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The UAE is among the best in the world in digital life indicators

The UAE was the owner of the first e-government in the region in 2001. Archive

The Communications Regulatory Authority and the Digital Government revealed that the UAE was among the best countries in the world in terms of digital life indicators thanks to the great development in the communications and information technology sector, which confirms the country's leadership in digital transformation and digital services.

The authority added, in a report entitled "Digital Lifestyle in the UAE", that based on the numbers circulated in the relevant global reports, the UAE ranked first globally in the use of social networking sites, while it ranked first in the Arab world and second globally in the use of the Internet, And it ranked first in the Arab world and ninth globally in digital commerce.

The report clarified that the UAE had the first e-government in the region in 2001, noting that throughout this march full of achievements, the culture of digitization was established as a way of life practiced by individuals in society, and practiced by business institutions in their quest to achieve the greatest degree of efficiency and effectiveness.

the speed

According to the report, the UAE topped the world in terms of mobile internet speed, with the average internet speed in the UAE reaching 134.48 MB/sec, while the global average was 30 MB/sec.

The UAE ranked 13th globally in fixed internet speed, with the average internet speed in the country reaching 124.7 MB/sec, compared to the global average of 63.46 MB/sec.

The country ranked second in the world in the use of the Internet, with a rate of 99%, compared to the global average of 62.5%, as the number of Internet users in the UAE reached nine million and 935 thousand and 967 users.

using the Internet

The authority's report indicated that the UAE ranked 12th in the world in terms of time spent using the mobile Internet at a rate of 04:35 hours, compared to the global average of 03:43 hours, while the country ranked 11th globally in terms of time spent on mobile internet. Internet use via computers is 04:01 hours, compared to the global average of 03:14 hours.

He stated that the UAE ranked 10 globally in the average time spent using the Internet across all devices (computer and mobile phone) with an average of 08:36 hours, compared to the global average of 06:58 hours.

communication Web-sites

The report indicated that the country is the first in the world in the percentage of using social networking sites compared to the population by about 106%, compared to the world's use of social networking sites, which is 58.4%, and the UAE has outperformed the population in social networking sites over the global average by up to 200 %.

The report pointed out that the UAE ranked among the top 20 countries in the world in using digital videos as a source of learning by 50%, while it ranked among the top 10 globally in viewing digital visual blogs by 27.6%.

Entertainment

The report pointed out that on the entertainment level, the UAE came among the top 10 globally in the percentage of playing electronic games by about 90%, while in the economic aspect, it came among the top 10 globally in the percentage of population acquisition of cryptocurrencies by about 11.4%.

And he indicated that the UAE ranked ninth globally in terms of digital trade, and the average annual per capita share of digital payments in the UAE amounted to about $3,775, compared to the average annual per capita share of digital payments globally, which is $1,766.

Ads

The percentage of Facebook ads in the UAE reached about 82.5%, compared to the percentage of website ads reaching 34.1% globally, making the UAE ranked fifth globally, and the country ranked fifth in the percentage of YouTube ads reaching 93.4%. against the global rate of 37.7%.

And it came in sixth place, with the percentage of Instagram ads reaching 60.2%, compared to the global percentage of 23.9%.

The country ranked first in the Arab world and second globally in using the Internet.

The UAE topped the world in terms of mobile internet speed.

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