Internet users in Sweden

95.8% of the population of Sweden used the internet in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Individuals using the internet (ITU) Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Sweden, 2025 95.8% % of population
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 95.5%
World, 2025 73.6% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 92.2% Middle value of 27 countries Not the same period as Sweden (2025).

Internet users in Sweden 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 SwedenWorld
2025 95.8% 73.6%
2024 95.5% 71.2%
2023 95.7% 69.2%
2022 95.0% 67.0%
2021 94.7% 63.8%
2020 94.5% 60.1%
2019 94.5% 53.9%
2018 89.2% 49.4%
2017 93.0% 46.3%
2016 89.7% 43.6%
2015 90.6% 39.9%
2014 92.5% 37.4%
2013 94.8% 35.3%
2012 93.2% 33.3%
2011 92.8% 30.9%
2010 90.0% 28.4%
2009 91.0% 25.3%
2008 90.0% 22.8%
2007 82.0% 20.2%
2006 87.8% 17.2%
2005 84.8% 15.6%
2004 83.9% –
2003 79.1% –
2002 70.6% –
2001 51.8% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 95.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 90.6%, the figure has changed by +5.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 73.6%.

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 2025 for Sweden
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