India
India’s past, present, and future are closely intertwined with digital and AI developments. Origins of the digital era based on ‘0’ and ‘1’ could be traced back to the invention of the number ‘0’ or Shunya in Sanscrit. Number ‘zero’ travelled from India via the Arab world to Renaissance Italy, arriving at modernity and our era.
Currently, India is a space of vibrant digital and AI developments from the tech sector to academia. With a young and dynamic population, India will play an important role in shaping global AI and digital developments.
The potential of ancient Indian thinking, such as Kaytola, in addressing modern governance challenges is a fascinating topic that will be explored in the forthcoming Diplo’s webinar with Prof. Subrata K. Mitra on 5 September.
Further down, you can interact with Diplo’s AI assistant built on India’s tech strategies and policies and browse India’s digital profile summary.
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General profile
Official name: Republic of India
National internet domain: IN
Area: 3,287,263 km2
Capital: New Delhi
Population: 1.417 billion
Population growth: 1.45
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.Life expectancy at birth: 68
Total years (2020year)Rule of law estimate: -0.08
Rule of Law captures perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. Estimate gives the country's score ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5 (Estimate 2021)Regulatory quality estimate: -0.14
Regulatory Quality captures perceptions of the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development. Estimate gives the country's score ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5 (Estimate 2021)Political stability: -0.62
Political Stability and Absence of Violence / Terrorism: measures perceptions of the likelihood that the government will be destabilized or overthrown by unconstitutional or violent means, including politically-motivated violence and terrorism. Estimate gives the country's score ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5 (Estimate 2021)Economic info
Currency: Indian rupee
Unemployment (%): 4.2
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force)GDP (current US$): 3.5 trillion
GDP growth (annual %): 7.6
GDP per capita (current US$): 2,484.8
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %): 5.2
GNI (current US$): 3.5 trillion
The Gross National Income, GNI, formerly referred to as gross national product (GNP), measures the total domestic and foreign value added claimed by residents, at a given period in time, usually a year, expressed in current US dollars using the World Bank Atlas method. GNI comprises GDP plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from non-resident sources.Ease of doing business score: 71.05
The ease of doing business score benchmarked economies concerning their proximity to the best performance in each area measured by Doing Business for the year 2019. Estimate gives the country's score ranging from0 = lowest performance to 100 = best performanceDigital profile
Internet and social media penetration:
Individuals using the internet (%): 43 (2020)
Social media statistics: 462.0 million
Estimate for 2024Male internet users (%): 25 (2018)
Male internet users as a % of total male populationFacebook users: 366.9 million
Estimate for 2024Female internet users (%): 14.9 (2018)
Female Internet users as a % of total female populationInstagram users: 362.9 million
Estimate for 2024Households with internet access at home (%): 29.2 (2019)
Linkedin users: 120.0 million
Estimate for 2024Fixed broadband subscriptions: 2.36 (2022)
Total fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) refers to fixed subscriptions to high-speed access to the public internet (a TCP/IP connection), at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s.Twitter users: 26.08 million
Estimate for 2024Mobile infrastructure and access:
Mobile ownership (%): 63.24
Mobile phone ownership as a % of total population (Estimate for 2022)Mobile Infrastructure: 61.81
Mobile Infrastructure index: High-performance mobile internet coverage availability. It includes parameters such as network coverage, performance, quality of supporting infrastructure and amount of spectrum assigned to mobile network operators (Estimate for 2022)Male mobile ownership (%): No data
Male mobile phone ownership as a % of total male populationMobile Affordability: 62.41
Mobile Affordability index : The availability of mobile services and devices at price points that reflect the level of income across a national population. It includes parameters such as mobile tariffs, headset prices, taxation and inequality (Estimate for 2022)Female mobile ownership (%): 60.6 (2021)
Female mobile phone ownership as a % of total female populationCybersecurity Index: 97.5
Cybersecurity Index (Estimate for 2021): ITU cybersecurity valueNetwork performance: 41.90
Network performance index: Quality of mobile services measured by download speed, upload speed and latencies (Estimate for 2022)Mobile download speeds: 19.58
Mobile download speeds: Average download speed for mobile users (originally in Mbit/s) (Estimate for 2022)Mobile uploads speeds: 26.41
Mobile uploads speeds: average uploads speed for mobile users (originally in Mbit/s) (Estimate for 2022)Mobile Latencies: 79.73
Mobile Latencies: Average latency for mobile users (originally in milliseconds) (Estimate for 2022)Speedtest-Broadband: 107.03
Speedtest-Broadband: The value is expressed in Mbps (Estimate for 2022)Network coverage (%): 88.99
Network coverage (% of total population) (Estimate for 2022)2G Coverage (%): 99.21
Coverage % of population3G Coverage (%): 98.82
Coverage % of population4G Coverage (%): 98.67
Coverage % of population5G Coverage (%): 0.81
Coverage % of populationOperating system and browser market share estimate:
Operating system market share (%):
Desktop, Tablet & Console Operating System Market Share: Estimate for 2022Browser market share (%):
Browser Market Share Worldwide: Estimate for 2024Android: 73.51
Chrome: 89.1
Windows: 14.88
Safari: 2.4
iOS: 3.37
Edge: 1.2
OS X: 0.66
Firefox: 1.09
Linux: 3.67
Opera: 3.4
The UN E-Government Survey 2022:
The UN E-Government Survey is the assessment of the digital government landscape across all UN member states. The E-Government Survey is informed by over two decades of longitudinal research, with a ranking of countries based on the UN E-Government Development Index (EGDI), a combination of primary data (collected and owned by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs) and secondary data from other UN agencies.E-Government Rank: 105
Nations E-Government Development Index (EGDI), a combination of primary data (collected and owned by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs) and secondary data from other UN agencies. Estimate gives the country's rank.E-Government Index: 0.59
The EGDI is a composite measure of three important dimensions of e-government, namely: provision of online services, telecommunication connectivity and human capacity. Estimate gives the country's score ranging from approximately 0 to 1.E-Participation Index: 0.59
The E-Participation Index (EPI) is derived as a supplementary index to the United Nations E-Government Survey. Estimate gives the country's score ranging from approximately 0 to 1.Online Service Index: 0.79
The online services index was developed by the UN to evaluate the scope and quality of government online services. Estimate gives the country's score ranging from approximately 0 to 1.Human Capital Index: 0.58
The Human Capital Index (HCI) quantiï¬es the contribution of health and education to the productivity of the next generation of workers. Estimate gives the country's score ranging from approximately 0 to 1.Telecommunication Infrastructure Index: 0.4
Telecommunication Infrastructure Index- Telecommunication Infrastructure Index (TII) Composite Indicator that measures the countries' Telecommunication infrastructure readiness to adopt the opportunities offered by Information and Communication Technology as to enhance their competitiveness. Estimate gives the country's score ranging from approximately 0 to 1.ICT information:
ICT skills
Information economy indicators
Individuals with basic ICT skills (%): No data
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports (value) 2.23 (2021)
Individuals with standard ICT skills (%): No data
Share of ICT goods, % of total import (value): 9.39 (2021)
Individuals with advanced ICT skills (%): No data