Internet users in Bahrain

100.0% of the population of Bahrain used the internet in 2024.

Measure: Individuals using the internet (ITU) Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bahrain, 2024 100.0% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 100.0%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 1st of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in Bahrain over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Individuals using the internet (ITU) (% of population), 2001 to 2025
Period BahrainWorld
2025 – 73.6%
2024 100.0% 71.2%
2023 100.0% 69.2%
2022 100.0% 67.0%
2021 100.0% 63.8%
2020 99.7% 60.1%
2019 99.7% 53.9%
2018 98.6% 49.4%
2017 95.9% 46.3%
2016 98.0% 43.6%
2015 93.5% 39.9%
2014 90.5% 37.4%
2013 90.0% 35.3%
2012 88.0% 33.3%
2011 77.0% 30.9%
2010 55.0% 28.4%
2009 53.0% 25.3%
2008 52.0% 22.8%
2007 32.9% 20.2%
2006 28.2% 17.2%
2005 21.3% 15.6%
2004 21.5% –
2003 21.6% –
2002 18.1% –
2001 15.0% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 90.5%, the figure has changed by +9.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Bahrain has the highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IT.NET.USER.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Bahrain
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database