📋 Tender Overview
Internet access in Brazil follows a good moment of growth. This is because National Household Sample Survey (PNAD Continuous): ICTs showed that the number of people connected to the Internet has increased by 6.1 million in the last two years, reaching 89.1% of the population 10 years or more in 2024. In 2019, this percentage was 79.5% and, in 2016, only 66.1% of Brazilians used the internet.
The advance is not restricted to large capitals: the North and Northeast regions led the expansion of access between 2019 and 2024, with growth of 18.2% and 17.2%, respectively. This evolution is above the average of other regions, resulting in a significant reduction in regional connectivity inequalities. The Midwest region maintained the largest percentage of users in 2024, with 93.1% of the connected population.
Digital inclusion has been a priority for the Ministry of Communications, which, through strategic programs and projects, has expanded the countrys digital infrastructure and taken internet to rural areas, indigenous communities, quilombolas and isolated regions. Digital inclusion is one of the pillars of our work. We bring internet to those who need it most, whether in rural areas, indigenous communities, quilombolas or isolated regions. Each new connection means more opportunities, more education, more development, says Communications Minister Frederico de Siqueira Filho.
The growth in the number of users is related to the public policies of the portfolio, with actions such as 4G and 5G edicts to expand coverage in municipalities, roads and remote areas; The Wi-Fi Brasil program, which guarantees a broadband internet connection free of charge to the citizen, with the objective of promoting digital inclusion throughout the Brazilian territory; and the Internet Brazil initiative, which offers free data package chips for public students.
Also highlights are the expansion of infovias and fiber optic networks, which reduce costs and expand the speed of the internet, and the use of resources from the Fund to Universal Telecommunications (FUST) to finance digital infrastructure projects, such as optical fibers.
Federal Government efforts have resulted in a more balanced growth of connectivity between urban and rural areas, reducing historical differences in access to technology. Continuous Pnad shows that the use of the internet in rural areas has been recording strong expansion, approaching the average of cities.
We are building a connected Brazil, prepared for the challenges of a digital economy, with more efficient and affordable public services. Our goal is to universalize access to the internet, said Frederico de Siqueira Filho.
The research
Since 2016, the Annual Information and Communication Technology (ICT) module of the National Continuous Home Sample Survey (PNAD) analyzes internet and television access and mobile mobile phone for personal use, with geographical details for Brazil and federation units. Access the full support material and publication for more information.
Text: Ascom | Ministry of Communications * More information: press@mcom.gov.br | (61) 2027.6086 or (61) 2027.6628
