Education activities report 98% internet usage in 2022: GASTAT

RIYADH: Saudi institutions are on the quick lane of adoption of data expertise, with schooling and manufacturing actions final yr registering 98.6 p.c and 97.6 p.c web utilization, respectively.

In response to the 2022 Survey of Info and Communication Expertise Entry and Utilization by Institutions performed by the Common Authority for Statistics, referred to as GASTAT, 96.1 p.c of Saudi institutions used the web final yr.

Topping the checklist of actions of institutions that use the web probably the most was info and communication, at 98.9 p.c.

Roughly 58.7 p.c of companies use fastened telephones for enterprise functions, whereas 76 p.c use cellphones. 

The survey additionally reported that of the 94.6 p.c of institutions that use computer systems, 67.8 p.c skilled their staff on laptop applications and purposes.  

Attributable to its digitalized nature, academia led in laptop utility, as 99.7 p.c of institutions in schooling actions used computer systems.  

Of the institutions listed within the survey, 69.4 p.c have an intranetwork — a non-public community inside a corporation — principally present in finance and insurance coverage. 

Lower than half of the businesses — 45.6 p.c — that use the web have an internet site, with monetary and insurance coverage actions main the way in which.  

The survey additionally revealed that round 52.6 p.c of establishments in Saudi Arabia have a social media account, most of which is that of schooling. 

In 2022, institutions utilizing cloud computing for monetary or accounting software program purposes accounted for 34.5 p.c.  

In response to a GASTAT bulletin launched earlier this month, the share of individuals using the web within the Kingdom elevated to 94.3 p.c in 2022. 

The authority reported that the share of individuals 15 years or older who use the web has climbed to 94.3 p.c, up 1.4 p.c from 2021. 

Moreover, it revealed that males used the web at a charge of 95 p.c, whereas girls used it at 93.3 p.c in 2022.  

Saudis make up 93.6 p.c of web customers, whereas non-Saudis make up 95.2 p.c, in response to the GASTAT knowledge.  

Round 96.5 p.c of households had entry to the web final yr and 57.3 p.c had a pc at dwelling. 

As for laptop utilization, 49.3 p.c of individuals aged 15 and up used a pc final yr, 55.1 p.c of which had been Saudis.