Internet users in Maldives
85.2% of the population of Maldives used the internet in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Maldives, 2024
85.2%
Change from 2023
+0.7percentage points
World, 2024
71.2%
Position in 2024
79th of 182
Internet users in Maldives 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 | Maldives | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 85.2% | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 84.6% | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 83.9% | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 82.0% | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 79.1% | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 77.5% | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 70.9% | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 65.0% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 59.5% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 54.5% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 49.3% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 44.1% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 38.9% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 34.0% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 26.5% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 24.8% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 23.2% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 16.3% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 11.0% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 6.9% | 15.6% |
| 2004 | 6.6% | – |
| 2003 | 6.0% | – |
| 2002 | 5.3% | – |
| 2001 | 3.6% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 84.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 49.3%, the figure has changed by +36.0 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Maldives has the 79th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.