ICT indicators and the IDI
Nadi, Fiji 22 November 2018 Ioane Koroivuki Regional Director ITU Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific Index
The current state of ICTs
The ICT Development Index (IDI) o Global analysis o Regional analysis
Emerging ICT trends
Country profiles Rapid growth in mobile broadband
Worldwide, more than 50 mobile-broadband subs. per 100 inhabitants today
Mobile network coverage
LTE or higher capabilities are available to most mobile users More than half of households worldwide now have access to the Internet
Proportion of households with access to the Internet
…but large divides persist, particularly in LDCs Digital divides
Between age groups
Individuals using the Internet by age
Between men and women Internet user gender gap Index
The current state of ICTs
The ICT Development Index (IDI) o Global analysis o Regional analysis
Emerging ICT trends
Country profiles The ICT Development Index (IDI)
A revised set of indicators will be introduced from IDI 2018 IDI 2017 Top ten
Iceland 1. For the first time, Iceland 2. Korea (Rep.) tops the IDI rankings in 2017 3. Switzerland European countries and 4. Denmark economies in the Asia-Pacific 5. United Kingdom region take the top places 6. Hong Kong, China Top performers have high 7. Netherlands levels of economic 8. Norway prosperity, literacy and other 9. Luxembourg skills that enable citizens to take full advantage of ICTs 10. Japan Most dynamic countries
Improvements were particularly significant in middle- income developing countries Most growth in the ICT use sub-index, particularly in mobile broadband Disparities in IDI value – LDCs falling behind in ICT development
Denominations and classifications employed in this map do not imply any opinion on the part of ITU concerning the legal or other status of any territory or any endorsement or acceptance of any boundary. Index
The current state of ICTs
The ICT Development Index (IDI) o Global analysis o Regional analysis
Emerging ICT trends
Country profiles Regional IDI
Distribution of IDI values
Considerable differences between geographical regions & countries Regional IDI
Asia and the Pacific is the most heterogeneous region in terms of ICT development Most dynamic countries – Asia & Pacific IDI 2017 values – Asia and the Pacific Index
The current state of ICTs
The ICT Development Index (IDI) o Global analysis o Regional analysis
Emerging ICT trends
Country profiles ICT-led transformation
(USD) Complementary innovations
IoT will greatly expand the digital footprint
Big data analytics will extract useful knowledge from digital information flows
Cloud computing will lower entry barriers to scalable computing resources
Artificial intelligence will help human beings to make better decisions Contribution to realizing SDGs
IoT, big data analytics, cloud computing and Artificial intelligence can contribute to each of the 17 SDGs
Applications: manufacturing precision agriculture government
health care smart cities smart transportation education
Harnessing the benefits of advanced ICTs requires appropriate infrastructures, services, and skills
Cloud traffic
Risk of next-generation digital divides
Based on Cisco (2016). Regions differ from the ITU classification. Index
The current state of ICTs
The ICT Development Index (IDI) o Global analysis o Regional analysis
Emerging ICT trends
Country profiles Country profiles
Overview
Market structure o Mobile services o Fixed services
Government policies
Conclusion More information
MISR 2017 www.itu.int/mis2017
IDI data visualization tool www.itu.int/idi2017