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Equipment and use of ICT Catalonia
Equipment. Computer Equipment. Internet Equipment. Mobile Use sometimes. Computer Use sometimes. Internet Use sometimes. Purchases Use previous three months. Computer Use previous three months. Internet Use previous three months. Purchases
2023 86.1 97.1 99.4 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 98.1 79.8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 96.8 60.0
2022 85.6 97.4 99.8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 96.8 77.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 95.7 57.1
2021 87.8 96.9 99.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 96.8 75.2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 95.5 59.7
2020 86.4 96.7 99.6 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 96.5 73.4 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 95.7 60.2
2019 84.9 94.0 98.4 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 94.2 66.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 93.7 52.0
2018 82.2 87.7 97.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 88.6 63.4 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 88.0 49.3
2017 81.2 83.7 96.9 84.2 87.3 59.8 77.4 85.7 45.5
2016 80.9 82.9 96.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 85.1 56.2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 82.8 41.4
2015 79.4 80.7 96.2 85.8 84.4 55.7 79.5 83.1 38.8
2014 78.7 77.6 97.1 85.4 83.2 52.4 79.5 80.5 30.3
2013 74.7 72.2 96.1 82.5 79.8 43.0 75.5 74.9 23.5
2012 76.5 71.5 96.9 81.6 78.7 39.9 76.4 74.6 25.1
2011 75.7 71.0 96.0 77.7 75.7 39.1 73.6 71.8 23.6
2010 73.1 68.3 95.1 77.8 75.0 37.6 73.1 71.8 22.6
2009 72.9 62.7 94.5 74.7 70.6 35.8 68.8 66.0 19.8
2008 71.0 60.1 94.2 73.1 67.8 28.6 68.0 64.2 16.2
2007 65.5 51.3 92.6 67.3 61.1 26.0 61.2 56.2 18.3
2006 61.6 46.6 90.1 64.3 57.1 22.4 59.0 53.2 13.5
Units: Per cent.
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Survey on Equipment and Use of ICT at homes.
Notes:
Equipment in households with at least one member aged between 16 and 74.
Use for people aged between 16 and 74.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Equipment and use of ICT Spain
Equipment. Computer Equipment. Internet Equipment. Mobile Use sometimes. Computer Use sometimes. Internet Use sometimes. Purchases Use previous three months. Computer Use previous three months. Internet Use previous three months. Purchases
2023 82.6 96.4 99.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 96.6 74.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 95.4 55.9
2022 82.9 96.1 99.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 95.5 72.8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 94.5 55.3
2021 83.7 95.9 99.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 95.1 71.4 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 93.9 55.2
2020 81.4 95.4 99.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 94.0 66.4 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 93.2 53.8
2019 80.9 91.4 98.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 91.6 62.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 90.7 46.9
2018 79.5 86.4 98.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 87.3 58.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 86.1 43.5
2017 78.4 83.4 97.4 81.9 86.0 54.7 74.0 84.6 40.0
2016 77.1 81.9 96.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 82.7 50.1 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 80.6 34.9
2015 75.9 78.7 96.7 81.5 81.0 48.0 73.8 78.7 32.1
2014 74.8 74.4 96.4 79.8 78.6 43.2 73.3 76.2 27.5
2013 73.4 69.8 96.1 78.5 75.6 37.4 72.0 71.6 22.7
2012 73.9 67.9 95.9 77.5 73.3 35.7 72.2 69.8 22.3
2011 71.5 63.9 95.1 74.2 70.8 31.8 69.3 67.1 18.9
2010 68.7 59.1 94.6 73.1 68.5 29.3 67.4 64.2 17.4
2009 66.3 54.0 93.5 69.2 64.5 27.5 63.2 59.8 15.7
2008 63.6 51.0 92.1 67.4 61.7 23.4 61.0 56.7 13.3
2007 60.4 44.6 90.9 63.6 57.3 21.1 57.2 52.0 13.0
2006 57.2 39.1 88.1 60.6 52.7 17.5 54.0 47.9 10.1
Units: Per cent.
Source: INE.
Notes:
Equipment in households with at least one member aged between 16 and 74.
Use for people aged between 16 and 74.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: January 15, 2024.

Methodological note

The Survey on the equipment and use of information and communication technologies in householdsis an annual sample-based survey conducted by the INE for the whole of Spain. On the basis of an agreement with the INE, Idescat expands upon the results offered by this operation for Catalonia.

The aim of the survey is to report on the ICT equipment (television, landline telephone, mobile telephone, computer equipment, Internet connection) of households and the use that the population makes of computers, Internet and e-commerce.

The target population consists of people living in main family dwellings. Although the target population consists of people of all ages, in-depth studies are only conducted on those aged 16 years or over. If there are children aged 10 to 15 in the household, each of them is asked a series of questions related with the use of the computer and the Internet.

The unit of analysis, in the case of dwellings, corresponds to those that have at least one member aged 16 to 74 years. In terms of individuals, this unit corresponds to people aged 16 to 74 years and children aged 10 to 15 years.

Since 2004, Idescat and FOSBIC (Observatory Foundation for the Information Society of Catalonia, Ministry of Governance and Institutional Relations) have conducted in Catalonia a complementary survey to that of the INE to obtain more territorially disaggregated information on the main indicators of equipment and use. These estimates are produced by applying compound estimators in the framework of the small area estimation methodology

From 2013 onwards, the reference population is drawn from the Population Census 2011. Data for previous years are pending review.