Enabling and fostering access to and increased use of ICTs
| Target 1.1: Worldwide, 55 per cent of households should have access to the Internet by 2020 |
| Target 1.2: Worldwide, 60 per cent of individuals should be using the Internet by 2020 |
Target 1.3: Worldwide, telecommunications/ICTs should be 40 per cent more affordable by 2020 |
Target 1.1: Worldwide, 55 per cent of households should have access to the Internet by 2020 /
Target 1.2: Worldwide, 60 per cent of individuals should be using the Internet by 2020
Note: *Estimate – Source: ITU Statistics Website
As noted in figures 1 and 2, the indicators used to highlight progress in relation to targets 1.1 and 1.2 show that in 2016, 52.3% of households and 47% of individuals globally are estimated to have access / be using the Internet, two percent and three percent, respectively, more than in 2015.
Target 1.3: Worldwide, telecommunication/ICT should be 40 per cent more affordable by 2020
Figure 3: Mobile-cellular sub-basket, as a percentage of GNI p.c., 2008-2015:
Source: Measuring the Information Society Report 2016 - ITU
Figure 4: Fixed-broadband sub-basket, as a percentage of GNI p.c., 2008-2015:
Source: Measuring the Information Society Report 2016
There has been a significant drop in fixed-broadband prices, mobile-cellular prices, and mobile broadband prices since data collection began. The data for 2016 will be available in the 2017 MIS Report.
