Government Internet Shutdowns Cost $7.69B in 2024
1/24/25, 11:17 AM
Read the full 2021 Cost of Internet Shutdowns Report
Cost of Internet Shutdowns 2020 Report
The Cost of Internet Shutdowns 2020 annual report was published on Jan 4 2021. This
analysis of every major government internet shutdown in 2020 revealed their economic
impact on a world economy to be in excess of $4 billion.
How Much Did Internet Shutdowns Cost Us in 2020?
$4.01 billion: economic cost of internet shutdowns globally in 2020, down by 50%
from 2019
93 major internet outages took place in 21 countries in 2020
27,165 hours: total duration of major internet shutdowns around the world, up 49%
from the previous year
268 million people affected in 2020, up 3% year-on-year
India: had the most costly internet shutdowns, suffering a total loss of $2.8 billion
Read the full 2020 Cost of Internet Shutdowns Report
Cost of Internet Shutdowns 2019 Report
The 2019 Cost of Internet Shutdowns annual report was published on Jan 7 2020. The
report analyzed for the first time every major intentional internet outage over the course
of a year and calculated the global cost of shutdowns in 2019 to have been over $8 billion.
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