Internet users in Sri Lanka
54.6% of the population of Sri Lanka used the internet in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Sri Lanka, 2024
54.6%
Change from 2023
+3.4percentage points
World, 2024
71.2%
Position in 2024
142nd of 182
Internet users in Sri Lanka 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 | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 54.6% | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 51.2% | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 48.3% | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 44.5% | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 36.2% | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 32.0% | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 28.3% | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 25.1% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 22.2% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 15.3% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 10.5% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 10.0% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 9.0% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 8.0% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 6.9% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 5.9% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 4.8% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 3.9% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 2.5% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 1.8% | 15.6% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | – |
| 2003 | 1.5% | – |
| 2002 | 1.1% | – |
| 2001 | 0.8% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.4 percentage points from 51.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 10.5%, the figure has changed by +44.1 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Sri Lanka has the 142nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.