The percentage of individuals using the Internet in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia increased to 94.3% in 2022 AD, according to what was revealed during the Bulletin of Information and Communication Technology Access and Use for Families and Individuals for the year 2022 AD issued by the General Authority for Statistics.
According to the data contained in the bulletin, the percentage of individuals (15 years and over) using the Internet increased to 94.3%, an increase of 1.4% from 2021, as the percentage of males using the Internet reached 95%, while the percentage of females reached 93.3%, and the percentage of Saudis formed 93.6% and non-Saudis 95.2 %, while the percentage of families with access to the Internet reached 96.5%, and the percentage of families with a computer reached 57.4%.
The results showed that the percentage of individuals (15 years and over) who used a computer in 2022 AD amounted to 49.3%, and Saudis constituted 55.1% and non-Saudis 40.08%, and the percentage of individuals (15 years and over) who owned a mobile phone in the past year was 97.7%.
Participation in social networks was the most common among individuals (15 years and over) using the Internet, as it reached 92.8% of the total Internet users, and the percentage of male use was 92.9%, while the percentage of female use was 92.6%, according to “SPA”.
According to the results of the bulletin, the percentage of individuals (15 years and over) who purchased goods and services via the Internet reached 59.7% of the total Internet users for the year 2022, as the percentage of male purchases was 58.8%, while the percentage of female purchases via the Internet was 60.9%, and clothes and shoes were And sporting goods are the most purchased via the Internet, accounting for 77.2% of all buyers.
