Internet users in Gabon

68.7% of the population of Gabon 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
Gabon, 2024 68.7% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.5percentage points 2023: 68.2%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 121st of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in Gabon 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 GabonWorld
2025 – 73.6%
2024 68.7% 71.2%
2023 68.2% 69.2%
2022 67.7% 67.0%
2021 65.8% 63.8%
2020 63.9% 60.1%
2019 59.5% 53.9%
2018 55.4% 49.4%
2017 51.6% 46.3%
2016 48.1% 43.6%
2015 45.8% 39.9%
2014 38.1% 37.4%
2013 30.5% 35.3%
2012 24.0% 33.3%
2011 18.0% 30.9%
2010 13.0% 28.4%
2009 9.5% 25.3%
2008 7.5% 22.8%
2007 5.8% 20.2%
2006 5.5% 17.2%
2005 4.9% 15.6%
2004 3.0% –
2003 2.7% –
2002 1.9% –
2001 1.3% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 68.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 38.1%, the figure has changed by +30.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Gabon has the 121st 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 Gabon
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