Al -Mustansiriya University

College of Engineering
Electrical Engineering Dept.
M.S.C. Electronics & Communication

ENGLISH II

Adham Rabea Aziz

M.S.c. Electronics & Communication

COMPUTERS & INTERNET IN

THE ARAB WORLD

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 Kuwaits 130 and Lebanons 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.
Source: International Telecommunications Union