Distribution of Internet use

There is an uneven distribution of internet user per capita around the world. For example,

'The United States has a hundred times more Internet users per capita than the Arab 
States, and Europe has 70 times more users per capita than sub-Saharan Africa'.

There are two different reasons for this uneven distribution:

- Some countries are less economically developed, therefore access to clean water, medicines

 and other essentials takes priority over access to the internet.

- Leaders of certain countries may not want to allow their people access to the internet as it

 allows access to information. Allowing access to this information would be allowing political

 freedom which some leaders do not want to allow. 

Information from  http://www.shirky.com/writings/national_identity.html