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Measuringdigitaldevelopment

FactsandFigures

2025

ITU

Foreword

Iampleasedtopresentthe2025editionofFactsandFigures,ITU’sannualreferencepublicationonthestateofglobaldigitalconnectivity.

Morethan96percentoftheglobalpopulationiscoveredbyamobilebroadbandnetwork,bringingusclosertouniversalaccess.Yet,manylow-incomecountriesstillrelyprimarilyon3G,limitingwhatuserscandoonline.Forthefirsttime,weestimatedthenumberof5Gsubscriptions;theynowaccountforone-thirdofallmobilebroadbandsubscriptionsworldwide.Butdeploymentremainsconcentratedinhigh-incomecountries,underscoringtheneedtoensurethatadvancesinconnectivitybenefitallcountries,notonlythosealreadyahead.

Atthesametime,thisyear’sdatashowsthatalmostthree-quartersoftheworld’spopulationarenowonline.Progresscontinuesacrossallregionsandincomegroups,butitisslowing.Theremainingquarterofpeople–2.2billionindividuals–remainoffline,mostoftheminlow-andmiddle-incomecountries.

Internetaccesskeepsgettingcheaper,yetonlyaroundtwo-thirdsofeconomieshavereachedalevelthatisconsideredaffordable.Inlow-andmiddle-incomecountries,Internetservicesremainunaffordableinabout60percentofeconomies,preventingmanyfromcomingonlineorlimitingtheirabilitytofullyparticipatein–andbenefitfrom–thedigitaleconomy.Theseaffordabilityconstraints,togetherwithqualitygaps,shapewhogetsonlineandhowfullytheycanparticipate.

Againstthisbackdrop,inclusiontrendsaremixed.Encouragingly,thegapsbetweenurbanandruralcommunitiesandbetweenyoungerandoldergenerationsarenarrowing.Moreover,threeregions,aswellasthegroupofSmallIslandsDevelopingStates(SIDS),haveachievedgenderparityinInternetuse.Inotherregions,however,toolittleprogresshasbeenmadeinclosingthegendergap.

IthankallMemberStatesandpartnersfortheircontinuedcooperationinprovidingdata,and

Iencouragerenewedinvestmentinnationalstatisticalcapacity.

Reliable,comparableandtimelydataarethefoundationofeffectivedigitalpoliciesandofoursharedvisiontoconnecttheworld.Achievingthatvisionwillrequiresustainedandwell-targetedefforts–ininfrastructure,indigitalskills,andindatasystems.Byworkingtogetheranddirectingresourceswheretheneedsaregreatest,wecanensurethatnooneisleftbehindandthateveryonebenefitsfullyandsafelyfromtheopportunitiesofthedigitalage.

DrCosmasLuckysonZavazava

DirectoroftheTelecommunicationDevelopmentBureauInternationalTelecommunicationUnion

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Tableofcontents

Foreword

ii

Internetuse

1

Thegenderdigitaldivide

3

YouthInternetuse

6

Internetuseinurbanandruralareas

7

Mobilenetworkcoverage

9

Subscriptions

13

Internettraffic

18

AffordabilityofICTservices

20

ICTskills

23

Mobilephoneownership

26

Methodology

29

iv

Listoffigures

IndividualsusingtheInternet

1

PercentageofindividualsusingtheInternetbyregion,2019and2025

2

PercentageofwomenandmenusingtheInternet,2025

3

Internetusegenderparityscorevs.overallInternetuse,2020-2025

4

PercentageofindividualsusingtheInternetbygender,2019and2025

5

PercentageofindividualsusingtheInternetbyagegroup,2025

6

PercentageofindividualsusingtheInternetinurbanandruralareas,2025

7

RatioofindividualsusingtheInternetinurbanareastothoseusingthe

Internetinruralareas,2022-2025

8

Populationcoveragebytypeofmobilenetwork,2015-2025

9

Populationcoveragebytypeofmobilenetwork,2025

10

Populationcoveragebytypeofmobilenetworkandarea,2025

11

Percentageofthepopulationwithoutaccesstoa3Gmobilenetworkor

higher,2025

12

Subscriptionsper100inhabitants,worldwide

13

Mobile-cellulartelephonesubscriptionsper100inhabitants,byregion,2025

14

Activemobilebroadbandsubscriptionsper100inhabitants,byregion,2025

15

Fixedtelephonesubscriptionsper100inhabitants,byregion,2025

16

Fixedbroadbandsubscriptionsper100inhabitants,byregion,2025

16

Annualgrowthratesinsubscriptiontypes,percentage

17

Mobilebroadbandtraffic,EB

18

Fixedbroadbandtraffic,EB

18

Mobilebroadbandtrafficpersubscriptionpermonth(GB),2025

19

Fixedbroadbandtrafficpersubscriptionpermonth(GB),2025

19

Priceofdata-onlymobilebroadband(5GB)basketasapercentageofgross

nationalincomepercapita,2024-2025

20

Priceoffixedbroadband(5GB)basketasapercentageofgrossnational

incomepercapita,2024-2025

21

PercentageofInternetuserswithatleastbasicskillsvspercentageof

individualsusingtheInternet,byskillarea,2024orlatestyear

24

PercentageofindividualsowningamobilephoneandusingtheInternet,2025

26

PercentageofindividualsusingtheInternetvspercentageofindividuals

owningamobilephone,2015-2025

27

Percentageofindividualsowningamobilephonebygender,2022and2025

28

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Anonlineversionofthispublicationfeaturinginteractivechartsisavailableat

/ff2025

Internetuse

Almostthree-quartersofthepopulationareonline

IndividualsusingtheInternet

6.0

5.5

NumberofInternetusers,billions

5.0

4.5

4.0

3.5

3.0

2.5

2.0

1.5

1.0

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0.0

70%

60%

Percentageofpopulation

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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Today,in2025,74percentoftheworld’spopulationareonline,comparedwith71percentayearearlier.Inabsolutenumbers,thiscorrespondsto6billionpeople,upfrom5.8billionin2024.Year-on-yeargrowthincreasedslightlyto3.3percent,upfrom2.9percentpreviously.Whileprogresscontinuestowarduniversalconnectivitymorethanaquarteroftheglobalpopulationremainsoffline.

FactsandFigures1

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Internetuseremainscloselylinkedtothelevelofdevelopment.High-incomecountries1arenearinguniversalInternetusewith94percentofthepopulationusingtheInternet.2Incontrast,only23percentofthepopulationoflow-incomecountriesareusingtheInternet.

Lookingattheregions,intheCommonwealthofIndependentStates(CIS),Europe,andtheAmericas,between88and93percentofthepopulationusetheInternet.InAsia-PacificandtheArabStatesregion,Internetuseisat77and70percent,respectively,whichisinlinewiththeglobalaverage.Bycontrast,theaveragefigureforInternetuseforAfricaisjust36percent.

Universalconnectivityalsoremainsadistantprospectintheleastdevelopedcountries(LDCs)andlandlockeddevelopingcountries(LLDCs),whereonly34and38percentofthepopulationareonline,respectively.

Whiletheannualgrowthratein2025intheseeconomiesaverages7.4and5.5percent,respectively,whichishigherthaninmostoftheothergroupsorregions,theconnectivitygapisnotexpectedtocloseanytimesoon.

PercentageofindividualsusingtheInternetbyregion,2019and2025

ArabStates

Americas

World

Africa

88

742025

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76

70

2019

54

50

54

36

25

Asia-Pacific

CIS

93

77

82

76

Europe

92

16

Upper-middle-income

LLDCs

Lower-middle-income

Low-income

High-income

LDCs

SIDS

89

94

88

63

68

64

54

38

34/2721

23

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1Inthispublication,regionscorrespondtotheITUgeographicalregions:

/en/ITU-D/

Statistics/Pages/definitions/regions.aspx

.Thecompositionofthespecialgroups–leastdevelopedcountries(LDCs),landlockeddevelopingcountries(LLDCs)andsmallislanddevelopingStates(SIDS)isavailableat

/ohrlls/

.IncomegroupscorrespondtotheWorldBankclassification,availableat

https://

/knowledgebase/articles/906519

.

2Consideringsomepeoplemayneverwanttoconnect,asamatterofconventionuniversalityistakentomeananInternetpenetrationrateofatleast95percent.

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Thegenderdigitaldivide

DatashowalackofprogressinclosingthegendergapinInternetusePercentageofwomenandmenusingtheInternet,2025

WorldWomen71

Men77

Africa31

40

Americas87

89

ArabStates64

75

Asia-Pacific74

81

CIS92

94

Europe92

93

Low-income18

29

Lower-middle-income57

69

Upper-middle-income88

90

High-income94

95

LDCs28

39

LLDCs34

41

SIDS64

64

Note:

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Source:ITU

Globally,77percentofmenusetheInternet,comparedwith71percentofwomen.AlthoughthenumberoffemaleandmaleInternetusershasincreasedbynearly45percentsince2019,about280millionmorementhanwomenusetheInternetworldwidein2025.

Genderparityisdeemedtobeachievedwhenthegenderparityscore,definedasthefemalepercentagedividedbythemalepercentage,isbetween0.98and1.02.AsisthecaseforoverallInternetuse,genderparityiscloselycorrelatedwiththelevelofdevelopment.

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Internetusegenderparityscorevs.overallInternetuse,2020-2025

1.6

1.4

1.2

Genderparityscore

1.0

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0.0

Genderparityscore(0.98-1.02)

Low-income

Lower-middle-incomeUpper-middle-incomeHigh-income

020406080100

PercentageofindividualsusingtheInternet

Note:In-scopeagesmayvarybetweencountries.ThegenderparityscoreiscalculatedastheproportionofwomenwhousetheInternetdividedbytheproportionofmenwhousetheInternet.AvaluelessthanoneindicatesthatmenaremorelikelytousetheInternetthanwomen,whileavaluegreaterthanoneindicatestheopposite.Genderparityisconsideredachievedifthevalueliesbetween0.98and1.02.Officialdataisavailablefrom106countries,withatotalof351datapoints.Eachpointstandsforonecountryinagivenyearbetween2020and2025.Thebluedottedlineisthesmoothedtrendlineforallcountries.

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Source:ITU

Theglobalgenderparityscoreof0.92in2025isthesameasin2019,indicatingthatinrecentyears,therehasbeennoprogresstowardsglobalgenderparity.

AmongITUregions,genderparityhasbeenachievedinEurope,andintheAmericasandtheCISregions.TherehasbeennoprogressintheAsia-Pacificregionwheretheregionalgenderparityscoredeclinedslightlyfrom0.92in2019to0.91in2025.TheArabStatesregiondisplaysasimilartrend,withthegenderparityscoreremainingthesameat0.86overthesameperiod.Africastilllagsbehindotherregionsbuthaswitnessednotableimprovementoverthepastsixyearswithitsgenderparityscoreincreasingfrom0.70to0.78.

TherewasasmallimprovementinthegenderparityscoreinLDCsandLLDCs,althoughmenarestillsignificantlymorelikelytousetheInternetthanwomen.IntheSIDSgroup,thegenderparityscoreremainedatorevenabove1between2019and2025,indicatinggenderparity.TheSIDSarealsoanotable,positiveexceptiontothestrongcorrelationbetweengenderparityandoverallInternetuseastheyhaveachievedgenderparityeventhoughlessthantwo-thirdsofthepopulationusetheInternet.

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PercentageofindividualsusingtheInternetbygender,2019and2025

ArabStates

Americas

World

Africa

89

87

77

76

2025

75

5671

52

64

59

2019

52

48

51

40

31

29

20

Men

Women

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Source:ITU

Asia-Pacific

CIS

93

8492

80

94

81

74

76

Europe

Lower-middle-income

Upper-middle-income

Low-income

High-income

LDCs

LLDCs

SIDS

95

9089

86

69

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68

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YouthInternetuse

Internetuseremainshighestamongyouth,yetthegenerationalgapisshrinkingPercentageofindividualsusingtheInternetbyagegroup,2025

98

91

96

93

World

Africa

Americas

ArabStates

Asia-Pacific

CIS

Europe

97

89

82

81

67

Youth

87

75

72

Restofthe

population

50

32

Low-income

38

20

Lower-middle-income

80

59

Upper-middle-income

97

87

High-income

99

94

LDCs

50

30

LLDCs

46

35

SIDS

76

62

Note:“Youth”refersto15to24-year-olds.

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Source:ITU

Globally,82percentofpeopleaged15to24usetheInternet,tenpercentagepointsmorethanamongtherestofthepopulation(72percent).Thisgenerationalgap,observedineveryregion,hasbeenslowlyshrinkingoverthelastfouryears.Inthisagegroup,"universality,"meaningwhenthepenetrationrateisatleast95percent,hasalreadybeenachievedinEurope,theCISregionandtheAmericasregion.

Inrelativeterms,15-to24-year-oldsinlow-incomecountriesare1.9timesmorelikelytousetheInternetthantherestofthepopulation.Thisisthelargestgenerationalgapofanyincomegroup,with15-to24-year-oldsinhigh-incomecountriesonlyfivepercentmorelikelytousetheInternetthantherestofthepopulation.

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Internetuseinurbanandruralareas

Theurban-ruraldivideremainswideinregionswithlowpenetration.

PercentageofindividualsusingtheInternetinurbanandruralareas,2025

WorldRural58Urban85

Africa

21

55

Americas

75

91

ArabStates

51

82

Asia-Pacific

66

88

CIS

96

88

Europe

94

87

39

Low-income

14

77

53

92

83

96

90

Lower-middle-incomeUpper-middle-incomeHigh-income

50

25

60

27

84

34

LDCsLLDCsSIDS

Note:

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Source:ITU

Globally,85percentofurbandwellersusetheInternetin2025,comparedtojustoverhalfoftheruralpopulation(58percent).

Theurban-ruralgap,measuredastheratioofthetwopercentages,hasslowlydecreasedfrom1.6to1.5overthelastfouryears.Unsurprisingly,theurban-ruralgapissmallestinregionswithhighInternetusepenetration,includinginEurope,wheretheratioisjust1.1,comparedwith2.6inAfrica.Inallregions,progresshasbeenmodestoverthelastfouryears.

Inhigh-incomecountries,where94percentofthepopulationusestheInternet,theurban-ruralgaphasalmostbeenbridged,withanaverageratioof1.1.Inlow-incomecountries,bycontrast,theurban-ruralgapremainswidewithonlyoneinsevenruraldwellers(14percent)online,whichislittlemorethanone-thirdtheshareofurbanresidents.

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RatioofindividualsusingtheInternetinurbanareastothoseusingtheInternetinruralareas,2022-2025

3.5

3.0

Low-income

2.5

2.0

World

Lower-middle-income

1.5

Upper-middle-income

1.0High-income0.5

0.0

2022202320242025

Note:Ahigherratioindicatesalargerurban-ruralgap.

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Source:ITU

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Mobilenetworkcoverage

Morethanhalfoftheworld'spopulationiscoveredby5GPopulationcoveragebytypeofmobilenetwork,2015-2025

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

2G

3G

4G

5G

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Note:Thevaluesfor2G,3Gand4Gnetworksshowtheincrementalpercentageofthepopulationthatisnotcoveredbyamoreadvancedtechnologynetwork(e.g.in2025,96percentoftheworld'spopulationiscoveredbyatleasta3Gorabovenetwork,with3.6percenthavingonly3G,37.6percenthaving4G,and55.1percenthaving5G).Thereareinsufficientdatatoproduceestimatesfor5Gcoveragepriorto2020.

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Source:ITU

Fromtheearlystagesofcommercialisationin2019,5Gcoveragehasexpandedtocover55percentoftheworld'spopulationin2025.3However,5Gcurrentlyreaches84percentofpeopleinhigh-incomecountries,butonly4percentofpeopleinlow-incomecountries,indicatingthatgrowthhasbeenuneven.

Regionally,Europeleadswith74percentofthepopulationcoveredby5G,followedbytheAsia-Pacificregionwith70percent,andtheAmericasregionwith60percentofthepopulationcoveredby5G.CoverageremainsconsiderablylowerintheArabStatesregionwith13percent,Africawith12percent,andtheCISregionwith8percentofthepopulationcoveredby5G.Thesedisparitiesin5Gnetworkcoveragearemirroredinsubscriptionlevels(seeSubscriptionssection).

While5Gdeploymentisstillunderwayinmanyregions,4Gremainsareliableconnectivitysolution,currentlyavailableto93percentoftheworld'spopulation.However,inlow-incomecountries,4Gcoveragedropssharply,withonly56percentofthepopulationcovered.Intheseareas,3GcontinuestoplayavitalroleforInternetaccess.

3Inthispublication,theterm4Gisusedinsteadof4G/LTE,and5Ginsteadof5G/IMT-2020,forreadability.

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Coverageby3Gorhighertechnologyhasreached96percentoftheworld’spopulation.Yetextendingnetworkstotheremaining4percent,comprisingapproximately312millionpeople,isprovingslowandcomplex.Since2018,whencoveragefirstsurpassed90percent,theglobalgainhasamountedtojustsixpercentagepoints.AlmosthalfoftheglobalpopulationthatremainwithoutaccesstoamobilebroadbandnetworkareinAfrica.

InLDCsandLLDCs,12and11percentofthepopulation,respectively,remainwithoutaccesstomobilebroadband,aresultthatfallsshortofTarget9.cofSustainableDevelopmentGoal9:"tosignificantlyincreaseaccesstoinformationandcommunicationstechnologyandstrivetoprovideuniversalandaffordableaccesstotheInternetinleastdevelopedcountriesby2020."

Populationcoveragebytypeofmobilenetwork,2025

World

5G(55%)4G(38%)

Africa

5G(12%)4G(63%)3G(14%)

Americas

ArabStates

5G(60%)4G(34%)

5G(13%)4G(75%)3G(8%)

Asia-Pacific

5G(70%)4G(26%)

CIS

Europe

5G(8%)4G(86%)

5G(74%)4G(26%)

Low-income

4G(52%)

3G(28%)

Lower-middle-income

5G(46%)

4G(49%)

Upper-middle-income

5G(66%)

4G(33%)

High-income

5G(84%)

4G(15%)

LDCs

4G(66%)

3G(17%)

LLDCs

4G(57%)

5G(9%)

3G(23%)

SIDS

4G(48%)

5G(25%)

3G(12%)

Note:Thevaluesfor2G,3Gand4Gnetworksshowtheincrementalpercentageofthepopulationthatisnotcoveredbyamoreadvancedtechnologynetwork(e.g.in2025,96percentoftheworld'spopulationiscoveredbyatleasta3Gorabovenetwork,with3.6percenthavingonly3G,37.6percenthaving4G,and55.1percenthaving5G).

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Source:ITU

Becauseurbanareasaremoredenselypopulatedandeconomicallyattractive,theyareusuallyprioritizedwhennewinfrastructureisdeployed.Asaresult,66percentofpeoplelivinginurbanareasworldwidealreadyhaveaccesstoa5Gnetwork,comparedwithjust40percentofthoseinruralareas,representingagapof26percentagepoints.

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Inhigh-incomecountries,theurban-ruraldivideisevidentwith89percentoftheurbanpopulationcoveredby5G,comparedwithonly59percentoftheruralpopulation.Inlow-incomecountries,5Greachesonly9percentoftheurbanpopulationandisessentiallyunavailableinruralareas.

Oldertechnologiesaremorewidelyavailable.4Gnetworkscover99percentofurbanareasworldwide,butcoveragedropsto84percentinruralareas.However,theseglobalaveragesconcealvastdisparities,suchasforexamplethefactthatinlow-incomecountriesonly38percentofruralinhabitantshaveaccessto4G.

Populationcoveragebytypeofmobilenetworkandarea,2025

5G(40%)4G(45%)

4G(33%)

5G(66%)

WorldRural

Urban

Africa

Rural

Urban

Americas

Rural

Urban

ArabStates

Rural

Urban

Asia-Pacific

Rural

Urban

CIS

Rural

Urban

Europe

Rural

Urban

4G(57%)3G(22%)

4G(72%)

5G(25%)

5G(26%)4G(47%)

5G(67%)

4G(32%)

3G(21%)

4G(68%)

4G(80%)

5G(20%)

4G(37%)

4G(17%)

5G(58%)

5G(82%)

4G(80%)3G(11%)

4G(44%)

5G(12%)4G(89%)

5G(80%)

4G(20%)

5G(54%)

Low-incomeRural

Urban

Lower-middle-incomeRuralUrban

Upper-middle-incomeRuralUrban

High-incomeRural

Urban

4G(51%)

2G(12%)

3G(13%)

4G(37%)3G(37%)

5G(9%)4G(78%)

5G(54%)

5G(40%)

4G(45%)

5G(56%)

4G(39%)

5G(70%)

4G(30%)

5G(58%)4G(33%)

5G(89%)4G(11%)

LDCs

RuralUrbanRuralUrbanRural

LLDCs

SIDS

4G(56%)3G(24%)2G(10%)

4G(84%)

5G(11%)

4G(51%)3G(30%)2G(12%)

5G(23%)4G(69%)3G(7%)

4G(50%)3G(11%2)G(11%)

Urban5G(39%)4G(47%)3G(13%)

Note:Thevaluesfor2G,3Gand4Gnetworksshowtheincrementalpercentageofthepopulationthatisnotcoveredbyamoreadvancedtechnologynetwork(e.g.80percentofAfrica’sruralpopulationiscoveredbyatleasta3Gorabovenetwork,thatis1percentcoveredby5G+57percentcoveredby4G+22percentcoveredonlyby3G).

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Source:ITU

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Therearestillpartsoftheworldwherethereiseithernonetworkcoverageatall,oronly2Gservice.Theseuncoveredareasareexclusivelyrural,withtheaf