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5 million persons 15 years and older were offline during census – Ghana Statistical Service

May 18, 2023
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The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that at the time they were recording the population census in 2021, about five million people, 15 years and older, were offline.

The report was released by GSS on World Telecommunication and Information Day commemorated under the theme “Empowering the least developed countries through information and communication technologies”.

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GSS stated that from April to June 2021, (the census night) three regions recorded the highest proportion of persons that were offline.

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“More than half of the population 15 years and older did not use the internet in Savannah (58.7%), North East (55.8%) and Northern (51.5%) regions which had the highest proportion of persons that were offline.”

The Statistical Service defined offline as prescribed by the International Telecommunications Union which states that offline is not accessing the internet within a three-month period.

GSS indicated that for these regions, two in every 10 males (19.8%) did not use the internet compared to three in every ten females (30.3%).

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“Savannah (52.0%) is the only region where more than half of males were offline whereas there were five regions with more than half of females offline: Savannah (65.4%), North East (63.6%), Northern (60.6%), Upper West (56.6%) and Upper East (54.6%).”

Also, four districts namely North East Gonja, Karaga, Mion, and Gushegu Municipal had more than 70% of the population 15 years and older not accessing the internet within the preceding three months.

They indicated that Greater Accra is the only region which did not have more 10.0% of its population offline.

GSS indicated that with 4.1%, Ayawaso West Municipal in the Greater Accra region is the district with the lowest percentage of its population offline.

“Four in every five (211 out of the 261) districts had more than 10,000 persons 15 years and older that were offline. The Tamale Metropolitan Area (76,164), Nanumba North Municipal (61,293), Sagnarigu Municipal (59,054), East Mamprusi Municipal (58,248) and Gushegu Municipal (56,152) had more than 50,000 persons that were offline.”

Meanwhile, on cellphones, GSS revealed that nationally, 4.9 million persons 15 years and older did not own a functional smartphone.

They indicated that about 1.8 million males did not own a smartphone and almost twice 3.0 million also did not own a smartphone.

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“The percent of the population that did not own smartphones was similar to the per cent that was offline. Savannah (57.3%), North East (55.2%), and Northern (50.7%) regions had the highest percent of the population 15 years and older that did not own functional smartphones.”

“In all, 40 districts had more than half of the population that did not own functional smartphones led by North East Gonja (76.0%) the only district where over three-quarters of the population did not own, Karaga (73.0%), Mion (72.3%) and Gushegu Municipal (71.8%).”

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5 million persons 15 years and older were offline during census - Ghana Statistical Service
5 million persons 15 years and older were offline during census - Ghana Statistical Service

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