Band 8+: The chart below shows the percentage of households in different income groups that had access to high-speed internet in 2022. • High income: 98% • Upper-middle income: 89% • Middle income: 75% • Lower-middle income: 52% • Low income: 27%

The bar chart illustrates the distribution of high-speed internet access across various income groups in 2022.

Overall, it is clear that there was a strong positive correlation between household income and internet access rates. Wealthier households demonstrated significantly higher connectivity.

In detail, high-income households had the highest penetration rate at 98%, followed by upper-middle income households at 89%. This represents a notable gap of 9 percentage points between the two highest tiers. Moving down the income scale, middle-income households recorded 75%, while lower-middle income households stood at 52% – a substantial drop of 23 percentage points.

At the bottom of the spectrum, low-income households had by far the lowest access rate at only 27%. This means that approximately one in four low-income households had high-speed internet, compared to nearly all high-income households.