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The chart shows striking differences in the level of computer
and Internet penetration in the Arab world. The
UAE and Kuwait are by far the most computerized countries, with Lebanon a distant third. The UAE has over 150 computers
for every 1000 inhabitants, compared to Kuwait’s 130 and Lebanon’s 60. In contrast, countries such as Egypt, Morocco
and Syria have less than 20 computers per 1000 inhabitants. There
are also great differences in Internet use and availability. The UAE has by far
the highest proportion of users, with more than one-third of its
population using the Internet. Kuwait and Lebanon are second and third again,
with 100 users per thousand in Kuwait and 80 in Lebanon. In some countries the
number using the Internet is negligible: Saudi Arabia has
less than 20 users per thousand, and there are fewer than 5 users per thousand
in Syria. One unusual feature of the
graph is that Internet use does not seem to be directly related to the number
of computers. In several countries (the UAE, Lebanon, Jordan and Oman), there
are more Internet users per thousand people than computers. However, in other
countries, such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Syria, the number of Internet users
is lower than the number of computers.
In
summary, there are major differences between computer use and Internet use in
the Arab world, but the UAE clearly leads the area in both number of computers and number
of internet users per capita.
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