In comparison to the global average of 62.5%, the UAE is ranked second globally in terms of internet usage, at a rate of 99%.
According to the survey, the UAE is one of the top nations in the globe for several digital life indices.
According to the state news agency, TDRA’s report found that the UAE was ranked first globally in the use of social media, second globally and first in the Arab region in the use of the internet, and ninth globally and first in the Arab region in e-commerce, based on figures from relevant international reports.
The UAE was also ranked first globally in terms of mobile internet speed, with the average internet speed in the country being 134.48 megabytes per second (Mbps) while the global average is 30 Mbps.
The report also noted that the UAE is the first country in the region to establish a digital government in 2001.
Other key findings of the report showed that the UAE was ranked:
- 13th globally in terms of home internet speed, with the average internet speed in the country reaching 124.7 Mbps compared to the global average of 63.46 Mbps.
- Second globally in terms of internet usage at a rate of 99 per cent compared to the global average of 62.5 per cent, indicating that the number of internet users in the UAE is 9.935 million.
- 12th globally in terms of time spent using mobile internet at four hours and 35 minutes, compared to the global average of three hours and 43 minutes. The country was also ranked 11th globally in terms of time spent using the internet.
- 10th globally in terms of average time spent using the internet across all devices, whether computers or mobile phones, with an average of eight hours and 36 minutes, compared to the global average of six hours and 58 minutes.
- First globally in terms of average time spent on social media per capita at 106 per cent, compared to the global average of 58.4 per cent. The UAE has also surpassed population engagement in social media the global rate by 200 per cent.
- Among the top 20 countries in terms of using digital videos as a source of learning at 50 per cent, it was ranked among the top 10 countries in terms of sharing digital visual blogs at 27.6 per cent.
- Among the top 10 countries in e-gaming at 90 per cent.
- Among the top 10 countries where it comes to the percentage (11.4 per cent) of the population possessing cryptocurrencies.
- Among the top 20 countries globally in terms of the percentage of the population undergoing telemedicine at a rate of 26.4 per cent.
- Ninth globally in e-commerce, with the average annual per capita share of digital spending in the country being some US$3,775, compared to the global average of $1,766.
- 14th globally in online weekly purchases, with 59 per cent of the population buying their needs online weekly.
- 13th in terms of weekly online purchases, using mobile phones, with 32.4 per cent of the UAE population buying their needs by phone online weekly.
- It was rated ninth globally in terms of weekly household food purchases, with 33.4% of the UAE population purchasing their food needs online weekly. The UAE is one of the top 20 countries in terms of digital content, with 68.1% of the population purchasing various digital content online.
