Internet users in Malaysia
98.0% of the population of Malaysia used the internet in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Malaysia, 2024
98.0%
Change from 2023
+0.3percentage points
World, 2024
71.2%
Position in 2024
12th of 182
Internet users in Malaysia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malaysia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 98.0% | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 97.7% | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 97.4% | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 96.8% | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 89.6% | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 84.2% | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 81.2% | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 80.1% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 78.8% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 71.1% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 63.7% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 57.1% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 65.8% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 61.0% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 56.3% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 55.9% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 55.8% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 55.7% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 51.6% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 48.6% | 15.6% |
| 2004 | 42.3% | – |
| 2003 | 35.0% | – |
| 2002 | 32.3% | – |
| 2001 | 26.7% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 97.7% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 63.7%, the figure has changed by +34.4 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Malaysia has the 12th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.