Internet users in El Salvador

66.5% of the population of El Salvador 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
El Salvador, 2024 66.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +3.9percentage points 2023: 62.6%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 126th of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in El Salvador 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 El SalvadorWorld
2025 – 73.6%
2024 66.5% 71.2%
2023 62.6% 69.2%
2022 60.1% 67.0%
2021 57.3% 63.8%
2020 54.6% 60.1%
2019 50.5% 53.9%
2018 43.8% 49.4%
2017 33.8% 46.3%
2016 29.0% 43.6%
2015 26.8% 39.9%
2014 24.8% 37.4%
2013 23.1% 35.3%
2012 20.3% 33.3%
2011 18.9% 30.9%
2010 15.9% 28.4%
2009 12.1% 25.3%
2008 10.1% 22.8%
2007 6.1% 20.2%
2006 5.5% 17.2%
2005 4.2% 15.6%
2004 3.2% –
2003 2.5% –
2002 1.9% –
2001 1.5% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.9 percentage points from 62.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 24.8%, the figure has changed by +41.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, El Salvador has the 126th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.

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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
1990 to 2024 for El Salvador
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