Daily internet use in Ireland
99.3% of people aged 16 to 74 in Ireland used the internet daily in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2003. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Ireland, 2025
99.3%
Change from 2024
+1.0percentage points
European Union, 2025
89.5%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
89.0%
Position in 2025
1st of 36
Daily internet use in Ireland over time
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% of individuals. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ireland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99.3% | 89.5% |
| 2024 | 98.3% | 88.3% |
| 2023 | 90.9% | 85.9% |
| 2022 | 89.8% | 83.9% |
| 2021 | 94.7%b (break in time series) | 80.4%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 83.7% | 79.7%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 82.5% | 77.0% |
| 2018 | 73.8% | 74.1% |
| 2017 | 70.2% | 70.6% |
| 2016 | 69.6% | 68.5% |
| 2015 | 67.0% | 65.4% |
| 2014 | 64.6% | 62.7% |
| 2013 | 61.3% | 59.5% |
| 2012 | 58.2% | 56.3% |
| 2011 | 55.1% | 54.0% |
| 2010 | 47.1% | 50.9% |
| 2009 | 40.4% | 45.9% |
| 2008 | 38.8% | 41.2% |
| 2007 | 32.4% | 36.2% |
| 2006 | 25.3% | – |
| 2005 | 17.2% | – |
| 2004 | 12.4% | – |
| 2003 | 11.7% | – |
Flags: e estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 98.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 67.0%, the figure has changed by +32.3 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 36 countries with data for 2025, Ireland has the highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 89.5%.