Internet users in Ethiopia

21.9% of the population of Ethiopia 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
Ethiopia, 2024 21.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.6percentage points 2023: 20.3%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 170th of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in Ethiopia 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 EthiopiaWorld
2025 – 73.6%
2024 21.9% 71.2%
2023 20.3% 69.2%
2022 18.0% 67.0%
2021 16.7% 63.8%
2020 16.1% 60.1%
2019 16.0% 53.9%
2018 15.9% 49.4%
2017 15.6% 46.3%
2016 15.4% 43.6%
2015 13.9% 39.9%
2014 7.7% 37.4%
2013 4.6% 35.3%
2012 2.9% 33.3%
2011 1.1% 30.9%
2010 0.8% 28.4%
2009 0.5% 25.3%
2008 0.4% 22.8%
2007 0.4% 20.2%
2006 0.3% 17.2%
2005 0.2% 15.6%
2004 0.2% –
2003 0.1% –
2002 0.1% –
2001 0.0% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.6 percentage points from 20.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 7.7%, the figure has changed by +14.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Ethiopia has the 170th 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 Ethiopia
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