Internet users in South Korea
97.9% of the population of South Korea used the internet in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
South Korea, 2024
97.9%
Change from 2023
+0.5percentage points
World, 2024
71.2%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
93.6%
Position in 2024
13th of 182
Internet users in South Korea 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 | South Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 97.9% | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 97.4% | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 97.2% | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 97.6% | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 96.5% | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 96.2% | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 96.0% | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 95.1% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 92.8% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 89.9% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 87.6% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 84.8% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 84.1% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 83.8% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 83.7% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 81.6% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 81.0% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 78.8% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 78.1% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 73.5% | 15.6% |
| 2004 | 72.7% | – |
| 2003 | 65.5% | – |
| 2002 | 59.4% | – |
| 2001 | 56.6% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 97.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 87.6%, the figure has changed by +10.3 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, South Korea has the 13th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.