Internet users in Mozambique

20.5% of the population of Mozambique used the internet in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Individuals using the internet (ITU) Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mozambique, 2024 20.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.6percentage points 2023: 19.9%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 171st of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in Mozambique 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), 2001 to 2025
Period MozambiqueWorld
2025 – 73.6%
2024 20.5% 71.2%
2023 19.9% 69.2%
2022 19.0% 67.0%
2021 16.4% 63.8%
2020 14.3% 60.1%
2019 12.5% 53.9%
2018 10.9% 49.4%
2017 7.8% 46.3%
2016 7.0% 43.6%
2015 6.5% 39.9%
2014 6.0% 37.4%
2013 5.5% 35.3%
2012 5.0% 33.3%
2011 4.6% 30.9%
2010 4.2% 28.4%
2009 2.7% 25.3%
2008 1.6% 22.8%
2007 0.9% 20.2%
2006 0.8% 17.2%
2005 0.9% 15.6%
2004 0.7% –
2003 0.4% –
2002 0.3% –
2001 0.2% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 19.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 6.0%, the figure has changed by +14.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Mozambique has the 171st 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 Mozambique
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