Information society in 1999\2000

The table and the bar charts show the information society in 1999\2000 in millions.

The table shows in 1999 the number of PC’s was 141 million in USA which is the highest. On mobile phones the EU-15 has the highest number with 147 million. The number of internet hosts was the highest in the USA in 2000 with 65.9 million, whereas the internet users in the USA are 154 million. Figure 1 shows the proportion of people using a personal computer by percent. Sweden has the highest with 67% and the EU-15 average is in the middle with 35%. The lowest country was Greece with 15% only. The last figure shows the proportion of people using the internet by percent in 1999. Sweden was the highest percentage again with 55%. And the lowest was Greece with 5%. The EU-15 was in the middle of the figure with 14%.

However, USA had the highest number in table. In the 2 figures, the highest was Sweden.