GeoStat: 95.2 % of people used internet for social networks in the last 3 months

12:04, 11.09.2020

“83.8 percent of Georgian households have internet access, which is 4.6 percentage points higher compared to the previous year,” said National Statistics of Georgia(GeoStat).

“The share of households with internet access increased by 4.6 percentage points for both urban and rural areas and amounted to 90.7 and 74.5 percent,” noted GeoStat.

According to the survey results, among the population aged 15 years and older, who used internet within the last 3 months, the main reasons for using internet are: participating in social networks (95.2%), telephoning over the internet/video calls over the internet (86.1%), reading online news/newspapers/magazines (54.9%), seeking health-related information (51.4%), sending/ receiving e-mails (47.6%), finding information about goods and services (38.5%), internet banking (34.7%), downloading software or applications (other than games software) (17.9%) and looking for a job or sending/submitting a job application (14.2), added the Agency.

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