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)

- - -

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

For further information :

ICT use statistics in Korea : http://isis.kisa.or.kr/eng/

Email : kisastat@kisa.or.kr

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