The Digital Divide

Although it may seem like every single person on earth has the ability to access the Internet at times, but the truth is that only a mere one third of the worlds population has access to the Internet. That means that 1 in 4 people in the world do not have the advantage of being able to go online. This is known as the digital divide.

According to The Guardian website, an approximate 75-90% of jobs require computer use. As well as this, it says that home access to the internet and/or a computer can improve a child's educational performance. Having higher and better quality of education would lead to better job opportunities for the youth of today. The Internet also allows children to be able to educate themselves socially. Having social skills is also a very important key aspect when it comes to finding jobs after education. People without educational and social skills will find it twice as hard in order to better themselves after education. However, if enough people were to better themselves via this technology, the worlds financial system could begin to increase.

Although, not everyone has access to technology. According to BBC News, the country that is most connected within the world is Iceland, closely followed by Sweden and the Netherlands. However the least connected country are Myanmar and Bangladesh.

The above picture shows what the digital divide was like in 2008

From what I have said above it has become obvious that there are some serious aspects to not having access to the internet and it could make a much bigger impact on the world then people first believed.

http://www.ibtimes.com/one-third-worlds-population-using-internet-developing-nations-showing-biggest-gains-795299
http://www.guardian.co.uk/social-care-network/2012/oct/17/digital-divide-tackled-social-care
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2216625/Report-shows-1billion-people-dont-mobile-phone-half-world-access-internet.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8568681.stm