Internet users in Kuwait

100.0% of the population of Kuwait used the internet in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Individuals using the internet (ITU) Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Kuwait, 2025 100.0% % of population
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: 99.7%
World, 2025 73.6% Official aggregate

Internet users in Kuwait 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 KuwaitWorld
2025 100.0% 73.6%
2024 99.7% 71.2%
2023 99.7% 69.2%
2022 99.7% 67.0%
2021 99.7% 63.8%
2020 99.1% 60.1%
2019 99.5% 53.9%
2018 99.6% 49.4%
2017 98.0% 46.3%
2016 85.6% 43.6%
2015 82.0% 39.9%
2014 78.7% 37.4%
2013 75.5% 35.3%
2012 70.4% 33.3%
2011 65.8% 30.9%
2010 61.4% 28.4%
2009 50.8% 25.3%
2008 42.0% 22.8%
2007 34.8% 20.2%
2006 28.8% 17.2%
2005 25.9% 15.6%
2004 22.9% –
2003 22.4% –
2002 10.2% –
2001 8.6% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 99.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 82.0%, the figure has changed by +18.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 73.6%.

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 2025 for Kuwait
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