Foreword of this year’s Facts and figures by Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau
Two-thirds of the world’s population uses the Internet, but 2.7 billion people remain offline.
The world takes a small step towards digital gender parity.
Three-quarters of 15- to 24-year-olds use the Internet.
Internet use in rural areas is slowly catching up with urban areas.
Mobile broadband subscriptions continue to grow strongly.
ICT services become more affordable worldwide in 2022.
Low levels of ICT skills hamper progress to universal and meaningful connectivity.
Three-quarters of the world’s population own a mobile phone.
The coverage gap persists at five per cent.
Unrelenting global consumption of Internet data continues to drive demand for international bandwidth usage.
How the data are collected, estimates made and aggregates calculated.
