Individuals using the Internet (% of population)

RecordSTO-13QWZKDKMJ-M1BP4QFRG7-W1MYRX

1.61%

estimate

Papua New Guinea · 2009

Individuals using the Internet in Papua New Guinea (% of population) was 1.61% in 2009 (ITU).

Original source

Publisher: ITU
Authority tier: T1 Official
Report: ITU individuals using the Internet, distributed through World Bank WDI
Locator: IT.NET.USER.ZS: {"countryiso3code":"PNG","date":"2009","indicator.id":"IT.NET.USER.ZS"}
Retrieved: 1 Oct 2026
Status: Verified

Dataset evidence (generated description)

Dataset evidence (generated): IT.NET.USER.ZS, PG, 2009-01-01 to 2009-12-31: 1.61 percent (scale 1).

Checked: the figure 1.61%matches the queried row in the pinned dataset response. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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APA

International Telecommunication Union. (2009). ITU individuals using the Internet, distributed through World Bank WDI. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?format=json&per_page=20000. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_13QWZKDKMJM1BP4QFRG7W1MYRX

Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX

MLA: International Telecommunication Union. "ITU individuals using the Internet, distributed through World Bank WDI." 2009, https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?format=json&per_page=20000. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_13QWZKDKMJM1BP4QFRG7W1MYRX.
Chicago: International Telecommunication Union. "ITU individuals using the Internet, distributed through World Bank WDI." 2009. https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?format=json&per_page=20000. Accessed October 1, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_13QWZKDKMJM1BP4QFRG7W1MYRX.
BibTeX: @misc{itu2009internetw1myrx, author = {{International Telecommunication Union}}, title = {ITU individuals using the Internet, distributed through World Bank WDI}, year = {2009}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_13QWZKDKMJM1BP4QFRG7W1MYRX}, note = {Original source: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?format=json\&per\_page=20000. Accessed October 1, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher: International Telecommunication Union · homepage ↗
Authority tier: Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report: ITU individuals using the Internet, distributed through World Bank WDI
Type: Dataset
Evidence: Dataset response (generated description)
Dataset: IT.NET.USER.ZS
Version: WDI 2026-07-13
Methodology: Publisher methodology ↗
Response SHA-256: f7b4a426f3d0454a36f65104fdebb703bdaa3a60ce552a4107e7148d3a1cdb87
Response retrieved: 1 October 2026
Published: —
Locator: IT.NET.USER.ZS: {"countryiso3code":"PNG","date":"2009","indicator.id":"IT.NET.USER.ZS"}
Retrieved: 1 October 2026
Link status: Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence: CC by 4.0

Verification

Status: Verified
Review protocol: dataset:raw-row-check-v1
Checked on: 1 October 2026
Last revision: 1 October 2026
Permanent URL: /stat/stat_13QWZKDKMJM1BP4QFRG7W1MYRX

Same indicator, other countries

2009 figures for the same indicator, ranked highest first.

Country or region	Value	Source	Details
Iceland	93%	ITU	Open record
Norway	92.1%	ITU	Open record
Sweden	91%	ITU	Open record
Netherlands	89.6%	ITU	Open record
Luxembourg	87.3%	ITU	Open record
Denmark	86.8%	ITU	Open record
United Kingdom	83.6%	ITU	Open record
Bermuda	83.3%	ITU	Open record
Finland	82.5%	ITU	Open record
Korea, Republic of	81.6%	ITU	Open record
Switzerland	81.3%	ITU	Open record
Canada	80.3%	ITU	Open record
New Zealand	79.7%	ITU	Open record
Germany	79%	ITU	Open record
Andorra	78.5%	ITU	Open record

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Record last modified 1 October 2026. Value type: estimate. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_13QWZKDKMJM1BP4QFRG7W1MYRX.