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Annex I: Technology Facts and Figures

Technology Facts & Figures

TABLE I: Individuals who used the Internet (from any location) in the last 12 months, by gender (%), 2009 or latest year available.


Country name	Latest	Gender
	year	Male		Female
Australia	2009	75.1		73.4
Austria	2009	78.8		68.3
Azerbaijan	2009	32		23
Belgium	2009	79.5		72.9
Brazil	2009	40.6	¹	37.9	¹
Bulgaria	2009	47		43.1
Canada	2007	74.1		72.3
Chile	2006	36.5		32.6
Costa Rica	2008	33.8		30.8
Croatia	2009	55.4		46.1
Cyprus	2009	53.3		46.6
Czech Republic	2009	66.4		62.5
Denmark	2009	87.9		85.8
Ecuador	2008	26.6		24.9
El Salvador	2008	11		9.3
Estonia	2009	72		72.7
Finland	2009	82.2	¹	82.7	¹
France	2009	70.8		72.3
Germany	2009	83.2		75.3
Greece	2009	49.2		40
Honduras	2008	9.4		9.8
Hong Kong, China	2009	72.9		66.1
Hungary	2009	63.3		60.5
Iceland	2009	94.7		92.2
Ireland	2009	65.9		68.8
Israel	2008	62.7		56.2
Italy	2009	54.1		43.6
Japan	2009	81.2	³	74.8	³
Korea (Rep.)	2009	85.9		77.1
Latvia	2009	67.8		66
Lebanon	2005	12.5		7.9
Lithuania	2009	60.8		58.8
Luxembourg	2009	92.1		82.5
Macao, China	2008	51.5		47.1
Malta	2009	61		56.7
Mauritius	2008	23.5		20.2
Mexico	2009	29.8		27
Netherlands	2009	92.4		86.9
New Zealand	2009	79.8		79.6
Nicaragua	2006	9.6		10
Norway	2009	94.8		89.3
Oman	2007	18.8		13.7
Palestinian Authority	2009	38.1		26.2
Paraguay	2008	15		13.5
Peru	2008	34.5	⁵	26.8	⁵
Poland	2009	61.1		57.1
Portugal	2009	52.8		43.9
Qatar	2009	80		78.3
Romania	2009	38.4		34.8
Serbia	2009	47.3		36.3
Slovak Republic	2009	77.1		73.3
Slovenia	2009	65.7		62.9
Spain	2009	65.7		59.5
Sweden	2009	91.2		90.4
Switzerland	2008	82.9	⁷	71.8	⁷
TFYR Macedonia	2009	54		49.5
Thailand	2009	19.8		20.4
Turkey	2009	46.8		26.3
Ukraine	2008	12.2		9.1
United Kingdom	2009	84.5	¹	81.2	¹
United States	2009	67.9		68.8
Notes: Age scope varies among countries. (1) In the last 3 months. (3) Sample results. (5) In the last month. (7) In the last 6 months.

Souce: International Telecommunication Union World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database⁵⁰

TABLE II: Ownership and usage of mobile phones by age, women in low and middle income countries⁵¹

In a 2010 Cherie Blair Foundation survey, girls and young women between 14 and 27 had the highest rates of mobile phone ownership among women.

⁵¹Women & Mobile: A Global Opportunity A study on the mobile phone gender gap in low and middle-income countries, Cherie Blair Foundation 2010