Italy: broadband internet penetration 2021| Statista

The share of households with broadband internet access in Italy increased by 1.7 percentage points since the previous year. With 88.49 percent, the share of households with broadband internet access thereby reached its highest value in the observed period. Notably, the share of households with broadband internet access continuously increased over the last years.

The availability of broadband is measured by the percentage of households that are connectable to an exchange that has been converted to support xDSL-technology, to a cable network upgraded for internet traffic, or to other broadband technologies. It includes fixed and mobile connections.
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Share of households with broadband internet access in Italy from 2010 to 2021

Characteristic	Share of households
2021	88.49%
2020	86.75%
2019	83.72%
2018	82.8%
2017	79.46%
2016	77.14%
2015	74.28%
2014	71.06%
2013	67.83%
2012	55.07%
2011	51.67%
2010	48.86%

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Release date

March 2023

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

2010 to 2021

Supplementary notes

The availability of broadband is measured by the percentage of households that are connectable to an exchange that has been converted to support xDSL-technology, to a cable network upgraded for internet traffic, or to other broadband technologies. It includes fixed and mobile connections.

Data given in this domain are collected annually by the National Statistical Institutes and are based on Eurostat's annual model questionnaires on ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) usage�in households and by individuals. The model questionnaire changes every year. The changes of questions in the MQ are required by the evolving situation of information and communication technologies.
The household survey comprises questions at household level and individual level.

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