Malaysian households’ access to Internet rose to 90.1% end-2019


The report contains statistics on the use and access of ICT by individuals and households which are important in planning, formulating and evaluating national ICT Development policies and strategies.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian households’ access to the Internet rose by 3.1 percentage points to 90.1% in 2019 as compared to 87% in 2018, the Statistics Department said on Friday.

It said the percentage of households’ access to mobile phone remained at 98.2% in 2019, based on the report on ICT use and access by individuals and households 2019.

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