Internet users in Afghanistan
16.1% of the population of Afghanistan used the internet in 2024.
Afghanistan, 2024
16.1%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
World, 2024
71.2%
Position in 2024
177th of 182
Internet users in Afghanistan over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Afghanistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 16.1% | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 15.9% | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 15.9% | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 16.5% | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 17.0% | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 17.6% | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 16.8% | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 13.5% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 11.0% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 8.3% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 7.0% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 5.9% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 5.5% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 5.0% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 4.0% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 3.6% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 1.8% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 2.1% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | 15.6% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | – |
| 2003 | 0.1% | – |
| 2002 | 0.0% | – |
| 2001 | 0.0% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 15.9% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 7.0%, the figure has changed by +9.1 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Afghanistan has the 177th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.