Post on 26-Dec-2015
LEE, JEONGHWAN
Korea Internet & Security Agency
ICT Use Statistics
of Households and Individuals in Korea ICT Use Statistics
of Households and Individuals in Korea
August 2014
Contents
1
2 Overview
International ICT Index in Korea
Household ICT environment3
Individuals ICT environment4
International ICT Index in Korea
International ICT Related IndicesInternational ICT Related Indices
Organiza-tion
Index name
Korea Ranking (Out of total)
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
UNE-government Development
Index-
1(192
)-
1(193
)-
1(193
)
ITU ICT Development Index2
(154)
1(159
)
1(152
)
1(155
)
1[157
]-
WEF Networked Readiness Index11
(134)
15(133
)
10(138
)
12(142
)
11[144
]
10[148
]
IMDTechnical Infrastructure,
World Competitiveness Index14
(57)18
(58)14
(59)14
(59)11
[60]8
[60]
JapaneseMIAC
ICT National Competitive-ness Index
2(24)
1(25)
1(30)
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Overview
Title
Sample Eligibility
Periodicity
Survey Method
Sampling Method
Estimation
Survey on the Internet Usage
Nationwide 30,000 households and its household members
aged 3 and over
Annually
Face-to-Face Interview
Stratified Multi-Stage Cluster sampling based on enumeration
districts for Population and Housing Census
Post-stratification(by applying weight)- Households : based on 'the Household Projections for Korea (by Statistics Korea) as of 2013- Household members : based on 'the Population Projections for Korea (by Statistics Korea) as of 2013
Household Internet Accessibility Rate, ITU(%) , 2013
Household ICT environment – Internet Accessibility Rate, ITU
※ This is based on the rate of households that have Internet access via xDSL, cable modem, FTTx, wireless LAN, mobile phone Internet, etc. Regardless of actual use.
Korea (Rep.) Iceland Qatar NetherlandsLuxembourg Norway Denmark Sweden Finland United Kingdom82
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
100
98.1
96.4 96.4
94.6 94.5 94.3
92.7 92.6
89.288.4
Household ICT environment – Internet Access Type
Internet Access Type of Households (multiple responses, %), 2013 - Households with Internet access
Among the Internet access types at home, the rate of using ‘Mobile Internet’ is the highest with 99.9%, followed by Wireless LAN (81.8%)', ‘FTTx(57.1%)', and ‘xDSL(14.3%)'.
14.3
57.1
4.5
7.6
81.8
99.9Mobile Internet
Broadband Wireless LAN(e.g, Wibro)
Cable Modem
Wireless LAN(WiFi)
xDSL
FTTx(Incl. FTTH, Apartment LAN)
Mobile Internet
Wireless LAN(WiFi)
FTTx(Incl. FTTH, Apartment LAN)
xDSL
Cable Modem
Broadband Wireless LAN(e.g, Wibro)
Household ICT environment – Households with Computer
Households with Computer (%), 2013
Out of all households, 80.6% have computer at Home
※ 'Households with Computer' refers to the rate of household whose member owns one or more Desktop computer, Notebook computer , Tablet PC(Smart-pad) etc.
76.9 78.6 77.9 77.8 78.9 79.6 80.4 80.9 81.4 81.8 81.9 82.3 80.6
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Household ICT environment – Households with ICT Devices
Households with ICT Devices (multiple responses, %), 2013
79.7% of total households have 'Smart-phone', while 'Smart TV' and 'Smart-pad' account for 9.6% and 7.8%, respectively.
Meanwhile, 76.6% of the total households have 'Desktop Computer'
76.6
28.0
8.0
6.9
5.7
4.6
79.7
9.6
72.0
52.3
7.8
42.8
Smartphone
GPS Navigation
Digital TV
Digital Camera
Smart TV
Desktop Computer
Game console
MP3 Player
Digital camcorder
Other(e.g. PDA, e-book reader)
Notebook Computer(Incl. netbook computer)
SmartPad
Smart Device80.3%
Desktop Computer
Smartphone
Smart TV
SmartPad
Digital TV
Digital Camera
GPS Navigation
Notebook Computer(Incl. netbook computer)
MP3 Player
Game console
Digital camcorder
Other(e.g. PDA, e-book reader)
Percentage of individuals using the Internet, ITU(%) , 2013
Individuals ICT environment – Percentage of individuals using the Internet, ITU
※ There's little difference between 'Korea's Internet usage rate(users who used internet in the last 1 month)' and 'The Internet users per 100 inhabitants of Korea as per ITU' because of the latter is calculated by the recommendations of the ITU(users who used internet in the last 1 year).
※ exclude city-states of Less than 1 million people
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78.0
80.0
82.0
84.0
86.0
88.0
90.0
92.0
94.0
96.0 95.1 94.8 94.6 94.0
91.5 89.8
88.0 86.7 86.3 85.8 85.3 84.8 84.2 84.0
Internet Usage Rate and Internet Users by Age (%, thousand), 2013
Individuals ICT environment – Internet Usage Rate and Internet Users by Age
Internet usage of the children aged 3-9 is 80.1%
The number of Internet users for males is 21,040 thousand and for females is 19,040 thousand
9.7 11.3
88.2 89.6
60.138.5
99.9 99.9 99.599.780.1
99.9 99.7
41.8
80.396.8
3-9 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70+
2012 2013
Internet Usage Frequency and hours (%), 2013
Individuals ICT environment – Internet Usage Frequency and hours
The vast majority(98.5%) of Internet users access the Internet more than once a week
Internet users spend a weekly average of 13.9 hours using the Internet
[Internet Usage Frequency-Internet users aged 3 and over]
[Internet Usage Hours-Internet users aged 3 and over]
Internet Usage Locations (multiple responses, %) , 2013
Individuals ICT environment – Internet Usage Locations
'Home (91.6%)' is the main location to use the Internet, followed by 'Office (36.0%)', 'Commercial Internet access facilities (14.8%)', 'School/ Kindergarten (14.5%)'
91.0% of Internet users access Internet ‘Anywhere’ with Smartphone etc.
[Internet Usage Locations-Internet users aged 3 and over]
97.8
43.811.4 21.0
2.9 4.4 5.3
58.391.6
36.014.8 14.5 8.7 5.7 3.2
91.0
Home Work(Office)
Commercial Internet facility
School/Kindergarten
CommunityInternetfacility
Anotherperson'shome
Educational facility
(Except.School)
Anywhere(Incl. WiFi)
2012 2013
E-mail usage rate (%), 2013
Individuals ICT environment – Internet and Communication
60.2% of internet users aged 6 and over use E-mail service
The E-mail usage rate of males(64.8%) is slightly higher than females (55.2%) by 9.6%p.
[E-mail Usage Rate -Internet users aged 6 and over]
84.899.2
87.4 81.893.7
82.7 75.5
53.2
78.764.8
55.2
88.079.3
60.9
38.019.1
46.060.2
Total Male Female 6-19 20s 30s 40s 50s 60+
2012 2013
E-mail Access Devices (multiple responses, %), 2013
Individuals ICT environment – Internet and Communication
51.4%(up by 29.9%p from previous year) of E-mail users use E-mail via 'Smartphone'
[E-mail Access Devices -E-mail users aged 6 and over]
97.9
21.5 8.0 2.3
51.416.7 3.3
88.1
Desktop Computer
Smartphone NotebookComputer
Other(Mobile phone etc.)
2012 2013
Instant Messenger Usage Rate (%), 2013
Individuals ICT environment – Internet and Communication
99.0% of internet users those who in the 20s use Instant Messenger
[Instant Messenger Usage Rate -Internet users aged 6 and over]
※ Internet service, which allows people to text each other, transfer certain files, or make voice call if they installed same program such as KakaoTalk, Nateon, MSN Messenger, My people, or business messenger
60.1
89.9
61.1 58.968.1
41.229.3
18.5
72.082.6 82.9
99.0 97.088.2
68.3
34.6
74.182.7
Total Male Female 6-19 20s 30s 40s 50s 60+
2012 2013
Instant Messenger Access Devices (multiple responses, %), 2013
Individuals ICT environment – Internet and Communication
96.4%(up by 22.8%p from the previous year) of IM user access it with 'Smartphone'
[Instant Messenger Access Devices- Instant Messenger users aged 6 and over]
64.5 73.6
10.9 3.4
96.4
5.5 2.523.1
Desktop Computer
Smartphone NotebookComputer
Other(Mobile phone etc.)
2012 2013
SNS Usage Rate (%) , 2013
Individuals ICT environment – Internet and Communication
Out of the Internet users aged 6 and over, 55.1% (fallen by 12.0%p from the previous year) have used SNS (Social Networking Service) in the last 1 year.
[SNS Usage Rate -Internet users aged 6 and over]
79.8
27.342.9
52.372.265.368.7
90.2
67.155.1 52.0
9.525.3
48.7
74.087.5
56.254.1
Total Male Female 6-19 20s 30s 40s 50s 60+
2012 2013
SNS Usage by Service Type (multiple responses,%), 2013
Individuals ICT environment – Internet and Communication
‘Profile-based service' user and 'Microblog' user account for 94.4%, 25.5%, respectively
[SNS Usage by Service Type-SNS users aged 6 and over]
Internet Shopping Usage Rate (%), 2013
Individuals ICT environment – Internet and Economic Activities
Eight of Ten(81.2%) internet users in their 20s are Internet 'Shoppers‘
[Internet Shopping Usage Rate -Internet users aged 12 and over]
※ Internet Shopping refers to purchasing goods or services (including reservations) over the Internet, which includes purchasing paid contents such as music, movies, and games, but excludes just browsing goods, comparing prices, and buying financial products.
Individuals ICT environment – Internet and Economic Activities
Purchased Items by Internet Shopping (multiple responses, %), 2013
The most purchased item through the Internet is ‘Cosmetics (68.2%)'
[Purchased Items by Internet Shopping- Internet shoppers aged 12 and over]
Clothing, footwear, sporting goods,and accessories
Music products (Incl. streaming)
Booking/reservations
Video(e.g., movies, TV programs)
Cosmetics
Books, magazines, or newspapers
Food, groceries(incl. health foods)
Computer equipments or parts
Computer software(Excl. Games)
Home appliances, electronic products(Camera, Mobile phone etc.)
Computer or video games
Toy or Furniture
Other paid contents(Work/School related contents)
Internet Banking Usage Rate (%), 2013
Individuals ICT environment – Internet and Economic Activities
Four internet users out of ten(45.3%) use Internet Banking
[Internet Banking Usage Rate -Internet users aged 12 and over]
By age, the usage rates of the 30s (71.6%) and 20s (61.7%) are relatively higher than other age groups.
15.4 16.230.2
41.361.5
42.244.161.7
43.245.3
8.6 11.129.4
51.171.6
61.743.646.9
Total Male Female 12-19 20s 30s 40s 50s 60+
2012 2013
Internet Banking Access Devices (multiple responses, %), 2013
Individuals ICT environment – Internet and Economic Activities
65.4%(up by 36.2%p from previous year) of Internet banking users access via 'Smartphone'
[Internet Banking Access Devices -Internet Banking users aged 12 and over]
94.9
29.211.7 1.7
65.4
14.4 2.5
71.7
Desktop Computer Smartphone Notebook Computer Other(Mobile phone etc.)
2012 2013