"Internet Penetration for Select Asian Economies (% of population)"
"Figure 6.14"

arcii code,country,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,Average (2006–2009),Average (2014–2017),,
12,Republic of Korea,78.1,78.8,81.0,81.6,83.7,83.8,84.1,84.8,87.6,89.9,92.8,95.1,79.9,91.3,,
11,Japan,68.7,74.3,75.4,78.0,78.2,79.1,79.5,88.2,89.1,91.1,93.2,84.6,74.1,89.5,,
48,New Zealand,69.0,69.8,72.0,79.7,80.5,81.2,81.6,82.8,85.5,88.2,88.5,90.8,72.6,88.3,,
10,"Hong Kong, China",60.8,64.8,66.7,69.4,72.0,72.2,72.9,74.2,79.9,84.9,87.5,89.4,65.4,85.4,,
47,Australia,66.0,69.5,71.7,74.3,76.0,79.5,79.0,83.5,84.0,84.6,86.5,86.5,70.3,85.4,,
14,"Taipei,China",63.7,64.5,65.8,69.9,71.5,72.0,76.0,76.3,78.0,78.0,79.7,92.8,66.0,82.2,,
22,Singapore,59.0,69.9,69.0,69.0,71.0,71.0,72.0,80.9,79.0,79.0,84.5,84.4,66.7,81.7,,
15,Brunei Darussalam,42.2,44.7,46.0,49.0,53.0,56.0,60.3,64.5,68.8,71.2,90.0,94.9,45.5,81.2,,
2,Azerbaijan,12.0,14.5,17.1,27.4,46.0,50.0,54.2,73.0,75.0,77.0,78.2,79.0,17.8,77.3,,
19,Malaysia,51.6,55.7,55.8,55.9,56.3,61.0,65.8,57.1,63.7,71.1,78.8,80.1,54.8,73.4,,
4,Kazakhstan,3.3,4.0,11.0,18.2,31.6,50.6,61.9,63.3,66.0,70.8,74.6,76.4,9.1,72.0,,
1,Armenia,5.6,6.0,6.2,15.3,25.0,32.0,37.5,41.9,54.6,59.1,64.3,64.7,8.3,60.7,,
29,Maldives,11.0,16.3,23.2,24.8,26.5,34.0,38.9,44.1,49.3,54.5,59.1,63.2,18.8,56.5,,
3,Georgia,7.5,8.3,10.0,20.1,26.9,31.5,36.9,43.3,44.0,47.6,58.5,59.7,11.5,52.4,,
9,PRC,10.5,16.0,22.6,28.9,34.3,38.3,42.3,45.8,47.9,50.3,53.2,54.3,19.5,51.4,
21,Philippines,5.7,6.0,6.2,9.0,25.0,29.0,36.2,48.1,49.6,36.0,55.5,60.1,6.7,50.3,
24,Viet Nam,17.3,20.8,23.9,26.6,30.7,35.1,36.8,38.5,41.0,45.0,53.0,58.1,22.1,49.3,,
8,Uzbekistan,6.4,7.5,9.1,11.9,15.9,18.6,23.6,26.8,35.5,42.8,46.8,52.3,8.7,44.3,,
45,Tuvalu,0.0,10.0,15.0,20.0,25.0,30.0,35.0,37.0,39.2,42.7,46.0,49.3,11.3,44.3,,
34,Fiji,9.6,10.9,13.0,17.0,20.0,28.0,33.7,35.2,37.4,42.5,46.5,50.0,12.6,44.1,,
23,Thailand,17.2,20.0,18.2,20.1,22.4,23.7,26.5,28.9,34.9,39.3,47.5,52.9,18.9,43.7,,
27,Bhutan,4.5,5.9,6.6,7.2,13.6,14.4,15.6,22.4,30.3,39.8,41.8,48.1,6.0,40.0,,
44,Tonga,5.9,7.2,8.1,10.0,16.0,25.0,30.0,32.8,36.0,38.7,40.0,41.2,7.8,39.0,,
5,Kyrgyz Republic,12.3,14.0,15.7,16.0,16.3,17.5,19.8,23.0,28.3,30.2,37.0,38.0,14.5,33.4,,
37,"Micronesia, Fed. States.",12.8,13.6,14.5,15.4,20.0,22.8,26.0,27.8,29.7,31.5,33.4,35.3,14.1,32.5,,
41,Samoa,4.5,4.7,5.0,6.0,7.0,11.0,12.9,15.3,21.2,25.4,29.4,33.6,5.1,27.4,,
36,Marshall Islands,3.8,4.0,4.6,5.6,7.0,10.0,12.5,14.0,16.8,19.3,29.8,38.7,4.5,26.1,,
17,Indonesia,4.8,5.8,7.9,6.9,10.9,12.3,14.5,14.9,17.1,22.0,25.4,32.3,6.3,24.2,,
28,India,2.8,4.0,4.4,5.1,7.5,10.1,12.6,15.1,21.0,17.0,22.0,34.5,4.1,23.6,,
43,Timor-Leste,0.5,1.0,1.5,2.0,3.0,4.0,7.0,11.0,17.5,23.0,25.2,27.5,1.3,23.3,,
46,Vanuatu,5.9,6.8,7.3,7.5,8.0,9.2,10.6,11.3,18.8,22.4,24.0,25.7,6.9,22.7,,
20,Myanmar,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.3,1.0,4.0,8.0,11.5,21.7,25.1,30.7,0.2,22.2,,
13,Mongolia,0.0,9.0,9.8,10.0,10.2,12.5,16.4,17.7,19.9,22.5,22.3,23.7,7.2,22.1,,
32,Sri Lanka,2.5,3.9,5.8,8.8,12.0,15.0,18.3,21.9,25.8,12.1,16.4,34.1,5.2,22.1,,
30,Nepal,1.1,1.4,1.7,2.0,7.9,9.0,11.1,13.3,15.4,17.6,19.7,34.0,1.6,21.7,,
16,Cambodia,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,1.3,3.1,4.9,6.8,14.0,6.4,32.4,32.4,0.5,21.3,,
18,Lao PDR,1.2,1.6,3.6,6.0,7.0,9.0,10.7,12.5,14.3,18.2,21.9,25.5,3.1,20.0,,
6,Tajikistan,3.8,7.2,8.8,10.1,11.6,13.0,14.5,16.0,17.5,19.0,20.5,22.0,7.5,19.7,,
7,Turkmenistan,1.3,1.4,1.8,2.0,3.0,5.0,7.2,9.6,12.2,15.0,18.0,21.3,1.6,16.6,,
26,Bangladesh,1.0,1.8,2.5,3.1,3.7,4.5,5.0,6.6,13.9,14.4,18.0,15.0,2.1,15.3,,
38,Nauru,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,54.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,57.0,0.0,14.3,,
31,Pakistan,6.5,6.8,7.0,7.5,8.0,9.0,10.0,10.9,12.0,14.0,12.4,15.5,7.0,13.5,,
35,Kiribati,4.5,6.0,7.0,9.0,9.1,10.0,10.7,11.5,12.3,13.0,13.7,14.6,6.6,13.4,,
42,Solomon Islands,1.6,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,6.0,7.0,8.0,9.0,10.0,11.0,11.9,2.7,10.5,,
25,Afghanistan,2.1,1.9,1.8,3.6,4.0,5.0,5.5,5.9,7.0,8.3,11.2,13.5,2.3,10.0,,
40,Papua New Guinea,1.8,1.8,1.2,1.6,1.3,2.0,3.5,5.1,6.5,7.9,9.6,11.2,1.6,8.8,,
39,Palau,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,,
33,Cook Islands,
PRC = People’s Republic of China.


"Source: ADB calculations using data from ITU (2019)."

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