Internet users in Middle East and North Africa
63.7% of the population of Middle East and North Africa used the internet in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.
Middle East and North Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Middle East and North Africa, 2025
63.7%
Change from 2024
+2.2percentage points
World, 2025
73.6%
Internet users in Middle East and North Africa 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.
| Period | Middle East and North Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.7% | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 61.5% | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 59.5% | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 57.8% | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 54.2% | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 50.6% | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 46.0% | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 42.3% | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 39.7% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 35.0% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 31.8% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 28.7% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 25.2% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 22.4% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 20.1% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 18.3% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 16.1% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 14.1% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 11.7% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 9.6% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 8.3% | 15.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.2 percentage points from 61.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 31.8%, the figure has changed by +31.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 73.6%.