International Telecommunication Union publishes ICT Development Index 2025

The International Telecommunication Union published the 2025 ICT Development Index (IDI). The Index evaluates progress towards universal and meaningful connections – making it possible for everyone to access the Internet at optimal conditions at an affordable price, anywhere, anytime.

Republic of Belarus improves its position for the third consecutive year. Thus, the result for 2025 was 90.7 points against 88.5 points in 2024. Strengthened positions on seven out of nine indicators, while two indicators – the cost of a basket of fixed broadband access to the Internet and the number of people with a mobile phone – Belarus got the maximum value (100%).

According to the Index 91.5% of the population of Belarus use the Internet and 92.5% of households have access to the network at home. 3G and 4G/LTE coverage is 99.9% and 98.4%, respectively, and the number of mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants reached 103.7. The average mobile broadband Internet traffic per subscription in Belarus is 166.0 GB, and fixed broadband – 2005.3 GB. At the same time, Belarus shows low cost of access to mobile communications and broadband Internet, prices for the basket of mobile communications and voice communications are 1.2% of GNI per capita, and fixed broadband Internet – 0.7%.

Creating conditions for maximum coverage of the population with access to ICT contributes to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of the Sustainable Development Goals 9, 11 and the other SDGs.