India has witnessed an increasing trend in internet subscriptions as percentage of total population from 2015-16 to 2019-20.
The percentage of internet subscriptions as percentage of total population was 26.98% in India during 2015-16. It has surged by 5.88% to 32.86% during 2016-17 above 2015-16. We have observed annual growth of 10.46% in percentage of internet subscriptions as percentage of total population in India during 2018-19 from 38.02% during 2017-18. The percentage of internet subscriptions as percentage of total population in India was 54.29% during 2019-20, up by 5.81% against 48.48% during 2018-19.
The maximum annual growth of 10.46% has been seen in 2018-19 in percentage of internet subscriptions as percentage of total population in India during the period under consideration.
Note: Source: Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications.
Dataset URL: https://data.gov.in/resources/sustainable-development-goals-national-indicator-framework-version-21-2020
Resource Title: Sustainable Development Goals National Indicator Framework (Version 2.1) – 2020