Statizoid

Personal computers (per 100 people) by country

Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.

Countries reporting
179
Highest
96.55 per 100 people
Switzerland
Lowest
0.0219 per 100 people
Democratic Republic of Congo
Median
7.92 per 100 people
Years covered
40
1970–2009
Data points
2,768

What the numbers show

Personal computers (per 100 people) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 96.55 per 100 people in Switzerland; the lowest is 0.0219 per 100 people in Democratic Republic of Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.92 per 100 people, and the mean is 17.11 per 100 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,408.

Over the past decade 164 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Marshall Islands (up 38,307.6%), and the largest decrease in Bermuda (down 31.7%).

Personal computers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Switzerland 96.55 per 100 people 2008 up 128.2% volatile
2 Canada 94.66 per 100 people 2006 up 282.0% volatile
3 Netherlands 90.63 per 100 people 2006 up 291.8% volatile
4 Sweden 87.95 per 100 people 2006 up 199.7% volatile
5 San Marino 81.4 per 100 people 2007 up 16.3% rising
6 United States 80.77 per 100 people 2006 up 124.4% volatile
7 United Kingdom 79.91 per 100 people 2006 up 265.6% volatile
8 Singapore 74.48 per 100 people 2007 up 125.4% volatile
9 Hong Kong 70.26 per 100 people 2008 up 165.2% volatile
11 Saudi Arabia 66.44 per 100 people 2008 up 1,214.4% volatile
12 Germany 66.28 per 100 people 2006 up 215.2% volatile
13 France 65.03 per 100 people 2006 up 301.3% volatile
14 Norway 62.72 per 100 people 2006 up 98.0% rising
15 Australia 61.15 per 100 people 2003 up 193.7% volatile
16 Austria 60.53 per 100 people 2005 up 272.0% volatile
18 Slovakia 58.15 per 100 people 2008 up 567.6% volatile
19 South Korea 56.87 per 100 people 2007 up 279.1% volatile
20 Denmark 54.85 per 100 people 2007 up 52.3% volatile
21 Iceland 53.38 per 100 people 2006 up 106.0% volatile
22 New Zealand 52.56 per 100 people 2006 up 117.1% rising
23 Bahrain 51.89 per 100 people 2008 up 430.8% volatile
24 Finland 49.92 per 100 people 2005 up 112.9% rising
25 Cyprus 43.18 per 100 people 2006 up 470.8% volatile
26 Slovenia 42.64 per 100 people 2007 up 126.0% volatile
27 Japan 40.62 per 100 people 2003 up 426.4% volatile
28 Macao 38.88 per 100 people 2006 up 171.1% rising
29 Spain 38.83 per 100 people 2007 up 309.1% volatile
30 Belgium 37.49 per 100 people 2005 up 112.2% rising
31 Italy 36.87 per 100 people 2005 up 339.1% volatile
32 North Macedonia 36.3 per 100 people 2007 up 929.9% volatile
33 Latvia 33.62 per 100 people 2006 up 1,566.6% volatile
34 Czechia 27.3 per 100 people 2005 up 414.1% volatile
35 Kuwait 26.43 per 100 people 2005 up 346.8% volatile
36 United Arab Emirates 26.41 per 100 people 2006 up 319.2% volatile
37 Mongolia 26.18 per 100 people 2009 up 2,492.1% volatile
38 Israel 25.8 per 100 people 2003 up 182.7% volatile
39 Hungary 25.65 per 100 people 2007 up 348.2% volatile
40 Estonia 25.52 per 100 people 2008 up 117.5% volatile
41 Lithuania 25.29 per 100 people 2008 up 349.5% volatile
42 Namibia 24.92 per 100 people 2007 up 1,310.4% volatile
43 Saint Kitts and Nevis 23.75 per 100 people 2004 up 105.3% rising
44 Costa Rica 23.33 per 100 people 2005 up 247.1% rising
45 Malaysia 23.05 per 100 people 2006 up 537.5% volatile
47 Bermuda 21.54 per 100 people 2004 down 31.7% rising
48 Antigua and Barbuda 21.16 per 100 people 2006 up 104.2% rising
49 Seychelles 19.98 per 100 people 2007 up 66.3% rising
50 Romania 19.7 per 100 people 2007 up 1,015.0% volatile
51 Dominica 18.47 per 100 people 2004 up 158.0% rising
52 Maldives 18.32 per 100 people 2006 up 1,087.1% volatile
53 Portugal 18.3 per 100 people 2008 up 130.7% volatile
54 Croatia 18.23 per 100 people 2003 up 970.3% volatile
55 Mauritius 17.91 per 100 people 2006 up 240.9% volatile
56 Oman 17.32 per 100 people 2007 up 1,013.4% volatile
57 New Caledonia 16.92 per 100 people 2005 — rising
58 Poland 16.83 per 100 people 2006 up 440.2% volatile
59 Brazil 16.12 per 100 people 2005 up 867.2% volatile
60 Saint Lucia 16.07 per 100 people 2004 up 25,801.6% volatile
61 Qatar 15.35 per 100 people 2006 up 129.2% rising
62 Grenada 15.33 per 100 people 2004 up 56.4% rising
63 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15.19 per 100 people 2005 up 63.8% rising
64 Belize 15.05 per 100 people 2007 up 122.3% rising
65 Cape Verde 14.52 per 100 people 2007 up 3,814.4% volatile
66 Barbados 14.48 per 100 people 2005 up 156.7% rising
67 Serbia 14.24 per 100 people 2009 up 238.4% rising
68 Chile 14.21 per 100 people 2005 up 331.2% volatile
69 Mexico 13.95 per 100 people 2006 up 347.9% volatile
70 Uruguay 13.55 per 100 people 2005 up 524.0% rising
71 Trinidad and Tobago 13.41 per 100 people 2007 up 238.0% volatile
72 Russia 13.25 per 100 people 2006 up 460.3% volatile
73 Ecuador 12.16 per 100 people 2006 up 713.4% volatile
74 Colombia 11.44 per 100 people 2008 up 237.6% volatile
75 Bulgaria 11.11 per 100 people 2008 up 351.9% volatile
76 French Polynesia 10.82 per 100 people 2005 up 73.6% rising
77 Iran 10.52 per 100 people 2006 up 227.6% rising
78 Sudan 10.27 per 100 people 2006 up 15,845.4% volatile
79 Moldova 10.22 per 100 people 2006 up 3,912.1% volatile
80 Peru 10.05 per 100 people 2005 up 597.6% volatile
81 Armenia 9.96 per 100 people 2005 up 3,368.1% volatile
82 Vietnam 9.59 per 100 people 2006 up 3,548.9% volatile
83 Tunisia 9.57 per 100 people 2008 up 491.4% volatile
84 Venezuela 9.36 per 100 people 2005 up 242.3% volatile
85 Greece 9.34 per 100 people 2006 up 173.5% volatile
86 Marshall Islands 9.18 per 100 people 2004 up 38,307.6% volatile
87 Syria 9.06 per 100 people 2007 up 708.3% volatile
88 Brunei 9.04 per 100 people 2005 up 144.1% rising
89 Argentina 9 per 100 people 2005 up 152.4% volatile
90 Lebanon 8.82 per 100 people 2006 up 324.8% volatile
91 Tuvalu 8.4 per 100 people 2005 — volatile
92 South Africa 8.28 per 100 people 2005 up 212.0% volatile
93 Azerbaijan 7.92 per 100 people 2008 up 1,027.2% volatile
94 Paraguay 7.9 per 100 people 2005 up 706.9% volatile
95 Zimbabwe 7.67 per 100 people 2008 up 593.4% volatile
96 Turkmenistan 7.32 per 100 people 2005 — volatile
97 Philippines 7.17 per 100 people 2006 up 531.9% volatile
98 Thailand 6.74 per 100 people 2005 up 394.7% volatile
99 Jordan 6.74 per 100 people 2008 up 332.5% volatile
100 Jamaica 6.53 per 100 people 2005 up 1,179.3% volatile
101 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.43 per 100 people 2006 up 68.8% rising
102 Turkey 6.4 per 100 people 2006 up 245.7% volatile
103 Botswana 6.26 per 100 people 2008 up 146.8% rising
104 Panama 6.11 per 100 people 2008 up 137.4% rising
105 Fiji 6.09 per 100 people 2005 up 52.2% rising
106 Papua New Guinea 6.02 per 100 people 2005 up 68.0% rising
107 Tonga 5.95 per 100 people 2005 up 857.5% volatile
108 El Salvador 5.78 per 100 people 2005 up 238.0% rising
109 Georgia 5.71 per 100 people 2007 up 154.6% rising
110 Morocco 5.71 per 100 people 2008 up 702.2% volatile
111 Micronesia (country) 5.65 per 100 people 2005 — volatile
112 Cuba 5.61 per 100 people 2008 up 784.1% volatile
113 China 5.54 per 100 people 2006 up 1,440.1% volatile
114 Palestine 5.45 per 100 people 2005 — rising
115 Haiti 5.27 per 100 people 2007 up 3,387.1% volatile
116 Albania 4.83 per 100 people 2008 up 901.4% volatile
117 Solomon Islands 4.68 per 100 people 2005 up 97.7% rising
118 Ukraine 4.55 per 100 people 2006 up 351.3% volatile
119 Djibouti 4.47 per 100 people 2009 up 421.4% volatile
120 Mauritania 4.47 per 100 people 2006 up 715.3% volatile
121 Eswatini 4.05 per 100 people 2006 up 239.6% rising
122 Nicaragua 4.05 per 100 people 2005 up 318.2% volatile
123 Egypt 4.01 per 100 people 2008 up 342.9% volatile
124 Suriname 4 per 100 people 2005 — flat
125 Sao Tome and Principe 3.81 per 100 people 2005 — rising
126 Sri Lanka 3.76 per 100 people 2005 up 3,325.5% volatile
127 Guyana 3.62 per 100 people 2004 up 36.5% rising
128 Gambia 3.48 per 100 people 2007 up 1,291.0% volatile
129 Togo 3.3 per 100 people 2005 up 828.9% volatile
130 Gabon 3.29 per 100 people 2006 up 422.5% volatile
131 India 3.13 per 100 people 2007 up 1,465.0% volatile
132 Yemen 2.9 per 100 people 2006 up 2,891.0% volatile
133 United States Virgin Islands 2.78 per 100 people 2005 — rising
134 Bangladesh 2.48 per 100 people 2006 up 9,847.9% volatile
135 Bolivia 2.38 per 100 people 2005 up 626.5% volatile
136 Samoa 2.32 per 100 people 2006 up 1,224.8% volatile
137 Honduras 2.28 per 100 people 2008 up 183.5% rising
138 Senegal 2.25 per 100 people 2005 up 226.5% volatile
139 Libya 2.24 per 100 people 2005 — falling
140 Bhutan 2.01 per 100 people 2008 up 353.8% rising
141 Guatemala 2 per 100 people 2005 up 594.1% volatile
142 Kyrgyzstan 1.97 per 100 people 2005 up 278.7% rising
143 Indonesia 1.97 per 100 people 2006 up 202.4% volatile
144 Cote d'Ivoire 1.76 per 100 people 2005 up 1,190.4% volatile
145 Uganda 1.75 per 100 people 2006 up 1,740.4% volatile
146 Laos 1.74 per 100 people 2005 up 1,621.7% volatile
147 Eritrea 1.63 per 100 people 2008 up 552.2% volatile
148 Vanuatu 1.43 per 100 people 2005 up 92.9% rising
149 Mozambique 1.38 per 100 people 2005 up 1,367.2% volatile
150 Kenya 1.34 per 100 people 2005 up 1,972.4% volatile
151 Equatorial Guinea 1.2 per 100 people 2005 up 591.3% volatile
152 Cameroon 1.13 per 100 people 2005 up 666.9% volatile
153 Kiribati 1.1 per 100 people 2004 up 50.2% rising
154 Zambia 1.1 per 100 people 2005 up 81.7% rising
155 Ghana 1.06 per 100 people 2008 up 386.9% volatile
156 Algeria 1.06 per 100 people 2005 up 257.2% volatile
157 Tanzania 0.9259 per 100 people 2005 up 477.6% volatile
158 Myanmar 0.9128 per 100 people 2006 up 743.0% volatile
159 Puerto Rico 0.9086 per 100 people 2005 — rising
160 Comoros 0.8829 per 100 people 2005 up 2,490.9% volatile
161 Nigeria 0.8641 per 100 people 2005 up 86.6% rising
162 Burundi 0.8544 per 100 people 2006 up 1,262.5% volatile
163 Mali 0.7325 per 100 people 2007 up 956.3% volatile
164 Somalia 0.7179 per 100 people 2005 — volatile
165 Benin 0.7097 per 100 people 2007 up 791.6% volatile
166 Ethiopia 0.6594 per 100 people 2007 up 1,077.7% volatile
167 Burkina Faso 0.6508 per 100 people 2006 up 1,250.1% volatile
168 Madagascar 0.5563 per 100 people 2005 up 299.1% rising
169 Angola 0.549 per 100 people 2006 up 920.5% volatile
170 Congo 0.5245 per 100 people 2005 up 72.0% rising
171 Nepal 0.5127 per 100 people 2005 up 342.5% volatile
172 Guinea 0.494 per 100 people 2005 up 259.1% rising
173 Pakistan 0.4547 per 100 people 2002 up 107.2% rising
174 Cambodia 0.3801 per 100 people 2007 up 377.2% volatile
175 Rwanda 0.3096 per 100 people 2006 up 156.1% rising
176 Central African Republic 0.2971 per 100 people 2005 up 195.1% rising
177 Lesotho 0.2505 per 100 people 2005 — rising
178 Guinea-Bissau 0.2231 per 100 people 2005 — flat
179 Malawi 0.1988 per 100 people 2005 up 162.2% rising
180 Chad 0.1585 per 100 people 2005 up 53.9% rising
181 Niger 0.0734 per 100 people 2005 up 273.5% rising
182 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0219 per 100 people 2005 — rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Personal computers (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
207 places, 2,768 data points, 1970–2009
Last refreshed

Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.