SMART
LIVING

Smart Living

CURRENT STATUS

Free Wi-Fi hotspots

Aug 2025

Around 42 000 free Wi-Fi hotspots 

Household broadband penetration rate

May 2025

Household broadband penetration rate 97.8%

Mobile subscriber penetration rate

May 2025

Mobile subscriber penetration rate 
367.8%


2023

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

Faster payment system

End Aug 2025

Faster Payment System (FPS) 

  • 17.7 million registrations
  • Average daily number of real time transactions in Aug 2025
    Around 2 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+

  • 1.80 million (23.9% of total population) in 2025
  • 2.72 million (33.2% of total population) in 2045