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Paraguay Internet in Paraguay

Basic Statistics, 2001-2002
Population 5,496,000
Rural population (% of total pop.), 1999 44.72
GDP per capita (Purchasing Power Parity, PPP) (US$) 4,396
Global Competitiveness Index Ranking (2001-02) 72
UNDP Human Dvlpmnt. Index Ranking (2001, adjusted to GITR* sample) 54
Main telephone lines/100 inhabitants 5.00
Internet hosts/10,000 inhabitants 2.36
Personal Computers/100 inhabitants 1.09
Piracy rate (%) 76.00
% PCs connected to Internet 2.77
Internet users per host 12.05
Internet users/100 inhabitants 0.37
Cell phone subscribers/100 inhabitants 19.55
Avg. mnthly. cost/20 hrs. of Internet access (US$) 22.25

* Global Information Technology Report

Source: Center for International Development at Harvard University