{
    "statement": "people worldwide were still offline in 2025, down from 2.3 billion in 2024",
    "value_display": "2.2 billion",
    "value_numeric": 2.2,
    "unit": "",
    "data_label": "2025",
    "data_period_end": "2025-12-31",
    "region": "Global",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "Facts and Figures",
        "publisher": "International Telecommunication Union (ITU)",
        "type": "official",
        "url": "https://www.itu.int/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/Pages/PR-2025-11-17-Facts-and-Figures.aspx",
    "source_quote": "However, 2.2 billion people remain offline, down from a revised estimate of 2.3 billion in 2024.",
    "verification_note": "Read on itu.int press release of 17 Nov 2025 (Facts and Figures 2025). Estimates; 2024 figures were revised in this release.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
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    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/social-media/people-offline-worldwide",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/social-media/people-offline-worldwide.csv"
}