The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2007

From World Development Indicators

The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology

Economic and social context Sector structure Sector performance Access Quality Affordability Institutional efficiency and sustainability Applications

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THE LITTLE DATA BOOK ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

Copyright ©2007 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 2007 ISBN 0-8213-6973-3

The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2007 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

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Preface

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Data notes

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Regional tables World

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East Asia and Pacific

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Europe and Central Asia

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Latin America and the Caribbean

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Middle East and North Africa

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South Asia

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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Income group tables Low income

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Middle income

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Lower middle income

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Upper middle income

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Low and middle income

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Europe EMU

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High income

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Country tables (in alphabetical order)

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Glossary

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Acknowledgments The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology is the result of close collaboration between the staff of the Global Information and Communication Technologies Department and the Development Data Group of the Development Economics Vice Presidency of the World Bank. The Global Information and Communication Technology team included Naomi Halewood, Kaoru Kimura, Marta Priftis, and Mark Williams. The Data Group team included Uranbileg Batjargal, David Cieslikowski, Richard Fix, and William Prince. Michael Minges, consultant, provided data and technical advice. 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 Shadia 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 10 years 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 charts the progress of this revolution for 208 countries around the world. It provides comparable statistics on the sector for 2000 and 2005, 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 website at www.worldbank.org/data or the website 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 2005 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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Figures in 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.

0 or 0.0

indicates zero or small enough that the number would round to zero at the displayed number of decimal places.

$

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. In keeping with World Development Indicators 2007, this edition of The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology uses terminology in line with the 1993 System of National Accounts (SNA). In particular, gross national product (GNP) is replaced by gross national income (GNI).

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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, Korea, Dem. Rep., Lao PDR, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., 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, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, FYR, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovak Republic, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan Latin America and the Caribbean Argentina, Barbados, 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, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, RB Middle East and North Africa Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Rep., Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen, Rep. 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, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., 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) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

6,060 47 .. 5,248 3.2 .. 64

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6,438 49 .. 7,011 2.8 82 67

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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161 39 122 .. 65 80 78

180 30 342 .. 137 130 79

34.5 3.6 102

18.4 41.6 816

10.2 .. .. 2.98

11.7 10.5 22.0 1.44

2.7 157 26.7

3.6 479 24.8

7.3 .. 21.9 ..

6.8 0.40 73.6 ..

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East Asia & Pacific 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

1,806 37 15.5 907 6.0 .. 66

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)

1,885 41 9.1 1,630 8.4 91 70

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Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%) The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology

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93 6 58 .. 19 16 53

214 6 282 .. 89 38 36

31.9 0.0 2

.. 25.9 97

6.9 .. .. 4.32

5.9 5.0 10.7 1.16

1.9 151 30.7

2.7 1,006 ..

3.8 .. 0.3 ..

5.3 0.38 1.0 ..

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Europe & Central Asia 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

472 63 3.8 2,060 2.6 .. ..

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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472 64 0.9 4,143 5.4 97 80

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224 37 93 .. 30 53 91

273 34 624 .. 190 98 92

28.7 0.2 30

15.7 20.9 211

9.3 .. .. 2.92

9.5 11.8 12.2 1.51

2.7 123 26.0

3.6 364 13.9

5.4 .. 3.9 ..

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Latin America & Caribbean 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

515 75 9.7 3,679 3.1 .. 79

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)

551 77 8.6 4,045 2.3 90 80

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Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%) The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology

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145 39 121 .. 38 49 78

177 .. 439 90 156 88 87

14.5 0.4 8

.. 16.5 161

15.7 .. .. 2.47

10.0 9.4 25.8 1.80

3.1 244 26.3

4.3 390 ..

4.7 .. 4.1 ..

5.9 0.48 12.0 ..

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Middle East & North Africa 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

278 56 2.1 1,666 4.4 .. 62

306 57 1.5 2,198 4.1 71 67

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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87 16 23 70 9 26 82

160 30 229 90 89 48 84

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25.0 0.5 9

8.8 .. .. 4.06

7.3 6.3 11.8 1.66

1.1 153 39.2

1.3 501 19.8

2.3 .. 0.2 ..

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South Asia 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

1,351 27 34.9 443 5.4 .. 53

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%) The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology

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1,470 28 30.8 692 6.5 58 58

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27 3 3 .. 5 4 20

39 4 79 .. 49 16 32

132.0 0.0 1

88.1 1.0 18

6.5 .. .. 3.48

5.1 2.4 8.1 2.02

1.5 60 25.9

2.0 125 15.4

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Sub-Saharan Africa 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

663 33 45.8 488 3.3 .. 43

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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14 7 17 .. 5 9 13

17 .. 125 .. 29 15 14

75.2 0.0 1

48.2 0.0 2

8.4 .. .. 5.88

14.0 12.3 45.3 2.43

2.6 73 29.6

3.3 248 36.0

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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 is classified as low income, middle income (subdivided into lower middle and upper middle), or high income. Low- and middle-income 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 $875 or less in 2005. Middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of more than $875 but less than $10,726. Lower-middle-income and upper-middle-income economies are separated at a GNI per capita of $3,465. High-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of $10,726 or more. The aggregate Europe EMU includes the member states of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) of the European Union that have adopted the euro as their currency: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain.

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Low income 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2,145 28 .. 382 5.0 .. 50

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2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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21 4 4 .. 3 4 15

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

80.0 0.0 1

.. 0.9 15

8.4 .. .. 5.93

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

3.1 56 27.4

0.7 141 30.9

3.9 .. 0.1 ..

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Middle income 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2,940 51 .. 1,724 4.0 .. 71

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)

3,074 54 .. 2,647 5.2 90 73

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Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%) The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology

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127 17 77 .. 25 29 85

211 22 379 .. 115 58 88

27.0 0.1 8

22.7 22.6 92

10.1 .. .. 2.94

9.7 10.1 17.0 1.65

2.7 188 26.9

3.6 497 18.9

4.5 .. 1.7 ..

5.4 0.46 5.2 ..

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Lower middle income 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2,357 46 .. 1,243 4.5 .. 70

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

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108 10 60 .. 17 20 75

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

27.3 0.1 2

25.0 23.1 116

8.4 .. .. 3.29

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

1.5 131 27.9

1.9 444 19.2

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Upper middle income 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

582 71 .. 3,676 3.4 .. 75

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)

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

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Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%) The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology

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205 50 147 .. 55 64 89

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

27.0 0.1 28

21.2 21.0 218

12.5 .. .. 2.48

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

2.7 254 22.6

3.6 583 24.3

4.8 .. 5.5 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Low and middle income 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

5,085 41 22.1 1,158 4.1 .. 61

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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5,427 44 18.1 1,753 5.3 79 64

4.1

82 11 46 .. 16 19 54

135 12 247 .. 84 40 48

44.3 0.0 5

.. 13.4 59

9.4 .. .. 3.68

10.1 9.9 23.4 1.81

2.7 104 26.9

3.6 279 25.7

4.4 .. 1.1 ..

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Europe EMU 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

305 73 .. 22,247 2.8 .. 90

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)

314 73 .. 32,098 1.3 .. 93

4.4

Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%) The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology

2005

2007

535 193 612 99 231 263 95

531 .. 980 99 439 421 96

6.3 4.2 847

7.8 134.7 5,784

18.4 .. .. 0.81

29.0 20.9 20.4 0.73

2.3 430 26.5

3.0 592 14.8

5.7 .. 38.7 ..

5.4 0.71 185.0 94

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High income 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

975 77 .. 26,585 3.0 .. 90

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

16

2007

2005

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

4.8

574 171 519 99 319 385 97

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

5.2 16.2 596

5.8 163.2 4,537

17.2 .. .. 0.83

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

3.4 408 26.7

4.5 586 15.1

7.9 .. 118.2 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Country tables China Data for China do not include data for Hong Kong, China; Taiwan, China; or Macao, China.

Serbia and Montenegro Although Montenegro declared independence from Serbia and Montenegro on June 3, 2006, this edition of The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology lists data for Serbia and Montenegro together. Data for most indicators exclude Kosovo, a territory within Serbia that is currently under international administration pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999).

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Afghanistan South Asia

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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2007

2005

.. 21 .. .. .. .. 12

.. 23 .. .. 12.0 28 43

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

No Public

Yes Public

C .. .. ..

P P P ..

..

1 .. 0 .. .. .. 6

3 .. 40 .. 1 .. ..

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 ..

25.0 0.0 0

.. 0.9 15

.. .. .. ..

11.3 10.8 .. 0.39

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

.. .. ..

5.1 1,576 37.8

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.15 0.1 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Albania Europe & Central Asia

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

3 42 <2 1,180 5.2 .. 68

3 45 <2 2,570 5.3 99 69

Yes Public

Yes Public

M C C ..

P P C 4.0

4.0

50 73 10 84 1 8 90

88 150 405 90 60 12 90

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

70.2 .. ..

57.2 0.0 4

25.0 23.1 116

3.0 .. .. 4.59

5.1 22.7 16.3 1.34

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

1.8 40 28.4

6.0 414 19.0

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 0.3 ..

.. 0.37 1.6 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 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) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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2007

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

30 60 <2 1,610 3.2 .. 68

33 63 .. 2,730 5.2 70 74

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

No Public

Yes Public

M M .. ..

P P C 3.9

4.0

58 .. 3 60 5 7 79

78 52 416 75 58 11 88

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

12.0 0.0 0

0.8 5.9 5

25.0 23.1 116

4.5 .. .. 3.67

6.3 7.5 9.4 2.08

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

0.6 103 39.4

3.4 302 ..

1.9 444 19.2

2.1 .. .. ..

2.4 0.32 0.2 53

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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American Samoa East Asia & Pacific

Upper middle income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

.. 89 .. .. .. .. ..

0.06 91 .. .. .. .. ..

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.1

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

182 .. 39 .. .. .. ..

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

21.2 21.0 218

10.1 .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

.. 82 ..

.. .. ..

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

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600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

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Andorra High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

22

2007

2005

.. 92 .. .. .. .. ..

0.07 91 .. .. .. .. 63

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

.. Public

No Public

M M .. ..

M M .. ..

4.8

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

535 .. 975 .. 331 .. ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. .. ..

.. 156.2 6,344

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. ..

.. 15.0 .. ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.18 513.6 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Angola Sub-Saharan Africa

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

14 50 .. 430 6.3 .. 26

16 53 .. 1,410 9.9 67 ..

Yes Public

Yes Public

M P P ..

C P C 3.5

4.0

5 5 2 .. 1 1 9

6 7 69 .. 11 2 9

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

36.9 0.0 0

.. 0.0 0

25.0 23.1 116

.. .. .. 9.32

11.9 11.9 34.3 3.23

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

1.2 43 ..

.. 98 ..

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.18 0.4 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

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Antigua and Barbuda High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

24

2007

2005

0.08 37 .. 8,190 4.6 .. ..

0.08 39 .. 10,500 3.8 .. ..

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

.. Public

No Public

M C M ..

M C C ..

4.8

501 .. 288 .. 65 .. 89

467 602 663 85 350 .. ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. .. ..

.. 0.0 356

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. ..

.. 12.3 22.1 ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. 128 ..

.. .. ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. .. 0.40 245.2 1,076.4 .. ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Argentina Latin America & Caribbean

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

37 89 <2 7,470 2.7 .. 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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

39 90 6.6 4,470 2.2 97 89

Upper middleincome group 2005

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

Yes Private C C C 3.2

4.1

214 25 176 .. 70 69 95

227 .. 570 .. 177 83 ..

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. 2.3 12

.. 21.7 316

21.2 21.0 218

20.0 .. .. 2.77

6.8 7.8 14.4 ..

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

3.3 700 20.1

3.1 969 ..

3.6 583 24.3

4.3 .. 6.4 ..

7.1 0.60 11.9 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Armenia Europe & Central Asia

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

26

2007

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

3 65 5.0 660 5.1 .. 72

3 64 <2 1,470 12.4 99 71

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. Mixed

No Mixed

M M C ..

M P C 4.3

4.0

173 40 6 38 13 8 89

192 29 106 88 53 66 91

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

55.5 .. ..

52.9 0.3 12

25.0 23.1 116

8.1 .. .. 5.34

2.4 8.3 52.5 2.42

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

3.0 71 46.3

3.0 146 34.2

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 0.3 ..

.. 0.36 2.7 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Aruba High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

.. 47 .. .. 4.4 .. 87

0.10 47 .. .. –0.8 97 86

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.8

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. 994 90 .. .. ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. 2.90

16.0 12.4 .. ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

4.8 130 ..

.. .. ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. .. ..

.. .. 289.1 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

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1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

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Australia High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

28

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

19 87 .. 20,720 4.1 .. 113

20 88 .. 33,120 3.2 .. 113

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

C C C ..

C C C 4.3

4.8

540 225 447 96 345 470 97

564 .. 906 96 698 683 96

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

8.3 3.9 128

11.2 103.4 5,903

5.8 163.2 4,537

17.4 .. .. 0.67

30.5 18.3 22.8 0.68

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

3.0 252 30.9

5.7 506 0.5

4.5 586 15.1

6.7 .. 176.3 ..

6.2 0.87 584.1 97

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Austria High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Highincome group 2005

8 66 .. 26,010 2.9 .. 91

8 66 .. 37,190 1.5 .. 91

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

C P C ..

C C C 4.7

4.8

499 303 764 98 337 362 85

450 293 991 99 486 607 95

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

5.4 23.8 1,034

5.0 142.8 6,681

5.8 163.2 4,537

23.3 .. .. 1.19

29.0 23.7 15.5 0.71

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

2.3 545 18.8

2.4 592 19.6

4.5 586 15.1

5.9 .. 83.2 ..

5.5 0.76 285.3 94

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 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) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

30

2007

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

8 51 10.9 610 7.3 .. 66

8 52 3.7 1,240 12.7 99 67

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. Public

No Public

M C .. ..

P P C 4.9

4.0

100 12 52 94 1 .. ..

130 33 267 99 81 23 ..

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

52.0 0.0 ..

45.2 0.3 29

25.0 23.1 116

17.6 .. .. 7.10

8.5 15.1 10.0 4.18

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

1.6 123 27.9

3.8 139 11.8

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 0.1 ..

.. 0.38 0.5 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Bahamas, The High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

0.30 89 .. 15,380 4.2 .. 66

0.32 90 .. 15,800 .. .. 71

Yes Public

Yes Public

M M M ..

P M C ..

4.8

379 624 105 .. 44 .. ..

439 587 584 95 319 .. ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. .. 7

.. 40.2 282

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. 2.40

.. 9.4 25.0 ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. 132 ..

.. 218 ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 71.9 ..

.. 0.47 140.6 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

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Bahrain High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

32

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

0.67 95 .. 10,390 4.3 .. 81

0.73 97 .. 14,370 5.9 87 86

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

No Mixed

Yes Mixed

M M M ..

C P C 4.6

4.8

254 395 306 100 60 141 97

270 578 1,030 100 213 169 95

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

15.0 0.0 ..

.. 13.8 579

5.8 163.2 4,537

7.2 .. .. 3.39

7.3 6.6 30.2 1.74

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

4.9 180 21.4

4.9 438 13.0

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 16.1 ..

.. 0.53 55.4 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Bangladesh South Asia

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lowincome group 2005

129 23 41.3 390 5.2 .. 58

142 25 .. 470 5.4 .. 52

No Public

Yes Public

M C .. ..

M C C 4.4

..

4 2 2 40 1 2 18

8 5 63 80 3 12 23

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.9 15

10.7 .. .. 4.14

6.9 2.5 24.0 2.02

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

0.8 48 25.1

1.5 .. 15.4

0.7 141 30.9

2.0 .. 0.0 ..

2.4 0.18 0.0 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

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Barbados Latin America & Caribbean

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

0.27 50 .. 8,670 4.0 .. 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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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2007

0.27 53 .. .. .. .. ..

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

Yes Mixed P C C ..

4.1

465 425 107 95 38 83 75

500 611 765 100 594 148 93

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. .. ..

.. 118.5 2,226

21.2 21.0 218

16.3 .. .. 4.05

17.8 11.3 25.6 1.95

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

6.6 172 15.8

5.1 365 16.4

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 52.5 ..

.. 0.49 196.3 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Belarus Europe & Central Asia

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

10 70 <2 1,380 6.7 .. 87

10 72 <2 2,760 7.5 100 89

.. Public

No Public

M C .. ..

M P C ..

4.0

275 39 5 62 19 .. 87

336 64 419 88 347 .. 97

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

28.3 .. 2

23.1 0.2 48

25.0 23.1 116

1.2 .. .. 3.28

2.4 11.8 10.5 1.90

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

1.5 105 28.8

1.3 203 41.3

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 0.4 ..

.. 0.53 0.5 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

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Belgium High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

36

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

10 97 .. 25,360 2.7 .. 107

10 97 .. 36,140 1.5 .. 95

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

C P C ..

C P C 4.3

4.8

491 316 549 99 293 224 95

461 .. 903 99 458 348 98

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

3.5 12.4 1,829

5.9 191.3 11,279

5.8 163.2 4,537

22.0 .. .. 1.67

33.1 18.9 37.2 0.75

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

1.9 374 33.7

2.1 586 24.0

4.5 586 15.1

6.0 .. 33.2 ..

5.8 0.74 146.4 93

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Belize Latin America & Caribbean

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

0.25 48 .. 3,090 5.6 .. 71

0.29 48 .. 3,570 5.8 .. 82

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M .. M ..

M .. M ..

4.1

143 120 67 .. 60 120 70

114 178 319 .. 130 132 ..

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

65.6 0.0 12

41.1 14.7 463

21.2 21.0 218

9.3 .. .. 4.45

17.6 16.2 45.7 2.59

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

6.0 132 15.1

6.1 284 22.3

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 31.1 ..

.. 0.38 252.3 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

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Benin Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

38

2007

2005

Lowincome group 2005

7 38 .. 340 5.3 .. 40

8 40 30.9 510 4.0 35 51

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

No Public

Yes Public

M M .. ..

M C .. 4.8

..

7 4 8 23 2 1 18

9 7 89 43 50 4 20

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

8.0 0.0 0

5.8 0.0 5

.. 0.9 15

11.3 .. .. 5.93

16.1 13.2 20.7 4.80

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

2.4 87 54.2

1.6 364 ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. 0.1 ..

.. 0.23 0.2 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Bermuda High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

0.06 100 .. .. .. .. 87

0.06 100 .. .. .. .. 76

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.8

902 .. 209 .. 435 483 ..

895 .. 778 .. 664 543 ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 0.0 ..

.. 0.0 ..

5.8 163.2 4,537

39.0 .. .. ..

38.9 12.2 .. ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. 151 33.0

.. 181 28.6

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. .. .. 497.2 1,723.5 .. ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

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Bhutan South Asia

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

40

2007

2005

0.60 10 .. 720 6.1 .. ..

0.64 11 .. 1,250 7.5 60 ..

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

Yes Public

Yes Public

M .. .. ..

M M P ..

..

23 .. 0 .. 4 8 ..

51 41 59 .. 39 20 58

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 2

54.0 0.0 16

.. 0.9 15

4.9 .. .. 1.19

5.1 3.9 14.9 0.66

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.2 41 26.2

2.0 74 44.5

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.29 .. ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Bolivia Latin America & Caribbean

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

8 62 26.2 1,000 3.5 .. 84

9 64 23.2 1,010 3.0 87 86

Yes Mixed

Yes Private

M P C ..

C C C 3.0

4.0

61 14 70 .. 14 17 46

70 49 264 .. 52 23 ..

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. .. 2

.. 1.2 44

25.0 23.1 116

11.6 .. .. 2.43

8.5 5.6 12.3 1.89

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

4.7 451 43.4

5.8 680 3.8

1.9 444 19.2

4.4 .. 0.6 ..

5.5 0.40 2.7 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 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) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

42

2007

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

4 43 .. 1,420 24.9 .. ..

4 46 .. 2,700 5.0 97 ..

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Public

Yes Public

.. .. .. ..

M P C 3.9

4.0

203 89 24 60 10 .. ..

248 190 408 95 206 .. 87

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. 0.0 6

.. 3.5 40

25.0 23.1 116

4.6 .. .. 2.96

4.9 6.5 7.8 3.62

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

3.8 480 27.5

7.1 337 36.5

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.40 4.3 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Botswana Sub-Saharan Africa

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

2 53 .. 3,270 8.7 .. 69

2 57 .. 5,590 5.9 81 69

Yes Public

Yes Public

M C C ..

M C C 4.8

4.1

77 42 114 90 14 34 10

75 76 466 99 34 45 ..

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. 0.0 3

.. 0.0 15

21.2 21.0 218

4.8 .. .. 3.64

10.4 8.6 21.3 2.88

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

3.0 190 13.9

3.0 665 8.1

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.40 1.1 4

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

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Brazil Latin America & Caribbean

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

174 81 8.0 3,590 2.0 .. 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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

44

2007

2005

186 84 7.5 3,550 2.2 89 86

Lower middleincome group 2005

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Private C C C 4.0

4.0

178 11 133 .. 29 49 89

230 .. 462 88 195 105 91

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

3.1 0.6 5

1.6 17.7 149

25.0 23.1 116

9.4 .. .. 1.15

15.6 26.5 26.0 0.71

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

3.7 516 39.8

3.7 .. ..

1.9 444 19.2

5.6 .. 5.8 ..

7.8 0.60 16.1 50

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Brunei Darussalam High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

0.33 71 .. .. 0.9 .. 74

0.37 74 .. .. 2.9 93 78

No Public

Yes Public

P M .. ..

P M P ..

4.8

241 143 285 .. 90 69 98

224 .. 623 .. 277 85 ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 0.0 180

.. 19.6 ..

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. ..

11.4 7.1 17.8 ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 8.8 ..

.. 0.45 18.4 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

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Bulgaria Europe & Central Asia

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

8 69 <2 1,600 –0.4 .. 79

8 70 <2 3,450 4.9 98 81

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Public

Yes Mixed

M C C ..

P P C 3.9

4.0

358 40 92 95 53 45 92

321 37 807 100 206 59 97

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

4.8 .. 5

4.2 0.2 318

25.0 23.1 116

3.8 .. .. 2.55

8.9 16.6 7.3 0.57

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

3.1 140 14.0

6.7 364 23.2

1.9 444 19.2

3.9 .. 2.3 ..

3.8 0.56 11.2 60

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

11 17 44.9 250 4.2 .. 22

13 18 27.2 400 5.1 22 29

Yes Public

Yes Public

M C C ..

M C C ..

..

5 2 2 .. 1 1 7

7 7 43 72 5 2 7

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

59.3 0.0 0

18.4 0.0 6

.. 0.9 15

11.6 .. .. 3.16

16.9 13.1 90.6 1.14

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

2.0 62 38.0

3.1 383 43.6

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.13 0.2 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

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Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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2007

2005

6 9 54.6 120 –0.7 .. 30

8 10 .. 100 2.2 59 38

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

Yes Public

Yes Public

M C C ..

C C C ..

..

3 1 3 .. 1 1 11

4 .. 20 .. 5 5 14

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 0

6.0 0.0 1

.. 0.9 15

1.9 .. .. 7.35

4.5 12.4 52.0 2.45

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.9 65 ..

.. 234 ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.16 0.1 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Cambodia East Asia & Pacific

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lowincome group 2005

13 17 34.1 280 7.4 .. 51

14 20 .. 430 8.9 74 60

.. Public

No Public

P P P ..

P P P 4.0

..

2 3 10 80 0 1 33

3 2 75 88 3 3 43

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

7.2 0.0 0

.. 0.0 1

.. 0.9 15

16.7 .. .. 6.00

5.2 5.1 33.1 2.94

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

0.6 241 ..

0.4 539 ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. 0.2 ..

.. 0.30 0.1 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

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Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

50

2007

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

15 50 32.5 610 4.8 .. 48

16 55 17.1 1,000 3.7 68 62

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Public

Yes Public

M P C ..

M C C 4.2

4.0

6 6 7 30 3 3 17

6 .. 138 73 15 10 18

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.0 1

25.0 23.1 116

6.5 .. .. 3.25

9.3 16.5 44.6 ..

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

.. 90 ..

5.3 420 16.8

1.9 444 19.2

4.1 .. .. ..

5.0 0.25 0.4 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Canada High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

31 79 .. 21,810 4.3 .. 94

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

32 80 .. 32,590 2.5 .. 93

Highincome group 2005

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Private C C C 4.5

4.8

677 439 284 90 422 419 101

566 .. 514 95 520 700 99

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 45.9 1,133

.. 207.6 6,800

5.8 163.2 4,537

13.7 .. .. ..

17.3 6.9 8.9 ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

2.9 331 24.0

2.7 456 13.3

4.5 586 15.1

6.2 .. 162.6 ..

5.9 0.84 645.8 98

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Cape Verde Sub-Saharan Africa

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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2007

2005

0.45 53 .. 1,280 6.6 .. 71

0.51 57 .. 1,930 5.0 .. 66

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M C C ..

M C C ..

4.0

121 79 44 90 18 55 40

141 132 161 .. 49 97 40

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

47.0 0.0 2

33.0 1.8 20

25.0 23.1 116

4.6 .. .. 4.66

6.1 18.6 40.3 6.08

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

7.0 154 35.3

6.9 307 13.9

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.33 1.9 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Cayman Islands High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

.. 100 .. .. .. .. 81

0.05 100 .. .. .. .. 76

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.8

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. 1,630 768 100 .. .. ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

5.8 163.2 4,537

13.5 .. .. ..

24.9 .. .. ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. 170 ..

.. .. ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. .. ..

.. .. 911.1 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

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1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

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Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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2007

2005

4 38 .. 270 3.0 .. 34

4 38 .. 350 –1.4 49 30

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M C .. ..

M C .. ..

..

3 2 1 .. 1 2 2

2 .. 25 .. 3 3 2

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 ..

56.0 0.0 0

.. 0.9 15

.. .. .. 13.31

.. 12.6 147.8 1.99

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.1 35 1.0

1.1 134 1.1

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. .. 0.2 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Chad Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lowincome group 2005

8 23 .. 180 3.1 .. 32

10 25 .. 400 14.5 26 37

Yes Public

Yes Public

M P M ..

M C C 3.0

..

1 1 1 .. 0 1 2

1 2 22 .. 4 2 2

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

52.0 0.0 0

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.9 15

16.3 .. .. 12.50

16.9 13.3 86.3 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.4 31 ..

.. 127 ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.14 .. ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

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Channel Islands High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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2007

2005

0.15 31 .. .. .. .. ..

0.15 31 .. .. .. .. ..

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.8

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. 2.90

.. .. .. 2.90

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Chile Latin America & Caribbean

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

15 86 <2 4,840 3.8 .. 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 .. Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

16 88 <2 5,870 4.3 96 81

Upper middleincome group 2005

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

Yes Private C C C 4.9

4.1

214 33 221 100 165 92 89

211 48 649 100 172 141 87

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

25.0 0.5 12

.. 43.5 788

21.2 21.0 218

15.7 .. .. 2.45

9.7 11.4 25.6 ..

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

3.4 315 44.0

3.6 511 24.3

3.6 583 24.3

6.1 .. 9.0 ..

6.1 0.70 22.4 62

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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China East Asia & Pacific

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

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2007

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

1,263 36 17.8 930 8.5 .. 67

1,305 40 9.9 1,740 9.6 91 70

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. Public

No Mixed

P P C ..

P P C 4.5

4.0

115 4 68 .. 18 16 86

269 5 302 .. 85 41 89

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. 0.0 2

.. 28.7 104

25.0 23.1 116

.. .. .. 6.67

4.7 2.9 9.8 2.90

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

3.2 222 69.8

3.2 928 35.1

1.9 444 19.2

3.7 .. 0.1 ..

5.3 0.51 0.4 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Colombia Latin America & Caribbean

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

42 71 8.2 2,060 0.6 .. 71

46 73 7.0 2,290 3.5 93 75

Yes Public

Yes Public

C P C ..

C P C 3.7

4.0

171 21 54 .. 21 36 94

168 52 479 80 104 41 92

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

44.3 0.2 15

30.6 7.0 488

25.0 23.1 116

6.6 .. .. 2.00

8.0 10.2 7.8 ..

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

2.7 242 63.5

5.2 .. ..

1.9 444 19.2

8.5 .. 1.7 7

8.5 0.52 5.8 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

59

Comoros Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

60

2007

2005

0.54 34 .. 400 1.7 .. 41

0.60 37 .. 650 2.6 .. 46

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

.. Public

No Public

M .. M ..

M .. M ..

..

13 24 0 .. 3 6 10

28 33 27 .. 33 9 11

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

82.8 0.0 0

55.8 0.0 3

.. 0.9 15

14.0 .. .. ..

18.8 9.1 37.9 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

3.2 55 69.5

4.9 89 42.1

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.20 3.3 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Congo, Dem. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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)

2005

50 30 .. 80 –3.9 .. 27

58 32 .. 120 4.4 67 34

No Public

Yes Public

C C C ..

P C C ..

..

0 .. 0 .. 0 .. 1

0 .. 48 .. 2 .. 2

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. .. 0

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.9 15

.. .. .. ..

.. 11.0 93.2 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

.. .. ..

6.6 513 ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. .. 0.0 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%) The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology

2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

61

Congo, Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

62

2007

2005

3 58 .. 520 1.8 .. 43

4 60 .. 950 3.9 .. 51

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. Public

No Public

C C .. ..

C C .. ..

4.0

6 .. 20 .. 0 3 6

4 .. 123 80 13 4 6

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.0 0

25.0 23.1 116

.. .. .. ..

.. 11.0 84.5 5.39

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

.. .. ..

2.9 .. ..

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.29 0.2 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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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) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

4 59 2.0 3,710 5.7 .. 66

4 62 3.3 4,700 4.2 95 74

Yes Public

Yes Public

M M M ..

M M M 3.1

4.1

229 58 54 .. 58 153 85

321 82 254 .. 254 219 93

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

5.0 0.0 91

4.0 6.6 241

21.2 21.0 218

7.1 .. .. 1.93

6.0 1.9 28.1 ..

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

1.7 231 44.4

2.5 388 36.2

3.6 583 24.3

6.9 .. 13.9 ..

7.7 0.46 67.0 15

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

63

Côte d’Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

64

2007

2005

17 43 15.5 640 3.4 .. 37

18 45 14.8 870 –0.1 49 40

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M P C ..

P P C ..

..

16 9 28 23 2 5 32

14 17 121 55 11 15 35

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

100.0 0.0 0

81.0 0.0 3

.. 0.9 15

8.5 .. .. 6.07

28.2 22.2 67.1 2.25

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

3.5 189 23.7

4.3 678 14.3

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.18 0.5 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Croatia Europe & Central Asia

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

5 56 <2 4,380 3.2 .. 70

4 57 <2 8,290 4.7 98 73

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M C C ..

C C C 4.2

4.1

382 163 229 98 66 111 94

425 170 672 98 327 190 94

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. 0.0 ..

14.0 20.2 1,074

21.2 21.0 218

11.9 .. .. ..

13.1 14.9 16.1 ..

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

3.9 178 ..

2.6 407 15.0

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 13.7 ..

.. 0.55 48.4 100

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

65

Cuba Latin America & Caribbean

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

66

2007

2005

11 76 .. .. 4.2 .. 75

11 76 .. .. 3.4 100 88

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. Mixed

No Mixed

M .. C ..

M M P ..

4.0

44 29 1 41 5 12 ..

75 29 12 61 17 33 ..

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

10.0 .. 2

7.6 0.0 8

25.0 23.1 116

12.4 .. .. 7.35

13.1 22.6 30.0 7.49

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

2.2 30 16.0

2.6 41 6.4

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 0.2 ..

.. 0.37 0.1 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Cyprus High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Highincome group 2005

0.69 69 .. 13,280 3.9 .. 73

0.76 69 .. 18,430 2.8 97 79

No Public

Yes Public

M M C ..

C P C 4.1

4.8

634 508 315 99 173 216 97

554 693 949 100 430 337 99

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

22.8 0.0 58

25.5 35.2 594

5.8 163.2 4,537

7.8 .. .. 1.02

20.1 3.9 20.8 0.33

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

3.3 274 36.6

3.2 423 18.9

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 42.8 ..

.. 0.59 267.8 90

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

67

Czech Republic Europe & Central Asia

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

68

2007

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

10 74 <2 5,790 1.0 .. 74

10 74 .. 11,220 3.5 .. 81

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

Yes Mixed

Yes Private

M P C ..

C C C 4.1

4.1

377 77 423 99 97 122 89

314 73 1,151 100 269 240 ..

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

17.0 0.2 602

6.5 43.7 2,177

21.2 21.0 218

12.1 .. .. 0.97

24.1 17.7 18.8 1.06

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

4.5 349 47.1

4.1 699 10.7

3.6 583 24.3

7.4 .. 26.7 ..

7.1 0.64 64.6 95

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Denmark High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

5 86 .. 48,330 1.2 .. 101

Highincome group 2005

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Private C P C 5.9

4.8

719 255 630 .. 392 506 96

619 338 1,010 .. 527 656 97

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

8.0 10.6 1,409

9.0 249.3 34,891

5.8 163.2 4,537

22.5 .. .. 1.30

30.7 6.1 23.2 0.89

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

2.6 337 27.0

2.6 439 15.0

4.5 586 15.1

6.1 .. 73.9 ..

6.0 0.91 614.5 100

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

69

Djibouti Middle East & North Africa

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

70

2007

2005

0.71 83 .. 770 –0.2 .. 19

0.79 86 .. 1,010 3.0 .. 25

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. Public

No Public

M .. M ..

M .. M ..

4.0

14 23 0 30 2 9 39

14 27 56 78 13 24 41

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

112.5 0.0 0

136.0 0.1 57

25.0 23.1 116

33.4 .. .. 4.73

16.8 7.3 41.1 4.73

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

3.7 19 10.5

4.8 56 37.6

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.24 1.3 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Dominica Latin America & Caribbean

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

0.07 71 .. 3,300 2.2 .. 75

0.07 73 .. 3,800 –0.1 .. 81

.. Mixed

No Mixed

M M .. ..

M M .. ..

4.1

318 .. 17 .. 84 77 76

293 .. 585 .. 361 182 ..

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. 1.1 70

.. 45.5 420

21.2 21.0 218

14.6 .. .. ..

13.8 12.4 20.7 ..

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

5.0 132 ..

11.3 .. ..

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 84.4 ..

.. 0.33 234.8 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

71

Dominican Republic Latin America & Caribbean

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

8 62 <2 2,170 7.8 .. 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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

72

2007

2005

9 67 2.8 2,460 2.8 87 74

Lower middleincome group 2005

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Private C C C 4.3

4.0

108 185 85 .. 40 .. 74

101 .. 407 .. 169 .. 76

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. 0.0 6

.. 7.4 ..

25.0 23.1 116

18.1 .. .. ..

23.3 8.6 18.8 0.22

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

.. 99 ..

0.5 .. 274.7

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 1.0 ..

.. 0.41 6.4 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Ecuador Latin America & Caribbean

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

12 60 17.7 1,340 0.7 .. ..

13 63 .. 2,620 5.1 91 ..

Yes Public

Yes Public

M P P ..

P P C 2.4

4.0

100 43 39 85 15 22 76

129 .. 472 88 47 39 89

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

35.1 .. 2

.. 2.0 48

25.0 23.1 116

9.8 .. .. 2.48

9.0 18.9 37.0 ..

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

2.8 244 9.8

2.2 667 ..

1.9 444 19.2

2.9 .. 0.9 ..

3.2 0.40 4.8 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 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) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

74

2007

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

67 43 3.1 1,450 5.2 .. 80

74 43 .. 1,260 3.7 71 76

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Public

Yes Mixed

M P C ..

M P C 5.6

4.0

81 12 20 96 7 12 89

140 23 184 98 68 38 89

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

2.0 .. 0

0.1 1.5 49

25.0 23.1 116

4.3 .. .. 3.33

4.0 5.8 5.0 1.45

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

2.8 125 18.8

3.5 312 21.3

1.9 444 19.2

1.1 .. 0.2 ..

1.5 0.38 0.7 66

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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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) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

6 58 18.9 2,000 3.3 .. 64

7 60 19.0 2,450 2.2 .. 70

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

C C C ..

C C C 4.0

4.0

100 135 118 85 11 19 88

141 397 350 95 93 51 ..

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

14.5 .. 7

1.7 6.1 23

25.0 23.1 116

16.3 .. .. 2.40

12.8 8.5 22.6 2.40

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

37.5 323 155.8

36.1 1,182 17.0

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 1.1 ..

.. 0.42 6.0 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

75

Equatorial Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

76

2007

2005

0.45 39 .. 650 33.9 .. 58

0.50 39 .. .. 11.8 87 58

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

.. Mixed

No Mixed

M .. M ..

.. .. .. ..

4.1

14 .. 11 100 2 4 ..

20 .. 192 .. 14 14 ..

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.0 33

21.2 21.0 218

.. .. .. ..

.. .. 32.7 ..

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

1.1 65 ..

.. .. ..

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Eritrea Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

4 18 .. 180 1.5 .. 33

4 19 .. 170 3.5 .. 35

Yes Public

Yes Public

M C C ..

M P P ..

..

9 6 0 0 1 2 11

9 10 9 0 16 8 14

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

57.5 0.0 0

54.3 0.0 2

.. 0.9 15

5.3 .. .. 5.83

6.2 .. 28.6 3.59

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

2.8 67 127.5

2.6 71 61.5

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.18 .. ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

77

Estonia Europe & Central Asia

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

78

2007

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

1 69 <2 4,070 5.4 .. 88

1 69 <2 9,060 7.5 100 92

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M C C ..

C C C 5.2

4.1

382 128 407 99 286 161 91

328 109 1,074 99 513 483 93

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

19.2 12.7 137

.. 133.1 3,566

21.2 21.0 218

9.4 .. .. 1.62

15.6 8.8 10.8 0.90

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

5.3 354 17.6

5.8 486 8.7

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 58.6 ..

.. 0.73 163.3 75

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

64 15 23.0 130 3.7 .. 27

71 16 .. 160 4.2 .. 42

Yes Public

Yes Public

M M M ..

M M M 3.7

..

4 1 0 .. 0 1 2

9 2 6 .. 2 3 2

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

94.0 0.0 0

100.0 0.0 0

.. 0.9 15

3.1 .. .. 7.35

2.9 3.0 23.3 4.01

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.1 35 42.6

1.7 81 29.3

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. 0.0 ..

.. 0.14 0.0 1

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

79

Faeroe Islands High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

80

2007

2005

.. 36 .. .. .. .. ..

0.05 39 .. .. .. .. ..

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.8

.. .. .. .. .. .. 112

419 .. 805 .. 646 .. ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. .. ..

.. 121.5 ..

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. ..

29.4 .. .. ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. .. ..

.. .. 3.7

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. .. ..

.. .. 62.5 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Fiji East Asia & Pacific

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

0.81 48 .. 2,190 2.2 .. 73

0.85 51 .. 3,170 2.6 .. 75

.. Public

No Mixed

M M .. ..

M M .. ..

4.0

107 68 68 40 15 44 54

122 110 229 60 77 52 58

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

135.0 0.0 5

9.3 0.0 14

25.0 23.1 116

5.5 .. .. 3.76

6.6 11.1 22.8 2.84

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

5.3 104 17.5

3.9 94 53.5

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 4.9 ..

.. 0.41 12.9 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

81

Finland High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

82

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

5 61 .. 25,150 4.7 .. 104

5 61 .. 37,530 2.4 .. 100

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

C C C ..

C P C 5.9

4.8

550 178 720 99 372 396 92

404 .. 997 99 534 481 94

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 3.9 347

.. 223.8 4,326

5.8 163.2 4,537

19.4 .. .. 1.07

28.7 6.8 22.2 1.80

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

3.3 272 20.3

3.0 420 16.8

4.5 586 15.1

7.4 .. 96.0 ..

6.9 0.82 380.8 99

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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France High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Highincome group 2005

59 76 .. 24,460 2.9 .. 92

61 77 .. 34,600 1.5 .. 93

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

C P C ..

C C C 5.1

4.8

577 173 493 99 144 304 94

586 177 789 99 430 575 95

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 3.4 1,148

.. 155.5 3,286

5.8 163.2 4,537

18.4 .. .. 0.82

29.0 30.0 12.4 0.84

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

2.1 408 26.5

2.4 585 17.2

4.5 586 15.1

6.4 .. 27.7 ..

6.3 0.69 96.5 89

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

83

French Polynesia High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

84

2007

2005

0.24 52 .. 16,070 3.5 .. ..

0.26 52 .. .. .. .. ..

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.8

227 .. 169 80 64 64 92

208 .. 339 97 214 109 92

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

24.6 0.0 32

.. 42.9 514

5.8 163.2 4,537

37.3 .. .. 3.67

44.4 37.5 69.3 ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

3.6 105 ..

.. 115 ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 16.6 ..

.. .. 42.3 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

1 80 .. 3,090 1.4 .. 70

1 84 .. 5,010 1.7 .. 72

No Public

Yes Public

M P C ..

C C C ..

4.1

31 43 94 13 12 9 51

28 61 470 78 48 33 54

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

57.0 0.0 0

45.0 1.1 145

21.2 21.0 218

23.4 .. .. 14.12

32.4 14.7 40.1 2.77

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

2.2 150 41.8

1.8 244 27.6

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 0.8 ..

.. 0.29 5.0 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

85

Gambia, The Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

86

2007

2005

Lowincome group 2005

1 49 59.3 320 4.6 .. 45

2 54 .. 290 3.7 .. 50

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

No Public

Yes Public

M M C ..

M P C 4.7

..

25 .. 4 20 9 11 12

29 .. 163 70 33 16 12

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.0 6

.. 0.9 15

.. .. .. 5.39

3.9 .. 17.8 1.81

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

6.4 41 23.5

8.1 124 12.3

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. 2

.. 0.17 0.6 13

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Georgia Europe & Central Asia

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

5 53 2.6 700 5.7 .. 74

4 52 6.5 1,320 7.4 .. 76

Yes Mixed

Yes Public

P C .. ..

C C C 3.4

4.0

108 29 41 64 5 24 81

151 57 326 95 39 42 89

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

26.3 .. ..

17.2 0.3 ..

25.0 23.1 116

4.2 .. .. 2.88

4.7 44.1 9.9 0.68

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

3.6 69 69.4

5.8 69 33.7

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 2.1 ..

.. 0.40 4.7 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

87

Germany High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

88

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

82 75 .. 25,510 2.0 .. ..

82 75 .. 34,870 0.7 .. ..

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

C P C ..

C C C 4.5

4.8

611 191 586 99 302 336 94

667 .. 960 99 455 545 95

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 3.2 848

.. 129.7 6,860

5.8 163.2 4,537

15.1 .. .. 0.34

26.5 17.3 7.4 0.43

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

2.7 409 17.4

3.0 559 8.5

4.5 586 15.1

6.1 .. 62.6 ..

6.1 0.81 348.6 99

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lowincome group 2005

20 44 44.8 320 4.4 .. 46

22 48 .. 450 5.1 58 51

Yes Mixed

Yes Public

P C C ..

P P C 5.3

..

11 11 7 .. 2 3 22

15 15 129 69 18 5 26

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

67.4 0.0 0

5.6 0.1 8

.. 0.9 15

.. .. .. 1.65

14.8 6.9 23.6 0.39

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.8 91 51.2

2.1 557 46.4

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. 0.0 ..

.. 0.29 0.3 1

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

89

Greece High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

90

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

11 59 .. 11,530 3.5 .. 81

11 59 .. 19,840 4.4 96 93

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M P C ..

C P C 4.1

4.8

518 154 543 99 92 69 97

568 163 904 100 180 89 100

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

11.3 0.0 51

13.8 14.4 589

5.8 163.2 4,537

10.2 .. .. 0.69

21.1 23.6 16.4 1.09

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

4.0 451 42.3

4.4 612 13.8

4.5 586 15.1

4.4 .. 10.6 ..

4.1 0.59 40.0 59

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Greenland High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

0.06 82 .. .. .. .. ..

0.06 83 .. .. .. .. ..

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.8

466 .. 284 .. 317 .. ..

448 .. 566 .. 668 .. ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 0.0 107

.. 0.0 ..

5.8 163.2 4,537

31.0 .. .. 2.41

36.3 6.8 .. ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. 65 ..

.. 104 ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 35.5 ..

.. .. 17.6 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

91

Grenada Latin America & Caribbean

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

92

2007

2005

0.10 31 .. 3,660 6.7 .. ..

0.11 31 .. 3,860 0.8 .. 73

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

.. Mixed

Yes Mixed

M M .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.1

309 .. 42 65 41 118 94

309 638 410 .. 182 151 ..

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. 0.0 39

.. 5.8 426

21.2 21.0 218

15.5 .. .. 3.97

15.1 11.6 22.1 ..

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

.. 134 ..

.. .. ..

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 48.7 ..

.. 0.39 55.5 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Guam High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

0.16 93 .. .. .. .. ..

0.17 94 .. .. .. .. ..

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.8

479 .. 175 .. 161 .. 88

.. .. 588 .. 383 .. 89

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 11.1 ..

.. .. ..

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. ..

14.6 9.9 .. ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. 280 ..

.. .. ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 38.0 ..

.. .. 104.7 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

93

Guatemala Latin America & Caribbean

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

11 45 10.7 1,740 4.1 .. 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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

94

2007

13 47 13.5 2,400 2.5 69 67

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Private C C C 3.0

4.0

61 38 77 54 7 12 39

99 129 358 .. 79 19 ..

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. .. 2

.. 2.2 57

25.0 23.1 116

11.0 .. .. 0.76

15.4 6.1 54.3 1.21

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

2.2 434 ..

.. .. ..

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 1.0 ..

.. 0.38 6.0 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

8 31 .. 400 4.4 .. 31

9 33 .. 420 2.9 29 45

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M C C ..

P P C ..

..

3 4 5 .. 1 3 9

3 7 20 .. 5 5 9

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

62.6 0.0 0

1.6 0.0 0

.. 0.9 15

10.6 .. .. 5.15

9.4 7.7 24.7 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

0.9 82 17.8

.. 150 ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.14 .. ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

95

Guinea-Bissau Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

96

2007

2005

1 30 .. 160 –2.7 .. 37

2 30 .. 180 –0.5 .. ..

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M .. .. ..

M P C ..

..

8 9 0 .. 2 .. 20

7 .. 42 .. 20 .. 26

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

70.5 0.0 0

.. 0.0 ..

.. 0.9 15

.. .. .. ..

.. 21.9 75.0 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

.. 46 ..

.. .. ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Guyana Latin America & Caribbean

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

0.74 29 <2 880 2.5 .. 76

0.75 28 .. 1,020 0.7 .. 84

.. Mixed

Yes Mixed

M C .. ..

M C .. 3.2

4.0

92 96 54 .. 67 30 ..

147 117 375 95 213 39 ..

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

87.0 .. 3

.. 2.7 ..

25.0 23.1 116

1.6 .. .. 3.89

3.0 7.5 12.5 ..

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

10.0 164 20.2

.. 439 ..

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.40 2.7 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

97

Haiti Latin America & Caribbean

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

98

2007

2005

8 36 .. 500 2.4 .. ..

9 39 53.9 450 –0.5 .. ..

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M .. .. ..

P P C ..

..

9 .. 7 .. 3 .. 23

17 .. 48 .. 70 .. 27

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 ..

.. 0.0 ..

.. 0.9 15

.. .. .. ..

.. 4.6 71.0 2.15

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

.. 32 ..

.. 92 ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. 0.1 ..

.. .. 0.6 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Honduras Latin America & Caribbean

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

6 44 20.7 860 2.8 .. 62

7 47 14.9 1,120 3.6 80 71

Yes Public

Yes Public

C P C ..

M M .. 3.4

4.0

46 45 24 83 12 11 46

69 82 178 .. 36 16 58

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

24.0 .. 2

3.6 0.0 ..

25.0 23.1 116

7.0 .. .. 3.97

5.9 10.8 33.4 2.52

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

5.1 81 16.2

5.9 186 29.9

1.9 444 19.2

4.2 .. 0.6 ..

4.6 0.33 4.4 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

99

Hong Kong, China High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

100

2007

2005

7 100 .. 26,980 2.6 .. ..

7 100 .. 27,670 4.3 .. 76

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. 5.1

4.8

589 754 817 100 278 402 98

546 1,049 1,252 100 508 601 99

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

1.1 66.7 627

1.1 238.9 9,451

5.8 163.2 4,537

12.6 .. .. 2.62

12.6 2.2 3.9 0.77

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

4.4 243 12.0

3.8 623 15.7

4.5 586 15.1

7.0 .. 80.0 ..

8.9 .. 190.1 100

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Hungary Europe & Central Asia

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

10 65 <2 4,600 4.3 .. 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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

10 66 <2 10,070 4.1 .. 87

Upper middleincome group 2005

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

Yes Private C P C 4.0

4.1

372 66 301 95 70 85 96

333 45 924 99 297 146 96

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

12.4 0.3 100

8.2 64.6 991

21.2 21.0 218

14.4 .. .. 1.28

28.5 11.7 11.0 1.01

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

6.8 330 16.9

4.7 670 9.4

3.6 583 24.3

7.3 .. 12.5 ..

5.8 0.65 35.9 85

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

101

Iceland High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

102

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

0.28 92 .. 30,580 4.8 .. 90

0.30 93 .. 48,570 3.7 .. 94

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Public

Yes Mixed

C C C ..

C C C 4.8

4.8

699 441 765 99 598 391 98

653 276 1,024 99 869 479 97

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 8.4 157

.. 262.9 4,179

5.8 163.2 4,537

17.2 .. .. 0.84

19.6 13.2 59.6 ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

2.4 298 33.6

2.9 307 ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. .. 0.78 301.8 1,257.7 .. 100

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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India South Asia

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lowincome group 2005

1,016 28 .. 450 5.8 .. 55

1,095 29 34.3 730 7.0 61 62

Yes Public

Yes Public

M P C ..

C C C 5.6

..

32 2 4 .. 5 5 30

45 3 82 .. 55 16 32

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

165.5 0.0 1

126.0 1.2 18

.. 0.9 15

6.0 .. .. 3.36

3.3 2.4 6.8 1.19

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.5 85 49.3

1.9 .. ..

0.7 141 30.9

3.6 .. 0.1 ..

5.8 0.40 0.7 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

103

Indonesia East Asia & Pacific

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

104

2007

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

206 42 7.2 590 –0.6 .. 62

221 48 7.5 1,280 4.7 90 68

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

No Mixed

Yes Mixed

P C C ..

P C C 3.6

4.0

32 4 18 89 9 10 54

58 5 213 90 73 14 65

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

16.0 0.0 1

.. 0.2 7

25.0 23.1 116

3.5 .. .. 3.90

5.8 4.3 17.3 2.79

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

1.4 259 11.4

2.2 1,084 28.3

1.9 444 19.2

2.5 .. 0.3 ..

3.4 0.38 0.6 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Iran, Islamic Rep. Middle East & North Africa

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

64 64 <2 1,680 3.7 .. 69

68 67 .. 2,600 5.8 77 73

.. Public

Yes Public

M M .. ..

M P P ..

4.0

149 7 15 32 10 63 68

278 8 106 90 103 109 77

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. 0.0 1

.. 0.3 15

25.0 23.1 116

10.8 .. .. 7.65

2.4 2.6 2.3 0.55

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

1.1 221 6.0

1.3 407 73.7

1.9 444 19.2

1.5 .. 0.0 ..

2.5 0.38 0.4 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

105

Iraq Middle East & North Africa

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

106

2007

2005

24 68 .. .. 17.9 .. 53

.. 67 .. .. –11.4 74 60

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. ..

No Public

M .. .. ..

M .. .. ..

4.0

27 .. 0 .. 0 .. ..

37 .. 20 .. 1 8 ..

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. 0.0 ..

.. 0.0 ..

25.0 23.1 116

.. .. .. ..

.. 2.6 .. ..

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.33 0.0 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Ireland High-income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

4 59 .. 23,120 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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

4 61 .. 41,140 5.2 .. 99

Highincome group 2005

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Private C C C 5.2

4.8

481 710 647 98 178 357 95

489 .. 1,012 99 276 494 95

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

7.1 0.0 241

5.6 65.1 6,043

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. 0.80

39.5 19.7 31.1 0.71

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

2.7 246 14.3

2.5 401 7.1

4.5 586 15.1

5.6 .. 90.5 ..

4.4 0.73 420.5 99

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

107

Isle of Man High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

108

2007

2005

0.08 52 .. .. .. .. ..

0.08 52 .. 27,590 5.9 .. ..

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.8

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 78.0 ..

.. .. 25.6 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Israel High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Highincome group 2005

6 91 .. 17,090 4.2 .. 88

7 92 .. 18,580 1.9 97 90

.. Mixed

No Mixed

C C C ..

C C C 4.9

4.8

473 268 700 .. 202 253 92

424 306 1,120 99 470 740 93

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 0.0 53

.. 177.6 2,499

5.8 163.2 4,537

11.6 .. .. ..

10.5 9.3 22.0 0.59

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

3.2 618 16.1

4.5 692 36.0

4.5 586 15.1

8.2 .. 46.7 ..

8.3 0.69 182.7 95

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

109

Italy High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

110

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

57 67 .. 20,900 1.9 .. 81

59 68 .. 30,250 0.6 98 89

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

C C C ..

C C C 4.0

4.8

477 158 742 100 232 181 98

427 236 1,232 100 478 367 96

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 2.0 168

.. 115.7 2,080

5.8 163.2 4,537

18.9 .. .. 0.81

26.6 14.4 24.8 0.79

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

2.2 915 26.7

3.0 948 24.3

4.5 586 15.1

4.7 .. 18.3 ..

4.3 0.68 53.3 88

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Jamaica Latin America & Caribbean

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

3 52 <2 2,930 –0.1 .. 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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

3 53 <2 3,390 1.8 80 77

Lower middleincome group 2005

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Mixed C C C 4.9

4.0

191 155 142 80 31 46 69

129 233 1,017 95 404 63 70

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

48.0 .. 28

31.0 3.4 ..

25.0 23.1 116

5.0 .. .. ..

9.1 7.5 34.3 0.87

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

5.9 268 32.5

4.1 686 23.8

1.9 444 19.2

10.3 .. 1.9 ..

10.6 0.51 17.6 10

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

111

Japan High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

112

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

127 65 .. 34,490 0.6 .. 83

128 66 .. 38,950 1.4 .. 85

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

.. Mixed

No Private

C C C ..

C C C 5.5

4.8

488 30 526 99 300 315 99

460 43 742 99 668 542 99

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 6.7 57

.. 175.0 1,038

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. 1.67

26.1 20.5 13.8 1.63

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

2.6 830 26.8

3.9 1,283 12.8

4.5 586 15.1

8.6 .. 40.5 57

7.5 0.78 331.9 99

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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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) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

5 80 <2 1,770 3.2 .. 76

5 82 <2 2,460 6.1 90 79

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M P C ..

P P C 5.5

4.0

128 79 80 99 26 31 97

119 128 304 99 118 56 96

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

18.2 0.1 ..

10.0 1.9 58

25.0 23.1 116

8.8 .. .. 2.86

10.0 6.7 11.1 1.44

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

6.7 158 38.5

8.3 444 16.7

1.9 444 19.2

8.8 .. 0.4 ..

8.4 0.46 4.1 18

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

113

Kazakhstan Europe & Central Asia

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

114

2007

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

15 56 <2 1,270 1.9 .. 79

15 57 <2 2,940 10.1 100 94

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. Mixed

No Mixed

C P .. ..

C P .. 4.7

4.0

123 19 13 94 7 .. 92

167 26 327 .. 27 .. ..

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. .. 1

.. 0.1 3

25.0 23.1 116

.. .. .. 2.76

.. 11.5 15.8 ..

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

1.5 66 26.7

2.4 108 14.5

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 0.5 ..

.. 0.48 1.2 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lowincome group 2005

31 20 22.8 430 2.1 .. 53

34 21 .. 540 3.4 74 60

Yes Public

Yes Public

M P C ..

P P C 3.9

..

10 3 4 .. 3 5 15

8 5 135 .. 32 9 17

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

220.9 0.0 0

130.4 0.0 3

.. 0.9 15

6.6 .. .. 7.35

13.9 16.5 75.9 3.00

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

2.4 21 88.5

4.1 141 12.2

0.7 141 30.9

2.8 .. 0.0 ..

2.8 0.33 0.5 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

115

Kiribati East Asia & Pacific

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

116

2007

2005

0.09 43 .. 1,030 6.4 .. ..

0.10 47 .. 1,210 –0.5 .. 76

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. Mixed

No Mixed

M .. .. ..

M .. .. ..

4.0

37 24 3 .. 17 9 22

47 .. 6 .. 20 10 26

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. 0.0 1

.. 0.0 5

25.0 23.1 116

11.6 .. .. 6.98

13.0 12.7 .. 8.82

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

8.7 28 ..

.. .. ..

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Korea, Dem. Rep. East Asia & Pacific

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

22 60 .. .. .. .. ..

22 62 .. .. .. .. ..

.. Public

No Public

M .. .. ..

M .. .. ..

..

23 .. 0 .. 0 .. ..

44 .. 0 .. .. .. ..

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 ..

.. 0.0 ..

.. 0.9 15

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

117

Korea, Rep. High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

118

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

47 80 <2 9,800 3.5 .. 90

48 81 .. 15,840 4.6 .. 96

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Mixed

Yes Private

C C C ..

C C C 5.7

4.8

550 38 570 99 405 396 ..

492 81 794 99 684 545 ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

1.8 82.3 48

1.0 252.4 1,030

5.8 163.2 4,537

7.1 .. .. 1.93

8.3 14.2 32.6 0.76

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

4.1 758 37.4

4.8 567 16.2

4.5 586 15.1

6.8 .. 7.3 100

6.9 0.87 22.1 100

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Kuwait High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Highincome group 2005

2 98 .. 16,790 1.8 .. 78

3 98 .. 30,630 7.3 93 74

.. Public

No Public

C P P ..

M P P 4.0

4.8

213 162 217 100 68 114 ..

201 .. 939 100 276 237 95

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

30.0 2.2 26

4.0 8.1 348

5.8 163.2 4,537

9.9 .. .. 1.94

10.5 75.2 22.2 1.51

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

1.7 123 19.7

3.4 338 27.4

4.5 586 15.1

1.7 .. 1.8 ..

1.4 0.44 34.6 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

119

Kyrgyz Republic Europe & Central Asia

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

120

2007

2005

Lowincome group 2005

5 35 <2 280 5.4 .. 76

5 36 <2 450 4.0 99 78

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

Yes Public

Yes Mixed

M P P ..

C C C 4.7

..

77 12 2 .. 10 5 84

85 17 105 90 54 19 ..

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. .. ..

.. 0.5 15

.. 0.9 15

5.3 .. .. 9.84

5.9 6.4 12.0 5.40

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

2.0 53 8.0

4.5 91 3.0

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. 0.4 1

.. 0.44 1.0 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Lao PDR East Asia & Pacific

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

5 19 26.4 280 6.1 .. 57

6 21 27.0 430 6.2 69 61

.. Public

No Public

M M .. ..

P P P ..

..

8 5 2 .. 1 3 30

13 3 108 .. 4 17 30

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.0 3

.. 0.9 15

.. .. .. 9.20

5.6 3.8 27.6 1.11

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.5 47 31.3

1.7 130 95.5

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.24 0.2 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

121

Latvia Europe & Central Asia

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

122

2007

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

2 68 <2 3,240 5.6 .. 84

2 68 <2 6,770 7.9 100 90

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

No Mixed

Yes Mixed

M C C ..

C C C 4.0

4.1

310 62 169 89 63 143 76

318 52 814 98 448 217 98

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

28.7 0.1 65

20.3 113.4 972

21.2 21.0 218

12.5 .. .. 2.05

13.3 9.5 12.5 1.63

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

2.9 263 32.2

1.5 587 11.5

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 18.2 ..

.. 0.61 45.9 97

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Lebanon Middle East & North Africa

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

3 86 .. 5,100 2.2 .. 78

4 87 .. 6,320 4.0 .. 85

.. Public

No Public

M .. C ..

M .. .. ..

4.1

170 119 219 .. 88 52 92

277 .. 277 100 196 114 93

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. .. ..

.. 36.3 81

21.2 21.0 218

21.3 .. .. 4.48

15.0 20.1 10.0 2.19

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

3.5 210 ..

7.2 .. ..

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 5.5 ..

.. 0.46 11.1 20

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

123

Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

124

2007

2005

2 18 36.4 630 2.2 .. 62

2 19 .. 950 2.9 82 66

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Public

Yes Mixed

M M .. ..

P C C ..

4.0

12 .. 12 .. 2 .. 16

27 .. 137 80 24 .. 12

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

69.2 0.0 0

75.0 0.0 4

25.0 23.1 116

9.7 .. .. 2.31

18.4 14.2 38.6 3.28

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

1.3 126 9.8

2.0 349 50.7

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.34 .. ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

3 54 .. 130 38.9 .. 57

3 58 .. 130 –6.8 .. ..

.. Public

No Public

M .. .. ..

C C .. ..

..

2 .. 0 .. 0 .. ..

2 .. 49 16 .. .. ..

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.9 15

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

125

Libya Middle East & North Africa

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

126

2007

2005

5 83 .. .. .. .. ..

6 85 .. 5,530 5.3 .. 94

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

.. Public

No Public

M M .. ..

M M .. ..

4.1

114 .. 8 .. 2 .. 95

133 .. 41 .. 36 24 ..

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.0 1

21.2 21.0 218

.. .. .. ..

.. 6.3 22.0 ..

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

.. 46 ..

.. .. ..

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. .. ..

.. .. 0.2 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Liechtenstein High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

.. 15 .. .. .. .. ..

0.03 15 .. .. .. .. 86

Yes ..

Yes Public

M .. .. ..

C P C ..

4.8

.. .. .. 90 .. .. 98

574 .. 791 90 633 .. 98

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. .. ..

1.0 248.0 4,317

5.8 163.2 4,537

20.8 .. .. ..

10.8 .. .. ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. 301 ..

.. 285 ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. .. 0.18 .. 1,410.1 .. ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

127

Lithuania Europe & Central Asia

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

128

2007

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

3 67 <2 3,180 4.3 .. 88

3 67 <2 7,210 7.8 100 94

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

No Mixed

Yes Mixed

M C C ..

C C C 4.2

4.1

339 43 150 100 64 69 95

235 37 1,275 100 358 155 98

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

19.8 0.0 14

3.8 68.6 1,460

21.2 21.0 218

9.5 .. .. 3.10

17.7 9.1 7.2 1.55

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

2.3 283 49.8

3.5 .. 12.8

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 12.4 ..

.. 0.58 26.2 56

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Luxembourg High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Highincome group 2005

0.44 84 .. 43,490 6.3 .. 74

0.46 83 .. 58,050 3.3 .. 77

Yes Public

Yes Public

C P C ..

C C C 4.7

4.8

568 1,363 692 98 228 457 100

535 1,614 1,576 98 690 635 98

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

7.0 0.0 687

.. 153.5 20,691

5.8 163.2 4,537

20.5 .. .. 15.96

29.2 11.8 27.3 ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

1.4 622 20.3

1.5 472 35.1

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 120.6 ..

.. 0.65 582.2 67

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

129

Macao, China High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

130

2007

2005

0.44 100 .. 14,170 –1.1 .. 76

0.46 100 .. .. 13.5 91 89

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.8

399 578 318 100 135 158 79

379 671 1,158 100 369 295 94

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

31.0 8.4 239

18.0 147.8 3,460

5.8 163.2 4,537

9.2 .. .. 1.12

8.8 16.8 11.8 1.12

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

3.3 317 14.1

2.5 556 19.2

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 17.9 ..

.. .. 64.8 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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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) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

2 65 <2 1,850 3.0 .. 69

2 69 <2 2,830 1.7 96 70

.. Public

Yes Mixed

M M C ..

M C C 3.4

4.0

252 119 58 90 25 36 82

262 127 620 99 79 222 95

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. .. 5

.. 6.1 17

25.0 23.1 116

5.3 .. .. 3.95

11.4 14.8 25.3 ..

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

5.2 168 26.7

5.7 .. 11.3

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.46 2.0 100

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

131

Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

132

2007

2005

Lowincome group 2005

16 26 66.0 240 3.9 .. 42

19 27 61.0 290 2.0 71 59

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

C C C ..

C C C 4.6

..

3 2 4 .. 2 2 7

4 1 27 30 5 5 8

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

79.0 0.0 0

59.6 0.0 2

.. 0.9 15

11.3 .. .. 8.98

18.5 7.9 45.9 0.59

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

10.3 44 14.0

12.8 148 12.3

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.26 0.2 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lowincome group 2005

12 15 .. 150 3.8 .. 69

13 17 20.8 160 3.4 64 64

Yes Public

Yes Mixed

M M .. ..

P P P 3.5

..

4 2 4 .. 1 1 1

8 5 33 70 4 2 3

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.0 2

.. 0.9 15

5.8 .. .. 4.32

5.8 10.2 41.9 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.7 33 ..

4.5 49 ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.28 0.2 1

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

133

Malaysia East Asia & Pacific

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

134

2007

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

23 62 <2 3,430 3.7 .. 70

25 67 .. 4,970 4.8 89 73

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

P P C ..

C C C 5.9

4.1

202 63 223 95 216 96 82

172 85 771 .. 435 197 89

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

40.0 0.0 23

7.3 19.4 128

21.2 21.0 218

.. .. .. 2.37

8.7 5.0 7.4 0.71

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

4.3 394 27.7

4.8 770 22.5

3.6 583 24.3

7.5 .. 6.2 15

7.0 0.57 17.3 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Maldives South Asia

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

0.29 28 .. 2,010 8.7 .. 77

0.33 30 .. 2,320 5.5 96 66

No Mixed

Yes Mixed

M M M ..

M M M ..

4.0

84 44 26 40 21 34 57

98 82 466 81 59 112 92

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

55.7 0.0 10

30.8 6.4 161

25.0 23.1 116

8.8 .. .. 11.72

8.0 3.8 51.2 5.86

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

8.5 60 21.6

12.5 281 15.2

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.43 8.9 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

135

Mali Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

136

2007

2005

Lowincome group 2005

12 28 .. 220 5.5 .. 28

14 31 36.1 380 5.9 19 37

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

Yes Public

Yes Public

P P C ..

P P C 5.6

..

3 6 1 15 1 1 13

6 .. 64 .. 4 3 15

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

177.6 0.0 0

.. 0.0 2

.. 0.9 15

.. .. .. 12.64

16.1 13.8 28.4 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

2.5 37 28.1

7.6 71 ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. 0.1 ..

.. 0.09 0.1 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Malta High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Highincome group 2005

0.39 93 .. 9,590 4.4 .. 75

0.40 95 .. 13,610 –0.3 88 81

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M M C ..

C C C 5.5

4.8

524 255 293 99 131 205 ..

501 222 803 99 315 165 93

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

28.4 4.2 87

20.6 110.7 1,921

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. 3.41

17.9 15.1 8.7 0.77

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

2.8 156 23.0

5.2 273 24.7

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 58.5 ..

.. 0.70 486.4 89

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

137

Marshall Islands East Asia & Pacific

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

138

2007

2005

0.05 66 .. 2,540 –3.7 .. 73

0.06 67 .. 2,930 2.7 .. ..

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. Mixed

No Mixed

M .. .. ..

M .. .. ..

4.0

76 67 8 .. 15 38 ..

76 76 11 .. 35 82 ..

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. 0.0 10

.. 0.0 26

25.0 23.1 116

12.5 .. .. ..

12.6 12.3 20.0 ..

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

5.5 44 ..

5.0 46 ..

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.04 .. ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

3 40 25.9 460 2.3 .. 43

3 40 .. 580 4.0 51 46

Yes Public

Yes Mixed

M M C ..

C C C ..

..

7 7 6 .. 2 9 19

13 20 243 .. 7 14 21

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

115.0 0.0 0

.. 0.1 15

.. 0.9 15

14.1 .. .. 4.36

11.6 .. 54.3 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

2.3 48 14.3

19.5 533 91.7

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. 0.4 ..

.. 0.17 1.0 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

139

Mauritius Sub-Saharan Africa

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

140

2007

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

1 43 .. 3,740 5.5 .. 67

1 42 .. 5,250 4.0 84 75

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

Yes Public

Yes Mixed

M P M ..

C C C 5.8

4.1

237 72 152 100 73 101 87

289 92 574 100 146 162 93

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

56.4 .. 5

41.5 2.2 50

21.2 21.0 218

5.2 .. .. 4.00

7.9 4.2 17.5 1.59

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

3.3 251 37.6

3.2 451 15.2

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 10.0 ..

.. 0.53 18.3 19

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Mayotte Sub-Saharan Africa

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

0.18 .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.1

.. .. .. .. .. .. 57

.. .. 280 .. .. .. 61

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

21.2 21.0 218

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

.. 372 0.0

.. .. ..

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

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600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

141

Mexico Latin America & Caribbean

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

98 75 5.9 5,110 5.4 .. 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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

142

2007

2005

103 76 3.0 7,310 1.9 91 75

Upper middleincome group 2005

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

Yes Private C C C 4.0

4.1

126 79 144 86 52 58 87

189 119 460 100 181 136 93

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

2.2 0.2 9

1.8 22.4 110

21.2 21.0 218

17.5 .. .. 3.01

16.1 14.0 20.0 0.83

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

2.1 210 41.5

2.7 617 19.4

3.6 583 24.3

3.1 .. 2.6 ..

3.3 0.61 10.0 60

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Micronesia, Fed. Sts. East Asia & Pacific

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

0.11 22 .. 2,170 –1.8 .. ..

0.11 22 .. 2,300 0.7 .. ..

.. Public

No Public

M C .. ..

M C .. ..

4.0

90 62 0 0 37 .. 14

113 81 128 .. 127 .. 15

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

66.1 0.0 10

48.1 0.0 54

25.0 23.1 116

8.4 .. .. 7.50

8.4 4.9 .. 6.00

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

5.1 74 4.9

5.1 123 ..

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.05 18.0 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

143

Moldova Europe & Central Asia

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

144

2007

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

4 46 32.2 370 –2.6 .. 71

4 47 <2 930 7.1 98 70

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Public

Yes Public

M C C ..

C C C 4.5

4.0

137 38 33 70 12 15 ..

221 92 259 97 96 27 ..

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

5.5 .. 2

5.1 2.5 97

25.0 23.1 116

2.2 .. .. 4.10

4.5 17.1 24.1 1.46

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

3.9 97 67.9

9.9 220 35.1

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 0.7 ..

.. 0.35 4.1 50

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Monaco High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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)

2005

.. 100 .. .. .. .. ..

0.03 100 .. .. .. .. ..

.. Mixed

No Mixed

M M C ..

M M C ..

4.8

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.24 718.6 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%) The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology

2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

145

Mongolia East Asia & Pacific

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

146

2007

2005

Lowincome group 2005

2 57 27.0 400 3.0 .. 64

3 57 10.8 690 5.8 98 82

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

No Mixed

Yes Mixed

M P C ..

C P C 5.2

..

49 10 64 58 13 13 28

61 4 218 64 105 133 30

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

51.6 0.0 3

20.6 0.7 16

.. 0.9 15

2.6 .. .. 4.92

2.4 5.5 10.7 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

5.0 60 4.7

4.4 116 13.1

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. 0.4 ..

.. 0.40 4.3 19

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Morocco Middle East & North Africa

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

28 55 <2 1,220 3.2 .. 51

30 59 .. 1,740 4.3 52 59

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M C C ..

C C C 4.0

4.0

51 .. 84 95 7 13 77

44 55 411 98 152 25 76

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

24.8 0.0 4

25.0 8.3 235

25.0 23.1 116

12.9 .. .. 2.03

23.0 16.3 26.8 1.69

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

3.5 260 50.7

5.4 821 10.9

1.9 444 19.2

5.4 .. 0.2 ..

6.3 0.28 0.8 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

147

Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

148

2007

2005

Lowincome group 2005

18 31 37.9 210 8.7 .. 37

20 35 36.2 310 8.6 .. 49

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

Yes Public

Yes Public

M C C ..

M C C 4.0

..

5 37 3 .. 1 3 4

4 17 62 95 7 6 6

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

80.0 0.0 0

66.0 0.0 1

.. 0.9 15

14.6 .. .. 5.22

17.6 10.3 32.9 1.17

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

2.9 60 49.6

1.8 392 19.1

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.24 0.2 0

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Myanmar East Asia & Pacific

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

48 28 .. .. 7.6 .. 47

51 31 .. .. 9.2 90 50

.. Public

No Public

M M M ..

M M P ..

..

6 1 0 .. 0 2 3

9 3 4 .. 2 8 3

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

172.0 0.0 0

125.0 0.0 2

.. 0.9 15

0.6 .. .. 0.44

2.9 .. 48.9 0.17

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

0.2 37 25.3

0.6 66 10.0

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.30 0.0 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

149

Namibia Sub-Saharan Africa

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

150

2007

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

2 32 .. 1,870 3.5 .. 68

2 35 .. 2,990 4.6 85 67

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Public

Yes Public

M M C ..

M M C 3.6

4.0

58 59 43 85 16 40 37

64 57 244 88 37 109 39

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

51.5 0.0 2

40.4 0.0 4

25.0 23.1 116

.. .. .. 4.28

12.3 14.0 48.7 ..

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

3.6 115 29.6

4.8 181 7.5

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 1.6 ..

.. 0.34 7.8 13

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Nepal South Asia

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

24 13 34.4 220 4.6 .. 56

27 16 24.1 270 2.8 49 58

Yes Public

Yes Public

M M C ..

P P C ..

..

11 2 0 .. 2 3 3

17 6 9 .. 4 4 ..

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

100.2 0.0 0

68.0 0.0 2

.. 0.9 15

2.6 .. .. 5.28

3.1 2.0 8.1 2.04

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.3 60 26.7

1.2 110 26.7

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.30 0.6 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

151

Netherlands High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

152

2007

2005

16 77 .. 26,660 3.8 .. 99

16 80 .. 39,340 0.7 .. 98

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

C C C ..

C P P 4.6

4.8

621 311 675 100 440 396 95

466 .. 970 100 739 682 99

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

0.5 16.3 4,275

.. 251.2 20,549

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. 0.56

.. 23.4 12.4 0.32

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

3.7 353 21.6

.. .. ..

4.5 586 15.1

6.6 .. 49.7 ..

6.3 0.80 411.9 92

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Netherlands Antilles High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

0.18 69 .. .. .. .. 95

0.18 70 .. .. .. .. 88

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.8

455 .. 170 .. 11 .. ..

.. .. 1,106 .. .. .. ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 0.0 ..

.. 0.0 ..

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. ..

19.9 21.9 .. ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 170.7 ..

.. .. 468.1 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

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1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

153

New Caledonia High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

154

2007

2005

0.21 62 .. 14,020 0.2 .. ..

0.23 64 .. .. .. 96 ..

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.8

239 183 234 .. 141 .. 77

236 215 573 90 324 .. 78

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

20.1 0.0 9

26.9 40.9 563

5.8 163.2 4,537

27.9 .. .. 3.43

35.4 8.3 80.3 3.13

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

2.8 345 43.5

.. 637 ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 32.2 ..

.. .. 71.4 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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New Zealand High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

4 86 .. 25,920 3.7 .. 107

Highincome group 2005

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Private C C C 4.5

4.8

475 370 400 97 393 358 98

422 363 861 98 672 474 98

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

30.7 1.2 65

.. 80.8 1,126

5.8 163.2 4,537

17.0 .. .. 0.80

28.6 19.1 11.9 1.30

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

3.4 630 16.2

3.9 962 9.5

4.5 586 15.1

11.2 .. 156.9 97

9.8 0.80 596.3 100

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

155

Nicaragua Latin America & Caribbean

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

156

2007

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

5 57 44.7 760 5.0 .. 70

5 59 45.1 950 3.0 77 71

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Public

Yes Private

M C C ..

C C C 3.7

4.0

33 36 18 .. 10 24 59

43 65 217 60 27 43 ..

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

79.3 0.1 1

4.8 2.0 1

25.0 23.1 116

17.7 .. .. 3.20

9.2 15.1 28.1 3.15

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

2.6 114 5.9

3.7 334 24.0

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 1.2 ..

.. 0.34 3.4 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Niger Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

12 16 60.6 160 3.4 .. 15

14 17 .. 240 3.7 29 23

.. Public

Yes Mixed

M C C ..

M C M ..

..

2 .. 0 .. 0 0 5

2 .. 21 15 2 1 5

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

94.8 0.0 0

.. 0.0 2

.. 0.9 15

9.4 .. .. 9.03

10.5 16.9 101.8 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

0.9 16 ..

2.2 .. ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.07 0.1 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

157

Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

158

2007

2005

Lowincome group 2005

118 44 77.9 280 2.7 .. 49

132 48 70.8 560 5.9 .. 55

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

Yes Public

Yes Public

M .. C ..

P P C 3.8

..

5 2 0 .. 1 6 26

9 .. 141 58 38 7 26

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

21.8 .. 0

20.6 0.0 1

.. 0.9 15

.. .. .. 7.15

.. 10.6 50.4 1.49

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

0.8 50 37.2

3.5 256 18.1

0.7 141 30.9

3.5 .. 0.0 ..

3.5 0.28 0.3 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Northern Mariana Islands East Asia & Pacific

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

.. 93 .. .. .. .. ..

0.08 95 .. .. .. .. ..

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.1

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

21.2 21.0 218

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. .. ..

.. .. 77.9 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%) The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology

2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

159

Norway High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

160

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

4 76 .. 35,660 3.5 .. 98

5 77 .. 60,890 2.0 .. 100

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Public

Yes Mixed

C P C ..

C P C 4.5

4.8

535 213 718 96 267 490 93

460 260 1,028 .. 735 573 100

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 5.2 875

.. 214.4 9,368

5.8 163.2 4,537

25.4 .. .. 0.40

37.9 20.2 29.8 0.31

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

2.7 251 46.6

3.3 445 48.0

4.5 586 15.1

5.7 .. 81.8 ..

5.1 0.82 390.0 99

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Oman Middle East & North Africa

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

2 72 .. 6,610 3.2 .. 67

3 72 .. 9,070 3.0 81 66

No Public

Yes Public

M M .. ..

M P M ..

4.1

91 77 66 .. 37 33 79

103 185 519 .. 111 47 79

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. 0.0 ..

89.7 3.3 194

21.2 21.0 218

13.1 .. .. 7.89

12.1 5.5 14.5 1.87

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

1.9 186 19.0

2.3 583 43.3

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 0.8 ..

.. 0.34 3.4 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

161

Pakistan South Asia

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

162

2007

2005

Lowincome group 2005

138 33 13.5 480 3.0 43 37

156 35 17.0 690 4.8 50 40

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M P C ..

C P C 5.4

..

22 7 2 .. 2 4 37

34 11 82 .. 67 .. 47

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.3 5

.. 0.9 15

.. .. .. 3.60

5.1 2.4 9.5 1.03

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.8 50 19.5

2.5 213 11.9

0.7 141 30.9

6.6 .. 0.0 ..

6.9 0.28 0.4 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Palau East Asia & Pacific

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

.. 70 .. .. 1.2 .. 87

0.02 70 .. 7,670 0.9 .. 97

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.1

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

21.2 21.0 218

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.06 50.0 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%) The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology

2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

163

Panama Latin America & Caribbean

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

164

2007

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

3 66 7.2 3,740 5.0 .. 76

3 71 7.4 4,630 4.3 92 80

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M P C ..

C P C 3.4

4.1

145 55 139 74 36 36 78

136 .. 418 89 64 46 77

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

48.0 1.3 112

13.9 5.4 292

21.2 21.0 218

.. .. .. 4.36

10.3 16.7 38.4 3.64

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

3.8 153 ..

3.9 273 ..

3.6 583 24.3

9.0 .. 9.6 ..

8.4 0.48 57.2 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Papua New Guinea East Asia & Pacific

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

5 13 .. 650 0.7 .. 41

6 13 .. 500 1.6 57 41

Yes Public

Yes Public

M M .. ..

M M P ..

..

12 8 2 .. 8 53 8

11 .. 4 .. 23 64 9

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 1

.. 0.0 1

.. 0.9 15

20.1 .. .. 4.32

7.3 14.8 25.0 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

2.3 41 82.6

.. .. ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.25 0.7 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

165

Paraguay Latin America & Caribbean

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

166

2007

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

5 55 14.9 1,340 0.1 .. 70

6 59 13.6 1,040 2.6 .. 70

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Public

Yes Public

M C C ..

M C C 2.4

4.0

53 20 154 .. 7 13 75

54 28 320 .. 34 78 76

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

4.1 0.0 2

8.2 0.9 43

25.0 23.1 116

18.0 .. .. 0.97

6.4 3.3 11.7 0.90

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

4.6 120 26.3

4.2 .. ..

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 0.7 ..

.. 0.36 1.3 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Peru Latin America & Caribbean

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

26 72 18.1 2,060 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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

28 73 10.5 2,650 4.3 88 86

Lower middleincome group 2005

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Private C C C 3.2

4.0

66 22 49 .. 31 40 67

80 64 200 .. 164 100 69

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

17.1 0.0 4

.. 12.5 358

25.0 23.1 116

18.9 .. .. 2.08

19.6 22.9 23.6 1.80

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

2.7 473 22.2

0.8 472 ..

1.9 444 19.2

6.9 .. 1.3 3

6.6 0.51 6.0 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

167

Philippines East Asia & Pacific

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

76 59 15.5 1,060 3.5 .. 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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

168

2007

2005

83 63 14.8 1,320 4.7 93 82

Lower middleincome group 2005

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

Yes Private C C C 4.7

4.0

40 28 85 70 20 20 53

41 29 419 92 54 45 63

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. 0.0 2

.. 0.7 39

25.0 23.1 116

12.3 .. .. 2.07

11.6 5.3 1.8 1.20

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

2.9 482 47.4

3.9 1,555 26.3

1.9 444 19.2

4.5 .. 0.9 2

7.0 0.57 3.3 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Poland Europe & Central Asia

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

38 62 <2 4,570 5.4 .. 86

38 62 <2 7,160 3.2 .. 86

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M P C ..

C C C 3.6

4.1

285 51 175 95 73 69 92

309 61 764 99 262 193 91

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

17.2 0.0 20

.. 32.6 560

21.2 21.0 218

14.0 .. .. 2.92

14.3 7.8 11.3 1.35

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

4.1 256 19.4

3.8 184 ..

3.6 583 24.3

4.1 .. 8.5 ..

4.2 0.59 38.1 90

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

169

Portugal High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

170

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

10 54 .. 11,590 4.2 .. 92

11 58 .. 17,190 0.5 .. 89

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

C P C ..

C P C 5.4

4.8

423 137 652 99 164 103 100

401 137 1,085 100 279 133 99

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

10.5 2.5 49

9.7 114.9 833

5.8 163.2 4,537

17.4 .. .. 0.83

31.8 23.6 37.8 1.04

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

4.5 594 40.2

5.1 988 13.9

4.5 586 15.1

4.2 .. 13.4 ..

4.4 0.61 65.3 92

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Puerto Rico High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

4 95 .. 10,560 4.4 .. ..

4 98 .. .. .. .. ..

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.8

340 .. 243 .. 105 .. 87

285 .. 689 100 221 .. 97

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. .. ..

.. 5.9 ..

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. ..

33.5 .. .. ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

3.2 387 ..

.. .. ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 16.4 ..

.. .. 33.1 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

171

Qatar High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

172

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

0.61 95 .. .. .. .. 80

0.81 95 .. .. 9.7 89 78

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

.. Mixed

Yes Mixed

M M M ..

M M M 5.0

4.8

264 392 199 95 49 148 88

253 1,031 882 95 269 171 90

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

13.0 0.0 70

15.8 31.0 953

5.8 163.2 4,537

10.1 .. .. 4.45

10.1 8.9 16.5 1.95

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

1.9 169 10.8

1.8 397 22.0

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 4.7 ..

.. 0.49 27.8 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Romania Europe & Central Asia

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

22 55 2.1 1,690 –2.1 .. 68

22 54 <2 3,910 5.8 97 75

No Mixed

Yes Mixed

M C C ..

C C C 4.3

4.1

174 34 111 97 36 32 96

203 49 617 98 208 113 94

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

35.7 0.3 4

10.4 34.7 623

21.2 21.0 218

10.6 .. .. 2.49

10.1 10.5 17.0 0.82

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

2.3 151 67.8

3.9 263 17.5

3.6 583 24.3

3.1 .. 2.4 ..

3.6 0.57 7.0 57

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

173

Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

174

2007

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

146 73 6.1 1,710 1.2 .. ..

143 73 <2 4,460 6.2 99 88

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

.. Mixed

No Mixed

P C .. ..

P C .. 3.9

4.1

219 18 22 .. 20 64 89

280 15 838 .. 152 122 98

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

35.2 0.0 21

.. 11.1 100

21.2 21.0 218

.. .. .. 2.56

.. 6.0 12.7 2.03

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

2.0 83 11.5

2.9 334 ..

3.6 583 24.3

3.5 .. 2.0 ..

3.6 0.53 3.2 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

8 14 60.3 250 9.8 .. 48

9 19 .. 230 5.1 65 51

No Mixed

Yes Private

M M .. ..

M C C ..

..

2 .. 5 .. 1 .. 2

3 .. 32 75 6 .. 2

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

16.0 0.0 0

.. 0.0 1

.. 0.9 15

8.4 .. .. 11.23

6.6 12.3 30.1 2.43

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.0 189 93.1

2.7 .. ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. 0.1 ..

.. 0.25 .. ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

175

Samoa East Asia & Pacific

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

176

2007

2005

0.18 22 .. 1,350 3.3 .. 72

0.18 22 .. 2,020 3.9 .. 74

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. ..

Yes Public

.. .. .. ..

M M C ..

4.0

48 125 14 .. 6 6 93

73 149 130 .. 32 7 97

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

22.0 0.0 1

.. 0.0 16

25.0 23.1 116

6.9 .. .. ..

6.7 7.7 11.4 1.36

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

4.2 55 13.3

4.9 95 ..

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 11.2 ..

.. 0.40 5.4 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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San Marino High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

.. 94 .. .. .. .. ..

0.03 97 .. .. .. .. ..

.. Mixed

Yes Mixed

M C .. ..

M C .. ..

4.8

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

741 6,494 610 .. 536 857 ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. .. ..

.. 38.4 5,536

5.8 163.2 4,537

10.8 .. .. ..

23.6 .. .. ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. 497 60.0

0.4 505 62.9

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.31 390.1 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

177

São Tomé and Principe Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

178

2007

2005

0.14 53 .. 310 2.1 .. ..

0.16 58 .. 440 3.9 .. 65

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

.. Mixed

No Mixed

M .. .. ..

M .. .. ..

..

33 27 0 .. 47 .. 24

46 46 77 .. 131 .. 36

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

4.0 0.0 14

.. 0.0 13

.. 0.9 15

9.4 .. .. 5.56

12.6 16.7 53.2 5.11

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

12.0 43 16.6

15.8 166 22.4

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.28 6.2 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Saudi Arabia High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

21 80 .. 8,140 2.3 .. ..

23 81 .. 12,510 4.2 79 76

No Public

Yes Mixed

M M .. ..

P P C ..

4.8

143 87 67 92 22 63 93

164 127 575 .. 70 376 99

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

2.0 0.0 ..

1.7 0.9 33

5.8 163.2 4,537

11.7 .. .. 5.20

11.7 9.7 21.3 2.40

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

2.4 189 33.9

3.2 390 12.3

4.5 586 15.1

2.4 .. 0.5 ..

2.3 0.41 4.6 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

179

Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

180

2007

2005

Lowincome group 2005

10 41 24.0 450 4.5 .. 33

12 42 17.0 700 4.7 39 45

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

No Mixed

Yes Mixed

M P C ..

C C C 5.8

..

20 17 24 .. 4 15 26

23 55 148 85 46 21 29

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

17.0 0.0 3

.. 1.6 66

.. 0.9 15

8.7 .. .. 2.23

15.4 9.6 25.6 1.02

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

4.2 324 42.5

6.9 408 19.3

0.7 141 30.9

7.2 .. 0.1 ..

8.3 0.22 0.4 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Serbia and Montenegro Europe & Central Asia

Lower middle income

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

8 52 .. 1,250 –0.8 .. 77

8 52 .. 3,220 5.1 96 ..

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. ..

.. Mixed

.. .. .. ..

.. C .. 4.0

4.0

332 113 585 99a 148 48 92a

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

25.0 0.0 87

25.0 23.1 116

2.8 .. .. 1.52

2.7 6.1a 9.2a 2.27

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

3.3 247 28.0

2.9 605a 52.3

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 0.9 ..

.. 0.20 2.4 70

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

296 125 160 77 49 29 .. .. .. 1

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2007

181

Seychelles Sub-Saharan Africa

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

0.08 51 .. 7,440 6.7 .. 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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

182

2007

2005

0.08 53 .. 8,180 –2.5 92 80

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

No Private P P P ..

4.1

254 137 320 97 74 136 86

253 .. 675 90 249 189 89

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. .. 25

6.0 6.8 107

21.2 21.0 218

18.0 .. .. 5.59

24.1 17.0 31.5 3.78

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

6.5 126 10.3

.. .. ..

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 12.3 ..

.. 0.49 513.1 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

5 37 .. 140 –5.2 .. 45

6 41 .. 220 13.7 35 70

.. Public

No Public

M C C ..

P C P ..

..

4 .. 3 .. 1 .. 4

5 .. 22 .. 2 .. 7

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. .. 0

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.9 15

3.0 .. .. 2.74

3.0 71.9 10.6 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

.. 31 ..

.. .. ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. 0.2 ..

.. 0.16 0.2 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

183

Singapore High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

184

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

4 100 .. 23,020 5.6 .. ..

4 100 .. 27,580 4.2 93 ..

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

C C C ..

C C C 6.2

4.8

484 646 684 100 324 483 99

425 .. 1,010 100 571 621 99

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

2.4 18.9 560

0.3 153.3 5,826

5.8 163.2 4,537

6.2 .. .. 0.68

6.7 6.1 20.5 0.69

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

3.4 584 14.9

3.4 .. 12.6

4.5 586 15.1

9.7 .. 127.1 ..

9.4 0.85 297.5 100

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Slovak Republic Europe & Central Asia

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

5 56 <2 3,870 3.6 .. 72

5 56 .. 7,950 4.9 100 77

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M C C ..

C C C 4.3

4.1

315 59 231 98 94 137 96

222 88 843 99 464 358 99

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

27.0 0.0 41

9.5 25.7 2,636

21.2 21.0 218

9.2 .. .. 1.13

19.8 12.3 18.9 1.06

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

3.9 191 22.6

3.8 508 26.2

3.6 583 24.3

5.9 .. 14.7 ..

5.6 0.59 28.0 65

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

185

Slovenia High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

186

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

2 51 <2 10,780 4.5 .. 87

2 51 .. 17,440 3.4 .. 91

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

No Mixed

Yes Mixed

M P C ..

C C C 4.3

4.8

395 .. 611 98 151 276 92

408 .. 879 99 545 404 96

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

20.5 2.8 95

13.6 85.0 1,258

5.8 163.2 4,537

10.1 .. .. 0.81

17.6 10.3 18.6 0.65

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

1.8 541 101.1

3.2 1,228 20.2

4.5 586 15.1

2.6 .. 51.2 99

3.1 0.68 95.6 96

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Solomon Islands East Asia & Pacific

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

0.42 16 .. 680 –1.7 .. 40

0.48 17 .. 620 2.4 .. 47

.. Mixed

No Mixed

M .. .. ..

M .. .. ..

..

18 23 3 35 5 38 4

16 .. 13 .. 8 46 4

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

5.0 0.0 1

.. 0.9 17

.. 0.9 15

13.8 .. .. ..

12.2 28.0 101.6 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

4.0 59 167.6

3.8 .. ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.27 4.1 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

187

Somalia Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

188

2007

8 35 .. .. .. .. ..

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

No Private C .. .. ..

..

4 .. 11 .. 2 .. 8

12 .. 61 .. 11 6 8

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.9 15

.. .. .. ..

.. 5.1 .. ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

44 57 10.7 3,050 2.5 .. 76

47 59 .. 4,770 3.7 82 77

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M C .. ..

C P C 4.9

4.1

113 25 190 92 55 66 55

101 28 724 96 109 85 59

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

51.8 0.0 8

48.2 3.5 19

21.2 21.0 218

13.3 .. .. 1.98

22.7 13.3 63.2 0.79

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

5.1 264 25.5

5.7 725 9.8

3.6 583 24.3

7.9 .. 11.6 ..

9.9 0.51 23.5 27

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

189

Spain High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

190

2007

2005

43 77 .. 25,250 3.1 .. 96

Highincome group 2005

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Private C C C 4.3

4.8

425 139 603 99 136 174 99

422 117 952 99 348 277 99

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

1.5 1.9 297

14.2 115.1 2,822

5.8 163.2 4,537

14.7 .. .. 1.08

25.8 22.1 31.7 0.60

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

3.2 638 36.7

3.0 643 12.5

4.5 586 15.1

4.0 .. 23.0 ..

3.7 0.58 101.5 94

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Sri Lanka South Asia

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

19 16 6.6 810 5.0 .. ..

20 15 5.6 1,160 4.2 91 63

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M P C ..

P C C 4.0

4.0

40 10 22 55 6 7 22

63 20 171 85 14 27 32

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

132.0 0.0 1

8.1 0.7 25

25.0 23.1 116

6.9 .. .. 3.29

8.2 1.2 4.6 2.11

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

1.9 101 35.8

2.2 313 19.1

1.9 444 19.2

5.0 .. 0.3 ..

5.5 0.40 2.0 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

191

St. Kitts and Nevis Latin America & Caribbean

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

192

2007

2005

0.04 33 .. 6,490 4.3 .. 84

0.05 32 .. 7,840 2.6 .. 73

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.1

495 .. 27 .. 61 158 71

532 572 213 .. 214 234 ..

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. .. ..

.. 10.7 42

21.2 21.0 218

.. .. .. ..

.. 11.9 22.1 ..

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

9.1 124 ..

.. .. ..

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 347.0 ..

.. 0.45 785.2 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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St. Lucia Latin America & Caribbean

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

0.16 28 .. 4,140 2.9 .. 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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

0.16 28 .. 4,580 1.6 .. 79

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

Yes Private M C M ..

4.1

313 .. 16 .. 51 141 77

321 218 573 80 339 160 ..

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. .. 95

.. 0.0 ..

21.2 21.0 218

.. .. .. ..

13.9 11.8 22.1 ..

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 12.7 ..

.. 0.45 60.2 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

193

St. Vincent & Grenadines Latin America & Caribbean

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

0.12 44 .. 2,730 3.2 .. 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 .. Mobile telephone service .. Internet service .. Government prioritization of sector (1–7, 7=highest) .. Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

194

2007

2005

0.12 46 .. 3,530 3.0 .. 69

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

Yes Private C C C ..

4.1

215 425 20 30 30 103 ..

189 289 593 95 84 135 ..

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

8.6 0.0 34

17.0 30.6 25

21.2 21.0 218

11.6 .. .. 3.97

13.2 12.9 22.1 ..

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

8.6 165 15.2

12.0 695 ..

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 25.7 ..

.. 0.40 66.9 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

33 36 .. 310 6.3 .. 31

36 41 .. 640 6.1 61 37

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M M C ..

P P P ..

..

12 6 1 60 1 3 45

18 11 50 60 77 90 49

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

5.0 0.0 0

.. 0.0 6

.. 0.9 15

3.8 .. .. 42.02

6.3 4.0 65.5 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.1 146 71.2

3.8 651 70.7

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.24 .. ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

195

Suriname Latin America & Caribbean

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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)

2005

0.43 72 .. 2,070 1.7 .. 73

0.45 74 .. 2,540 5.2 90 72

No Public

Yes Public

.. .. .. ..

M M P ..

Sector performance Access Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) 174 180 International voice traffic (minutes per person) 106 202 Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) 95 518 Population covered by mobile telephony (%) .. .. Internet users (per 1,000 people) 27 71 Personal computers (per 1,000 people) 46 .. Households with a television set (%) 65 66 Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) 30.9 38.6 Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 people) .. 2.2 International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) 7 100 Affordability Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) 5.5 6.5 Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) .. 9.6 Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) .. 30.2 Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) 2.29 1.33 Institutional efficiency and sustainability Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) 5,209.8 7,557.2 Telephone subscribers per employee 111 286 Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) 40.9 18.7 Applications Sector expenditure (% of GDP) .. .. E-government readiness index (0–1, 1=most ready) .. 0.34 Secure Internet servers (per million people) .. 15.5 Schools connected to the Internet (%) .. ..

196

2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

4.0

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84 25.0 23.1 116 8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08 1.9 444 19.2 5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Swaziland Sub-Saharan Africa

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

1 23 8.0 1,370 3.4 .. 61

1 24 .. 2,280 2.3 80 60

.. Public

No Public

M M C ..

M M C ..

4.0

30 47 32 70 10 11 18

31 47 177 80 32 32 18

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

160.0 0.0 1

70.0 0.0 1

25.0 23.1 116

4.1 .. .. 3.68

8.3 13.3 51.7 2.97

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

2.7 137 9.9

2.0 279 37.7

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 0.9 ..

.. 0.36 4.4 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

197

Sweden High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

198

2007

2005

Highincome group 2005

9 84 .. 28,870 3.3 .. 113

9 84 .. 40,910 2.3 .. 96

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

C P C ..

C C C 4.8

4.8

759 .. 718 99 456 507 94

717 .. 935 99 764 763 94

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 9.3 2,098

.. 214.0 17,531

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. 0.36

26.7 6.2 19.2 0.41

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

3.2 456 31.9

2.8 858 ..

4.5 586 15.1

7.4 .. 116.1 ..

7.4 0.90 406.4 99

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Switzerland High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Highincome group 2005

7 73 .. 40,110 2.0 .. 84

7 75 .. 55,320 0.9 .. 86

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

C C C ..

C P C 4.9

4.8

729 665 646 98 292 654 99

689 .. 921 100 498 865 100

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

18.5 6.0 2,941

.. 232.0 9,671

5.8 163.2 4,537

22.0 .. .. 0.21

29.5 28.4 7.9 0.32

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

3.4 409 27.2

3.5 525 13.5

4.5 586 15.1

7.8 .. 149.2 66

7.5 0.75 580.3 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

199

Syrian Arab Republic Middle East & North Africa

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

200

2007

2005

17 50 .. 930 2.2 .. 57

19 51 .. 1,380 3.7 80 65

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. Public

No Public

M .. .. ..

M P P ..

4.0

100 23 2 50 2 15 72

152 44 155 99 58 42 80

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

50.0 .. ..

50.0 0.0 1

25.0 23.1 116

3.3 .. .. 4.81

2.7 9.9 14.0 ..

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

1.9 80 58.2

2.8 221 10.4

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 0.1 ..

.. 0.29 0.2 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Tajikistan Europe & Central Asia

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lowincome group 2005

6 26 13.9 180 1.1 .. 67

7 25 7.4 330 9.6 99 71

.. Mixed

No Mixed

M .. .. ..

M .. .. 4.8

..

35 4 0 .. 0 .. 80

39 10 41 .. 1 .. ..

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

124.9 0.0 ..

144.0 0.0 0

.. 0.9 15

1.3 .. .. 9.57

0.8 23.3 12.3 7.84

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

.. 45 1.0

0.6 57 71.4

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.33 .. ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

201

Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

202

2007

2005

Lowincome group 2005

35 22 57.8 260 3.9 .. 32

38 24 .. 340 6.9 69 50

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

P C .. ..

M C C 4.6

..

5 1 3 .. 1 3 9

4 1 52 25 9 7 6

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

21.0 0.0 0

24.0 0.0 0

.. 0.9 15

9.3 .. .. 10.70

14.0 9.5 93.6 3.17

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.9 78 12.6

2.3 219 ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.30 0.0 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Thailand East Asia & Pacific

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

61 31 <2 1,990 –0.7 .. 75

64 32 <2 2,720 5.4 93 72

No Public

Yes Public

M C C ..

M P C 5.1

4.0

91 10 50 .. 37 28 91

110 12 430 .. 110 58 92

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

19.6 0.0 4

2.5 0.7 106

25.0 23.1 116

8.4 .. .. 2.19

8.3 4.4 6.9 0.67

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

2.6 353 27.0

3.2 1,271 10.0

1.9 444 19.2

3.5 .. 1.9 ..

4.1 0.55 5.9 37

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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2007

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

203

Timor-Leste East Asia & Pacific

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

204

2007

2005

0.78 25 .. .. .. .. 73

1 27 .. 600 –0.3 .. 72

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

..

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 ..

.. 0.0 ..

.. 0.9 15

.. .. .. ..

.. .. 93.8 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.25 1.0 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Togo Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

5 37 .. 270 4.2 .. 53

6 40 .. 350 2.7 53 55

Yes Public

Yes Public

P P C ..

P P C ..

..

8 8 9 80 19 19 17

10 21 72 85 49 30 51

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

6.0 .. 0

6.2 0.0 7

.. 0.9 15

10.2 .. .. 7.90

15.4 12.3 44.7 3.98

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

2.9 86 45.3

5.7 363 48.6

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.23 0.3 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

205

Tonga East Asia & Pacific

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

206

2007

2005

0.10 23 .. 1,560 1.4 .. 78

0.10 24 .. 1,750 2.5 99 80

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. Public

No Public

P .. P ..

P .. P ..

4.0

97 .. 2 85 24 13 ..

111 .. 161 95 29 49 ..

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. 0.0 5

.. 0.1 20

25.0 23.1 116

6.0 .. .. 4.09

9.8 3.7 45.5 1.09

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

2.8 35 ..

.. 50 ..

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 29.8 ..

.. 0.37 9.8 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Trinidad and Tobago Latin America & Caribbean

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

1 11 .. 5,230 5.0 .. 68

1 12 .. 10,300 8.3 .. 69

No Mixed

Yes Public

M C C ..

P M C 3.8

4.1

247 184 126 .. 78 62 86

248 381 613 .. 123 79 88

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

.. 0.0 47

.. 8.3 375

21.2 21.0 218

.. .. .. 2.47

7.0 6.7 13.4 2.19

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

3.0 157 39.2

2.7 .. ..

3.6 583 24.3

.. .. 9.3 ..

.. 0.48 27.5 15

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

207

Tunisia Middle East & North Africa

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

208

2007

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

10 63 <2 2,090 5.5 .. 74

10 65 .. 2,880 4.5 74 75

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

No Public

Yes Mixed

M M C ..

M C C 5.5

4.0

100 45 12 .. 27 22 87

125 84 566 98 95 57 92

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

34.0 .. 5

30.0 1.6 75

25.0 23.1 116

4.2 .. .. 2.25

3.7 5.4 12.4 2.28

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

2.1 153 39.8

4.4 740 21.5

1.9 444 19.2

4.8 .. 0.4 ..

5.8 0.33 2.3 25

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Turkey Europe & Central Asia

Upper middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

67 65 <2 2,980 3.4 .. 68

72 67 3.4 4,750 5.2 87 69

Yes Public

Yes Public

M C C ..

C P C 4.1

4.1

273 29 239 50 37 37 96

263 31 605 96 222 52 92

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

55.4 0.0 9

30.4 22.1 405

21.2 21.0 218

10.4 .. .. 3.30

14.7 12.6 11.6 2.40

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

2.7 477 11.7

3.6 883 9.3

3.6 583 24.3

7.9 .. 3.2 ..

7.9 0.50 24.6 40

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

209

Turkmenistan Europe & Central Asia

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

210

2007

2005

5 45 .. 640 4.0 .. ..

5 46 .. .. .. 99 ..

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. Public

No Public

M C .. ..

M C .. ..

4.0

81 6 2 .. 1 .. 93

80 .. 11 .. 8 .. ..

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

93.9 0.0 0

.. 0.0 ..

25.0 23.1 116

.. .. .. ..

.. 17.2 69.5 ..

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

0.9 50 9.0

.. .. ..

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lowincome group 2005

24 12 .. 260 6.4 .. 66

29 13 .. 280 5.6 67 66

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

C C C ..

P P C 4.5

..

3 1 5 16 2 2 5

3 2 53 85 17 9 5

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. .. 0

.. 0.0 3

.. 0.9 15

14.4 .. .. 3.63

16.8 9.3 99.6 3.21

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.6 79 63.4

4.2 750 24.4

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.31 0.1 1

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2007

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

211

Ukraine Europe & Central Asia

Lower middle income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

212

2007

2005

Lower middleincome group 2005

49 67 2.9 700 –1.9 .. 84

47 68 <2 1,520 8.0 99 86

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. Public

No Public

C C .. ..

C C .. 4.1

4.0

212 13 17 .. 7 18 ..

256 36 366 96 97 38 97

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

34.5 .. 1

.. 0.0 17

25.0 23.1 116

.. .. .. ..

.. 9.3 7.7 1.65

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

3.7 88 23.1

5.9 115 29.8

1.9 444 19.2

7.9 .. 0.9 ..

8.0 0.55 1.9 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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United Arab Emirates High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Highincome group 2005

3 77 .. 19,270 5.1 .. 66

5 77 .. 23,950 8.2 .. 60

.. Mixed

Yes Mixed

M M M ..

P P P 5.6

4.8

314 .. 440 100 236 123 86

273 .. 1,000 100 308 197 86

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

0.2 0.4 5

0.3 28.3 923

5.8 163.2 4,537

5.0 .. .. 3.51

17.4 4.1 13.1 1.73

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

2.7 294 28.9

2.7 485 12.9

4.5 586 15.1

3.4 .. 8.9 ..

3.6 0.57 54.4 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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2007

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

213

United Kingdom High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

60 89 .. 25,010 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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

214

2007

2005

60 90 .. 37,740 2.4 .. 93

Highincome group 2005

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Private C C C 5.0

4.8

590 259 727 99 264 338 97

528 .. 1,088 99 473 600 ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

4.5 1.8 1,448

11.0 163.8 13,062

5.8 163.2 4,537

25.3 .. .. 1.07

31.3 14.0 27.3 0.77

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

4.6 380 25.1

3.1 353 27.5

4.5 586 15.1

8.1 .. 108.7 ..

7.3 0.88 561.5 99

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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United States High income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

2005

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

296 81 .. 43,560 2.6 .. 93

Highincome group 2005

1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

Yes Private C C C 5.3

4.8

682 152 388 99 439 570 97

606 279 680 99 630 762 98

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

14.2 25.1 394

13.2 166.6 3,306

5.8 163.2 4,537

21.5 .. .. ..

25.0 5.2 15.0 ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

3.0 239 25.3

2.7 346 9.2

4.5 586 15.1

9.5 .. 273.8 98

8.8 0.91 869.2 100

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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Uruguay Latin America & Caribbean

Upper middle income Upper middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

216

2007

2005

3 91 <2 6,150 2.2 .. 84

3 92 <2 4,360 0.9 .. 89

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

No Public

Yes Public

M C P ..

P C C 3.6

4.1

278 60 123 100 105 105 99

290 .. 333 100 193 125 93

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

5.6 0.4 18

.. 17.7 462

21.2 21.0 218

15.6 .. .. 4.88

10.7 16.1 23.9 0.52

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

3.9 243 13.5

.. .. ..

3.6 583 24.3

6.0 .. 11.0 ..

7.9 0.54 29.0 50

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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Uzbekistan Europe & Central Asia

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

25 37 19.2 630 4.1 .. ..

26 37 <2 520 5.3 .. 74

.. Public

No Public

P C .. ..

P C .. ..

..

67 6 2 .. 5 .. 90

67 .. 28 75 34 .. ..

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

92.6 .. 0

.. 0.1 1

.. 0.9 15

2.6 .. .. 13.95

1.0 1.8 5.7 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.6 66 25.3

.. .. ..

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.41 0.1 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

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Vanuatu East Asia & Pacific

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

218

2007

2005

0.19 22 .. 1,240 1.4 .. 60

0.21 24 .. 1,560 0.4 74 64

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. Mixed

No Mixed

M .. .. ..

M .. .. ..

4.0

35 .. 2 .. 21 13 6

33 .. 60 20 38 14 6

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. 0.0 ..

.. 0.1 19

25.0 23.1 116

21.2 .. .. 7.45

31.6 18.1 58.2 ..

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

4.8 39 ..

4.5 .. ..

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. 10.2 ..

.. 0.17 83.6 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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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) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Upper middleincome group 2005

24 91 8.9 4,100 0.6 .. 67

27 93 18.5 4,820 1.3 93 76

Yes Mixed

Yes Mixed

M C C ..

C C C 4.4

4.1

104 23 224 .. 34 45 79

136 .. 470 .. 125 82 83

230 46 671 .. 196 113 91

2.0 0.2 6

.. 13.4 51

21.2 21.0 218

.. .. .. ..

.. 1.2 42.6 0.84

12.1 9.5 17.0 1.06

3.3 386 26.3

3.5 635 16.1

3.6 583 24.3

3.7 .. 3.7 ..

3.9 0.52 5.2 ..

5.2 0.54 16.9 60

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2007

600 72 .. 5,634 3.5 94 79

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Vietnam East Asia & Pacific

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

220

2007

2005

Lowincome group 2005

79 24 .. 380 6.7 .. 64

83 26 .. 620 7.5 90 64

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

.. Public

No Public

M M P ..

C C C 5.1

..

32 7 10 .. 3 8 78

191 8 115 .. 129 13 83

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 0

.. 2.5 43

.. 0.9 15

5.4 .. .. 9.29

3.7 6.2 10.7 1.95

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

3.5 43 50.1

0.0 79 ..

0.7 141 30.9

12.4 .. 0.1 20

15.1 0.36 0.1 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Virgin Islands (U.S.) High income Highincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)

0.11 93 .. .. .. .. ..

0.11 94 .. .. .. .. ..

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.8

629 .. 322 .. 138 .. ..

652 .. 590 .. 276 .. ..

503 171 835 99 527 579 97

.. 0.0 ..

.. 0.0 ..

5.8 163.2 4,537

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

27.6 17.8 19.9 0.76

.. .. ..

.. .. ..

4.5 586 15.1

.. .. 36.8 ..

.. .. 211.9 ..

7.2 0.77 444.4 99

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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

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1,011 78 .. 35,264 2.2 99 92

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West Bank and Gaza Middle East & North Africa

Lower middle income Lower middleincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

222

2007

2005

3 72 .. 1,580 7.4 .. 77

4 72 .. 1,230 –0.9 92 82

2,475 50 .. 1,923 6.3 89 71

.. ..

.. ..

.. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ..

4.0

92 28 59 95 12 .. 85

96 66 302 95 67 48 93

205 14 306 .. 95 45 84

.. 0.0 ..

69.4 2.1 66

25.0 23.1 116

10.3 .. .. 1.11

7.5 9.8 15.6 1.17

8.5 10.2 16.8 2.08

0.4 263 46.2

0.7 871 18.4

1.9 444 19.2

.. .. .. ..

.. .. 0.5 ..

5.5 0.38 2.3 ..

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Yemen, Rep. Middle East & North Africa

Low income Lowincome group 2005

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

18 25 15.7 410 5.6 .. 50

21 27 .. 600 3.3 .. 55

.. Public

No Public

M C M ..

M C C ..

..

19 8 2 .. 1 2 43

39 12 95 68 9 15 43

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

.. 0.0 0

.. 0.0 ..

.. 0.9 15

3.7 .. .. 4.45

2.8 4.3 10.9 2.39

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

1.0 72 51.1

1.3 176 51.1

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. 0.21 0.0 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

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Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

224

2007

2005

Lowincome group 2005

11 35 65.7 290 2.2 .. 43

12 35 63.8 500 4.7 68 54

2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

Yes Public

Yes Public

.. C C ..

M P P 3.7

..

8 4 9 51 2 7 23

8 7 81 51 20 10 26

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

90.9 0.0 0

108.0 0.0 2

.. 0.9 15

4.6 .. .. 2.57

6.0 14.2 68.4 1.41

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

2.0 59 12.3

2.7 175 29.3

0.7 141 30.9

.. .. .. ..

.. .. 0.1 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa

Low income

Country data 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) Poverty (% of population below $1 a day) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–05 (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 1,000 people) International voice traffic (minutes per person) Mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Population covered by mobile telephony (%) Internet users (per 1,000 people) Personal computers (per 1,000 people) Households with a television set (%) Quality Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) Broadband subscribers (per 1,000 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) Schools connected to the Internet (%)

2005

Lowincome group 2005

13 34 56.1 460 0.7 .. 57

13 36 .. 350 –5.9 .. 52

No Public

Yes Public

M C C ..

P C C 3.1

..

20 11 21 .. 4 15 25

25 24 54 .. 77 92 26

37 5 77 .. 44 11 15

153.0 0.0 1

7.7 0.8 4

.. 0.9 15

6.3 .. .. 4.36

4.3 3.4 24.6 ..

8.7 9.6 30.1 1.99

2.2 112 90.9

4.4 243 8.1

0.7 141 30.9

4.1 .. 0.1 ..

12.9 0.33 0.2 ..

5.9 0.24 0.5 ..

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2,352 30 .. 585 6.1 61 56

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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, United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance) GDP growth shows the annual percentage rate of growth of gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 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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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 worldwide 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) Poverty is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.08 a day at 1993 international prices. As a result of revisions in purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported previously. (World Bank)

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Glossary 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 does not include the telephone line rental but does include 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 United States is the cost of a three-minute, peak-rate, fixed-line call from the country to the United States. (International Telecommunication Union and World Bank) Schools connected to the Internet are the percentage of primary and secondary schools in the country that have access to the Internet. (World Bank) Sector expenditure includes 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. (Netcraft) Separate telecommunications regulator refers to whether a separate telecommunications regulator exists. (International Telecommunication Union) Status of main fixed-line telephone operator refers to 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) Telecommunication revenue is revenue from the provision of telecommunication services such as fixed line, mobile, and data. (International Telecommunication Union)

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Telecommunications investment is total telecommunications investment (capital expenditure) as a percentage of telecommunications revenue. (International Telecommunication Union) 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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