National SCAN-ICT Workshop – Mauritius 23 January, 2006 Current situation of ICT Indicators in Mauritius and Identification of new Indicators by Anirood Bundhoo, Central Statistics Office

List of Core ICT indicators 1.Basic infrastructure and access 2.ICT sector 3.Households 4.Individuals (by age, gender, including the disable) 5.Business 6.Education 7.Government 8.Agriculture 9.Health 10.Supplementary Indicators 11.ICT investment and expenditures 12.Content issues and local languages 13.Security issues 14.National Information and Communication Infrastructure (NICI) Plans and legislation

Basic infrastructure and access 1Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants Available 2Mobile cellular subscribers per 100 inhabitants Available 3Radio per 100 inhabitants Radio is too common, no need for this indicator. 4Television sets per 100 inhabitants TV sets licensed only 5Number of PCs per 100 inhabitants Data not available annually but at a point in time (CMPHS 2002, hhs only

Basic infrastructure & access, Cont’d 6Number of Internet subscribers per 100 inhabitants Available 7International Internet bandwidth per inhabitant Available 8Broadband Internet subscribers per 100 inhabitants Available

Basic infrastructure & access, Cont’d 9 Internet access tariff (20 hours per month) as a percentage of per capita income Available, for dialup, Peak time/Off Peak time. 10 Percentage of localities with public Internet access centers (PIACs) by number of inhabitants (rural/urban) Not available, as from 2005 for free PIACs only

Basic infrastructure & access, Cont’d 11Percentage of population with access to PIACs by type of PIAC (governmental/private) Not available 12Percentage of population covered by mobile telephony Available

ICT sector 13% of total workforce involved in ICT sector (by gender) Available for large establishments, with 10 or more persons 14ICT imports & exports as a % of total imports & exports Available as per list of ICT goods from OECD countries 15Value added in the ICT sector (as a percentage of total value added) Available, data to be updated (CEA 2002)

Households 16% of households with radio Data not available annually but at a point in time (HBS 01/02) 17% of households with a television 18% of households with a telephone (Fixed only, mobile only fixed and mobile)

Households Cont’d 19Percentage of households with a personal computer Data not available annually but at a point in time (CMPHS 2001 and 2002) 20Percentage of households with Internet access (from the home) Data not available annually but at a point in time (CMPHS 2002)

Individuals (by age, gender, including the disable) 21Percentage of population that use a computer Data not available annually but at a point in time (CMPHS 2002), pop Percentage of population with access to the Internet (by type of access, purpose, location of use) Data not available annually but at a point in time (CMPHS 2002), pop.12+ by location of use only

Business 23% of businesses with computers Data not available annually but at a point in time (CEA 2002) 24% of businesses with Internet access Data not available annually but at a point in time (CEA 2002) 25% of businesses with a website Data not available annually but at a point in time (CEA 2002) 26% of employees using PCs Data not available annually but at a point in time (CEA 2002 small establishments) 27% of employees using the Internet Not available

Business Cont’d 28% of businesses receiving orders over Internet Data not available annually but at a point in time (CEA 2002 large establishments) 29% of businesses placing orders over Internet Data not available annually but at a point in time (CEA 2002 large establishments) 30% of businesses with an intranet Data not available annually but at a point in time (CEA 2002) 31Value of orders received over the Internet (as a % of total value of orders) Data not available annually but at a point in time (CEA 2002)

Education 32% of primary and secondary schools having Internet access for students for study purposes Not available 33% of students enrolled in tertiary education having Internet access for students for study purposes Not available 34Enrolled Student to PC ratio (in primary, secondary schools and tertiary education) Available for Primary & Secondary 35% of students enrolled in tertiary education in an ICT field or an ICT- dominated field (of the total number of students) (by gender) Available for both sexes only

Education Cont’d 36% of ICT-qualified teachers in primary and secondary schools (of the total number of teachers) Available, Primary schools only 37% of tertiary education institutions with e-learning courses (of the total number of tertiary education institutions) Not available 38For what purpose do students/teachers use computers/Internet (% for E- mail, research, employment opportunities, application software, etc.) Not available

Government 39 Ratio of availability of PCs to number of staff Available for the year 2003 only (Mins. & Depts.) 40 % of government offices with Internet access Available (Mins. & Depts.) 41 % of government offices and agencies with a website Available for Ministries & Dept. 42 % of government employees with Internet access from the office Not available 43 % of govt. workers that use ICTs and purpose of use: (%) for , research, database work, geomatics, application software, etc Not available

Agriculture 44 % of agricultural population and extension workers involved in the exploitation and deployment of ICTs to the sector Not available 45 Typology of usage of ICTs in the agricultural sector (% in R&D, business, weather, prices, etc..) 46 Number of Local web-sites and data bases with agricultural information and content

Health 47 % of health institutions using ICTs (by type of health institution: private clinic, government, university hospital, pharmacy etc… and type of ICT) Not available 48 geographic distribution of health institutions with computers, telephone and Internet connectivity

Health Cont’d 49 % of health professionals that use ICTs for medical purposes and type of usage and % in tele- medicine, , research (health information, etc…), continuing medical education or distance learning, health promotion (including health information systems), database, Software applications, (type) etc. Not available 50 % of local web-sites and data bases with medical information

Supplementary Indicators 51Total Resident PopulationAvailable 52Total number of householdsAvailable 53% of households with electricity Available 54Total number of sub-regional and regional backbones and Exchange Points to which the country has access Available

ICT investment and expenditures 55% of ICT investments and expenditures (% vis a vis GDP and vis a vis general Government expenditures) Not available

Content issues and local languages 56% of software developed in local language Not available 57% of websites developed in local languages Not available

Security issues 58% of networks and websites which are attacked, and nature of attacks Not available

National Information and Communication Infrastructure (NICI) Plans and legislation 59Existence of national or sectoral ICT policies and strategies and their implementation status NICI Plan not available, Policies & strategies are available 60Existence of national ICT legislations and regulatory frameworks and their effective implementation. List of ICT legislation is available

List of ICT indicators identified for Mauritius Basic infrastructure and access 1Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants 2Mobile cellular subscribers per 100 inhabitants 4Television sets per 100 inhabitants 5Number of PCs per 100 inhabitants 6Number of Internet subscribers per 100 inhabitants 7International Internet bandwidth per inhabitant 8Broadband Internet subscribers per 100 inhabitants 9 Internet access tariff (20 hours per month) as a percentage of per capita income 10 Percentage of localities with public Internet access centers (PIACs) by number of inhabitants (rural/urban) 12 Percentage of population covered by mobile telephony

List of ICT indicators identified for Mauritius, Cont’d ICT sector 13 % of total workforce involved in ICT sector (by gender) 14 ICT imports & exports as a % of total imports & exports 15 Value added in the ICT sector (as a percentage of total value added) Households 17 % of households with television 18 % of households with a telephone (Fixed only, mobile only fixed and mobile) 19 Percentage of households with a personal computer 20 Percentage of households with Internet access (from the home)

List of ICT indicators identified for Mauritius, Cont’d Individuals (by age, gender, including the disable ) 21Percentage of population that use a computer 22Percentage of population with access to the Internet (by type of access, purpose, location of use) Business 23% of businesses with computers 24% of businesses with Internet access 25% of businesses with a website 26% of employees using PCs 27% of employees using the Internet 28% of businesses receiving orders over Internet 29% of businesses placing orders over Intern26et 30% of businesses with an intranet 31Value of orders rec’d over the Internet (as a % of total value of orders)

List of ICT indicators identified for Mauritius, Cont’d Education 32% of primary and secondary schools having Internet access for students for study purposes 33% of students enrolled in tertiary education having Internet access for students for study purposes 34Enrolled Student to PC ratio (in primary, secondary schools and tertiary education) 35% of students enrolled in tertiary education in an ICT field or an ICT- dominated field (of the total number of students) (by gender) 36% of ICT-qualified teachers in primary and secondary schools (of the total number of teachers) 37% of tertiary education institutions with e-learning courses (of the total number of tertiary education institutions)

List of ICT indicators identified for Mauritius, Cont’d Government 39Ratio of availability of PCs to number of staff 40% of government offices with Internet access 41% of government offices and agencies with a website 42% of government employees with Internet access from the office Supplementary Indicators 51Total Resident Population 52Total number of households 53% of households with electricity 54Total number of sub-regional and regional backbones and Exchange Points to which the country has access

List of ICT indicators identified for Mauritius, Cont’d ICT investment and expenditures 55 % of ICT investments and expenditures (% vis a vis GDP and vis a vis general Government expenditures) National Information and Communication Infrastructure (NICI) Plans and legislation 59Existence of national or sectoral ICT policies and strategies and their implementation status 60Existence of national ICT legislations and regulatory frameworks and their effective implementation.

List of ICT indicators not identified for Mauritius Basic infrastructure and access 3Radio per 100 inhabitants 11Percentage of population with access to PIACs by type of PIAC (governmental/private) Households 16% of households with radio Education 38For what purpose do students/teachers use computers/Internet (% for , research, employment opportunities, application software, etc.)

List of ICT indicators not identified for Mauritius, Cont’d Government 43% of govt. workers that use ICTs and purpose of use: (%) for , research, database work, geomatics, application software, etc Agriculture 44% of agricultural population and extension workers involved in the exploitation and deployment of ICTs to the sector 45Typology of usage of ICTs in the agricultural sector (% in R&D, business, weather, prices, etc..) 46Number of Local web-sites and data bases with agricultural information and content

List of ICT indicators not identified for Mauritius, Cont’d Health 47% of health institutions using ICTs (by type of health institution: private clinic, government, university hospital, pharmacy etc… and type of ICT) 48geographic distribution of health institutions with computers, telephone and Internet connectivity 49% of health professionals that use ICTs for medical purposes and type of usage and % in tele-medicine, e- mail, research (health information, etc…), continuing medical education or distance learning, health promotion (including health information systems), database, Software applications, (type) etc. 50% of local web-sites and data bases with medical information

List of ICT indicators not identified for Mauritius, Cont’d Content issues and local languages 56% of software developed in local language 57% of websites developed in local languages Securities issues 58% of networks and websites which are attacked, and nature of attacks