Internet users in Faroe Islands
97.6% of the population of Faroe Islands used the internet in 2017. The value for 2017 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
The latest value for Faroe Islands is for 2017. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Faroe Islands, 2017
97.6%
Change from 2016
+2.5percentage points
World, 2017
46.3%
Internet users in Faroe Islands over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Faroe Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6% |
| 2024 | – | 71.2% |
| 2023 | – | 69.2% |
| 2022 | – | 67.0% |
| 2021 | – | 63.8% |
| 2020 | – | 60.1% |
| 2019 | – | 53.9% |
| 2018 | – | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 97.6% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 95.1% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 94.2% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 93.3% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 90.0% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 85.3% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 80.7% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 75.2% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 75.2% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 75.6% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 76.0% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 69.4% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 67.9% | 15.6% |
| 2004 | 66.5% | – |
| 2003 | 58.9% | – |
| 2002 | 53.3% | – |
| 2001 | 43.2% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.5 percentage points from 95.1% in 2016.
- Since 2007, when it was 76.0%, the figure has changed by +21.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2017 was 46.3%.