Statistical analysis of the processes of intensification of the introduction of information and communication technologies in the socio-economic sphere of the Russian Federation

Rostov State University of Economics, Bolshaya Sadovaya St. 69, 344002 Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Abstract

The article analyzes the effectiveness of the development of digitalization processes in the socio-economic sphere of the Russian Federation and its territorial entities. Based on the information arrays of the Federal statistical observation on the use of information technologies and information and telecommunications networks by the population, the level of use of information and communication technologies by the population of the Russian Federation in everyday life is studied. In order to deepen the analysis, the authors produced a ranking of regions of southern Federal district by key indicators, characterizing the use information and communication technologies in 2019 by its population, allowing to allocate and justify the leading factors in the development of the information society and the intensification of the processes of digitalization of economy and social sphere of regions. The authors formulated a number of recommendations for the further development of the information society in the Russian Federation and its territorial entities.