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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": "ITA",
    "name": "Italy",
    "region": {
      "code": "ECS",
      "name": "Europe & Central Asia"
    }
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    "latestYear": 2024
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      "year": 1990,
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    {
      "year": 1991,
      "value": 0.0351
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    {
      "year": 1992,
      "value": 0.0701
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    {
      "year": 1993,
      "value": 0.122
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    {
      "year": 1994,
      "value": 0.192
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    {
      "year": 1995,
      "value": 0.524
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    {
      "year": 1996,
      "value": 1.02
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    {
      "year": 1997,
      "value": 2.28
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    {
      "year": 1998,
      "value": 4.56
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    {
      "year": 1999,
      "value": 14.4
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    {
      "year": 2000,
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    {
      "year": 2001,
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    {
      "year": 2002,
      "value": 28.04
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    {
      "year": 2003,
      "value": 29.04
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    {
      "year": 2004,
      "value": 33.24
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    {
      "year": 2005,
      "value": 35
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    {
      "year": 2006,
      "value": 37.99
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    {
      "year": 2007,
      "value": 40.79
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    {
      "year": 2008,
      "value": 44.53
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    {
      "year": 2009,
      "value": 48.83
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    {
      "year": 2010,
      "value": 53.68
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    {
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      "year": 2012,
      "value": 55.829997993283
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      "year": 2013,
      "value": 58.4593
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      "year": 2014,
      "value": 55.6384602242293
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    {
      "year": 2015,
      "value": 58.1417349568747
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    {
      "year": 2016,
      "value": 61.3242527666303
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    {
      "year": 2017,
      "value": 63.0773469984291
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    {
      "year": 2018,
      "value": 74.3871829234822
    },
    {
      "year": 2019,
      "value": 67.8507102874836
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 70.48342785
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    {
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 74.8623274
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    {
      "year": 2022,
      "value": 85.06074504
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    {
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 87.0278292
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    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 89.2207202
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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/ita/history/"
}