Many countries have low internet access rates, with Myanmar and East Timor having the lowest at 0.1%. Over 120 countries have an internet penetration rate of less than 23.8%. The US has a DPI of 77%, while Burkina Faso and Cambodia have a DPI of 0.5%. The Falkland Islands, Iceland, and Norway have the highest IPRs at 100%, 93.2%, and 90.9%, respectively.
Countries that have the lowest internet access rates include Myanmar and East Timor, where only about 0.1 percent of the population has internet access; Sierra Leone, where about 0.2 percent of the population does it; and Bangladesh, the Central African Republic, Niger and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the Internet access rate is about 0.3 percent. An internet access rate is often described as an internet penetration rate (IPR). More than 120 countries have a DPI of less than 23.8%.
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As of 2010, the worldwide average IPR was approximately 28.8 percent. The US had a DPI of about 77%.
Other countries that had DPIs below 1% included Burkina Faso and Cambodia, each with a DPI of 0.5%. Afghanistan, Benin, Mauritania and Turkmenistan also had very low intellectual property rights: 1.5 percent, 1.8 percent, 1.0 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively.
Official Cuban documents state that the country has a DPI of around 16%, but the country’s true DPI is thought to be closer to 1-3%.
Countries that have the highest IPRs include the Falkland Islands, Iceland and Norway, with IPRs of 100%, 93.2 percent and 90.9 percent, respectively.
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