Page 6 - Measuring digital development The affordability of ICT services 2024

List of boxes, figures and tables

Box

Box 1: Off-the-shelf bundles or do-it-yourself combinations?............................................15

Figures
Figure 1: Affordability and Internet use ................................................................................... 2

Figure 2: Affordability trends by region (basket prices as a % of GNI per capita) ............ 4
Figure 3: Affordability trends by income groups (basket prices as a % of GNI
per capita) ..................................................................................................................................... 6

Figure 4: Progress towards the Broadband Commission affordability target:
distribution of basket prices (number of economies) ............................................................ 7

Figure 5: Evolution of broadband affordability (percentage of economies) ..................... 8
Figure 6: Trends in ICT price levels, by income group and basket (prices in
constant 2023 USD PPP) ............................................................................................................ 9

Figure 7: Data-only mobile-broadband basket (2 GB) prices by country
groups, as a percentage of GNI per capita ...........................................................................10
Figure 8: Data-only mobile-broadband basket prices by country groups and
minimum data allowance, as a percentage of GNI per capita ...........................................11
Figure 9: Mobile cellular low-usage basket prices, as a percentage of GNI per
capita ...........................................................................................................................................12
Figure 10: Mobile data and voice low- and high-consumption basket prices,
as a percentage of GNI per capita ..........................................................................................14
Figure 11: Percentage of economies with all-in-one bundles used for the
high-consumption basket by income level ...........................................................................15
Figure 12: Fixed-broadband basket prices, as a percentage of GNI per capita .............16
Figure 13: Share of countries in which the reference fixed-broadband plan is
based on optical fibre or HFC cable technology .................................................................17
Figure 14: Median advertised download speeds for entry-level fixed-
broadband baskets for income- and special groups and regions (Mbit/s) ......................18
Figure 15: Distribution of countries by one-time connection charges for fixed
broadband as a percentage of recurrent monthly charges, 2024 .....................................19
Figure 16: Share of population paying less than 2 per cent of their monthly
income for mobile-broadband in low- and middle-income economies .........................21
Figure 17: Mobile-broadband affordability, access and use by affordability group ......22
Figure 18: GNI per capita, mobile network revenues and investments by
affordability group ...................................................................................................................23
Figure A1: ITU ICT price baskets (2021-2024) ......................................................................26

Table

Table A1: A summary of the data collection rules ................................................................27

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