Internet users in New Zealand
93.5% of the population of New Zealand used the internet in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
New Zealand, 2024
93.5%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
World, 2024
71.2%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
93.6%
Position in 2024
39th of 182
Internet users in New Zealand 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 | New Zealand | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 93.5% | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 93.3% | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 93.1% | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 92.0% | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 90.9% | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 89.9% | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 89.0% | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 87.7% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 86.5% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 85.2% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 84.0% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 82.8% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 81.6% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 81.2% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 80.5% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 79.7% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 72.0% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 69.8% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 69.0% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 62.7% | 15.6% |
| 2004 | 61.8% | – |
| 2003 | 61.0% | – |
| 2002 | 59.1% | – |
| 2001 | 53.2% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 93.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 84.0%, the figure has changed by +9.5 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, New Zealand has the 39th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.