The bar illustrates the proportion of households with internet access across five countries in 2010 and 2020, While the pie charts shows how users spent their time online in the latter year. Overall, internet access rose in all five nations over the decade, with developed countries maintaining a clear lead, and social media emerged as the dominent online activity.
South Korea and Germeny recorded the highest levels of household connectivity in both years. South Korea led with 77% in 2010, climbing to 96% by 2020, While Germeny rose from 71% to 89% over the same period. Brazil demonstrated the most notable growth among the remaining countries, nearly doubling its acces rate from 38% to 72%.
By contrast, India and Nigeria started from considerably lower bases. India increased from just 11% to 47%, whereas Nigeria saw a modest rise from 9% to 35%. Despite their significant gains, both countries remained well bellow the global leaders by 2020.
Regarding internet usage, social media accounted for the largest share at 44%, followed by work and study purposes at 29%. online shopping, at 17%, ranked third, while news consumption and other activities together made up the remaining 10%. tjis suggests that personal and leisure activities dominated online behaviour over professional ones.