📋 Tender Overview
In the second quarter of 2023, 77.3% of the country's population aged 6 and over uses the Internet, a figure 4.3 percentage points higher than the same quarter of the previous year and 18.1 percentage points, compared to the same quarter of 2019. This was announced by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) in the technical report Statistics of Information and Communication Technologies in Households, prepared with the results of the National Household Survey (ENAHO).
According to area of residence, in Metropolitan Lima the Internet user population reached 89.2%, in the rest of the urban area 80.0% and in the rural area 51.2%. On the other hand, 79.6% of men used the Internet and 75.0% of women accessed this service, with a gender gap of 4.6 percentage points, in favor of men.
Population aged 19 to 24 led Internet use by registering a coverage of 95.3%
95.3% of the population aged 19 to 24 had the highest percentage of Internet use, followed by 90.8% of the 25-40 age group and 89.8% among 12-18 year olds. In addition, among the population aged 6 to 11 and those aged 60 and over, 61.1% and 40.2% use the Internet, respectively.
When comparing this study period with the same quarter of the previous year, the highest growth was observed among the population aged 41 to 59 (by 6.9 percentage points), as well as in the population aged 60 and over (5.2 percentage points). A smaller proportion increased in the population aged 6 to 11 years (3.6 percentage points) and in the group aged 12 to 18 years (by 3.7 percentage points).
More than 95% of the population with higher education used the Internet
98.0% and 95.9% of the population with university and non-university higher education, respectively, used the Internet in a higher proportion and presented increases of 1.2 and 3.6 percentage points, compared to the second quarter of 2022.
Likewise, 86.3% of the population with secondary education and 48.7% with primary education or lower level accessed this service, and it grew by 4.6 and 5.3 percentage points, respectively, compared to the same quarter of 2022.
Households in the country where at least one member resides with a cell phone reached 94.9%
During the second quarter of 2023, 94.9% of households in the country have at least one member with a cell phone, coverage that remained without significant variations compared to the same quarter of 2022. However, compared to 2019, it increased by 2.3 percentage points.
The highest coverage was presented in Metropolitan Lima with 97.0%, which when compared to the same quarter of 2022 did not show significant changes. In the rest of the urban areas, household access to cell phones was 96.8% and in rural areas 87.5%.
95.8% of households in the country have at least one Information and Communication Technology
The INEI reported that, in the second quarter of 2023, 95.8% of households in the country have at least one Information and Communication Technology, registering a slight decrease of 0.4 percentage point compared to the second quarter of 2022. While, when compared to the same quarter of 2019, it rose by 1.9 percentage points.
On the other hand, access to some Information and Communication Technology is the majority in households whose head has higher education. Thus, in households with heads with university and non-university higher education, 99.7% and 99.4%, respectively; have access to some ICT.
On the other hand, it was lower in households where the heads achieved secondary education (98.2%) and among those with primary education or lower (89.2%).
