Internet users in Europe and Central Asia

92.4% of the population of Europe and Central Asia 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
Europe and Central Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Europe and Central Asia, 2025 92.4% % of population
Change from 2024 +1.5percentage points 2024: 90.9%
World, 2025 73.6% Official aggregate

Internet users in Europe and Central Asia 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 Europe and Central AsiaWorld
2025 92.4% 73.6%
2024 90.9% 71.2%
2023 89.6% 69.2%
2022 87.9% 67.0%
2021 86.3% 63.8%
2020 83.4% 60.1%
2019 80.3% 53.9%
2018 78.1% 49.4%
2017 74.5% 46.3%
2016 72.3% 43.6%
2015 69.9% 39.9%
2014 68.9% 37.4%
2013 66.1% 35.3%
2012 63.8% 33.3%
2011 60.2% 30.9%
2010 57.0% 28.4%
2009 52.7% 25.3%
2008 48.1% 22.8%
2007 43.6% 20.2%
2006 38.0% 17.2%
2005 34.7% 15.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.5 percentage points from 90.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 69.9%, the figure has changed by +22.5 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 Europe and Central Asia
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