Internet users in Libya

82.0% of the population of Libya used the internet in 2024.

Measure: Individuals using the internet (ITU) Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Libya, 2024 82.0% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 82.1%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 94th of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in Libya 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), 2021 to 2025
Period LibyaWorld
2025 – 73.6%
2024 82.0% 71.2%
2023 82.1% 69.2%
2022 80.6% 67.0%
2021 77.4% 63.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 82.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 17.8%, the figure has changed by +64.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Libya has the 94th 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 Libya
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