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  "status": "CURRENT_VERIFIED_HISTORY",
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    "code": "IT.NET.USER.ZS",
    "name": "Individuals using the Internet (% of population)",
    "unit": "% of population",
    "definition": "Individuals who have used the Internet from any location in the last 3 months."
  },
  "entity": {
    "type": "country",
    "code": "CHN",
    "name": "China",
    "region": {
      "code": "EAS",
      "name": "East Asia & Pacific"
    }
  },
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    "latestYear": 2024
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      "year": 1990,
      "value": 0
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      "year": 1993,
      "value": 0.000169
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    {
      "year": 1994,
      "value": 0.00117
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    {
      "year": 1995,
      "value": 0.00495
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    {
      "year": 1996,
      "value": 0.0131
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    {
      "year": 1997,
      "value": 0.0324
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    {
      "year": 1998,
      "value": 0.169
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    {
      "year": 1999,
      "value": 0.708
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    {
      "year": 2000,
      "value": 1.77591320677415
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    {
      "year": 2001,
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    {
      "year": 2002,
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    {
      "year": 2003,
      "value": 6.2
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    {
      "year": 2004,
      "value": 7.3
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    {
      "year": 2005,
      "value": 8.52325700269541
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      "year": 2006,
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      "year": 2007,
      "value": 16
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    {
      "year": 2008,
      "value": 22.6
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    {
      "year": 2009,
      "value": 28.9
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    {
      "year": 2010,
      "value": 34.3
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    {
      "year": 2011,
      "value": 38.3
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    {
      "year": 2012,
      "value": 42.30009842
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    {
      "year": 2013,
      "value": 45.79999924
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    {
      "year": 2014,
      "value": 47.90000153
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    {
      "year": 2015,
      "value": 50.29999924
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    {
      "year": 2016,
      "value": 53.2
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    {
      "year": 2017,
      "value": 54.3
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    {
      "year": 2018,
      "value": 65.35839844
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    {
      "year": 2019,
      "value": 64.080881297515
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 70.05275998
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 73.05323517
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    {
      "year": 2022,
      "value": 75.61131603
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    {
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 90.6
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 92
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  ],
  "provenance": {
    "publisher": "International Telecommunication Union (ITU)",
    "dataset": "World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database",
    "surface": "World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI), Indicators API v2",
    "metadataUrl": "https://databank.worldbank.org/metadataglossary/world-development-indicators/series/IT.NET.USER.ZS",
    "retrievalUrl": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?date=1990:2024&format=json&per_page=20000&source=2",
    "retrievedAt": "2026-08-28",
    "license": "CC BY-4.0",
    "attribution": "Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data."
  },
  "humanUrl": "https://worlddiscoverydata.com/indicators/internet-use/country/chn/history/"
}