Internet users in Latin America and Caribbean

83.7% of the population of Latin America and Caribbean used the internet in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.

Measure: Individuals using the internet (ITU) Unit: % of population Data: 2005 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Latin America and Caribbean is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Latin America and Caribbean, 2025 83.7% % of population
Change from 2024 +2.0percentage points 2024: 81.7%
World, 2025 73.6% Official aggregate

Internet users in Latin America and Caribbean 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), 2005 to 2025
Period Latin America and CaribbeanWorld
2025 83.7% 73.6%
2024 81.7% 71.2%
2023 80.0% 69.2%
2022 77.1% 67.0%
2021 75.8% 63.8%
2020 73.8% 60.1%
2019 67.8% 53.9%
2018 63.5% 49.4%
2017 60.2% 46.3%
2016 57.5% 43.6%
2015 54.4% 39.9%
2014 48.7% 37.4%
2013 46.1% 35.3%
2012 43.0% 33.3%
2011 39.3% 30.9%
2010 34.6% 28.4%
2009 31.0% 25.3%
2008 26.4% 22.8%
2007 23.7% 20.2%
2006 20.7% 17.2%
2005 16.6% 15.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.0 percentage points from 81.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 54.4%, the figure has changed by +29.3 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 73.6%.

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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
2005 to 2025 for Latin America and Caribbean
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