India has been ranked 131 out of 167 nations on a global index that measures the level of information and communication technology access. UN International Telecommunications Union's flagship annual Measuring the Information Society Report said that India has dropped six notches from its ranking in 2010. It said, the number of households with Internet and computer has, however, increased in India over the last five years.<br/><br/>The report said, globally 3.2 billion people are now online, representing 43.4 per cent of the world's population. Mobile-cellular subscriptions have reached almost 7.1 billion worldwide, with over 95 per cent of the global population now covered by a mobile-cellular signal.<br/>The report also notes that the 167 economies included in the ITU's ICT Development Index (IDI) improved their IDI values between 2010 and 2015 – meaning that levels of information and communication technology (ICT) access, use and skills continue to improve all around the world.