Colombia, below the OECD average for internet connections

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) produced the report “Prospects for the digital economy”, in which it shows data on the internet connectivity of nations and highlights the gaps that still exist in the organisation’s member countries .

The OECD was able to reveal large gaps between countries and also within them. The highest percentage of broadband subscription was that of Korea, with 82%, and the lowest was recorded by Greece, with 0.2%.

“COVID-19 has accentuated our dependence on digital technologies and exposed the reality of digital gaps between and within countries. Households and businesses around the world are feeling the tangible effects of uneven progress in digital transformation,” said the Deputy Secretary General of the OECD, lrik Vestergaard Knudsen.

With a focus on broadband, in 2019, the organization average is surprisingly low: 27% connectivity to this type of high-speed network. The countries that rank among the three with the highest number of subscriptions to the network are Korea, with 82%; Japan, with 79%; and Lithuania, with 75%. It is followed by Sweden, Latvia, Spain, Iceland and Finland.

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On the other hand, the three worst are Israel, with 2%; Belgium, with 1%; and Greece, with 0.2%. It sounds surprising, but developed countries with less than 5% broadband subscriptions are justified as they don’t have the speed to consider it as such in rural areas.

In Latin America, member countries also see below the average population subscribing to broadband internet. According to the organization’s data, Chile leads the region with 25% connectivity, that is, only 2% below the world average figure. On the other hand, Mexico is not far behind and has 22% of the subscriber population, 5% below the average.

Colombia, for its part, is among the bottom 10 countries with 14% Internet connectivity, 13% below the world average of member countries. This is accompanied by the news that Colombia has one of the highest costs in the world per fraction of Internet connectivity.

Arthur D. Little, a business and management consultant, revealed a study he conducted for the telecommunications company WOM, which recently reached the Colombian market. The consultant’s document shows that the price per gigabyte of the Internet in Colombia is very high, compared to other countries.

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The study shows that Colombia has the second most expensive Internet gigabyte in the world. Colombia, with $ 3.5 per unit, is only surpassed by Mexico, with a price of $ 4.8 per concert.

On the other hand, Colombia tops the list of equivalences for the percentage of gross domestic product (GDP). The country is in first place, with an equivalent of 0.071%. In other words, the amount represents more money for Colombians than in any other country in the world.

Followed by Mexico (0.07%), Peru (0.036%), Argentina (0.019%), Brazil (0.017%), Chile (0.006%), Spain (0.006%), Holland (0.006%), Poland (0.005%) , The United Kingdom (0.003%) and France (0.002%).

“The present is a turning point for digital transformation and the shape our economies and societies take in the post-covid era will depend on how far we can move forward and narrow those gaps.”, said Knudsen of the OECD, and encouraged the priority of connectivity in the world so that everyone moves forward on an equal footing.

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