Table 3

Clustering of Asia-Pacific countries during 2012 and 2017 in terms of ICT access and digital skill

Clusters20122017
Low ICT access and low digital skillBangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand and Uzbekistan (20)Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Timor-Leste and Uzbekistan (18)
High ICT access and low digital skillArmenia, Azerbaijan, Brunei Darussalam, Georgia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives and Turkey (8)Armenia, Georgia and Iran (3)
Low ICT access and high digital skill(0)China and Thailand (2)
High ICT access and high digital skillBahrain, Cyprus, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea and UAE (12)Azerbaijan, Brunei Darussalam, Bahrain, Cyprus, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Korea (Rep.), Turkey and UAE (20)

Note(s): Values in parenthesis indicates the number of countries

Countries marked by italic letters are found common in the same category for both the years

Source(s): Author's own compilation

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