Internet users in Guinea-Bissau

29.8% of the population of Guinea-Bissau 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
Guinea-Bissau, 2024 29.8% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.1percentage points 2023: 28.7%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 165th of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-BissauWorld
2025 – 73.6%
2024 29.8% 71.2%
2023 28.7% 69.2%
2022 27.7% 67.0%
2021 23.4% 63.8%
2020 20.5% 60.1%
2019 17.9% 53.9%
2018 15.7% 49.4%
2017 14.8% 46.3%
2016 13.8% 43.6%
2015 6.1% 39.9%
2014 3.3% 37.4%
2013 3.1% 35.3%
2012 2.9% 33.3%
2011 2.7% 30.9%
2010 2.5% 28.4%
2009 2.3% 25.3%
2008 2.4% 22.8%
2007 2.2% 20.2%
2006 2.1% 17.2%
2005 1.9% 15.6%
2004 1.8% –
2003 1.4% –
2002 1.0% –
2001 0.3% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.1 percentage points from 28.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 3.3%, the figure has changed by +26.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Guinea-Bissau has the 165th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.

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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
1990 to 2024 for Guinea-Bissau
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