- 28 March 2011 14:37
- Written by Samuel Maxime

Children using a laptop in classroom. cty Green-WiFi
A report released by Exito Exportador noted that Haiti led the Caribbean community in percentage of growth of internet users in the past 10 years.
In terms of total internet users Haiti ranks 5 in the Caribbean. Haitians living in Haiti added up to 85,480 Facebook users in August of 2010.
These statistics were taken and are available for the 25 countries that make up the Caribbean.
The report also shows that Haiti’s neighbor, the Dominican Republic, leads the Caribbean in total internet users.
In terms of the percentage of users compared to total respective population, Haiti ranked last at 10%. The nation is one of five to have 1 million
internet users, and Haitians make up 10% of the total internet usage in the Caribbean. The statistics are show below.
Full Statistics: Internet Users in the Caribbean
The Caribbean
|
Population
( Est. 2010) |
Users,
Year 2000 |
Users Year 2010
|
Percentage of
Population |
Increase (%)
2000-2010 |
Percentage of Users
in the Caribbean |
14,766
|
919
|
6,840
|
46.3 %
|
644.3 %
|
0.1 %
|
|
86,754
|
5,000
|
65,000
|
74.9 %
|
1,200.0 %
|
0.7 %
|
|
228,693
|
2,000
|
82,280
|
36.0 %
|
4,014.0 %
|
0.8 %
|
|
104,589
|
4,000
|
41,300
|
39.5 %
|
932.5 %
|
0.4 %
|
|
310,428
|
13,100
|
131,280
|
42.3 %
|
902.1 %
|
1.3 %
|
|
285,653
|
6,000
|
142,000
|
49.7 %
|
2,266.7 %
|
1.4 %
|
|
11,477,459
|
60,000
|
1,605,000
|
14.0 %
|
2,575.0 %
|
16.0 %
|
|
72,813
|
2,000
|
27,500
|
37.8 %
|
1,275.0 %
|
0.3 %
|
|
107,818
|
4,100
|
27,160
|
25.2 %
|
562.4 %
|
0.3 %
|
|
444,100
|
8,000
|
149,200
|
33.6 %
|
1,765.0 %
|
1.5 %
|
|
9,648,924
|
6,000
|
1,000,000
|
10.4 %
|
16,566.7 %
|
9.9 %
|
|
50,209
|
7,800
|
26,200
|
52.2 %
|
235.9 %
|
0.3 %
|
|
23,528
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
n/d
|
|
24,939
|
–
|
14,620
|
58.6 %
|
0.0 %
|
0.1 %
|
|
109,750
|
12,000
|
30,000
|
27.3 %
|
150.0 %
|
0.3 %
|
|
2,847,232
|
60,000
|
1,581,100
|
55.5 %
|
2,535.2 %
|
15.7 %
|
|
406,057
|
5,000
|
170,000
|
41.9 %
|
3,300.0 %
|
1.7 %
|
|
5,118
|
–
|
1,200
|
23.4 %
|
0.0 %
|
0.0 %
|
|
3,978,702
|
200,000
|
1,221,840
|
30.7 %
|
510.9 %
|
12.2 %
|
|
9,823,821
|
55,000
|
3,000,000
|
30.5 %
|
5,354.5 %
|
29.8 %
|
|
49,898
|
2,000
|
17,580
|
35.2 %
|
779.0 %
|
0.2 %
|
|
104,217
|
3,500
|
76,000
|
72.9 %
|
2,071.4 %
|
0.8 %
|
|
30,235
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
0.0
|
|
160,922
|
3,000
|
142,900
|
88,8 %
|
4,663,3 %
|
1,5 %
|
|
1,228,691
|
100,000
|
485,000
|
39.5 %
|
385.0 %
|
5.0 %
|
|
TOTAL El Caribe
|
41,632,722
|
559,419
|
10,055,240
|
24.2 %
|
1,697.4 %
|
100.0 %
|
NOTAS: (1) Las estadisticas de la region Caribeña datos fueron actualizadas en Agosto 31 del 2010. (2) Las cifras en detalle estan contenidas en las paginas correspondientes a cada region y pais. (3) Las cifras de población se basan en los datos actuales de US Census Bureau. (4) Los datos mas recientes de usuarios corresponden a datos de Nielsen, ITU, NICs, ISPs y otras fuentes locales y (5) Las cifras de crecimiento se determinaron comparando el dato actual de usuarios con el dato del año 2000, tomado de las estadisticas del ITU. (6) Se autoriza la reproducción de los datos, siempre y cuando se establezca un enlace activo y se cite a “ ExitoExportador.com ” como la fuente original.
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