Nearly 70% of Cape Verdean households had internet access in 2024, marking a 10-percentage-point increase compared to 2023, according to the latest data from the country’s National Statistics Institute (INE), as reported by Lusa.
“The 2024 Continuous Multi-Purpose Survey (IMC) estimated that 68.7% of households had internet access at home — with 71.8% in urban areas and 58.9% in rural areas,” states the Information and Communication Technology Statistics Bulletin.
In 2023, the survey found that 59% of households had home internet access (61% in urban areas, 51% in rural areas).
Internet usage (measured from age 10 and up) also rose from 70% to 74%, with a clear gap between urban (77%) and rural (64%) areas.
“Young people aged 15–34 are the most active internet users,” the bulletin adds.
Computer access and usage also increased, though still involved less than one-third of the population over age 10.
Mobile phone ownership rose from 74% to 76%, with a 10-point gap between urban areas (79%) and rural areas (69%).
Meanwhile, radio, television, and landline phone ownership continued to decline.
The IMC survey, from which the INE derived the ICT statistics, is an annual household survey conducted since 2011. It gathers a range of demographic, social, and economic data.
The 2024 edition included a sample of 9,918 households, “randomly and independently selected within each municipality, ensuring national representativeness by place of residence and for all 22 municipalities” across the country’s 10 islands, according to the INE.
Source: Lusa
