Internet users in East Asia and Pacific

88.4% of the population of East Asia and Pacific used the internet in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.

Measure: Individuals using the internet (ITU) Unit: % of population Data: 2005 to 2025 Source: World Bank
East Asia and Pacific is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
East Asia and Pacific, 2025 88.4% % of population
Change from 2024 +1.8percentage points 2024: 86.6%
World, 2025 73.6% Official aggregate

Internet users in East Asia and Pacific 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), 2005 to 2025
Period East Asia and PacificWorld
2025 88.4% 73.6%
2024 86.6% 71.2%
2023 84.9% 69.2%
2022 82.4% 67.0%
2021 78.8% 63.8%
2020 73.9% 60.1%
2019 67.1% 53.9%
2018 62.5% 49.4%
2017 57.8% 46.3%
2016 53.9% 43.6%
2015 48.3% 39.9%
2014 45.5% 37.4%
2013 43.2% 35.3%
2012 40.4% 33.3%
2011 37.3% 30.9%
2010 34.2% 28.4%
2009 29.5% 25.3%
2008 25.2% 22.8%
2007 20.8% 20.2%
2006 16.6% 17.2%
2005 14.7% 15.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.8 percentage points from 86.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 48.3%, the figure has changed by +40.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 73.6%.

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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
2005 to 2025 for East Asia and Pacific
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