Internet users in Namibia

64.9% of the population of Namibia 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
Namibia, 2024 64.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.2percentage points 2023: 63.7%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 131st of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in Namibia 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 NamibiaWorld
2025 – 73.6%
2024 64.9% 71.2%
2023 63.7% 69.2%
2022 63.0% 67.0%
2021 60.3% 63.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.2 percentage points from 63.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 14.8%, the figure has changed by +50.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Namibia has the 131st 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 Namibia
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