Sri Lankans accessing the internet via smartphones is more than triple that of people using desktop computers or laptops for the same task, latest data by the Census and Statistics Department showed yesterday with more rural users outstripping their urban counterparts.
The Computer Literacy Statistics (2019) released by the Census and Statistics Department showed that 72.2% of Sri Lankans between the ages of 5-69 years preferred to log onto the internet using smartphones than desktops or laptops (24.1%), tablets (2%) and mobile phone (1.7%). Overall 39.2% of men and 33% of women used smartphones.
(Daily FT)