Internet users in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

27.9% of the population of Somalia, Fed. Rep. 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
Somalia, Fed. Rep., 2024 27.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.8percentage points 2023: 26.1%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 168th of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in Somalia, Fed. Rep. 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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.World
2025 – 73.6%
2024 27.9% 71.2%
2023 26.1% 69.2%
2022 27.6% 67.0%
2021 23.9% 63.8%
2020 15.0% 60.1%
2019 2.7% 53.9%
2018 – 49.4%
2017 – 46.3%
2016 1.9% 43.6%
2015 1.8% 39.9%
2014 1.6% 37.4%
2013 1.5% 35.3%
2012 1.4% 33.3%
2011 1.3% 30.9%
2010 – 28.4%
2009 1.2% 25.3%
2008 1.1% 22.8%
2007 1.1% 20.2%
2006 1.1% 17.2%
2005 1.1% 15.6%
2004 1.1% –
2003 0.4% –
2002 0.1% –
2001 0.1% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.8 percentage points from 26.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2012, when it was 1.4%, the figure has changed by +26.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Somalia, Fed. Rep. has the 168th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.

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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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.
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