Despite the increase in internet and mobile usage, the rate of personal computer use in the country has not increased much in the last 10 years. During this period the use of computers increased by only 2.3 percent. At present 8.9 percent of households use computers. The rate of computer use at the national level is 8.9 percent. This rate of personal computer use is 7.9 percent.
The core of the ‘Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Use Survey 2023’ conducted under the ‘Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Use Survey 2023’ project under the implementation of the ‘Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Use Opportunity and Application Measurement at the Individual and Household Level’) at the Statistics Building in Agargaon on Monday (July 17). The project director Syeda Marufa Shafi gave this information about the publication of the report and the publication ceremony.
Analyzing the data of 2013, 2022 and 2023, the rate of computer users in the country was 5.6 percent in 2013 which increased to 7.4 percent in 2022 and 7.9 percent in 2023.
Project director Syeda Marufa Shafi said that the number of computer users at the household level is the highest in Dhaka division at 14.6 percent and the lowest at Sylhet division at 3.9 percent. Director General of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Planning Minister MA Mannan was the chief guest at the event under the chairmanship of Matiar Rahman. The secretary of the Ministry of Planning was present as a special guest. Shahnaz Arefin and Secretary of Information and Communication Technology Division Md. Samsul Arefin.