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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."
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  "entity": {
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    "code": "LSO",
    "name": "Lesotho",
    "region": {
      "code": "SSF",
      "name": "Sub-Saharan Africa"
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    "latestYear": 2024
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      "year": 1990,
      "value": 0
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    {
      "year": 1996,
      "value": 0.00285
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    {
      "year": 1997,
      "value": 0.00558
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    {
      "year": 1998,
      "value": 0.011
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    {
      "year": 1999,
      "value": 0.0538
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      "year": 2000,
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      "year": 2001,
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      "year": 2004,
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      "year": 2008,
      "value": 3.58
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      "year": 2011,
      "value": 7
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    {
      "year": 2012,
      "value": 10
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    {
      "year": 2013,
      "value": 15
    },
    {
      "year": 2014,
      "value": 22
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    {
      "year": 2015,
      "value": 25
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    {
      "year": 2016,
      "value": 32.4538569477365
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    {
      "year": 2017,
      "value": 39
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    {
      "year": 2018,
      "value": 40.79999924
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    {
      "year": 2019,
      "value": 42.301733569273
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    {
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 43.65750122
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    {
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 45.05670166
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    {
      "year": 2022,
      "value": 48.06959915
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    {
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 48.98590088
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    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 51.79660034
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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/lso/history/"
}