IT Ukraine Association has presented research “Digital Tiger: the Power of Ukrainian IT – 2023”, analyzing the state of the IT sector. Experts compared the situation with other countries and drew attention to the best conditions of Internet access: low price and high speed.
“A country can become an IT leader only with a developed basic infrastructure. Therefore, providing the population with electricity and access to high-quality Internet should be a priority.”
Access to the power grid
Analysts compared the state of infrastructure in Ukraine, Brazil, the Czech Republic, India, and Poland. It turned out that all of them currently have a high level of electrification. In Ukraine and neighboring countries, it is 100%, while in Brazil and India it is almost 100%.
Internet access
However, the level of Internet penetration in different countries varies greatly. For example, Poland and the Czech Republic have the highest percentage of Internet users – 85.4 and 82.7%, respectively, as of 2021. While India has the lowest (46.3%). Brazil and Ukraine are also catching up with the EU countries in this indicator (80.7 and 79.2%, respectively).
Internet speed and cost
Brazil has the fastest internet speeds, but also the highest prices, so the cost of IT services there will be a priori higher than in other countries.
Instead, Ukraine has the best price/speed ratio. This is partly due to domestic cable production and effective government policy. After all, there are several thousand Internet providers in the country, and there were virtually no restrictions, which appeared only during the war in the form of blocking Russian Internet resources.
Thus, the average Internet speed in Ukraine today is 49.8 Mbps, and the average monthly subscription fee is only USD 5.6.
Urbanization in Ukraine and other countries of the world is increasing every year. This is manifested in the growing role of urban settlements, an increase in the share of industrial and service enterprises, expansion of city boundaries, etc. This trend is a positive change for the IT sector due to the concentration of IT talent within one center.
