Internet users in Sub-Saharan Africa
35.7% of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa used the internet in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025
35.7%
Change from 2024
+2.1percentage points
World, 2025
73.6%
Internet users in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35.7% | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 33.6% | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 32.3% | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 31.1% | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 29.0% | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 26.7% | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 24.4% | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 22.0% | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 20.0% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 18.3% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 16.2% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 13.4% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 11.2% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 9.2% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 7.5% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 6.0% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 4.3% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 3.6% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 3.1% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | 15.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.1 percentage points from 33.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 16.2%, the figure has changed by +19.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 73.6%.