Internet users in Benin
34.0% of the population of Benin used the internet in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Benin, 2024
34.0%
Change from 2023
+1.6percentage points
World, 2024
71.2%
Position in 2024
159th of 182
Internet users in Benin 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 | Benin | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 34.0% | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 32.4% | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 30.5% | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 28.2% | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 22.1% | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 20.5% | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 19.0% | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 18.7% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 14.5% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 11.3% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 6.0% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 4.9% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 4.5% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 4.1% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 3.1% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 1.8% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | 15.6% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | – |
| 2003 | 1.0% | – |
| 2002 | 0.7% | – |
| 2001 | 0.4% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.6 percentage points from 32.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 6.0%, the figure has changed by +28.0 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Benin has the 159th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.