


World Bank ICT at a Glance
Russian Federation
Europe &
Upper-middle-
Russian Federation Central Asia
income group
Region
2000 2006 2006 2006
Economic and social context GNI per Capita, Atlas Method, 200006
Population (millions) 146 143 811 461 Current US$
Urban population (% of total) 73 73 75 64 8,000
GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) 1,710 5,770 5,913 4,815 6,000
GDP growth, 19952000 and 200006 (avg. annual %) 1.2 6.4 3.9 5.8 4,000
Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) 99 .. 93 97 2,000
Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%) .. 89 82 82 0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Sector structure Russian Federation
Separate telecommunications regulator .. No Europe & Central Asia Region
Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Mixed Mixed
Level of competition (competition,partial comp.,monopoly)
ICT Access Indicators, 200006
International long distance service P P
Mobile telephone service C C Number per 100 people
Internet service .. .. 150
Government prioritization of sector (1-7, 7=highest) .. 4.5 4.4 4.4 100
Sector performance 50
0
Access
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Telephone mainlines (per 100 people) 21.9 28.0 21.6 24.6
International voice traffic (minutes per person) a 13 .. .. .. Fixed + mobile subscribers
Internet users
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people) 2.2 83.8 66.0 63.5 PCs
Population covered by mobile telephony (%) .. .. 95 ..
Internet users (per 100 people) 2.0 18.0 22.2 19.2
Personal computers (per 100 people) 6.4 12.2 13.3 10.2 Price of Call to the United States, 200005
Households with a television set (%) 89 98 93 97 US$ per 3 minutes
4
Quality 3
Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines) 35.2 7.1 7.5 9.5 2
Broadband subscribers (per 100 people) 0.01 2.04 3.57 3.64
1
International Internet bandwidth (bits per person) 21 100 242 268
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Affordability
Russian Federation
Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month) .. .. 11.4 7.2
Europe & Central Asia Region
Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month) .. 5.9 10.9 11.8
Price basket for Internet service ($ a month) .. 12.7 11.7 11.1
Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes) 2.56 2.03 1.06 1.55
Telecommunications Revenue, 200006
Percentage of GDP
Institutional efficiency and sustainability
4
Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) 2.0 2.9 3.6 1.7
3
Telephone subscribers per employee 83 439 594 314
2
Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) 11.5 .. .. 22.0
1
0
Applications 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Sector expenditure (% of GDP) 3.5 3.2 5.2 4.6
Russian Federation
E-government readiness index (0-1, 1=most ready) .. 0.51 0.54 0.49
Europe & Central Asia Region
Secure Internet servers (per million people, Dec. 2007) 2.0 4.5 21.1 17.3
Notes: Figures in italics are for years other than those specified. .. indicates data are not available. C = competition; GDP = gross domestic product; GNI = gross national income; ICT = information
and communication technology; M = monopoly; MDG = Millennium Development Goal; P = partial competition; and PCs = personal computers.
a. Outgoing and incoming.
Sources: Economic and social context: UIS and World Bank; Sector structure: ITU, WEF; Sector performance: Global Insight/WITSA, ITU, Netcraft, UNDESA, UNPAN, and World Bank. Produced
by the Global Information and Communication Technologies Department and the Development Economics Data Group. For complete information, see Definitions and Data Sources.