25% of Households Worldwide Now Have Wi-Fi

At the end of 2011, 439 million households worldwide had installed home Wi-Fi networks, equivalent to 25 percent of all households, according to Strategy Analytics. 


The firm predicts that the total worldwide number of Wi-Fi households will reach nearly 800 million in 2016, a penetration rate of 42 percent.

Wi-Fi Households – Penetration of Total Households: 17 Selected Countries in 2011

Wi-Fi Household Penetration %						2011
South Korea						80.3%
United Kingdom						73.3%
Germany						71.7%
France						71.6%
Japan						68.4%
Canada						67.8%
Italy						61.8%
USA						61.0%
Spain						57.1%
Australia						53.8%
Czech Republic						31.6%
Mexico						31.5%
Poland						28.0%
Russia						22.9%
China						21.8%
Brazil						20.4%
India						2.5%