SMART
LIVING

Smart Living

CURRENT STATUS

Free Wi-Fi hotspots

Feb 2025

Around 42 000 free Wi-Fi hotspots 

Household broadband penetration rate

Dec 2024

Household broadband penetration rate 96.8%

Mobile subscriber penetration rate

Dec 2024

Mobile subscriber penetration rate 
359.6%


2023

Smart phone penetration rate of persons aged 10 and over 
96.4%

Faster payment system

End Feb 2025

Faster Payment System (FPS) 

  • 16.2 million registrations
  • Average daily number of real time transactions in Feb 2025
    Around 1.92 million
Accident emergency

2023-24

Accident & Emergency

  • 2.05 million attendances
Specialist Outpatient

2023-24

Specialist Outpatient (Clinical)

  • 8.66 million attendances
Primary care

2023-24

Primary Care

  • 6.64 million attendances
Electronic Health Record Sharing System

End Feb 2025

Electronic Health Record Sharing System (eHealth)

  • 6.1 million citizens registered (81% of total population)
  • 3 700 healthcare providers registered
  • 58 800 healthcare professionals registered
Population aged 65+

Population aged 65+

  • 1.72 million (22.8% of total population) in 2024
  • 2.70 million (32.9% of total population) in 2044