Qatar has ranked number one globally in Internet Adoption according to ‘The Global State of Digital 2021' report released by Hootsuite. The report features in-depth profiles of more than 230 countries and territories around the world.
With a population of 2.91 million in January 2021, over 99 percent of Qatar's population live in urban areas, and 2.88 million Internet users were recorded in Qatar in January 2021, an increase of 29,000 between 2020 and 2021, the report said.
Other countries with 99% Internet adoption include Bahrain, Iceland, Kuwait, Norway, and the UAE.
The Hootsuite report also stated that Qatar has 2.87 million social media users, equivalent to 98.8 percent of the total population as of January 2021. Qatar's mobile connections increased by 35,000 (+0.8%) between January 2020 and January 2021, raising the connections to 4.67 million and 160.6% of the population. The mobile connection figures are shown to exceed the total population because many people use several mobile connections.
Over 70 percent of the population use pre-paid connections, while fewer than 29 percent use post-paid connections. Broadband connections ranging from 3G to 5G covers 87 percent of the population.
Meanwhile, Google Chrome recorded a 68.3 percent share of web traffic, a year-on-year increase of 8.6 percent, the report said. Safari 16.8 percent, Firefox (1.3%), (Samsung Internet 3.6%), Microsoft Edge (2.4%), Opera (1.4%), and Internet Explorer (0,7%), other web browsers with 5.7 percent complete the list.
Recently, the mobile Internet speed in Qatar was ranked the fastest in the world in December 2020, according to the Speedtest Global Index results. The country has been ranked among the top five countries globally in 2020 and has won several laurels in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in 2020.
One of the main highlights was the recognition by the World Economic Forum. In December last year, the country was ranked second in the Arab world and ninth globally in ICT adoption as per the Global Competitiveness Report Special Edition 2020 report by the World Economic Forum.
Qatar has also invested substantially in 5G technology, allowing peak Internet connection speed to reach 1Gbps. The 5G rollout has also accelerated the development of a more comprehensive communications infrastructure in Qatar.
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