Measuring the Information Society 2011 Table 5.4: Percentage of individuals using the Internet, by urban/rural, latest available year Country Reference Year Rural Urban Difference Rural - Urban Australia 2009 69.3 76.9 -7.6 Azerbaijan 2010 23.4 47.1 -23.7 Belarus 2010 14.5 37.8 -23.2 Benin 2007 1.2 20.7 -19.5 Botswana 2007 2.9 7.9 -5.0 Brazil 2010 16.0 45.4 -29.4 Burkina Faso 2007 0.5 18.7 -18.2 Cameroon 2007 3.9 21.5 -17.6 Canada 2009 72.9 82.6 -9.7 Chile 2009 16.6 42.0 -25.4 Colombia 2009 9.9 36.2 -26.3 Costa Rica 2008 18.4 41.8 -23.4 Côte d'Ivoire 2007 1.8 11.9 -10.1 Ecuador 2010 12.0 37.6 -25.7 Egypt 2009 14.3 30.7 -16.5 El Salvador 2009 3.1 17.0 -13.9 Ethiopia 2007 0.0 4.0 -4.0 Ghana 2007 2.2 10.0 -7.8 Honduras 2008 2.5 18.0 -15.5 Indonesia 2010 3.8 16.1 -12.3 Iran (I.R.) 2009 3.0 15.0 -12.0 Israel 2009 76.3 62.0 14.3 Japan 2009 76.0 81.3 -5.2 Kenya 2007 13.5 20.9 -7.4 Korea (Rep.) 2009 69.4 84.3 -14.9 Lithuania 2010 51.5 70.1 -18.6 Mauritius 2008 21.9 19.9 2.0 Mongolia 2010 2.5 16.4 -13.9 Morocco 2010 40.4 75.6 -35.2 Mozambique 2007/8 0.0 4.3 -4.3 Namibia 2007 4.1 18.5 -14.4 New Zealand 2009 79.1 79.8 -0.7 Nigeria † 2007 10.3 22.3 -12.0 Paraguay 2008 3.1 21.8 -18.7 Peru 2008 7.8 38.9 -31.2 Russia 2009 27.7 48.0 -20.3 Rwanda 2007 0.4 9.6 -9.2 Senegal 2009 2.2 18.2 -15.9 South Africa 2007 4.6 21.8 -17.2 Switzerland 2010 82.5 84.5 -2.0 Tanzania 2007/8 1.8 3.3 -1.5 Thailand 2010 16.5 35.1 -18.5 Turkey 2010 22.1 47.3 -25.2 Uganda 2007 1.6 8.1 -6.5 Ukraine 2009 5.2 20.6 -15.5 United States 2009 64.9 69.3 -4.4 Zambia † 2007/8 5.1 3.3 1.8 Note: † Not nationally representative, but extrapolation was adjusted to reflect the national level. Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database and Research ICT Africa (RIA). 119