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Internet shutdown economic costs 2019, by country

Published by J. Clement, Feb 13, 2020
Worldwide, there were over 18,000 hours of internet shutdowns in 2019, costing the global economy over eight billion U.S. dollars. According to recent data, Iraq was the country that was most affected by internet blackouts and social media shutdowns - online users in the country endured a total of 263 hours of shutdowns, which affected 18.8 million users and had an economic impact of approximately 2.32 billion U.S. dollars. In comparison, internet shutdowns in India occurred around 4,196 times and cost the local economy 1.33 billion U.S. dollars. Online shutdowns and blackouts are generally seen as an indicator of low internet freedom.

Number of affected users and economic cost of internet shutdowns in selected countries in 2019

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January 2020

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2019

Supplementary notes

Calculations include social media shutdowns and internet blackouts. These types of internet disruption are defined as follows:
Internet blackouts: where access to the internet is completely cut off. This extreme measure cannot be directly circumvented.
Social media shutdowns: where access to popular social media platforms, such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter or YouTube have been blocked. These can typically be circumvented by using a VPN.


[1] Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh only.
[2] 338 hours of specified duration applied to Papua region only.
[3] Duration/total cost figures refer to 2019 impact only and do not take into consideration preceding months of restrictions over 2018.
[4] No data available regarding the number of affected internet users.

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