The line graph compares the proportion of homes connected to the internet in Sweden, Brazil, and Kenya over a twenty-year period beginning in 2000.
Overall, access rose substantially in all three countries, although they started from very different levels. Sweden remained the leader throughout, while Kenya, despite the most dramatic relative growth, finished the period with the lowest figure.
In 2000, just over half of Swedish households were online, a figure that climbed steadily to reach almost 95% by 2020. Brazil began far lower, at around 5%, but grew rapidly after 2005; by 2015 roughly half of Brazilian homes had a connection, and the figure approached 75% at the end of the period, narrowing the gap with Sweden considerably.
Kenya’s starting point was negligible, at under 1%. Growth was slow until about 2008, after which the spread of mobile broadband produced a sharp acceleration: household access doubled roughly every four years, ending the period at just over 40%. Although this remained the lowest of the three countries, it represented by far the largest proportional increase.