Internet users in Brazil

84.5% of the population of Brazil used the internet in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Individuals using the internet (ITU) Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Brazil, 2024 84.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 84.2%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 89.7% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2024 81st of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in Brazil 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 BrazilWorld
2025 – 73.6%
2024 84.5% 71.2%
2023 84.2% 69.2%
2022 80.5% 67.0%
2021 80.7% 63.8%
2020 81.3% 60.1%
2019 73.9% 53.9%
2018 70.4% 49.4%
2017 67.5% 46.3%
2016 60.9% 43.6%
2015 58.3% 39.9%
2014 54.6% 37.4%
2013 51.0% 35.3%
2012 48.6% 33.3%
2011 45.7% 30.9%
2010 40.7% 28.4%
2009 39.2% 25.3%
2008 33.8% 22.8%
2007 30.9% 20.2%
2006 28.2% 17.2%
2005 21.0% 15.6%
2004 19.1% –
2003 13.2% –
2002 9.1% –
2001 4.5% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 84.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 54.6%, the figure has changed by +29.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Brazil has the 81st 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 Brazil
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