The 2024 National Population & Housing census results show that nine percent of individuals aged 10 years and above (2.8 million people) used internet facilities in the 12 months prior to the census. Of these, the report says, 67 percent used it for social networking while 16 percent used it for academic purposes and 13 percent used it for business or office work.
The UBOS census report says only one percent used the internet to access health-related information.
The report further shows that internet use was higher in urban areas (17%) compared to rural areas (4%).
There were notable differences in internet use by sex with 11% of males having used the internet compared to 8% of females.
Disparities by subregion showed that Buganda (19%) had the highest proportion of internet users while Karamoja had the lowest proportion of internet users (3%).
The same report shows that 43 percent of individuals aged 10 years and above (13.6 million persons) in Uganda owned a mobile phone as of May this year (when the census was conducted).
The report adds that 56.7% of the population doesn’t have a mobile phone. The population aged 10 years and above is 31.4 million.
