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17.2 %
10.7 %
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access
Ranked 5th. 61% more than New Zealand
Ranked 19th.
Broadband subscribers
4,100,000
331,000
DEFINITION:
Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 11th in 2005. 11 times more than New Zealand
Ranked 38th in 2005.
Broadband subscribers (per capita)
251.2
per 1,000 people
80.8
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 3rd in 2005. 2 times more than New Zealand
Ranked 34th in 2005.
Communication technology patents
18 per 1000000 people
0.8 per 1000000 people
DEFINITION:
Electric communication technique patents 1998-2000 per million population .
SOURCE:
OECD, Communications Outlook 2003, Table 3.12
Ranked 4th. 22 times more than New Zealand
Ranked 18th.
Country code
.nl
.nz
DEFINITION:
The nation's internet code or TLD: top level domain
SOURCE:
IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Hosts
10,983,000
1,720,000
DEFINITION:
This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 7th in 2008. 5 times more than New Zealand
Ranked 30th in 2008.
Hosts (per capita)
659.8 per 1,000 people
412.1 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 7th in 2008. 60% more than New Zealand
Ranked 13th in 2008.
Internet charges
$53.00
$41.00
DEFINITION:
Cost of Internet access for 40 hours at evening times at discounted rates, September 2002.
SOURCE:
OECD, Communications Outlook 2003, Table 6.5
Ranked 2nd. 29% more than New Zealand
Ranked 11th.
International Internet bandwidth > Mbps
334,578 Mbps
4,575 Mbps
DEFINITION:
International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 4th in 2004. 72 times more than New Zealand
Ranked 38th in 2004.
International Internet bandwidth > Mbps (per capita)
20,549.3 Mbps
per 1 million peop
1,126.5 Mbps
per 1 million peop
DEFINITION:
International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 2nd in 2004. 17 times more than New Zealand
Ranked 28th in 2004.
International Internet bandwidth > Mbps (per $ GDP)
551.5 Mbps
per $1 trillion of
46.5 Mbps
per $1 trillion of
DEFINITION:
International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 2nd in 2004. 11 times more than New Zealand
Ranked 42nd in 2004.
Internet Service Providers
52
36
DEFINITION:
The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet .
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Ranked 19th. 44% more than New Zealand
Ranked 33rd.
ISP
52
36
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 9th in 2000. 44% more than New Zealand
Ranked 20th in 2000.
ISP (per capita)
3.3 per 1 million people
9.3 per 1 million people
DEFINITION:
Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 41st in 2000.
Ranked 22nd in 2000. 186% more than Netherlands
Price basket for Internet > US$ per month
12.37 $/month
11.93 $/month
DEFINITION:
Price basket for Internet is calculated based on the cheapest available tariff for accessing the Internet 20 hours a month (10 hours peak and 10 hours off-peak). The basket does not include the telephone line rental but does include telephone usage charges if applicable. Data are compiled in the national currency and converted to U.S. dollars using the annual average exchange rate.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 134th in 2005. 4% more than New Zealand
Ranked 138th in 2005.
Secure Internet servers
6,744
2,460
DEFINITION:
Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 7th in 2006. 174% more than New Zealand
Ranked 15th in 2006.
TLD
.nl
.nz
DEFINITION:
This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Users
15,000,000
3,360,000
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 18th in 2007. 3 times more than New Zealand
Ranked 49th in 2007.
Users (per capita)
905.2 per 1,000 people
816.4 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 2nd in 2007. 11% more than New Zealand
Ranked 7th in 2007.
Web sites
48.2 per 1,000 people
15.3 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Websites per 1000 population .
SOURCE:
OECD, Communications Outlook 2003, Table 5.6
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than New Zealand
Ranked 11th.
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