Proportion of youth and adults that found, downloaded, installed and configured sofware and apps, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
50
Highest
90.5%
Saudi Arabia
Lowest
5.1%
Thailand
Median
47.7%
Years covered
12
2013–2024
Data points
339

What the numbers show

Proportion of youth and adults that found, downloaded, installed and configured sofware and apps, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 90.5% in Saudi Arabia; the lowest is 5.1% in Thailand.

The median across all reporting countries is 47.7%, and the mean is 44.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 10,416.7%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 70.4%).

Proportion of youth and adults that found, downloaded, installed and: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Saudi Arabia 90.5% 2023 up 81.0% rising
2 Bahrain 80.8% 2023 up 97.1% rising
3 United Arab Emirates 76.7% 2023 up 133.1% rising
4 Norway 72.0% 2023 up 1.0% flat
5 Netherlands 70.5% 2019 rising
6 Finland 67.1% 2023 up 17.3% rising
7 Spain 66.2% 2023 up 45.5% rising
8 Korea 65.8% 2023 up 35.1% rising
9 Denmark 65.0% 2021 down 9.1% falling
10 Malta 63.4% 2023 up 45.4% rising
11 Egypt 63.1% 2022 up 10,416.7% volatile
12 Kuwait 61.4% 2023 down 7.0% falling
13 Switzerland 60.2% 2023 up 25.7% rising
14 Malaysia 58.7% 2023 up 108.9% rising
15 Singapore 57.9% 2023 up 148.5% rising
16 Austria 57.1% 2023 up 52.3% rising
17 Ireland 57.0% 2020 up 57.0% rising
18 Luxembourg 56.7% 2023 down 18.8% falling
19 Japan 56.0% 2022 rising
20 Germany 52.6% 2023 down 12.8% falling
21 Hong Kong, China 51.6% 2023 up 72.0% rising
22 Poland 51.3% 2023 up 91.4% rising
23 Montenegro 50.2% 2022 up 123.1% rising
24 Estonia 50.1% 2021 up 56.1% rising
25 Belgium 47.9% 2023 up 21.0% rising
26 Croatia 47.5% 2023 down 2.3% flat
27 Lithuania 45.9% 2023 up 55.6% rising
28 Latvia 44.0% 2023 up 60.6% rising
29 Greece 43.6% 2023 up 120.2% rising
30 Hungary 41.1% 2024 up 27.2% rising
31 Slovenia 40.4% 2023 up 33.8% rising
32 Morocco 40.3% 2021 up 86.6% rising
33 Qatar 37.1% 2020 down 0.5% flat
34 Slovak Republic 37.0% 2023 up 60.2% rising
35 Portugal 36.8% 2023 up 17.2% rising
36 Albania 31.7% 2023 rising
37 Brazil 31.4% 2023 up 93.8% rising
38 Belarus 29.5% 2023 up 20.4% rising
39 Romania 25.3% 2023 up 48.0% rising
40 Kazakhstan 21.8% 2023 up 105.7% rising
41 Colombia 19.6% 2023 down 1.5% flat
42 Mexico 19.0% 2023 up 13.8% falling
43 Russia 13.3% 2023 up 343.3% volatile
44 Georgia 12.7% 2023 down 28.7% falling
45 Côte d'Ivoire 10.5% 2023 up 26.5% rising
46 Azerbaijan 10.4% 2023 up 57.6% rising
47 Jamaica 8.7% 2021 up 11.5% rising
48 Uzbekistan 7.5% 2023 up 66.7% rising
49 Ecuador 5.6% 2024 down 70.4% falling
50 Thailand 5.1% 2020 up 4.1% falling

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Indicator
Proportion of youth and adults that found, downloaded, installed and configured sofware and apps, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
50 places, 339 data points, 2013–2024
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February 2026 Data Release