Government Internet Shutdowns Cost $7.69B in 2024
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Mauritania
$45.1 million
541
2.2 million
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Kyrgyzstan
$31.9 million
6,192
5.2 million
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Russia
$16.6 million
84
24.2 million
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Senegal
$15.4 million
1,219
8 million
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Mozambique
$14.6 million
402
8 million
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Syria
$11.4 million
41
8.5 million
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Chad
$3.8 million
69
1.8 million
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Mauritius
$2.1 million
48
1 million
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Tanzania
$1.4 million
1,116
14 million
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Papua New Guinea
$0.8 million
7
3.3 million
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Equatorial Guinea
$0.5 million
3,960
0.03 million
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New Caledonia
$0.2 million
336
0.2 million
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Comoros
$0.2 million
53
0.7 million
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For data on individual internet shutdowns, see the Cost of Internet Shutdowns 2024 Data
Sheet.
Internet Shutdowns 2024: Cost by Region
This data table shows the total economic cost of all major deliberate internet outages in
2024, broken down by the global region. It is ordered by economic impact, measured in
USD. Russia is included as part of Europe, and Turkey, Asia.
Region
Total Cost
Duration (Hrs)
Internet Users A!ected
Asia
$4.64 billion
48,807
331.3 million
Sub-Saharan Africa
$1.56 billion
32,938
111.2 million
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