Share of offline population living in low- and middle-income countries

STO-REC-STATGZDR5TT1 Official
96%
estimate

Global · 2025

Share of offline population living in low- and middle-income countries worldwide stood at 96% in 2025 (ITU).

Original source
Publisher
ITU
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Detailing the globe's digital divides
Retrieved
14 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

96 per cent of those offline live in low- and middle-income countries;

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APA
International Telecommunication Union. (2025). Global number of Internet users increases, but disparities deepen key digital divides. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/Pages/PR-2025-11-17-Facts-and-Figures.aspx. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_GZDR5TNHKR7GF3F4XCNYMBDVC6
MLA
International Telecommunication Union. "Global number of Internet users increases, but disparities deepen key digital divides." 2025, https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/Pages/PR-2025-11-17-Facts-and-Figures.aspx. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_GZDR5TNHKR7GF3F4XCNYMBDVC6.
Chicago
International Telecommunication Union. "Global number of Internet users increases, but disparities deepen key digital divides." 2025. https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/Pages/PR-2025-11-17-Facts-and-Figures.aspx. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_GZDR5TNHKR7GF3F4XCNYMBDVC6.
BibTeX
@misc{itu2025sharembdvc6, author = {{International Telecommunication Union}}, title = {Global number of Internet users increases, but disparities deepen key digital divides}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_GZDR5TNHKR7GF3F4XCNYMBDVC6}, note = {Original source: https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/Pages/PR-2025-11-17-Facts-and-Figures.aspx. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
International Telecommunication Union · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Global number of Internet users increases, but disparities deepen key digital divides
Type
Press release
Published
17 November 2025
Locator
Detailing the globe's digital divides
Retrieved
14 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_GZDR5TNHKR7GF3F4XCNYMBDVC6