Government Internet Shutdowns Cost $19.7B in 2025 1/9/26, 2:49 PM $5.62 billion: total global economic impact of internet shutdowns in 2021, up 40% from 2020 51 major internet outages occurred across 22 countries 34,595 hours: cumulative duration of shutdowns worldwide, an 11% increase year on year 504 million people affected, up 88% compared to 2020 Myanmar: inflicted the greatest economic damage on itself, totaling $2.8 billion Read the full 2021 Cost of Internet Shutdowns Report Cost of Internet Shutdowns 2020 Report Published on 4 January 2021, our 2020 annual report estimated the total economic impact of government internet shutdowns to be $4.01 billion. Internet Shutdowns Costs in 2020 $4.01 billion: global economic cost of internet shutdowns in 2020, down 50% from 2019 93 major internet outages were recorded across 21 countries 27,165 hours: total duration of major internet shutdowns worldwide, up 49% year on year 268 million people affected, a 3% increase from 2019 https://www.top10vpn.com/research/cost-of-internet-shutdowns/ Page 29 of 33