Global comparison is only as strong as the evidence environment underneath it. ITU estimates that 6 billion people, 74% of the world's population, were online in 2025, while 2.2 billion remained offline. RATE AI's first release resolves the global headline at CCC across 202 assessed systems. Connectivity, archival capacity and documentation density remain part of the architecture that determines what can be observed, verified and compared.
ITU estimates that 6 billion people, 74% of the world's population, were online in 2025, while 2.2 billion remained offline. RATE AI's first release assesses 202 consequential systems and resolves the global headline at CCC. Connectivity, archival capacity and documentation density shape the evidence available for comparison, so coverage conditions remain part of the architecture behind every global view.
Official intergovernmental statistics · ITU Facts and Figures 2025 · RATE AI first public release