Internet Use in Peru
September 30, 2016
ElectroniCast Office in Lima Peru –
The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) revealed its
results on a survey conducted from April to June (2016) that 62.1 percent of
the population in Peru, 6 years or older, uses the Internet daily.
This represents a 9.4 increase when compared to the same quarter of 2015
(52.7 percent). In addition, 33.2 percent of the population uses the Internet
once a week, and 4.8 percent use it once a month or every two months. Both
numbers show decreases of 9.2 and 0.2 percentage points respectively.
By gender, 62.7 percent of men and 61.4 percent of women use the Internet
once a day.
The study also points out that 89.6 percent and 77.3 percent of the
population enrolled in a university and not enrolled, respectively, have
greater access to the Internet.
The INEI also reported that of the total population of those 6 years and
older using the Internet, 17.6 percent work exclusively on their mobile phones
and a similar in proportion (17.6 percent) use their computers.
By area of residence, 50.2 percent of households in metropolitan Lima
have Internet access, a 4.6 percentage increase from the same quarter a year
before (45.6 percent).
Suburbs increased by 2.5 percentage points, going from
24.9 percent to 27.4 percent, while rural areas did not show any variation in
internet access.
