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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": "ROU",
    "name": "Romania",
    "region": {
      "code": "ECS",
      "name": "Europe & Central Asia"
    }
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    "latestYear": 2024
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      "year": 1993,
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      "year": 1994,
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      "year": 1995,
      "value": 0.075
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      "year": 1996,
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      "year": 1997,
      "value": 0.445
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    {
      "year": 1998,
      "value": 2.24
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    {
      "year": 1999,
      "value": 2.7
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      "year": 2001,
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      "year": 2002,
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    {
      "year": 2003,
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    {
      "year": 2004,
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    {
      "year": 2005,
      "value": 21.5
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    {
      "year": 2006,
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      "year": 2009,
      "value": 36.6
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      "value": 49.7645
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      "value": 55.7631556336233
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      "year": 2018,
      "value": 70.6812779273268
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    {
      "year": 2019,
      "value": 73.6574757545465
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    {
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 78.45526895
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    {
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 83.5904265
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    {
      "year": 2022,
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    {
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 89.20335498
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    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 91.29048551
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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/rou/history/"
}