According to a report released by Facebook, India has a poor quality and low usage of internet connectivity and ranked the nation to 47th place.
- Facebook commissioned the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) to create a comprehensive "Inclusive Internet Index," in which India secured 12th position out of 23 middle Asian countries when it comes to internet connectivity.
- The index which covered 91% of the world's population and 86 countries, reported that men are 33.5% more like to have internet access than the women and this gap widens in the countries having low income.
- The index evaluated a country's Internet inclusion across four categories: availability, affordability, relevance and readiness. It said that internet connectivity will help in bringing people online and offering them life changing opportunities but there are approximately 3.8% people in the world have no access to internet.
- Notably, the global internet connectivity has seen an upward movement as 8.3% more people are connected to the internet as compared to last year.
- According to Facebook, mobile Internet services are increasingly vital in many low-income countries and the cost of accessing the Internet is also falling
Top 5 Nations in Four Categories
Ranking
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Overall Ranking
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Availability
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Affordability
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Relevance
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Readiness
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
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Sweden
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Singapore
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Canada
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Poland
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Malaysia
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2nd
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Singapore
|
Sweden
|
United States
|
Chile
|
Chile
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3rd
|
United States
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Denmark
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Sweden
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Bulgaria
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Mexico
|
4th
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Denmark
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Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
South Korea
|
Sweden
|
5th
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South Korea
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Switzerland
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France
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Sweden
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Belgium
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India’s Ranks
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47th
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62nd
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39th
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37th
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23rd
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