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Annex B

ITU: ICT development index (IDI)

Source: ITU Measuring the Information Society

http://www.itu.int/ITU‐D/ict/publications/idi/

Eleven indicators for measuring the ICT development in countries are divided into three categories:
ICT infrastructure and access, ICT use and ICT skills.
a) ICT infrastructure and access indicators

1. Fixed‐telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
2. Mobile‐cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
3. International Internet bandwidth (bit/s) per Internet user

4. Percentage of households with a computer
5. Percentage of households with Internet access

b) ICT use indicators
1. Percentage of individuals using the Internet

2. Fixed (wired)‐broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
3. Wireless‐broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants

c) ICT skills indicators
1. Adult literacy rate
2. Secondary gross enrolment ratio

3. Tertiary gross enrolment ratio

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