The correlation is weak but a trend is still visible. There are clearly other factors to look into (GDP, cost of living, censorship, access to high speed internet etc...) but it is intriguing that the slope of the regression line is close to 1.
The data were taken from here for the literacy rate and here for the internet usage.
The data will probably be revisited once I learn more tools and will integrate more variables in the analysis ( in addition to the one mentioned earlier, I'd probably look into the democracy index, freedom of press..).
In the meantime, I figure I'd post the graphs in case anyone is interested.
I am a biomedical engineering researcher with an interest in designing low-cost mobile diagnostic tools for resource limited settings. I was raised in Madagascar and I am currently completing a Master of Public Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs and Public Policy at Princeton University. I am Global Voices correspondent for Madagascar, a country that has undergone considerable social turmoil the past year and is still embattled in a never ending political crisis since the military-driven takeover in March 2009. My contribution consists of contextualizing and highlight the effort of Malagasy citizen journalists during this challenging period, as they posted their reports via blogging platforms or twitter ( reports of our collaborative effort during the crisis can be found in the Wall Street Journal, CNN and Global Post ) I am also part of the Foko-Madagascar team, an outreach project to promote citizen media in parts of Madagascar that are often ignored by the national media with the support of Rising Voices. 
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What is the degrees-of-freedom-adjusted R^2 for this fit?
Hello James,
Thank you for your interest in the data.
The adjusted R square is 0.106 and df (ANOVA) is 1.
Best,
L.
Not sure how you would factor in cost of internet or access to internet through mobile phones, but it's a cool project.
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