Moderate Connectivity Gives Brazil Mid-Table Ranking

Brazil is an average performer on the 2009 Connectivity Scorecard.  On household measures of broadband penetration, and on other measures such as mobile penetration, mobile population coverage, and mobile usage, Brazil tends to score moderately. Brazil performs relatively well in terms of basic literacy attainment and also in terms of gender equality of access to the internet.

On the business measures, Brazil scores relatively strongly on personal computer penetration, but fares less well on international bandwidth availability. On business usage, secondary school enrolment in Brazil is relatively strong (although completion rates are not), and business spending levels on computer services is moderate.

As was the case in the 2008 Scorecard, Brazil attains among the top scores on E-Government measures, both in the Brookings Institution overall ranking and in the relative spending levels of government on hardware, software and services.

Brazil Connectivity Performance by Scorecard Component