Other sources

• The Global Findex - The Global Findex has been published since 2011 but as of 2025 now includes Digital Connectivity Tracker

Global Connectivity Indexes

• A4AI Affordability Drivers Index - (2021 - link via Internet Archive)(2020) - Index of internet affordability by the Alliance for Affordable Internet Access (A4AI).

• A4AI Mobile Broadband Data Costs - (2020 - link via Internet Archive) (Q4 2018) (2017) Price of Broadband Data (1GB mobile prepaid) as % of GNI per capita.

Connectivity Maps

• ITU Infrastructure Connectivity Map - Online map of undersea and terrestrial fibre optic networks from ITU.

Connectivity Maps

• Submarine Telecoms Forum - SubTelForum has an excellent interactive map and directory of undersea cables as well as an annual almanac.

Global Connectivity Indexes

• Emerging Digital Powerhouse Index 2024 - Ranking of OECD countries on factors ranging from tertiary enrollment to 5G connectivity. Produced by wireless manufacturer Airgain.

Periodic Global Connectivity Reports

• DataReportal - Global and national reports on data usage collected via third parties, produced by market analysis firm Kepios.

Regional Connectivity Reports and Data

• Open Signal - The state of mobile network experience in Africa - (November 2024) A look at download speeds and network quality in 27 African countries.

Global Connectivity Indexes

• ITU ICT Development Index - (2024) (2023) (2017) Composite index based on three pillars, ICT Access, ICT Use, and ICT Skills.

Periodic Global Connectivity Reports

• Mobile Gender Gap Report from GSMA - (2024) (2023) (2022) (2021) (2020) (2019) (2018)

• Broadband Commission: The State of Broadband - (2024) (2023) (2022) (2021) (2020) (2019)(2018) (2017)

Regional Connectivity Reports and Data

• GSMA Mobile Economy - Latin America (2024) (2022) (2021)

• GSMA Mobile Economy - Asia Pacific (2024) (2021) 2020

• Ericsson Mobility Report - Sub-Saharan Africa - (2024) (2015)

Other sources

• Continent of Africa: High Resolution Population Density Maps by Meta - HRSL datasets offering unprecedented accuracy in population mapping.

Other sources

• USAID Digital Ecosystem Country Assessments - Ghana 2024 Tanzania 2023 Mali 2023 Zambia 2022 Bangladesh 2023 Nepal 2022 Libya 2022 See website for others.

Global Connectivity Indexes

• Portulans Institute - Network Readiness Index - (2024) (2023) (2022) (2021) (2020) (2019) Network Readiness Index covering 121 economies from Portulans Institute

• Speedtest Global Index - (2024) Index of mobile and fixed broadband speeds from around the world on a monthly basis.

• cable.co.uk's Worldwide Broadband Price Comparison - (2023) (2022) (2019) (2018) Index of broadband costs around the world based on fixed line/wireless access.

Connectivity Maps

• Telegeography Annual Submarine Cable Update - (2024) (2023) (2022) (2021) (2020) (2019) (2018)

Periodic Global Connectivity Reports

• We Are Social (2024) (2023) (2022) (2021) Annual report by Hootsuite on internet and social media adoption.

Regional Connectivity Reports and Data

• GSMA Mobile Economy - Middle East & North Africa (2023) (2022)

• GSMA Mobile Economy - Sub-Saharan Africa (2023) (2022)(2021) (2020) (2018)

• African Telecommunications Infrastructure Development @manypossibilities.net - 2014-2023

Other sources

• Internet Resilience Index (IRI)- Developed by the Internet Society, the IRI monitors select, weighted indicators to measure Internet resilience

• M-Lab Global Network Diagnostic Tool - M-Lab is an open, verifiable measurement platform for global network performance.

Connectivity Maps

• ITU Disaster Connectivity Map - a map to assist disaster first responders in determining the status of telecommunications network infrastructure, coverage, and performance.

Other sources

• ITU Data Hub - a revamp of the ITU World ICT/Telecommunication Indicators Database (WTID), now free for non-commercial use

Connectivity Maps

• Africa Telecoms Map 2024 - Telegeography's 2024 map of African telecoms including undersea cables, international bandwidth, and cloud data centres.

Other sources

• SpeedChecker Insights - Periodic country-level reports on mobile internet speeds, latency, and coverage

Other sources

• Cloudflare Radar - (2024) (2023) (2022) Invaluable resource on internet traffic, security, routing, outages, DNS, and more.

Other sources

• IPinfo.io - Country Pages - Summary of country-level IP data covering top ASNs, important routers, city-level information, carrier IPs, and other IP data.

• Cloudflare Radar's Internet Quality Index - Estimated country-level internet download speeds and performance.

Connectivity Maps

• Global CDN Infrastructure Map - Steve Song's open data map of Content Distribution Networks around the world (May 2024).

• Telegeography Cloud Infrastructure Map - Map of cloud infastructure providers around the world.

Regional Connectivity Reports and Data

• RIA Africa Mobile Pricing (RAMP) Indices Portal - (Q3 2022) - Pricing information on Voice/SMS basket, 1GB data basket, and Value For Money bundles.

Global Connectivity Indexes

• Internet Poverty Index 2024 - The Internet Poverty Index from World Data Lab.

Regional Connectivity Reports and Data

• Development and Access to Information (DA2i) Regional Reports - Dashboards profiling Connectivity, Freedom, and Gender Equity by the TASCHA group at the University of Washington. Funded by IFLA.

Global Connectivity Indexes

• ITU Measuring digital development - Facts and Figures. (2023) (March 2023 - Focus on Least Developed Countries​) (2022) (2021) (2020) (2019) (2017).

Global Connectivity Indexes

• ITU Global Connectivity Report - (2022) - a detailed assessment of the current state of connectivity.

Global Connectivity Indexes

• GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index - (2023) Measures countries against four enablers of mobile internet adoption: Infrastructure, Affordability, Consumer Readiness and Content.

• Inclusive Internet Index - (2022) Index sponsored by Meta measuring internet connectivity against Availability, Affordability, Relevance and Readiness.

Connectivity Maps

• GSMA Mobile Network Coverage Maps - Taken offline in April 2024.

Periodic Global Connectivity Reports

• GSMA Mobile Economy - (2025) (2024) (2023) (2022) (2019) (2018)

• Ericsson Mobility Report - (Q2 2024) (2024) (Jun 2023) (Nov 2022) (Jun 2022) (Nov 2021) (Q2 2020 Update) (Jun 2020) (Nov 2019) (Nov 2018) (June 2018).

Global Connectivity Indexes

• Huawei Global Connectivity Index - (2020) Snapshot of 50 nations’ "Digital Transformation" status measured against Supply, Demand, Experience and Potential.

Regional Connectivity Reports and Data

• GSMA Mobile Economy - Africa 2016

• Opera - State of the Mobile Web Africa - (2019) (2016).

Periodic Global Connectivity Reports

• Mozilla Internet Health Report - (2020) (2019) (2018).

Regional Connectivity Reports and Data

• e-Conomy Africa 2020: Africa’s $180 Billion Internet Economy Future - IFC/Google sponsored report on Africa's internet economy

• GSMA Mobile Economy - West Africa (2019) (2018)

Periodic Global Connectivity Reports

• ITU Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends - 2019 - analysis and comparison of price data for mobile-voice services, mobile data and fixed broadband. Replaces the 'Measuring the Information Society Report'.

Other sources

• Cisco Annual Internet Report (2018–2023) White Paper - Updated:February 28, 2020.

Periodic Global Connectivity Reports

• A4AI Affordability Report - (2020) (2019) (2018) (2017).

Regional Connectivity Reports and Data

• Open Signal - State of Mobile Networks Reports - Report covers a potpourri of countries based on OpenSignal data gathering.

Connectivity Maps

• nperf Mobile coverage maps - mobile coverage based on data collected from nperf app.

Global Connectivity Indexes

• Cisco Visual Networking Index - Forecast and Trends, 2017–2022 White Paper.

• ITU Broadband Atlas - (2010) Interactive infographic tool showcasing the status of broadband deployment worldwide and the regulatory landscape for broadband.

• InternetLiveStats - (2016) Internet Users by Country, interpolated from ITU, United Nations Population Division, Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), and World Bank data.

• Internet World Stats - Internet users compiled from Nielsen and ITU statistics.

• World Economic Forum - Networked Readiness Index - (2016).

• UN E-Government Knowledge Database - (2024).

Connectivity Maps

• African Undersea Cables - Steve Song's map of African undersea fibre optic cables.

• African Terrestrial Fibre Optic Infrastructure - Map of African terrestrial fibre networks, Creative Commons, Open Data.

• Africa Bandwidth Maps - Paul Hamilton's map of African terrestrial fibre and microwave networks.

• Telegeography Submarine Cable Map - Interactive submarine fibre optic cables.

• GSMA Mobile Coverage Maps @ Mobile World Live - Somewhat dated but still useful map of mobile network coverage on country by country basis.

• Hurricane Electric 3D map - Interactive 3D map of undersea cables and Hurrican Electric Points of Presence (POPs) and routes.

Periodic Global Connectivity Reports

• Deloitte - Global mobile consumer trends (2017)

• Akamai State of the Internet / Connectivity Report - (Q1 2017) Report on connectivity from large CDN company.

• World Economic Forum - Global Information Technology Report - (2016) Examines the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in driving innovation and includes Network Readiness Index.

• UN E-Government Survey 2018 2016 - Global E–Government and E-Participation Development Index.

Regional Connectivity Reports and Data

• Lions go digital: The Internet’s transformative potential in Africa - (2013) Report by global consulting firm McKinsey on the potential impact of the Internet in Africa.

Other sources

• GSMA - Enabling Rural Coverage - (Feb 2018) Regulatory and policy recommendations to foster mobile broadband coverage in developing countries.

• SimilarWeb - Mobile App Ranking - Ranking of popular mobile apps across countries.

• Global Stats by StatCounter - Browser market share over time by browser, region, OS.

• Global Mobile Suppliers Association - Various reports on LTE and 5G adoption.

• Kleiner Perkins Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report - (May 2018) Trends that affect and drive internet uptake globally.

• WEF Internet for All - (2016) A Framework for Accelerating Internet Access and Adoption.

• LTE, WiMAX, HSPA+, 3G, GSM information by country - Reasonably up-to-date list of mobile networks around the world and their associated frequencies.

Periodic Global Connectivity Reports

• ITU Measuring the Information Society - (2018) (2017)

Periodic Global Connectivity Reports

• AfterAccess - Mobile & Internet Use in the Global South - Infographic highlights of nationally representative surveys of ICT access and use by households and individuals in the public domain in 16 developing countries of the Global South.