Yearbook of the United Nations, 2009
34 1990 2000 2007
Western Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States, Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . Developed regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transition countries of South-Eastern Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Least developed countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Landlocked developing countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . Small island developing States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.6 17.5 17.6 3.3 5.2 5.0 12.4 18.5 25.4 7.9
8.8 11.6
13.9 21.8 30.6 42.4 55.1 47.6 13.1 21.1 24.1 0.3 0.5 0.9 2.4 2.7 3.6 8.0 13.2 12.1
Indicator 8.15
Cellular subscribers per 100 population World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Developing regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northern Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sub-Saharan Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latin America and the Caribbean . . . . . . . . Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eastern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eastern Asia excluding China . . . . . . . . . . Southern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Asia excluding India . . . . . . . . . South-Eastern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Western Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States, Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe . . . . . . . . . . . Developed regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1995
2000
2007
1.6 0.4 <0.05 0.1 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.5 3.4 <0.05 <0.05 0.7 0.9 0.2 <0.05
12.1 5.5 2.8 1.7 12.2 6.6 12.6 9.9 50.2 0.4 0.5 4.3 14.6 2.4 1.8
50.3 38.6 57.3 22.9 67.0 42.9 68.9 43.8 76.2 23.0 30.6 48.2 71.8 16.2 93.4
<0.05
1.3
42.4
0.1 7.8
2.0 112.5 47.8 100.0
2000
2007
Transition countries of 8.9 South-Eastern Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 Least developed countriesa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <0.05 0.3 Landlocked developing countries . . . . . . . . . . . <0.05 1.0 Small island developing States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 10.5
1995
94.7 14.5 18.2 44.4
a
The 1995 column shows 1996 data.
Indicator 8.16
Internet users per 100 population World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Developing regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northern Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sub-Saharan Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latin America and the Caribbean . . . . . . . . Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eastern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eastern Asia excluding China . . . . . . . . . . Southern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Asia excluding Indiaa . . . . . . . . South-Eastern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Western Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States, Asia a . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe . . . . . . . . . . . Developed regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transition countries of South-Eastern Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Least developed countriesb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Landlocked developing countriesa . . . . . . . . . . Small island developing States . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1995
2000
2007
0.7 0.1 <0.05 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.9 <0.05 <0.05 0.1 0.1 <0.05 0.1
6.5 2.1 0.8 0.5 3.9 2.9 4.0 3.6 27.1 0.5 0.3 2.4 3.9 1.9 1.4
20.6 12.7 14.4 3.7 25.7 18.3 26.3 18.7 53.3 6.9 7.0 11.8 15.7 5.7 17.8
<0.05
0.5
7.8
0.1 3.9
1.7 29.9
21.5 63.5
0.1 <0.05 <0.05 0.2
3.4 0.1 0.3 5.0
23.4 1.5 3.5 19.1
a
The 1995 column shows 1996 data. The 1995 column shows 1998 data.
b
Sources: United Nations Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Millennium Development Goals Indicators and mdg Indicators Database (http://mdgs.un.org). Notes: Except where indicated, regional groupings are based on United Nations geographical regions, with some modifications necessary to create, to the extent possible, homogeneous groups of countries for analysis and presentation. The regional composition adopted for 2009 reporting on mdg indicators is available at http://mdgs.un.org, under “Data”. Commonwealth of Independent States (cis) comprises Belarus, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation and Ukraine in Europe, and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in Asia. Where shown, “Developed regions” comprises Europe (except cis countries), Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United States of America. In the tables, developed regions always include transition countries in Europe.