1. Azerbaijan ICTs
Katy Pearce
@katypearce
1 – updated July 2013

2. OWNERSHIP
2

3. 3
15%
12% 11% 11%
15% 15%
28%
40%
53%
6%
3%
8% 9%
12%
10%
13%
15%
21%
14%
11% 10% 9%
12%
16%
20%
33%
40%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
2004 (capital
only)
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Household PC ownership (%) (CB)
Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia

4. 4
22%
25%
47%
70%
77%
81%
92% 92%
98%
48% 46%
43%
76%
85% 85%
88% 89%
94%
51% 49%
52%
61%
65%
71%
78% 80%
91%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2004 (capital
only)
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Household mobile ownership (%) (CB)
Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia

5. 5
8%
4% 4% 4%
7%
5%
19%
35%
48%
2% 2%
10%
5%
9%
6%
12% 11%
17%
12%
8%
6% 5%
7%
9%
15%
29%
32%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
2004 (capital
only)
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Household PC Internet ownership (%) (CB)
Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia

6. 6
19%
31%
38%
52%
19%
20%
26% 27%
25%
29%
37%
43%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
2009 2010 2011 2012
Ever use the Internet (%) (CB)
Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia

7. 7
6%
14%
22%
33%
4% 4%
7%
11%9%
12%
20%
24%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
2009 2010 2011 2012
Daily Internet users (%) (CB)
Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia
10%
22%
30%
43%
9% 9%
13%
19%
14%
18%
28%
33%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
2009 2010 2011 2012
Frequent Internet users (%) (CB)
Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia

8. ACCESS
8

9. 9
44
74
63
9 10
6
28
9
25
20
8 6
Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia
Internet access device type (%) (CB, 2012)
none mobile only pc only both

10. FREQUENCY
10

11. 11
48%
73%
58%
6%
5%
8%
3%
3%
2%
11%
8%
9%
33%
11%
24%
A RME NIA A ZE RBA IJA N GE ORGIA
INTERNET FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (%) (CB, 2012)
Never Less than monthly Monthly Weekly Daily

12. 12
80%
79%
79%
71%
8%
8%
6%
4%
3%
3%
3%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
4%
4%
7%
9%
2009
2010
2011
2012
AZERBAIJAN INTERNET FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (%)
(CB)
Never Less than monthly Monthly Weekly Daily

13. ACTIVITIES
13

14. 14
31%
50%
23%
7%
6%
2%
59%
3%
16%
38%
13%
6%
8%
13%
6%
2% 2% 1%
15%
1%
4%
10%
3%
2%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Email SNS Skype IM Forums Read/write
blog
Search info Shop News Music/video Games Dating sites
ONLINE ACTIVITIES (%) (CB, 2012)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan

15. NON-USERS
15

16. 16
1
4
7
14
2
15
12
7
14
3
1
3
1
15
1
4
6
8
17
1
1
9
12
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Don't know No phone
line or
modem or
way to
connect
I don't know
how to use it
Not
interested in
/ Don't want
to use the
Internet
No access to
computer
Internet is
too
expensive
I don’t have
time
Internet is
distasteful or
immoral
I do not need
the Internet
No access to
the Internet
Using the
Internet
would be a
threat to
privacy
Connection is
too slow
Non-users reasons for not using Internet (%, total) (CB, 2012)
Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia

17. SUMMARY
17

18. Barriers to Internet in Azerbaijan
• Barriers to awareness that Internet exists
– Poverty
– Age
• Barriers to trying the Internet
– Age
– Lack of English proficiency
– Low educational attainment
– Poverty
– Rural
• Barriers to using the Internet frequently
– Rural
– Poverty
– Low educational attainment
– Lack of English proficiency Pearce & Rice, forthcoming
from 2010 CB
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