Measuring the Information Society Report 2017 Cairo, Egypt 3 December 2017 Karim Abdelghani, Programme Coordinator, ITU Arab Regional Office
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 1. Iceland 2. Korea (Rep.) 3. Switzerland 4. Denmark 5. United Kingdom 6. Hong Kong, China 7. Netherlands 8. Norway 9. Luxembourg 10. Japan For the first time, Iceland tops the IDI rankings in 2017 European countries and economies in the Asia-Pacific region take the top places Top performers have high levels of economic prosperity, literacy and other skills that enable citizens to take full advantage of ICTs
Most dynamic countries Improvements were particularly significant in middleincome 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 The strongest improvements in the Arab States region were seen in middle-income countries
Most dynamic countries Arab States
IDI 2017 values Arab States
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 indicators@itu.int