Internet users in Kiribati

89.4% of the population of Kiribati 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
Kiribati, 2024 89.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.4percentage points 2023: 88.0%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 61st of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in Kiribati 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 KiribatiWorld
2025 – 73.6%
2024 89.4% 71.2%
2023 88.0% 69.2%
2022 85.0% 67.0%
2021 67.1% 63.8%
2020 53.0% 60.1%
2019 41.8% 53.9%
2018 33.0% 49.4%
2017 25.3% 46.3%
2016 19.4% 43.6%
2015 14.9% 39.9%
2014 12.3% 37.4%
2013 11.5% 35.3%
2012 10.7% 33.3%
2011 10.0% 30.9%
2010 9.1% 28.4%
2009 9.0% 25.3%
2008 7.0% 22.8%
2007 6.0% 20.2%
2006 4.5% 17.2%
2005 4.0% 15.6%
2004 3.5% –
2003 3.0% –
2002 2.5% –
2001 2.3% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.4 percentage points from 88.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 12.3%, the figure has changed by +77.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Kiribati has the 61st 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 Kiribati
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