Internet users in Gambia

49.5% of the population of Gambia 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
Gambia, 2024 49.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.8percentage points 2023: 48.7%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 145th of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in Gambia 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 GambiaWorld
2025 – 73.6%
2024 49.5% 71.2%
2023 48.7% 69.2%
2022 48.2% 67.0%
2021 41.7% 63.8%
2020 36.0% 60.1%
2019 31.1% 53.9%
2018 28.3% 49.4%
2017 22.5% 46.3%
2016 19.9% 43.6%
2015 17.6% 39.9%
2014 15.6% 37.4%
2013 14.0% 35.3%
2012 12.4% 33.3%
2011 10.9% 30.9%
2010 9.2% 28.4%
2009 7.6% 25.3%
2008 6.9% 22.8%
2007 6.2% 20.2%
2006 5.2% 17.2%
2005 3.8% 15.6%
2004 3.3% –
2003 2.4% –
2002 1.8% –
2001 1.3% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 48.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15.6%, the figure has changed by +33.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Gambia has the 145th 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 Gambia
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