Foreword of this year’s Facts and Figures by Mr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau
Global offline population steadily declines to 2.6 billion people in 2023.
Digital gender parity is still a distant prospect in regions with low Internet use.
Almost 80 per cent of people aged between 15 and 24 use the Internet.
Wide Internet use gap between rural and urban areas persists in poorest countries.
Broadband subscriptions continue to grow strongly.
ICT services continue to become more affordable worldwide.
Lack of data for this critical enabler hampers progress assessment of meaningful connectivity.
More than three-quarters of the world’s population own a mobile phone.
Almost 40 per cent of the world’s population now covered by 5G.
Despite the rise of mobile broadband, fixed broadband accounts for 83 per cent of all traffic.
How the data are collected, estimates made and aggregates calculated.
