .. 0
136.0 0.01 56
22.0 3.23 189
33.4 .. .. 4.73
16.8 7.3 41.0 4.73
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
3.7 19 10.5
4.8 56 37.6
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. 0.23 1.2
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Dominica Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
0.07 71 3,200 2.2 .. 75
0.07 73 4,160 5.3 .. 81
.. Mixed
No Mixed
M M .. ..
M M .. ..
4.4
31.8 .. 1.7 .. 8.4 7.7 76
29.3 .. 58.5 .. 36.1 18.2 ..
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. 0.11 70
.. 4.55 420
7.5 3.57 242
14.6 .. .. ..
13.8 12.4 16.5 ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
5.0 132 ..
10.7 .. ..
3.6 594 ..
.. .. 84.4
.. 0.37 384.7
5.2 0.54 21.1
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811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
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Dominican Republic Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
9 62 2,050 7.8 87 71
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
72
2008
10 68 2,910 3.9 .. 74
Lower middleincome group 2006
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
Yes Private C C C 5.2
4.3
10.2 175 8.1 .. 3.7 1.9 74
9.3 .. 47.9 90 20.8 2.2 76
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. .. 6
.. 0.69 6
22.0 3.23 189
18.1 .. .. ..
18.2 8.6 12.3 0.22
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
.. 99 ..
0.5 .. 192.0
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 0.9
.. 0.49 9.9
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Ecuador Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
12 60 1,340 0.7 91 ..
13 63 2,910 5.3 .. ..
Yes Public
Yes Public
M P P ..
C C C 3.0
4.3
10.0 43 3.9 85 1.5 2.2 76
13.3 216 64.3 67 11.7 6.6 80
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
35.1 0.02 2
3.8 0.21 227
22.0 3.23 189
9.8 .. .. 2.48
7.9 18.9 20.2 ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
2.8 244 ..
3.8 660 ..
2.1 599 27.1
2.9 .. 0.9
3.0 0.48 7.3
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
73
Egypt, Arab Rep. Middle East & North Africa
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
74
2008
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
67 43 1,460 5.2 .. 80
74 43 1,360 4.0 71 77
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
Yes Public
Yes Public
M P C ..
M P C 4.4
4.3
8.2 12 2.0 96 0.7 1.2 89
14.6 30 24.3 98 8.1 3.7 88
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
2.0 0.00 0
0.1 0.28 126
22.0 3.23 189
4.3 .. .. 3.33
4.0 5.8 5.0 1.45
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
2.8 125 18.8
3.8 443 31.2
2.1 599 27.1
1.1 .. 0.2
1.4 0.48 0.8
5.0 0.45 1.6
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El Salvador Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
6 58 2,030 3.3 .. 64
7 60 2,680 2.5 81 70
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
C C C ..
C C C 5.1
4.3
10.1 137 12.0 85 1.1 1.9 82
15.3 410 57.0 95 9.6 5.2 83
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
14.5 .. 7
1.7 0.63 23
22.0 3.23 189
16.3 .. .. 2.40
2.0 8.5 22.6 2.40
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
37.2 323 27.8
4.6 1,182 13.6
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 1.1
.. 0.50 7.7
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
75
Equatorial Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
76
2008
2006
0.43 39 1,540 36.0 87 58
0.50 39 8,510 19.4 .. ..
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
.. Mixed
No Mixed
M .. M ..
M .. M ..
4.4
1.4 .. 1.2 100 0.2 0.5 23
2.1 .. 20.0 100 1.6 1.9 26
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. .. 0
.. 0.04 35
7.5 3.57 242
.. .. .. ..
.. .. 10.0 ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
1.2 65 ..
.. .. ..
3.6 594 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.29 ..
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Eritrea Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
4 18 170 1.5 .. 33
5 20 190 2.7 .. 35
Yes Public
Yes Public
M C C ..
M P P ..
..
0.8 6 .. .. 0.1 0.2 11
0.8 9 1.3 .. 2.1 0.6 16
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
57.5 .. 0
73.7 .. 2
.. 0.18 22
5.3 .. .. 5.83
6.2 .. 13.0 3.59
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
2.8 67 127.5
2.4 80 57.6
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.20 ..
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
77
Estonia High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
78
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
1 69 4,120 5.4 100 88
1 69 11,400 8.6 .. 92
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
C P C 5.9
5.1
38.2 128 40.7 99 28.6 16.1 91
40.4 109 123.6 99 56.6 48.3 93
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
19.2 1.27 137
.. 17.00 11,175
5.8 19.20 4,346
9.4 .. .. 1.62
15.6 8.6 10.9 0.90
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
5.1 354 17.6
5.4 641 8.7
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 58.6
.. 0.76 215.5
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lowincome group 2006
66 15 120 3.7 .. 27
77 16 170 5.7 36 42
Yes Public
Yes Public
M M M ..
M M M 4.1
..
0.4 1 0.0 .. 0.0 0.1 2
0.9 3 1.1 .. 0.2 0.4 4
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
94.0 .. 0
100.0 0.00 0
.. 0.18 22
3.1 .. .. 7.35
2.2 3.1 6.7 4.01
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.1 35 42.6
2.4 142 78.7
4.0 141 ..
.. .. 0.0
.. 0.19 0.0
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
79
Faeroe Islands High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
80
2008
2006
.. 36 .. .. .. ..
0.05 39 .. .. .. ..
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
5.1
.. .. .. 98 .. .. 94
47.7 .. 103.4 100 70.5 .. 98
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. .. ..
.. 20.91 3,313
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. ..
29.4 .. .. ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. 178 16.9
.. 227 3.7
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. ..
.. .. 62.1
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Fiji East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
0.80 48 2,250 2.2 .. 73
0.83 51 3,720 2.6 .. 75
.. Public
No Mixed
M M .. ..
M M .. ..
4.3
10.8 69 6.9 40 1.5 4.5 54
13.6 .. 24.8 60 9.6 6.0 60
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
135.0 .. 5
.. 0.85 87
22.0 3.23 189
5.5 .. .. 3.76
9.5 11.0 22.2 2.84
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
5.2 104 17.5
5.8 .. ..
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 5.0
.. 0.42 15.5
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
81
Finland High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
82
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
5 61 25,400 4.9 .. 104
5 61 41,360 2.9 .. 101
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
C C C ..
C C C 5.6
5.1
55.0 178 72.0 99 37.2 39.6 92
36.5 .. 107.7 99 55.5 50.0 94
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. 0.39 347
.. 27.12 4,311
5.8 19.20 4,346
19.4 .. .. 1.07
28.7 6.7 22.5 1.80
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.3 272 20.3
2.7 451 ..
4.4 641 16.1
7.3 .. 96.0
6.7 0.75 544.1
7.2 0.74 569.4
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France High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Highincome group 2006
59 76 24,450 2.9 .. 92
61 77 36,560 1.7 .. 97
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
C P C ..
C C C 4.9
5.1
57.7 173 49.3 99 14.4 30.4 94
55.3 183 84.3 99 49.1 57.5 97
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. 0.33 1,148
.. 20.73 3,286
5.8 19.20 4,346
18.4 .. .. 0.82
29.0 29.4 12.6 0.84
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
2.1 408 26.5
2.3 582 15.5
4.4 641 16.1
6.4 .. 27.7
6.3 0.80 141.2
7.2 0.74 569.4
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
83
French Polynesia High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
84
2008
2006
0.24 52 16,070 3.5 .. ..
0.26 52 .. .. .. ..
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
5.1
22.7 .. 16.9 70 6.4 6.4 92
20.7 .. 58.6 97 25.1 11.0 95
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
24.6 .. 32
.. 7.02 887
5.8 19.20 4,346
37.3 .. .. 3.67
44.4 37.5 69.3 ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.6 105 ..
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 16.7
.. .. 53.3
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
1 80 3,220 0.3 .. 70
1 84 5,360 1.7 84 ..
No Public
Yes Public
M P C ..
C C C ..
4.4
3.3 47 10.1 13 1.3 1.0 51
2.8 74 58.3 78 6.2 3.5 56
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
57.0 .. 0
13.4 0.09 153
7.5 3.57 242
23.4 .. .. 14.12
32.4 14.9 39.2 2.77
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
2.1 150 41.8
1.5 244 12.4
3.6 594 ..
.. .. 0.8
.. 0.32 3.8
5.2 0.54 21.1
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2008
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
85
Gambia, The Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
86
2008
2006
1 49 310 4.6 .. 45
2 55 290 3.9 .. 50
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
No Public
Yes Public
M M C ..
M P C ..
..
2.4 .. 0.4 20 0.9 1.1 12
3.2 .. 24.3 .. 3.6 1.5 12
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. 0
.. 0.00 6
.. 0.18 22
3.9 .. .. 5.39
.. .. 6.8 1.81
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
6.4 41 23.5
.. .. ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.23 1.2
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Georgia Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
5 53 700 5.7 .. 74
4 52 1,580 7.8 .. 76
Yes ..
Yes ..
P C C ..
C C C 3.8
4.3
10.8 29 4.1 79 0.5 2.4 81
12.5 58 38.4 96 7.5 4.7 89
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
26.3 0.01 2
.. 0.61 7
22.0 3.23 189
4.2 .. .. 2.88
9.7 44.1 9.9 ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
3.5 69 65.4
7.3 197 30.9
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 2.1
.. 0.46 7.7
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
87
Germany High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
88
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
82 75 25,510 2.0 .. 89
82 75 36,810 0.8 .. 88
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
C P C ..
C C C 5.0
5.1
61.1 191 58.6 99 30.2 33.6 98
65.8 .. 102.3 99 46.9 60.6 98
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. 0.32 848
.. 17.10 6,864
5.8 19.20 4,346
15.1 .. .. 0.34
26.5 17.0 7.5 0.43
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
2.7 409 17.4
2.9 559 8.5
4.4 641 16.1
6.1 .. 62.6
6.2 0.71 459.7
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
20 44 320 4.4 58 46
23 49 510 5.3 .. 53
Yes Mixed
Yes Public
P C C ..
P P C ..
..
1.1 11 0.6 .. 0.1 0.3 22
1.5 20 22.6 69 2.7 0.6 26
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
67.4 .. 0
5.6 0.06 9
.. 0.18 22
.. .. .. 1.65
9.8 7.0 11.9 0.39
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.8 91 29.5
.. 563 ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. 0.0
.. 0.30 0.4
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
89
Greece High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
90
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
11 59 14,430 3.5 96 81
11 59 27,390 4.4 .. 99
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M P C ..
C P C 4.4
5.1
51.8 154 54.3 99 9.2 6.9 97
55.5 182 99.6 100 18.4 9.2 100
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
11.3 .. 51
12.8 4.38 587
5.8 19.20 4,346
10.2 .. .. 0.69
21.1 23.1 10.2 1.09
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.2 451 42.3
3.4 632 9.4
4.4 641 16.1
3.5 .. 10.6
3.2 0.57 52.8
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Greenland High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
0.06 82 .. .. .. ..
0.06 83 .. .. .. ..
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
5.1
46.6 .. 28.4 .. 31.7 .. ..
.. .. 56.6 .. 66.8 .. ..
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. .. 107
.. .. ..
5.8 19.20 4,346
31.0 .. .. 2.41
36.3 6.8 .. ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. 65 ..
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 35.5
.. .. 105.7
7.2 0.74 569.4
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
91
Grenada Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
92
2008
2006
0.10 31 3,670 6.7 .. 79
0.11 31 4,650 2.1 .. 73
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
.. Mixed
Yes Mixed
M M .. ..
M M .. ..
4.4
30.9 638 4.2 65 4.1 11.8 94
25.6 625 42.7 .. 18.2 15.1 ..
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. 0.54 39
.. 5.13 3,976
7.5 3.57 242
15.5 .. .. 3.97
15.1 11.6 22.0 ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
.. 134 ..
7.9 .. ..
3.6 594 ..
.. .. 48.7
.. 0.45 64.7
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Guam High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
0.16 93 .. .. .. ..
0.17 94 .. .. .. ..
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
5.1
47.9 .. 17.5 .. 16.1 .. 88
.. .. 59.1 .. 38.6 .. ..
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. 1.11 ..
.. .. ..
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. ..
14.6 9.9 .. ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. 280 ..
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 38.1
.. .. 132.8
7.2 0.74 569.4
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
93
Guatemala Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
11 45 1,730 4.1 69 58
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
94
2008
13 48 2,590 2.7 .. 67
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
Yes Private C C C 4.2
4.3
6.0 38 7.6 54 0.7 1.2 39
10.4 195 55.1 .. 10.1 2.1 50
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. .. 1
.. 0.21 56
22.0 3.23 189
11.0 .. .. 0.76
9.8 6.1 54.3 1.21
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
2.2 434 ..
.. .. ..
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 1.0
.. 0.43 6.9
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
8 31 410 4.4 .. 31
9 33 400 2.9 29 45
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
P P C ..
..
0.3 4 0.5 .. 0.1 0.4 9
0.3 .. 2.1 .. 0.5 0.5 11
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
62.6 .. 0
.. .. 0
.. 0.18 22
10.6 .. .. 5.15
.. 7.7 5.9 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
0.9 82 17.8
.. .. ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.14 ..
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
95
Guinea-Bissau Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
96
2008
2006
1 30 160 –2.7 .. 37
2 30 190 0.4 .. ..
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
M P C ..
..
0.8 9 .. .. 0.2 0.2 20
0.6 .. 5.9 .. 2.2 0.2 31
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
70.5 .. 0
.. .. 1
.. 0.18 22
.. .. .. ..
.. 21.9 15.0 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
.. 46 ..
.. .. ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.15 ..
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Guyana Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
0.73 29 890 2.5 .. 76
0.74 28 1,150 1.0 .. 85
.. Mixed
Yes Mixed
M C .. ..
M C .. 4.4
4.3
9.3 97 5.4 .. 6.8 3.0 82
14.9 118 38.0 95 21.6 3.9 92
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
87.0 .. 11
.. 0.27 49
22.0 3.23 189
1.6 .. .. 3.89
4.8 7.5 12.5 ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
10.0 164 20.2
.. 439 ..
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. 0.44 2.7
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
97
Haiti Latin America & Caribbean
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
98
2008
2006
9 36 470 2.4 .. ..
9 39 430 –0.3 .. ..
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M P C ..
P P C ..
..
0.8 .. 0.6 .. 0.2 0.1 23
1.6 .. 5.4 .. 6.9 0.2 27
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. 5
.. .. 17
.. 0.18 22
.. .. .. ..
.. 4.5 12.0 2.15
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
.. 32 ..
.. 92 ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. 0.1
.. 0.21 0.5
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Honduras Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
6 44 890 2.8 80 62
7 47 1,270 4.0 .. 71
Yes Public
Yes Public
C P C ..
M M .. 4.2
4.3
4.8 47 2.5 83 1.2 1.1 44
10.2 96 32.2 .. 4.8 1.8 58
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
3.2 .. 2
.. .. 6
22.0 3.23 189
7.0 .. .. 3.97
5.9 10.8 12.0 2.52
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
5.1 107 16.2
7.1 187 23.5
2.1 599 27.1
4.2 .. 0.6
4.6 0.40 4.8
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
99
Hong Kong, China High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
100
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
7 100 27,000 2.6 .. ..
7 100 29,040 4.8 .. 76
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. 5.4
5.1
58.9 754 81.7 100 27.8 40.2 98
56.1 1,179 136.4 100 55.0 61.2 99
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
1.1 6.67 627
1.3 26.20 13,439
5.8 19.20 4,346
12.6 .. .. 2.62
12.6 2.2 3.9 0.77
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
4.4 243 12.0
3.7 657 18.3
4.4 641 16.1
7.0 .. 80.1
8.8 .. 240.9
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Hungary Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
10 65 4,620 4.2 .. 80
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service M Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
10 67 10,870 4.3 .. 89
Upper middleincome group 2006
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
Yes Private C P C 4.8
4.4
37.2 66 30.1 95 7.0 8.5 96
33.3 105 99.0 99 34.8 14.9 96
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
12.4 0.03 100
8.2 9.70 993
7.5 3.57 242
14.4 .. .. 1.28
23.6 12.1 10.5 1.01
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
6.7 330 16.9
4.4 780 9.1
3.6 594 ..
7.1 .. 12.5
6.0 0.65 59.1
5.2 0.54 21.1
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101
Iceland High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
102
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
0.28 92 30,750 5.0 .. 90
0.30 93 49,960 4.1 .. 95
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Public
Yes Mixed
C C C ..
C C C 5.6
5.1
69.9 441 76.5 99 44.5 39.1 98
64.2 240 108.9 99 64.3 47.9 98
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. 0.84 157
.. 29.07 7,290
5.8 19.20 4,346
17.2 .. .. 0.84
.. 13.2 53.5 ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
2.4 298 33.6
2.9 328 19.5
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. .. 0.72 301.8 1,455.9
7.2 0.74 569.4
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India South Asia
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lowincome group 2006
1,016 28 450 5.9 61 55
1,110 29 820 7.4 .. 64
Yes Public
Yes Mixed
M P C ..
C C C 5.7
..
3.2 2 0.4 21 0.5 0.5 30
3.7 .. 15.0 61 5.5 1.6 32
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
165.5 0.00 1
.. 0.21 24
.. 0.18 22
6.0 .. .. 3.36
3.3 2.5 6.6 1.19
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.5 85 49.3
2.0 .. ..
4.0 141 ..
3.6 .. 0.1
6.1 0.38 1.0
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
103
Indonesia East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
104
2008
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
206 42 590 –0.6 .. 63
223 49 1,420 4.9 90 68
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
No Mixed
Yes Mixed
P C C ..
P C C 3.0
4.3
3.2 4 1.8 89 0.9 1.0 54
6.6 5 28.6 90 7.3 1.5 65
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
16.0 0.00 1
.. 0.05 7
22.0 3.23 189
3.5 .. .. 3.90
5.8 4.3 6.6 2.79
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
1.4 259 11.4
2.2 1,084 28.3
2.1 599 27.1
2.5 .. 0.3
3.1 0.41 0.7
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Iran, Islamic Rep. Middle East & North Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
64 64 1,670 3.7 77 69
70 67 2,930 5.6 82 73
.. Public
Yes Public
M M M ..
P P P ..
4.3
14.8 7 1.5 32 1.0 6.3 68
31.4 9 19.5 90 25.7 10.6 ..
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. 0.00 1
.. 0.66 53
22.0 3.23 189
10.8 .. .. 7.65
2.1 2.7 2.3 0.55
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
1.1 221 6.0
1.4 856 74.5
2.1 599 27.1
1.5 .. 0.0
2.4 0.41 0.3
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
105
Iraq Middle East & North Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
106
2008
2006
24 68 .. 17.9 74 53
.. 67 .. –11.4 .. 60
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
.. ..
No Public
M .. .. ..
M .. .. ..
4.3
2.7 .. 0.1 .. 0.0 0.8 ..
3.8 .. 2.1 72 0.1 .. ..
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
22.0 3.23 189
.. .. .. ..
.. 2.6 .. ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. 0.27 0.0
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Ireland High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
4 59 23,160 9.8 .. 91
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service C Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
4 61 44,830 5.1 .. 100
Highincome group 2006
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Private C C C 5.1
5.1
48.1 710 64.7 98 17.8 35.7 95
49.1 .. 109.9 99 33.7 52.8 98
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
7.1 0.27 241
3.2 12.12 5,912
5.8 19.20 4,346
28.6 .. .. 0.80
39.5 19.3 31.4 0.71
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
2.7 246 14.3
2.4 406 7.1
4.4 641 16.1
5.6 .. 90.5
4.3 0.73 556.3
7.2 0.74 569.4
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107
Isle of Man High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
108
2008
2006
0.07 52 23,170 10.4 .. ..
0.08 52 40,600 5.8 .. ..
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
5.1
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 81.8
.. .. 26.1
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Israel High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Highincome group 2006
6 91 17,890 4.4 .. 88
7 92 20,170 2.6 .. 90
.. Mixed
No Mixed
C C C ..
C C .. 4.9
5.1
47.3 268 70.0 97 20.2 25.3 92
42.6 364 119.2 100 26.9 122.1 92
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. 0.68 53
.. 20.16 2,455
5.8 19.20 4,346
11.6 .. .. ..
10.5 9.3 22.2 0.59
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.1 618 16.1
4.2 692 ..
4.4 641 16.1
7.8 .. 46.7
7.9 0.74 228.6
7.2 0.74 569.4
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1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
109
Italy High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
110
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
57 67 20,900 1.9 98 81
59 68 31,990 0.7 .. 91
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
C C C ..
C C C 4.1
5.1
47.7 158 74.2 100 23.2 18.1 98
42.7 236 122.0 100 49.0 36.7 96
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. 0.20 168
.. 14.68 2,044
5.8 19.20 4,346
18.9 .. .. 0.81
24.9 14.1 25.0 0.79
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
2.2 915 26.7
3.0 1,116 16.0
4.4 641 16.1
4.7 .. 18.3
4.3 0.67 73.6
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Jamaica Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
3 52 2,930 –0.1 80 74
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service M Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
3 53 3,560 1.8 .. 78
Lower middleincome group 2006
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
Yes Private C .. C 5.0
4.3
19.1 155 14.2 80 3.1 4.6 69
12.0 233 105.6 95 46.4 6.7 70
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
48.0 0.12 28
31.0 1.70 15,822
22.0 3.23 189
5.0 .. .. ..
9.1 7.5 26.5 0.87
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
5.9 268 32.5
4.9 678 36.7
2.1 599 27.1
10.3 .. 1.9
10.2 0.47 28.4
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Japan High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
112
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
127 65 34,620 0.6 .. 83
128 66 38,630 1.5 .. 86
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
.. Mixed
No Private
C C C ..
C C C 5.8
5.1
48.8 30 52.6 99 30.0 31.5 99
43.2 43 79.6 99 68.5 67.6 99
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. 0.67 57
.. 20.16 1,038
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. 1.67
26.1 20.4 13.1 1.63
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
2.6 830 26.8
3.7 1,722 14.6
4.4 641 16.1
8.6 .. 40.5
7.9 0.77 400.2
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Jordan Middle East & North Africa
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
5 80 1,790 3.2 .. 76
6 83 2,650 6.1 91 78
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M P C ..
C C C 5.2
4.3
12.9 80 8.1 99 2.7 3.1 97
11.1 139 78.4 99 14.4 6.6 96
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
18.2 0.01 18
7.9 0.88 57
22.0 3.23 189
8.8 .. .. 2.86
10.0 6.9 10.9 1.44
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
6.7 158 38.5
7.8 707 20.8
2.1 599 27.1
8.8 .. 0.4
8.0 0.55 5.9
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
113
Kazakhstan Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
114
2008
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
15 56 1,270 1.9 100 79
15 58 3,870 10.1 .. 94
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
.. Mixed
No Mixed
C P .. ..
C P .. 5.1
4.4
12.3 19 1.3 94 0.7 .. 92
19.1 .. 51.2 .. 8.1 .. ..
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. .. 1
.. 0.20 63
7.5 3.57 242
.. .. .. 2.76
.. 11.4 15.8 ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
1.5 66 26.7
2.6 98 ..
3.6 594 ..
.. .. 0.5
.. 0.47 1.0
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lowincome group 2006
31 20 420 2.1 74 53
37 21 580 3.9 .. 61
Yes Public
Yes Public
M P C ..
C P C 4.1
..
0.9 3 0.4 .. 0.3 0.5 15
0.8 6 17.7 .. 7.6 1.4 18
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
220.9 .. 0
145.4 .. 21
.. 0.18 22
6.6 .. .. 7.35
13.9 16.6 15.8 3.00
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
2.4 21 88.5
4.6 220 111.6
4.0 141 ..
2.8 .. 0.0
2.4 0.35 0.8
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
115
Kiribati East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
116
2008
2006
0.09 43 1,030 6.4 .. 81
0.10 48 1,240 1.4 .. 75
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
.. Mixed
No Mixed
M .. .. ..
M .. .. ..
4.3
3.7 24 0.3 .. 1.7 0.9 22
.. .. 0.6 .. 2.0 1.0 26
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. .. 1
.. .. ..
22.0 3.23 189
11.6 .. .. 6.98
13.0 12.7 .. 8.82
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
8.7 28 ..
.. .. ..
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Korea, Dem. Rep. East Asia & Pacific
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
23 60 .. .. .. ..
24 62 .. .. .. ..
.. Public
No Public
M .. .. ..
M .. .. ..
..
2.2 .. .. .. .. .. ..
4.2 .. .. .. .. .. ..
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.18 22
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
117
Korea, Rep. High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
118
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
47 80 9,800 3.5 .. 90
48 81 17,690 4.6 .. 97
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Mixed
Yes Private
C C C ..
C C C 5.5
5.1
55.0 38 57.0 99 40.5 39.6 ..
55.5 92 83.0 99 70.5 53.2 ..
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
1.8 8.23 48
1.0 29.00 1,028
5.8 19.20 4,346
7.1 .. .. 1.93
8.3 14.2 34.6 0.76
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
4.1 758 37.4
4.9 567 16.2
4.4 641 16.1
6.8 .. 7.3
6.6 0.83 498.2
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Kuwait High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Highincome group 2006
2 98 16,790 1.8 .. 78
3 98 30,630 7.3 93 75
.. Public
No Public
C P P ..
M M P 4.0
5.1
21.3 162 21.7 100 6.8 11.4 95
20.1 .. 93.9 100 31.4 23.7 95
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
4.0 0.22 26
4.0 0.99 348
5.8 19.20 4,346
9.9 .. .. 1.94
10.5 75.0 13.7 1.51
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
1.7 123 19.7
3.4 387 27.4
4.4 641 16.1
1.7 .. 1.8
1.4 0.52 50.7
7.2 0.74 569.4
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
119
Kyrgyz Republic Europe & Central Asia
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
120
2008
2006
Lowincome group 2006
5 35 280 5.4 99 76
5 36 500 3.8 .. 78
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
Yes Public
Yes Mixed
M P P ..
C C C 4.3
..
7.7 12 0.2 .. 1.0 0.5 84
8.6 30 10.5 90 5.7 1.9 ..
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. 0.00 2
.. 0.05 39
.. 0.18 22
5.3 .. .. 9.84
4.7 6.4 12.0 5.40
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
2.0 53 8.0
4.5 134 3.2
4.0 141 ..
.. .. 0.4
.. 0.42 1.0
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Lao PDR Europe & Central Asia
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
5 19 290 6.1 69 57
6 21 500 6.4 .. 61
.. Public
No Mixed
M M .. ..
P P P ..
..
0.8 5 0.2 .. 0.1 0.3 30
1.3 7 11.3 55 0.4 1.8 30
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. 0
.. 0.00 4
.. 0.18 22
.. .. .. 9.20
5.6 3.8 25.0 1.11
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.5 47 31.3
1.7 496 63.0
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.24 0.7
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
121
Latvia Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
122
2008
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
2 68 3,220 5.7 100 84
2 68 8,100 8.6 .. 90
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
No Mixed
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
C C C 4.3
4.4
31.0 62 16.9 89 6.3 14.3 76
28.7 67 95.5 98 46.8 24.6 98
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
28.7 0.01 65
1.1 4.79 3,230
7.5 3.57 242
12.5 .. .. 2.05
13.3 9.3 12.6 1.63
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
2.9 263 32.2
3.9 731 21.3
3.6 594 ..
.. .. 18.2
.. 0.59 66.8
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Lebanon Middle East & North Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
4 86 4,580 2.5 .. 78
4 87 5,580 3.7 .. 85
.. Public
No Public
M .. C ..
M .. .. ..
4.4
15.3 107 19.7 .. 8.0 4.6 92
16.8 279 27.2 100 23.4 10.2 96
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. 0.90 10
.. 4.19 111
7.5 3.57 242
21.3 .. .. 4.48
15.0 20.1 10.0 2.19
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
3.5 210 ..
5.0 .. ..
3.6 594 ..
.. .. 5.0
.. 0.48 11.0
5.2 0.54 21.1
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2008
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
123
Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
124
2008
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
2 18 590 2.4 82 62
2 19 980 3.4 .. 66
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
Yes Public
Yes Mixed
M M .. ..
C C C 4.1
4.3
1.2 .. 1.1 21 0.2 0.1 16
2.4 18 12.6 29 2.6 0.1 2
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
69.2 .. 0
60.0 0.00 2
22.0 3.23 189
9.7 .. .. 2.31
18.4 14.8 38.6 3.28
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
1.4 126 9.8
.. 1,111 ..
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. 0.38 0.5
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
3 54 130 38.9 .. 57
4 59 130 –4.7 52 ..
.. Public
Yes Public
M .. .. ..
.. P C ..
..
0.2 .. 0.0 .. 0.0 .. ..
.. .. 4.6 16 .. .. ..
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. 0
.. .. ..
.. 0.18 22
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.22 ..
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
125
Libya Middle East & North Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
126
2008
2006
5 83 .. .. .. 95
6 85 7,290 3.2 84 94
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
.. Public
No Public
M M .. ..
M M .. ..
4.4
11.3 .. 0.7 .. 0.2 2.4 95
8.0 66 65.0 71 3.9 2.2 50
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. .. 0
.. .. 21
7.5 3.57 242
.. .. .. ..
1.9 6.1 22.1 ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
.. 46 ..
.. 1,566 ..
3.6 594 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.35 0.2
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Liechtenstein High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
.. 15 .. .. .. ..
0.03 15 .. .. .. 86
Yes ..
Yes Public
M .. .. ..
C P C ..
5.1
.. .. .. 90 .. .. 98
57.6 .. 82.4 .. 63.0 .. ..
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
1.0 .. ..
.. 28.65 4,298
5.8 19.20 4,346
20.8 .. .. ..
10.8 .. .. ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. 301 ..
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. .. 0.55 .. 1,805.2
7.2 0.74 569.4
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
127
Lithuania Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
128
2008
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
3 67 3,020 4.3 100 88
3 67 7,930 8.0 .. 91
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
No Mixed
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
C P C 4.9
4.4
33.9 43 15.0 100 6.4 6.9 95
23.3 49 139.0 100 31.9 18.0 98
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
19.8 0.07 14
9.3 10.86 2,714
7.5 3.57 242
9.5 .. .. 3.10
17.7 8.9 7.3 1.55
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
2.3 283 49.8
3.3 .. 15.7
3.6 594 ..
.. .. 12.4
.. 0.66 51.6
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Luxembourg High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Highincome group 2006
0.44 84 43,490 6.3 .. 74
0.46 83 71,240 3.4 .. 77
Yes Public
Yes Public
C P C ..
C C C 5.1
5.1
56.8 1,363 69.2 98 22.8 45.7 100
53.4 1,399 154.5 99 73.4 63.5 99
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
7.0 0.28 687
.. 20.18 20,459
5.8 19.20 4,346
20.5 .. .. 15.96
29.2 11.5 27.6 ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
1.4 622 20.3
1.4 622 18.3
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 120.6
.. 0.75 758.7
7.2 0.74 569.4
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
129
Macao, China High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
130
2008
2006
0.44 100 14,250 –1.1 91 76
0.48 100 .. 13.9 .. 89
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
5.1
40.1 581 32.0 100 13.6 15.9 92
37.0 497 133.3 100 41.9 33.8 94
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
31.0 0.85 240
18.2 19.31 6,492
5.8 19.20 4,346
9.2 .. .. 1.12
8.8 16.8 11.8 1.12
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.3 317 14.1
2.2 636 16.8
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 17.9
.. .. 95.8
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Macedonia, FYR Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
2 65 1,850 3.0 96 69
2 70 3,070 2.2 .. 70
.. Public
Yes Mixed
M M C ..
M C C 3.9
4.3
25.2 119 5.8 90 2.5 3.6 82
24.1 63 69.6 99 13.2 22.2 98
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. .. 25
9.0 1.79 17
22.0 3.23 189
5.3 .. .. 3.95
10.5 14.8 25.3 ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
5.2 168 26.7
7.1 .. 11.3
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. 0.49 5.9
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
131
Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
132
2008
2006
Lowincome group 2006
16 26 240 3.9 71 43
19 27 280 2.7 .. 60
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
C C C ..
.. P C 4.7
..
0.3 2 0.4 30 0.2 0.2 7
0.7 1 5.5 30 0.6 0.5 10
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
79.0 .. 0
59.6 .. 2
.. 0.18 22
11.3 .. .. 8.98
10.5 8.1 2.8 0.59
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
10.3 44 14.0
2.6 148 12.3
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.31 0.2
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lowincome group 2006
12 15 150 3.8 64 69
14 18 230 2.4 .. 63
Yes Public
Yes Mixed
M M C ..
M C C 4.3
..
0.4 2 0.4 70 0.1 0.1 1
0.8 .. 3.2 .. 0.4 0.2 3
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. 0
.. 0.00 1
.. 0.18 22
5.8 .. .. 4.32
5.8 10.2 22.5 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.7 33 ..
3.3 .. ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.29 0.1
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
133
Malaysia East Asia & Pacific
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
134
2008
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
23 62 3,390 3.7 89 70
26 68 5,620 5.0 .. 74
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
P P C ..
C C C 6.1
4.4
19.9 63 22.0 95 21.4 9.5 82
16.6 .. 74.5 .. 43.2 21.8 95
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
40.0 0.02 23
22.5 3.44 124
7.5 3.57 242
.. .. .. 2.37
8.7 5.0 2.7 0.71
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
4.3 394 27.7
4.6 770 22.5
3.6 594 ..
7.5 .. 6.1
6.7 0.61 22.1
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Maldives South Asia
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
0.27 28 2,140 8.7 96 77
0.30 30 3,010 7.2 .. 66
No Mixed
Yes Mixed
M M M ..
M M M ..
4.3
9.0 47 2.8 40 2.2 3.7 57
10.8 91 87.5 96 6.8 15.2 92
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
55.7 0.07 11
30.8 1.57 179
22.0 3.23 189
8.8 .. .. 11.72
6.4 3.8 51.2 5.86
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
8.5 60 21.6
12.7 281 15.2
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. 0.45 36.0
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
135
Mali Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
136
2008
2006
Lowincome group 2006
10 28 260 5.5 19 28
12 31 460 5.7 24 37
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
Yes Public
Yes Public
P P C ..
P P C 5.1
..
0.4 7 0.1 15 0.1 0.1 13
0.7 .. 12.6 .. 0.6 0.4 17
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
177.6 .. 0
.. 0.02 26
.. 0.18 22
.. .. .. 12.64
16.1 13.5 28.7 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
2.5 37 28.1
5.2 .. ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. 0.1
.. 0.16 0.3
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Malta High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Highincome group 2006
0.39 93 9,670 4.4 .. 75
0.41 96 15,310 1.2 .. 81
Yes Mixed
Yes Private
M M C ..
C C C 5.8
5.1
52.4 255 29.3 99 13.1 20.5 93
49.8 222 85.4 99 31.5 16.5 93
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
28.4 0.42 87
.. 10.38 4,729
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. 3.41
17.9 14.7 8.8 0.77
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
2.8 156 23.0
5.0 245 24.7
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 58.5
.. 0.66 702.3
7.2 0.74 569.4
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
137
Marshall Islands East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
138
2008
2006
0.05 66 2,540 –3.7 .. 73
0.07 67 2,980 2.7 .. 71
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
.. Mixed
No Mixed
M .. .. ..
M .. .. ..
4.3
7.6 67 0.8 .. 1.5 3.8 ..
7.6 76 1.1 .. 3.4 8.2 ..
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. .. 10
.. .. 26
22.0 3.23 189
12.5 .. .. ..
12.6 12.3 20.0 ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
5.5 44 ..
5.0 46 ..
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. .. 15.0
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lowincome group 2006
3 40 470 2.3 51 43
3 41 760 5.0 .. 46
Yes Public
Yes Mixed
M M C ..
C C C 6.1
..
0.7 19 0.6 .. 0.2 1.0 19
1.1 20 34.8 .. 3.3 2.6 25
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
100.0 .. 0
5.5 0.02 30
.. 0.18 22
14.1 .. .. 4.36
11.6 .. 16.0 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
2.3 48 131.7
5.9 1,003 91.7
4.0 141 ..
.. .. 0.4
.. 0.20 1.9
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
139
Mauritius Sub-Saharan Africa
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
140
2008
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
1 43 3,740 5.5 84 67
1 42 5,430 4.0 .. 75
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
Yes ..
Yes ..
M P M ..
C C C 5.5
4.4
23.7 72 15.2 100 7.3 10.1 87
28.5 150 61.6 100 14.5 16.9 93
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
56.4 0.02 5
23.0 1.75 153
7.5 3.57 242
5.2 .. .. 4.00
7.9 4.2 16.2 1.59
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
3.3 251 37.6
3.7 492 12.9
3.6 594 ..
.. .. 10.0
.. 0.51 42.0
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Mayotte Sub-Saharan Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
.. .. .. .. .. ..
0.19 .. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
4.4
.. .. .. .. .. .. 57
.. .. 28.0 .. .. .. ..
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
7.5 3.57 242
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
.. 372 0.0
.. .. ..
3.6 594 ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
5.2 0.54 21.1
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
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2008
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
141
Mexico Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
98 75 5,110 5.4 91 71
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service C Mobile telephone service P Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
142
2008
2006
104 76 7,830 2.3 92 76
Upper middleincome group 2006
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
Yes Private C C C 4.8
4.4
12.6 79 14.4 86 5.2 5.8 87
19.1 174 54.7 100 17.5 13.6 93
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
2.0 0.02 9
1.4 3.58 109
7.5 3.57 242
17.5 .. .. 3.01
16.1 13.9 17.3 0.83
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
2.1 375 41.5
3.0 691 15.7
3.6 594 ..
3.1 .. 2.6
3.3 0.59 13.3
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Micronesia, Fed. Sts. East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
0.11 22 2,170 –1.8 .. ..
0.11 22 2,390 0.2 .. ..
.. Public
No Public
M C .. ..
M C .. ..
4.3
9.0 62 0.1 .. 3.7 1.3 14
11.3 81 12.8 .. 14.5 5.5 16
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
66.1 .. 10
48.1 0.04 55
22.0 3.23 189
8.4 .. .. 7.50
8.4 4.9 .. 6.00
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
5.1 74 4.9
5.0 123 ..
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. .. 18.0
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
143
Moldova Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
144
2008
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
4 46 370 –2.6 .. 71
4 47 1,080 6.8 99 70
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
Yes Public
Yes Public
M C C ..
C C C 4.5
4.3
14.1 39 3.4 70 1.3 1.5 82
26.6 110 35.4 97 19.0 9.0 82
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
5.5 0.01 2
5.1 0.57 147
22.0 3.23 189
2.2 .. .. 4.10
5.3 17.1 13.3 1.46
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
3.9 97 67.9
10.2 250 33.8
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 0.7
.. 0.45 4.2
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Monaco High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest)
2006
.. 100 .. .. .. ..
0.03 100 .. .. .. ..
.. Mixed
No Private
M M C ..
M M C ..
5.1
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. .. .. .. 1,012.3
7.2 0.74 569.4
Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
145
Mongolia East Asia & Pacific
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
146
2008
2006
Lowincome group 2006
2 57 410 3.0 98 64
3 57 1,000 7.1 .. 77
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
No Mixed
Yes Mixed
M P C ..
C C C 5.1
..
4.9 10 6.4 58 1.3 1.3 28
6.1 5 21.8 .. 10.5 13.3 63
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
51.6 0.00 3
18.5 0.07 13
.. 0.18 22
2.6 .. .. 4.92
1.6 5.4 10.7 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
4.3 60 4.7
3.6 147 15.1
4.0 141 ..
.. .. 0.4
.. 0.47 7.3
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Montenegro Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
0.67 .. 1,630 –1.6 .. ..
0.60 .. 4,130 4.0 .. ..
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
4.4
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
7.5 3.57 242
.. .. .. ..
.. 47.2 7.8 ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
3.6 594 ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
5.2 0.54 21.1
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2008
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
147
Morocco Middle East & North Africa
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
148
2008
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
28 55 1,340 3.5 .. 51
30 59 2,160 5.1 52 58
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
C C C 4.8
4.3
5.0 .. 8.2 95 0.7 1.2 77
4.2 65 52.5 98 20.0 2.5 78
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
24.8 0.01 4
25.0 1.28 377
22.0 3.23 189
12.9 .. .. 2.03
23.0 15.9 26.8 1.69
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
3.2 260 50.7
4.5 821 16.5
2.1 599 27.1
4.8 .. 0.2
5.6 0.29 1.1
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lowincome group 2006
18 31 230 8.1 .. 37
21 35 310 8.2 .. 53
Yes Public
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
M C C 4.4
..
0.5 36 0.3 .. 0.1 0.3 4
0.3 13 11.2 95 0.9 1.4 6
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
80.0 .. 0
46.0 .. 1
.. 0.18 22
14.6 .. .. 6.21
13.1 10.0 32.9 1.17
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
2.6 60 49.6
1.5 980 24.6
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.26 0.2
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
149
Myanmar East Asia & Pacific
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
150
2008
2006
46 28 .. 7.6 90 47
48 31 .. 9.2 .. 50
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
.. Public
No Public
M M M ..
M M P ..
..
0.6 1 0.0 .. 0.0 0.2 3
1.1 3 0.4 .. 0.2 0.8 3
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
172.0 .. 0
125.0 0.00 2
.. 0.18 22
0.6 .. .. 0.44
1.3 .. 1.5 0.17
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
0.2 37 25.3
0.6 81 8.6
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.29 0.0
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Namibia Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
2 32 1,880 3.5 85 68
2 36 3,210 4.8 .. 65
Yes Public
Yes Public
M M C ..
M M C 4.0
4.3
5.9 60 4.4 85 1.6 4.0 37
6.9 .. 24.5 88 4.0 12.3 39
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
51.5 .. 2
35.0 .. 18
22.0 3.23 189
.. .. .. 4.28
9.1 14.2 48.7 ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
3.6 115 29.6
4.8 470 7.5
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 1.6
.. 0.34 9.6
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
151
Nepal South Asia
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
152
2008
2006
Lowincome group 2006
24 13 220 4.6 49 56
28 16 320 3.3 .. 58
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
Yes Public
Yes Public
M M C ..
P P C 4.5
..
1.1 2 0.0 .. 0.2 0.3 3
2.2 6 3.8 1 0.9 0.5 13
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
100.2 .. 0
68.0 .. 5
.. 0.18 22
2.6 .. .. 5.28
3.1 2.1 8.0 2.04
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.3 60 26.7
0.9 145 26.7
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.27 0.9
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Netherlands High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
16 77 26,580 4.1 .. 99
16 81 43,050 1.3 .. 98
Yes Mixed
Yes Private
C C C ..
C C C 5.2
5.1
62.1 311 67.5 100 44.0 39.6 95
46.6 .. 97.0 100 89.0 85.4 99
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
0.5 1.63 4,275
.. 31.78 20,501
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. 0.56
.. 22.9 8.8 0.32
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.7 353 21.6
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
6.7 .. 49.7
6.2 0.86 781.2
7.2 0.74 569.4
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
153
Netherlands Antilles High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
154
2008
2006
0.18 69 .. .. .. 95
0.19 71 .. .. 96 88
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
5.1
44.3 .. 16.5 .. 1.1 .. ..
.. .. 108.6 .. .. .. ..
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. ..
19.9 21.9 .. ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 166.3
.. .. 548.8
7.2 0.74 569.4
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New Caledonia High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
0.21 62 14,020 0.2 .. ..
0.24 64 .. .. .. ..
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
5.1
23.9 183 23.4 85 14.1 0.6 77
23.6 215 57.3 90 33.6 2.6 78
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
20.1 0.06 9
26.9 4.09 563
5.8 19.20 4,346
27.9 .. .. 3.43
35.4 8.3 80.3 3.13
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
2.8 345 43.5
.. 637 ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 32.2
.. .. 95.1
7.2 0.74 569.4
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
155
New Zealand High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
4 86 13,760 2.5 .. 99
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator .. Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
156
2008
2006
4 86 26,750 3.3 .. 108
Highincome group 2006
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Private C C C 4.8
5.1
47.5 370 40.0 97 39.3 35.8 98
41.8 361 85.4 98 76.5 50.2 98
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
30.7 0.12 65
.. 13.77 1,107
5.8 19.20 4,346
17.0 .. .. 0.80
28.6 19.4 11.0 1.30
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.4 630 16.2
3.9 962 9.5
4.4 641 16.1
11.2 .. 156.9
10.6 0.74 831.0
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Nicaragua Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
5 57 730 5.0 77 70
6 59 930 3.3 .. 71
Yes Public
Yes Private
M C C ..
C C C 4.6
4.3
3.2 34 1.8 .. 1.0 2.3 59
4.5 62 33.1 60 2.8 4.0 60
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
79.3 0.01 1
4.8 0.34 1
22.0 3.23 189
17.7 .. .. 3.20
9.2 15.1 10.0 3.15
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
2.6 114 5.9
3.7 334 24.0
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 1.2
.. 0.37 6.2
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
157
Niger Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
158
2008
2006
11 16 170 3.4 .. 15
14 17 270 3.9 29 23
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
.. Public
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
M C M ..
..
0.2 2 0.0 13 0.0 0.0 5
0.2 2 2.4 15 0.3 0.1 7
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
94.8 .. 0
71.4 0.00 2
.. 0.18 22
9.4 .. .. 9.03
9.5 16.5 101.8 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
0.9 16 ..
2.2 105 ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.11 0.1
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lowincome group 2006
125 44 270 2.7 .. 49
145 49 620 6.0 69 56
Yes Public
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
P P P 4.6
..
0.4 2 0.0 38 0.1 0.6 26
1.2 .. 22.3 58 5.5 0.8 32
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
21.8 .. 0
20.6 0.00 1
.. 0.18 22
.. .. .. 7.15
.. 10.7 11.3 1.49
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
0.8 50 37.2
3.5 256 216.5
4.0 141 ..
3.5 .. 0.0
3.4 0.31 0.5
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
159
Northern Mariana Islands East Asia & Pacific
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
160
2008
2006
.. 93 .. .. .. ..
0.08 95 .. .. .. ..
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
4.4
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. 26.2 .. .. .. ..
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
7.5 3.57 242
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
3.6 594 ..
.. .. ..
.. .. 48.7
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Norway High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Highincome group 2006
4 76 35,870 3.6 .. 98
5 78 68,440 2.3 .. 99
Yes Public
Yes Mixed
C P C ..
C C C 5.2
5.1
53.5 213 71.8 96 26.7 49.0 99
44.1 193 108.2 .. 87.4 59.4 100
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. 0.52 875
.. 27.43 9,305
5.8 19.20 4,346
25.4 .. .. 0.40
37.9 19.8 29.8 ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
1.4 251 89.3
1.4 445 ..
4.4 641 16.1
5.6 .. 81.8
4.9 0.89 625.2
7.2 0.74 569.4
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
161
Oman Middle East & North Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
162
2008
2006
2 72 6,720 3.2 .. 68
3 72 11,120 4.2 81 67
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
No Public
Yes Public
M M .. ..
M P M ..
4.4
9.2 110 6.7 91 3.7 3.3 79
10.9 189 71.4 92 12.5 5.2 79
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. 0.00 16
89.7 0.60 174
7.5 3.57 242
13.1 .. .. 7.89
12.1 5.5 5.2 1.87
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
1.9 186 19.0
2.4 583 43.3
3.6 594 ..
.. .. 0.8
.. 0.47 5.8
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Pakistan South Asia
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lowincome group 2006
138 33 490 3.0 43 37
159 35 800 5.5 50 40
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M P C ..
C C C 4.6
..
2.2 7 0.2 27 0.2 0.4 37
3.3 10 21.7 36 7.5 0.5 46
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. 0
.. 0.04 5
.. 0.18 22
6.9 .. .. 3.60
4.1 2.4 9.5 1.03
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.8 50 19.5
2.5 433 66.6
4.0 141 ..
6.5 .. 0.0
6.9 0.32 0.4
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
163
Palau East Asia & Pacific
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
164
2008
2006
.. 70 .. 1.2 .. 87
0.02 70 7,990 1.8 .. 97
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
4.4
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
36.3 .. 41.3 .. 27.0 .. ..
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
7.5 3.57 242
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
4.4 .. ..
5.3 .. ..
3.6 594 ..
.. .. ..
.. .. 50.0
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Panama Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
3 66 3,740 5.0 92 76
3 72 5,000 5.0 .. 80
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M P C ..
C P C 3.8
4.4
14.5 55 13.9 74 3.6 3.6 78
13.2 .. 52.4 89 6.7 4.6 79
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
48.0 0.13 112
12.2 0.54 287
7.5 3.57 242
.. .. .. 4.36
10.3 16.7 38.5 ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
3.8 153 ..
3.9 330 ..
3.6 594 ..
9.0 .. 9.6
8.2 0.47 77.2
5.2 0.54 21.1
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2008
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
165
Papua New Guinea East Asia & Pacific
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
166
2008
2006
5 13 640 0.7 57 41
6 14 740 1.9 .. 41
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
Yes Public
Yes Public
M M P ..
M M P ..
..
1.2 8 0.2 .. 0.8 5.2 8
1.0 .. 1.2 .. 1.8 6.4 10
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. 1
.. .. 1
.. 0.18 22
20.1 .. .. 4.32
7.3 14.6 12.9 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
2.3 41 82.6
.. .. ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.21 0.8
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Paraguay Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
5 55 1,350 0.1 .. 70
6 59 1,410 2.9 93 69
Yes Public
Yes Public
M C C ..
M C C 3.2
4.3
5.3 20 15.4 .. 0.7 1.3 75
5.5 31 53.7 .. 4.3 7.8 82
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
4.1 0.00 2
8.2 0.27 83
22.0 3.23 189
18.0 .. .. 0.97
6.4 3.4 0.2 0.90
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
4.6 123 26.3
4.4 .. ..
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 0.7
.. 0.47 2.9
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
167
Peru Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
26 72 2,080 2.4 .. 88
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
168
2008
2006
28 73 2,980 4.9 88 86
Lower middleincome group 2006
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
Yes Private C C C 4.3
4.3
6.7 22 5.0 .. 3.1 4.1 67
8.5 99 30.8 .. 22.1 10.3 71
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
17.1 0.00 4
.. 1.76 367
22.0 3.23 189
18.9 .. .. 2.08
18.8 23.0 11.5 1.80
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
2.7 473 22.2
2.7 670 17.9
2.1 599 27.1
6.9 .. 1.3
5.9 0.53 8.7
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Philippines East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
76 59 1,050 3.5 93 79
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
86 63 1,390 4.9 93 81
Lower middleincome group 2006
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
Yes Private C C C 4.2
4.3
4.0 28 8.5 70 2.0 1.9 53
4.2 28 49.7 99 5.5 5.3 63
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. 0.01 2
4.5 0.15 38
22.0 3.23 189
12.3 .. .. 2.07
11.6 5.3 2.0 1.20
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
2.9 482 47.4
4.4 1,555 267.5
2.1 599 27.1
4.5 .. 0.9
6.7 0.50 4.0
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
169
Poland Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
170
2008
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
38 62 4,570 5.4 .. 86
38 62 8,210 3.7 .. 87
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M P C ..
M C .. 3.6
4.4
28.5 51 17.5 95 7.3 6.9 92
30.1 61 96.4 99 28.8 24.2 91
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
17.2 0.03 20
5.0 6.92 560
7.5 3.57 242
14.0 .. .. 2.92
14.3 7.6 11.7 1.35
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
4.1 256 19.4
3.8 184 16.1
3.6 594 ..
4.1 .. 8.5
4.2 0.61 55.3
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Portugal High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Highincome group 2006
10 54 11,600 4.2 .. 92
11 58 17,850 0.7 94 90
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
C P C ..
C C C 5.9
5.1
42.3 137 65.2 99 16.4 10.3 100
40.0 178 115.5 99 30.3 13.3 99
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
10.5 0.25 49
10.4 13.79 829
5.8 19.20 4,346
17.4 .. .. 0.83
31.8 23.1 28.7 1.04
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
4.5 594 40.2
4.9 1,126 12.8
4.4 641 16.1
4.2 .. 13.4
4.3 0.65 86.4
7.2 0.74 569.4
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
171
Puerto Rico High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
172
2008
2006
4 95 10,560 4.4 .. ..
4 98 .. .. 90 ..
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
5.1
34.0 .. 24.3 .. 10.5 0.7 87
26.5 .. 85.7 100 23.4 0.8 97
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. 0.06 20
.. 3.02 511
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. ..
33.5 .. .. ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.2 387 ..
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 16.4
.. .. 46.1
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Qatar High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Highincome group 2006
0.62 95 .. .. .. 80
0.82 95 .. 9.7 89 78
.. Mixed
Yes Mixed
M M M ..
M M M 5.8
5.1
26.0 386 19.6 95 4.9 14.6 88
27.8 843 112.0 99 35.3 18.2 90
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
13.0 0.03 69
13.8 5.69 944
5.8 19.20 4,346
10.1 .. .. 4.45
10.1 8.9 5.5 1.95
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
1.9 169 10.8
1.8 511 26.2
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 4.6
.. 0.53 49.0
7.2 0.74 569.4
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
173
Romania Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
174
2008
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
22 55 1,690 –2.1 97 68
22 54 4,830 6.0 .. 77
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
No Mixed
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
C C C 4.1
4.4
17.4 34 11.1 97 3.6 3.2 96
19.5 .. 80.6 98 32.4 12.9 94
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
35.7 0.03 4
10.4 8.19 1,503
7.5 3.57 242
10.6 .. .. 2.49
7.2 10.5 6.0 0.82
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
2.3 151 67.8
5.0 263 ..
3.6 594 ..
3.1 .. 2.4
3.2 0.54 11.4
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
146 73 1,710 1.2 99 ..
143 73 5,770 6.4 .. 89
.. Mixed
No Mixed
P C .. ..
P C .. 4.5
4.4
21.9 13 2.2 .. 2.0 6.4 89
28.0 .. 83.8 .. 18.0 12.2 98
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
35.2 0.01 21
7.1 2.04 100
7.5 3.57 242
.. .. .. 2.56
.. 5.9 12.7 2.03
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
2.0 83 11.5
2.9 439 ..
3.6 594 ..
3.5 .. 2.0
3.2 0.51 4.5
5.2 0.54 21.1
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811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
175
Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
176
2008
2006
8 14 240 9.8 65 48
9 20 250 5.0 .. 51
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
No Mixed
Yes Mixed
M M .. ..
.. C C ..
..
0.2 .. 0.5 50 0.1 0.1 2
0.2 .. 3.3 75 0.7 0.2 2
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
16.0 .. 0
.. 0.02 7
.. 0.18 22
8.4 .. .. 11.23
6.6 12.3 30.1 2.43
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.0 189 93.1
3.3 .. ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. 0.1
.. 0.29 ..
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Samoa East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
0.18 22 1,350 3.3 .. 72
0.19 23 2,270 3.8 99 74
.. ..
Yes Public
.. .. .. ..
M P C ..
4.3
4.8 149 1.4 .. 0.6 0.6 86
10.6 150 13.1 .. 4.3 1.9 88
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
22.0 .. 1
.. 0.04 49
22.0 3.23 189
6.9 .. .. 1.36
6.7 7.7 10.3 ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
4.2 55 13.3
4.9 95 ..
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 11.2
.. 0.38 21.4
5.0 0.45 1.6
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
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2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
177
San Marino High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
178
2008
2006
.. 94 .. .. .. ..
0.03 98 45,130 3.7 .. ..
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
.. Mixed
No Mixed
M C .. ..
M C .. ..
5.1
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
73.4 6,448 60.8 .. 53.8 86.5 ..
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. .. ..
.. 5.17 5,420
5.8 19.20 4,346
10.8 .. .. ..
23.6 .. .. ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. 497 60.0
0.4 487 50.0
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. ..
.. .. 489.5
7.2 0.74 569.4
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São Tomé and Principe Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
0.14 53 .. .. 85 61
0.16 59 800 6.7 .. 65
.. Mixed
Yes Mixed
M .. .. ..
M M M ..
..
3.3 27 1.4 .. 4.6 1.0 24
4.9 51 11.9 .. 18.7 3.9 35
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
4.0 .. 14
.. .. 26
.. 0.18 22
9.4 .. .. 5.56
.. 16.7 53.2 5.11
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
6.6 43 16.6
9.1 219 14.9
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.32 12.7
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
179
Saudi Arabia High income Highincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
180
2008
2006
21 80 8,140 2.3 79 ..
24 81 13,980 4.4 83 76
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
No Public
Yes Mixed
M M C ..
P P C ..
5.1
14.3 87 6.7 92 2.2 6.3 93
16.7 216 83.0 96 19.8 13.6 99
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
2.0 0.00 16
.. 0.92 126
5.8 19.20 4,346
11.7 .. .. 5.20
11.7 9.7 5.3 ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
2.4 189 33.9
3.1 927 20.8
4.4 641 16.1
2.4 .. 0.5
2.1 0.49 6.6
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
10 41 490 4.4 39 33
12 42 760 4.5 .. 40
No Mixed
Yes Mixed
M P C ..
C C C ..
..
2.0 17 2.4 .. 0.4 1.5 26
2.3 39 24.7 85 5.4 2.1 31
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
17.0 0.01 3
2.0 0.24 103
.. 0.18 22
8.7 .. .. 2.23
15.4 9.4 25.8 1.02
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
4.0 324 42.5
9.1 1,100 22.1
4.0 141 ..
6.7 .. 0.1
8.5 0.25 3.1
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
181
Serbia Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
182
2008
2006
8 .. 1,460 .. .. ..
7 .. 4,030 5.3 .. ..
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
.. ..
.. ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. 4.3
4.4
32.0 .. 17.3 77 5.3 3.2 92
36.0 .. 70.3 99 20.3 5.2 ..
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. .. 1
.. .. 95
7.5 3.57 242
.. .. .. ..
.. 5.8 6.9 ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
0.1 247 28.0
0.0 605 52.3
3.6 594 ..
.. .. ..
.. .. 5.1
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Seychelles Sub-Saharan Africa
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
0.08 51 7,420 6.6 92 87
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator .. Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service P Mobile telephone service P Internet service P Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
0.08 53 8,870 –1.2 .. 82
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
No Private C P C ..
4.4
25.4 137 32.0 97 7.4 13.6 86
24.4 .. 83.1 98 34.3 19.3 89
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. .. 25
6.0 1.57 307
7.5 3.57 242
18.0 .. .. 5.59
18.1 16.9 31.9 3.78
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
6.5 126 10.3
.. .. ..
3.6 594 ..
.. .. 12.3
.. 0.49 536.9
5.2 0.54 21.1
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2008
183
Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
184
2008
2006
5 37 140 –5.2 .. 45
6 41 240 12.3 35 74
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
.. Public
No Public
M C C ..
P C P ..
..
0.4 .. 0.3 .. 0.1 .. 4
.. .. 2.2 .. 0.2 .. ..
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. 0
.. .. ..
.. 0.18 22
3.0 .. .. 2.74
.. 70.9 10.6 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
.. 31 ..
.. .. ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. 0.2
.. 0.15 0.7
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Singapore High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Highincome group 2006
4 100 22,970 5.7 93 ..
4 100 28,730 5.0 .. ..
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
C C C ..
C C C 6.3
5.1
48.3 644 68.2 100 32.3 48.2 99
41.3 1,045 106.8 100 38.3 68.2 98
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
2.4 1.89 558
0.3 17.76 7,052
5.8 19.20 4,346
6.2 .. .. 0.68
6.3 6.1 13.2 0.69
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.4 584 14.9
3.1 .. 12.6
4.4 641 16.1
9.7 .. 126.9
9.3 0.70 365.5
7.2 0.74 569.4
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
185
Slovak Republic Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
186
2008
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
5 56 3,860 3.5 .. 72
5 56 9,610 5.1 .. 78
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
C C C 4.4
4.4
31.5 59 23.1 98 9.4 13.7 96
21.7 90 90.8 100 41.8 35.8 98
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
27.0 0.08 41
7.9 5.88 2,913
7.5 3.57 242
9.2 .. .. 1.13
19.8 12.2 19.8 1.06
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
3.8 191 22.6
3.6 559 22.6
3.6 594 ..
5.9 .. 14.7
5.5 0.59 42.3
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Slovenia High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Highincome group 2006
2 51 10,780 4.5 .. 87
2 51 18,660 3.7 100 94
No Mixed
Yes Mixed
M P C ..
P C C 4.7
5.1
39.5 .. 61.1 98 15.1 27.6 92
41.7 .. 90.7 99 62.3 40.4 96
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
20.5 0.28 95
13.4 13.14 1,255
5.8 19.20 4,346
10.1 .. .. 0.81
17.6 10.1 18.8 0.65
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
1.8 541 101.1
3.5 1,225 20.2
4.4 641 16.1
2.6 .. 51.2
3.1 0.67 140.2
7.2 0.74 569.4
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2008
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
187
Solomon Islands East Asia & Pacific
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
188
2008
2006
0.42 16 690 –1.7 .. 40
0.48 17 690 3.2 .. 48
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
.. Mixed
No Mixed
M .. .. ..
M .. .. ..
..
1.9 23 0.3 35 0.5 3.9 4
1.6 .. 1.3 .. 1.7 4.7 5
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
5.0 .. 1
.. 0.10 17
.. 0.18 22
13.8 .. .. ..
12.2 28.0 5.7 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
4.0 59 167.6
3.8 .. ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.27 2.0
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Somalia Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
7 33 .. .. .. ..
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator .. Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service C Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
8 36 .. .. .. ..
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
No Private C .. .. ..
..
0.4 .. 1.1 .. 0.2 0.1 8
1.2 .. 6.1 .. 1.1 0.9 8
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. 0
.. .. 0
.. 0.18 22
.. .. .. ..
.. 5.1 .. ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. .. 0.1
6.1 0.24 0.6
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189
South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
190
2008
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
44 57 3,050 2.5 .. 76
47 60 5,390 4.1 .. 77
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M C .. ..
C P C 4.9
4.4
11.3 25 19.0 92 5.5 6.6 55
10.1 .. 72.4 96 10.9 8.5 59
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
51.8 0.01 8
.. 0.35 19
7.5 3.57 242
13.3 .. .. 1.98
22.7 13.8 11.6 0.79
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
5.1 264 25.5
6.4 1,145 9.8
3.6 594 ..
7.9 .. 11.6
10.0 0.51 31.0
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Spain High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
40 76 15,420 4.2 .. 92
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
44 77 27,340 3.3 .. 98
Highincome group 2006
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Private C C C 4.7
5.1
42.5 139 60.3 99 13.6 17.4 99
41.7 173 104.6 99 42.1 27.7 99
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
1.5 0.19 297
14.2 15.08 2,776
5.8 19.20 4,346
14.7 .. .. 1.08
25.8 21.7 32.0 0.60
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.2 638 36.7
4.3 656 13.7
4.4 641 16.1
4.0 .. 23.0
3.6 0.72 144.5
7.2 0.74 569.4
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191
Sri Lanka South Asia
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
192
2008
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
19 16 850 5.0 91 64
20 15 1,310 4.8 .. 63
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M P C ..
M P P 4.8
4.3
4.0 10 2.2 58 0.6 0.7 22
9.5 28 27.2 85 2.2 3.7 32
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
132.0 0.00 1
8.6 0.15 25
22.0 3.23 189
6.9 .. .. 3.29
8.2 1.2 4.4 2.11
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
1.9 101 35.8
2.6 619 12.2
2.1 599 27.1
5.0 .. 0.3
5.4 0.42 2.6
5.0 0.45 1.6
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St. Kitts and Nevis Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
0.04 33 6,490 4.3 .. 84
0.05 32 8,460 3.9 .. 73
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
4.4
49.5 711 2.7 .. 6.1 15.8 71
53.2 572 21.3 .. .. 23.4 ..
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. 1.07 42
.. .. ..
7.5 3.57 242
.. .. .. ..
.. 12.0 22.0 ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
9.1 167 ..
.. .. ..
3.6 594 ..
.. .. .. 0.48 347.0 1,086.3
5.2 0.54 21.1
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
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811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
193
St. Lucia Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
0.16 28 3,910 3.0 .. 72
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service M Mobile telephone service M Internet service M Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
194
2008
0.17 28 5,060 3.8 .. 75
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
Yes Private .. C .. ..
4.4
31.3 356 1.6 .. 5.1 14.1 77
.. 218 64.1 80 33.9 16.0 ..
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
.. .. 95
.. .. ..
7.5 3.57 242
13.9 .. .. ..
12.6 11.8 22.0 ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
3.6 594 ..
.. .. 12.7
.. 0.47 53.6
5.2 0.54 21.1
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St. Vincent & Grenadines Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
0.12 44 2,740 5.7 .. 65
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator No Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service M Mobile telephone service M Internet service M Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
0.12 46 3,320 3.5 .. 69
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
Yes Private C C C ..
4.4
21.5 425 2.0 55 3.0 10.3 79
18.9 289 73.2 95 8.4 13.8 79
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
8.6 0.07 34
17.0 4.69 25
7.5 3.57 242
11.6 .. .. 3.97
13.2 12.9 22.0 ..
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
8.6 165 15.2
13.1 695 ..
3.6 594 ..
.. .. 25.7
.. 0.43 91.4
5.2 0.54 21.1
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195
Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
196
2008
2006
33 36 310 6.2 61 31
38 42 800 7.0 .. 37
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
M M C ..
P P P ..
..
1.2 6 0.1 60 0.1 0.3 45
1.7 12 12.4 .. 9.3 11.2 16
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
5.0 .. 0
95.5 0.01 5
.. 0.18 22
3.8 .. .. 42.02
6.3 4.0 52.5 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.1 146 71.2
7.6 624 ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.22 0.0
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Suriname Latin America & Caribbean
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
0.44 72 2,060 1.7 .. 73
0.46 74 4,210 6.0 90 77
No Public
Yes Public
P P C ..
M M P 3.0
4.3
17.3 105 9.4 .. 2.7 4.5 65
17.9 277 70.3 .. 7.1 4.4 66
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
30.9 0.02 7
40.1 0.58 439
22.0 3.23 189
5.5 .. .. 2.29
6.5 9.6 16.2 1.33
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
.. 111 40.9
5.2 318 32.4
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. 0.35 10.9
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
197
Swaziland Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
198
2008
2006
1 23 1,370 3.4 80 61
1 24 2,400 2.4 .. 60
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
.. Public
No Public
M M C ..
M M .. ..
4.3
3.0 47 3.2 70 1.0 1.1 18
3.9 47 22.0 .. 3.7 3.7 18
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
160.0 .. 1
90.0 .. 1
22.0 3.23 189
4.1 .. .. 3.68
8.3 13.5 15.1 2.97
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
2.7 137 9.9
12.3 279 13.2
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 0.9
.. 0.35 4.4
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Sweden High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Highincome group 2006
9 84 28,870 3.3 .. 113
9 84 43,530 2.7 .. 95
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
C P C ..
C C C 5.3
5.1
64.8 .. 71.8 99 45.6 50.7 94
59.4 .. 105.8 99 76.9 83.6 94
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. 2.81 2,098
.. 25.83 17,468
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. 0.36
26.7 6.0 19.2 0.41
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.2 422 31.9
2.8 764 11.8
4.4 641 16.1
7.4 .. 116.1
7.2 0.92 603.0
7.2 0.74 569.4
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1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
199
Switzerland High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
200
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
7 73 40,110 2.0 .. 84
7 76 58,050 1.3 .. 86
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Mixed
No Mixed
C C C ..
C C C 5.3
5.1
72.9 665 64.6 98 29.2 65.4 99
67.3 .. 99.0 100 58.2 86.5 99
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
18.5 0.60 2,941
.. 28.57 9,609
5.8 19.20 4,346
22.0 .. .. 0.21
29.5 28.0 7.9 0.32
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.4 409 27.2
3.3 537 12.7
4.4 641 16.1
7.8 .. 149.2
7.7 0.76 817.8
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Syrian Arab Republic Middle East & North Africa
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
17 50 960 2.2 83 57
19 51 1,560 4.2 81 65
.. Public
No Public
M P .. ..
M P P ..
4.3
10.1 24 0.2 50 0.2 1.5 72
16.7 44 24.1 99 7.7 4.2 95
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
50.0 .. 1
50.0 0.03 8
22.0 3.23 189
3.3 .. .. 4.81
2.7 10.0 9.2 ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
1.9 80 58.2
3.0 221 10.4
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 0.1
.. 0.36 0.1
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
201
Tajikistan Europe & Central Asia
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
202
2008
2006
6 26 180 1.1 99 67
7 25 390 9.1 .. 71
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
.. Mixed
No Mixed
M .. .. ..
M .. .. ..
..
3.5 4 0.0 .. 0.0 .. 80
4.3 10 4.0 4 0.3 1.3 79
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
124.9 .. 0
144.0 0.00 0
.. 0.18 22
1.3 .. .. 8.10
0.8 23.3 12.3 7.84
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
.. 45 1.0
2.9 114 71.4
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.32 ..
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
34 22 270 3.9 69 32
39 25 350 6.5 .. 50
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
P C C ..
M C C 5.1
..
0.5 1 0.3 25 0.1 0.3 9
0.4 .. 14.6 25 1.0 0.9 14
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
21.0 .. 0
26.0 .. 0
.. 0.18 22
9.3 .. .. 10.70
14.0 10.0 36.0 3.17
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.9 78 12.6
.. .. ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.29 0.1
6.1 0.24 0.6
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
203
Thailand East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
204
2008
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
61 31 2,010 –0.7 93 66
63 33 3,050 5.4 .. 71
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
No Public
Yes Public
M C C ..
M P C 5.4
4.3
9.2 10 5.0 .. 3.8 2.8 91
11.1 14 64.3 31 13.3 7.0 92
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
19.6 0.00 4
2.7 0.17 156
22.0 3.23 189
8.4 .. .. 2.19
8.3 4.3 5.8 0.67
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
2.6 353 27.0
3.2 1,850 10.0
2.1 599 27.1
3.5 .. 1.9
4.0 0.50 7.4
5.0 0.45 1.6
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Timor-Leste East Asia & Pacific
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
0.78 25 420 .. .. 73
1 27 840 –0.7 .. 72
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
..
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.18 22
.. .. .. ..
.. .. 5.0 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.25 1.0
6.1 0.24 0.6
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2008
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
205
Togo Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
206
2008
2006
5 37 270 4.2 53 53
6 41 350 2.6 .. 55
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
Yes Public
Yes Public
P P C ..
P P C ..
..
0.8 8 0.9 80 1.9 1.9 12
1.3 21 11.0 85 5.0 3.0 16
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
6.0 .. 0
.. .. 16
.. 0.18 22
10.2 .. .. 7.90
15.4 12.1 10.7 3.98
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
2.9 86 45.3
6.3 432 34.7
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.22 0.6
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Tonga East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
0.10 23 1,600 1.4 .. 78
0.10 24 2,250 2.4 .. 80
.. Public
No Public
P .. P ..
P .. P ..
4.3
9.9 .. 0.2 85 2.4 1.3 23
13.8 .. 30.1 95 3.1 6.0 26
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. 0.01 5
.. 0.65 20
22.0 3.23 189
6.0 .. .. 4.09
9.8 3.7 168.7 ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
2.8 35 ..
.. .. ..
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 30.5
.. 0.40 9.9
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
207
Trinidad and Tobago High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
208
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
1 11 5,170 5.0 .. 68
1 13 12,500 9.5 98 65
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
No Mixed
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
P M C 4.3
5.1
24.4 182 12.4 .. 7.7 6.2 86
24.5 376 124.6 .. 12.3 9.7 88
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. 0.01 46
.. 1.55 370
5.8 19.20 4,346
7.0 .. .. 2.47
7.0 6.7 12.6 2.19
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.0 157 39.2
2.4 .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 9.2
.. 0.53 41.3
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Tunisia Middle East & North Africa
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
10 63 2,090 5.5 .. 74
10 66 2,970 4.6 74 76
No Public
Yes Mixed
M M C ..
M C P 5.7
4.3
10.0 45 1.2 60 2.7 2.2 87
12.5 73 72.5 100 12.8 6.3 92
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
34.0 .. 5
20.0 0.18 126
22.0 3.23 189
4.2 .. .. 2.25
2.9 5.3 3.1 ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
2.1 153 39.8
4.4 915 23.2
2.1 599 27.1
4.8 .. 0.4
6.0 0.35 1.0
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
209
Turkey Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
210
2008
2006
Upper middleincome group 2006
67 65 2,990 3.4 .. 68
73 68 5,400 5.6 87 69
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
Yes Public
Yes Mixed
M C C ..
C P C 4.4
4.4
27.3 29 23.9 50 3.7 3.7 96
25.8 27 72.2 96 16.8 5.7 92
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
55.4 0.02 9
5.6 3.80 631
7.5 3.57 242
10.4 .. .. 3.30
14.7 12.7 6.7 2.40
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
2.7 477 11.7
2.9 1,032 11.3
3.6 594 ..
7.9 .. 3.2
8.2 0.48 38.1
5.2 0.54 21.1
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Turkmenistan Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
5 45 650 4.0 .. ..
5 47 .. .. .. ..
.. Public
No Public
M C .. ..
M C .. ..
4.3
8.1 6 0.2 12 0.1 1.5 93
8.2 .. 2.2 14 1.3 7.2 ..
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
93.9 .. 0
.. .. 16
22.0 3.23 189
.. .. .. ..
.. 17.2 23.1 ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
0.9 50 9.0
0.7 72 ..
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. 0.33 ..
5.0 0.45 0.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
211
Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
212
2008
2006
Lowincome group 2006
25 12 260 6.4 67 66
30 13 300 5.6 .. 63
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
Yes Mixed
Yes Mixed
C C C ..
P P .. 4.6
..
0.2 1 0.5 16 0.2 0.2 4
0.4 3 6.7 80 2.5 1.7 10
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. 0
.. 0.00 4
.. 0.18 22
14.4 .. .. 3.63
13.8 9.4 99.6 3.21
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.6 79 26.2
3.4 255 23.4
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.31 0.1
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Ukraine Europe & Central Asia
Lower middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lower middleincome group 2006
49 67 700 –1.9 99 84
47 68 1,940 7.8 .. 86
.. Public
Yes Public
C C .. ..
C C C 3.9
4.3
21.2 13 1.7 75 0.7 1.8 97
26.4 57 104.9 96 11.9 4.5 97
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
34.5 .. 1
41.3 .. 17
22.0 3.23 189
.. .. .. ..
.. 9.4 2.1 1.65
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
3.7 88 23.1
5.8 210 31.4
2.1 599 27.1
7.9 .. 0.9
7.8 0.57 2.8
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2008
2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
213
United Arab Emirates High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
214
2008
2006
Highincome group 2006
3 77 19,270 5.1 .. 66
4 77 26,210 8.2 89 60
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
.. Mixed
Yes Mixed
M M M ..
P P P 5.9
5.1
31.4 .. 44.0 100 23.6 12.3 86
30.8 .. 129.9 100 40.2 25.6 86
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
0.2 0.04 5
0.3 5.66 2,371
5.8 19.20 4,346
5.0 .. .. 3.51
17.4 4.1 5.4 1.73
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
2.7 294 28.9
2.7 587 9.8
4.4 641 16.1
3.4 .. 9.1
3.6 0.63 95.5
7.2 0.74 569.4
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United Kingdom High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2006
60 89 24,970 3.2 .. 90
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
61 90 40,560 2.5 .. 93
Highincome group 2006
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
Yes Private C C C 5.6
5.1
59.0 259 72.7 99 26.4 33.8 97
55.5 .. 115.0 99 55.4 75.8 98
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
4.5 0.09 1,448
.. 21.46 13,062
5.8 19.20 4,346
25.3 .. .. 1.07
28.2 13.7 27.6 0.77
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.8 380 30.4
3.7 .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
8.1 .. 108.7
6.9 0.79 757.6
7.2 0.74 569.4
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2008
215
United States High income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
282 79 34,400 4.2 .. 92
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Yes Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Private Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service C Mobile telephone service C Internet service C Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
216
2008
2006
299 81 44,710 2.6 .. 93
Highincome group 2006
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
No Private C C C 5.2
5.1
68.2 152 38.8 99 43.9 57.0 97
57.5 279 77.8 99 69.5 76.2 99
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
14.2 2.51 394
13.8 19.42 3,307
5.8 19.20 4,346
21.5 .. .. ..
25.0 5.2 15.0 ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
3.0 239 25.3
3.0 389 6.7
4.4 641 16.1
9.5 8.7 .. 0.86 273.9 1,058.8
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Uruguay Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
3 91 6,220 2.2 .. 84
3 92 5,310 2.3 .. 89
No Public
Yes Public
M C P ..
P C C 4.2
4.4
28.1 61 12.4 100 10.6 10.6 99
29.8 121 70.3 100 22.8 13.6 92
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
5.6 .. 18
.. 3.23 484
7.5 3.57 242
15.6 .. .. 4.88
10.7 16.1 23.9 0.52
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
3.9 243 13.5
.. .. ..
3.6 594 ..
6.0 .. 11.2
7.8 0.56 37.7
5.2 0.54 21.1
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811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
217
Uzbekistan Europe & Central Asia
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
218
2008
2006
25 37 630 4.1 .. 75
27 37 610 5.7 .. 74
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
.. Public
No Public
P C .. ..
P C .. ..
..
6.7 6 0.2 75 0.5 .. 90
6.9 12 2.8 .. 6.4 3.1 ..
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
92.6 .. 0
92.2 0.03 9
.. 0.18 22
2.6 .. .. 13.95
0.9 1.8 5.7 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.6 66 25.3
2.5 117 27.9
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.41 0.1
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Vanuatu East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
0.19 22 1,250 1.4 74 60
0.22 24 1,690 2.0 .. 63
.. Mixed
No Mixed
M .. .. ..
M .. .. ..
4.3
3.5 .. 0.2 20 2.1 1.3 6
3.2 .. 5.9 20 3.5 1.4 6
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
.. .. 3
.. 0.03 23
22.0 3.23 189
21.2 .. .. 7.45
31.6 18.2 56.7 ..
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
4.8 39 ..
3.7 131 20.0
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. 10.3
.. 0.25 154.9
5.0 0.45 1.6
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2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
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Venezuela, RB Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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Upper middleincome group 2006
24 91 4,100 0.6 93 67
27 94 6,070 3.4 .. 76
811 75 5,913 3.9 93 82
Yes Mixed
Yes Public
M C C ..
C C C 4.2
4.4
10.4 23 22.4 .. 3.4 4.5 86
15.6 .. 69.5 .. 15.3 9.3 90
21.6 .. 66.0 95 22.2 13.3 93
2.0 0.02 6
.. 1.99 50
7.5 3.57 242
.. .. .. 0.78
.. 1.2 12.5 0.84
11.4 10.9 11.7 1.06
3.3 386 26.3
3.6 677 15.5
3.6 594 ..
3.7 .. 3.7
3.7 0.51 6.2
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Vietnam East Asia & Pacific
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
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78 24 390 6.7 90 64
84 27 700 7.6 .. 64
.. Public
No Public
M M P ..
C C C 5.0
..
3.3 7 1.0 .. 0.3 0.8 78
19.1 .. 18.4 .. 17.5 1.4 83
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. 0.00 0
.. 0.61 84
.. 0.18 22
5.4 .. .. 9.29
2.7 6.3 1.8 1.95
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
3.5 43 50.1
4.7 79 ..
4.0 141 ..
12.5 .. 0.1
15.1 0.46 0.6
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Virgin Islands (U.S.) High income Highincome group 2006
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0.11 93 .. .. .. ..
0.11 94 .. .. .. ..
1,031 78 36,608 2.3 99 92
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
5.1
62.9 .. 32.2 .. 13.8 2.4 50
66.0 .. 73.9 .. 27.6 2.8 50
52.7 204 90.1 99 59.3 56.7 98
.. .. 414
.. 2.73 414
5.8 19.20 4,346
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
26.6 17.0 13.7 0.77
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
4.4 641 16.1
.. .. 36.8
.. .. 276.6
7.2 0.74 569.4
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Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
3 72 1,580 7.4 .. 77
4 72 1,230 0.2 92 82
.. ..
No ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
4.3
9.2 28 5.9 95 1.2 3.5 85
9.0 66 21.8 95 7.0 5.4 93
21.6 21 38.1 .. 11.4 4.3 80
97.0 .. 6
23.0 0.68 199
22.0 3.23 189
10.3 .. .. 1.11
1.0 9.6 15.6 1.17
8.2 9.8 10.0 2.08
0.4 263 46.2
0.8 903 18.4
2.1 599 27.1
.. .. ..
.. 0.00 0.8
5.0 0.45 1.6
Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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2,276 47 2,038 7.6 89 71
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Yemen, Rep. Middle East & North Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2006
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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18 25 400 5.6 .. 50
22 28 760 3.9 54 55
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
.. ..
No ..
M C M ..
M C C ..
..
1.9 8 0.2 .. 0.1 0.2 43
4.6 .. 9.5 68 1.2 1.9 43
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
.. .. 0
.. .. 0
.. 0.18 22
3.7 .. .. 4.45
2.8 4.2 6.0 2.39
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
1.0 72 51.1
1.2 .. ..
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.21 0.1
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
2006
Lowincome group 2006
10 35 300 2.2 68 43
12 35 630 5.0 .. 60
Yes Public
Yes Public
M C C ..
M P P 4.5
..
0.8 4 0.9 51 0.2 0.7 23
0.8 7 14.2 65 4.3 1.1 ..
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
90.9 0.00 0
108.0 0.02 11
.. 0.18 22
4.6 .. .. 2.57
7.7 14.2 33.3 1.41
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
2.0 59 12.3
2.5 175 29.3
4.0 141 ..
.. .. ..
.. 0.23 0.1
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income
Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–06 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%) Sector structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telephone subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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Lowincome group 2006
13 34 450 0.7 .. 57
13 36 340 –5.7 89 52
2,420 30 649 6.5 61 57
No Public
Yes Public
M C C ..
P C C 3.7
..
2.0 11 2.1 .. 0.4 1.5 25
2.5 25 6.3 .. 9.2 6.5 34
2.5 .. 14.3 40 4.2 1.4 16
153.0 0.01 1
57.0 0.08 4
.. 0.18 22
6.3 .. .. 4.36
4.3 3.4 1.3 ..
6.1 10.0 12.0 1.99
2.2 112 90.9
4.3 375 8.1
4.0 141 ..
4.1 .. 0.1
12.7 0.30 0.3
6.1 0.24 0.6
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Glossary Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and older who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life. (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Institute for Statistics) Broadband subscribers are people with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology connection to the Internet. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. (International Telecommunication Union) E-government readiness index is based on a five-stage ascending model that builds on a government’s previous level of sophistication of online presence. The stages are emerging, enhanced, interactive, transactional, and networked. Countries are scored on a scale of 0–1 (1 = most ready) according to the specific products and services they provide. (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance) GDP growth is the annual percentage rate of growth of gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on 2000 U.S. dollars. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. (World Bank and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method, is gross national income (GNI) converted to U.S. dollars using the World Bank Atlas method divided by the midyear population. GNI is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. GNI, calculated in national currency, is usually converted to U.S. dollars at official exchange rates for comparisons across economies. The World Bank Atlas method is used to smooth fluctuations in prices and exchange rates. It averages the exchange rate for a given year and the two preceding years, adjusted for differences in rates of inflation between the country and the Euro zone, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. (World Bank) Government prioritization of sector is based on replies to the following question: “Information and communication technologies (ICT) are an overall priority for the government” (1 = strongly disagree, 7 = strongly agree). (World Economic Forum) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment is the combined number of students enrolled in primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of education, regardless of age, as a percentage of the population of official school age for the three levels. (United Nations Development Programme)
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Glossary Households with a television set are the percentage of households with a television set. Some countries report only the number of households with a color television set, and therefore the true number may be higher than reported. (International Telecommunication Union) International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. (International Telecommunication Union) International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). (International Telecommunication Union) Internet users are people with access to the world wide network. (International Telecommunication Union) Level of competition, international long distance, refers to the level of competition for international long distance telephone calls (M = monopoly, P = partial competition, C = full competition). (International Telecommunication Union and World Bank) Level of competition, Internet service, refers to the level of competition for retail Internet access service (M = monopoly, P = partial competition, C = full competition). (International Telecommunication Union and World Bank) Level of competition, mobile telephone service, refers to the level of competition for digital cellular mobile services (M = monopoly, P = partial competition, C = full competition). (International Telecommunication Union and World Bank) Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. (International Telecommunication Union) Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. (International Telecommunication Union) Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship, except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Data are midyear estimates. (World Bank) Population covered by mobile telephony is the percentage of people within range of a mobile cellular signal regardless of whether they are subscribers. (International Telecommunication Union) Price basket for Internet service is calculated based on the cheapest available tariff for accessing the Internet 20 hours a month (10 hours peak and 10 hours off-peak). The basket excludes telephone line rental but includes
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telephone usage charges if applicable. Data are compiled in the national currency and converted to U.S. dollars using the annual average exchange rate. (International Telecommunication Union) Price basket for mobile telephone service is calculated based on the prepaid price for 25 calls per month spread over the same mobile network, other mobile networks, and mobile to fixed calls and during peak, off-peak, and weekend times. The basket also includes 30 text messages per month. (International Telecommunication Union) Price basket for residential fixed line is calculated as one-fifth of the installation charge, the monthly subscription charge, and the cost of local calls (15 peak and 15 off-peak calls of three minutes each). (International Telecommunication Union and World Bank) Price of call to the United States is the cost of a three-minute, peakrate, fixed-line call from the country to the United States. (International Telecommunication Union) Sector expenditure comprises computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment. (World Information Technology and Services Alliance) Secure Internet servers are the number of servers using encryption technology for Internet transactions. Data listed for 2006 are for December 2007. (Netcraft) Separate telecommunications regulator indicates whether the country has a separate telecommunications regulator. (International Telecommunication Union) Status of main fixed-line telephone operator indicates whether the incumbent fixed-line operator is a public or private entity. Public refers to a fully state-owned operator, private refers to a fully private operator, and mixed refers to a partially private operator. (International Telecommunication Union and World Bank) Telecommunications revenue is revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed line, mobile, and data. (International Telecommunication Union) Telecommunications investment is total telecommunications investment (capital expenditure) as a percentage of telecommunications revenue. (International Telecommunication Union)
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Glossary Telephone faults are the number of reported faults for the year divided by the number of telephone mainlines and multiplied by 100. (International Telecommunication Union) Telephone mainlines are telephone lines connecting subscribers to the telephone network. (International Telecommunication Union) Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed line plus mobile) divided by the total number of telecommunications employees. (International Telecommunication Union) Urban population is the midyear population of areas defined as urban in each country and reported to the United Nations. (United Nations)
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AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA AMERICAN SAMOA ANDORRA ANGOLA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA ARMENIA ARUBA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN THE BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BENIN BERMUDA BHUTAN BOLIVIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CAPE VERDE CAYMAN ISLANDS CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHANNEL ISLANDS CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA COMOROS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO REPUBLIC OF CONGO COSTA RICA CÔTE D’IVOIRE CROATIA CUBA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK DJIBOUTI DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT EL SALVADOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FAEROE ISLANDS FIJI FINLAND FRANCE FRENCH POLYNESIA GABON THE GAMBIA GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GREECE GREENLAND GRENADA GUAM GUATEMALA GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA HAITI HONDURAS HONG KONG, CHINA HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA INDONESIA ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN IRAQ IRELAND ISLE OF MAN ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KIRIBATI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF KOREA REPUBLIC OF KOREA KUWAIT KYRGYZ REPUBLIC LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC LATVIA LEBANON LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACAO, CHINA FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALAYSIA MALDIVES MALI MALTA MARSHALL ISLANDS MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MAYOTTE MEXICO FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA MOLDOVA MONACO MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA NEPAL NETHERLANDS NETHERLANDS ANTILLES NEW CALEDONIA NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN PALAU PANAMA PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO QATAR ROMANIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION RWANDA SAMOA SAN MARINO SÃO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAK REPUBLIC SLOVENIA SOLOMON ISLANDS SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SRI LANKA ST. KITTS AND NEVIS ST. LUCIA ST. VINCENT & GRENADINES SUDAN SURINAME SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA THAILAND TIMOR-LESTE TOGO TONGA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN VANUATU REPÚBLICA BOLIVIARANA DE VENEZUELA VIETNAM U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS WEST BANK AND GAZA REPUBLIC OF YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE
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