MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS Table 1 Participation of exports and imports of the ICT sector as related to the country’s total exports and imports, 2006-2014 Source: Extracted from National Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators Report, Costa Rica 2014 The telecommunications sector has shown great dynamism with important beneficial impacts for users and the country. As observed in the following table, both total income and the human resource employed in the sector have constantly increased since the year 2011. Table 2 Data of the telecommunications sector, 2011-2015 Indicator Sector’s aggregated data Total income (million colones)** Total income/GDP (percentage) Total investment/GDP (percentage) Total human resource employed Total human resource employed /Total economically active population 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 437,672 501,648 576,742 744,300 802,812 2.3% 2.1% 9,618 0.4% 2.4% 2.4% 9,900 0.4% 2.6% 1.0% 10,422 0.5% 3.1% 1.0% 11,002 0.5% 3.1% 1.0% 11,426 0.5% Notes: ** These figures don’t include income associated to television service by subscription. Source: Statistics of the telecommunications sector 2015. SUTEL. Available at: https://sutel.go.cr/sites/default/files/estadisticas_del_sector_telecomunicaciones_costa_rica_2015.pdf As may be observed in the following table, this is accompanied by an increasing adoption of Internet access by Costa Ricans, fixed and mobile Internet services. - 16 www.micitt.go.cr