Internet users in Uganda

8.9% of the population of Uganda used the internet in 2024.

Measure: Individuals using the internet (ITU) Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Uganda, 2024 8.9% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 9.3%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 181st of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in Uganda 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 2024
Period Uganda
2024 8.9%
2023 9.3%
2022 9.6%
2021 10.0%
2020 7.4%
2019 11.7%
2018 9.3%
2017 7.4%
2016 5.9%
2015 5.7%
2014 5.4%
2013 5.1%
2012 4.8%
2011 4.6%
2010 4.3%
2009 4.1%
2008 3.9%
2007 3.7%
2006 2.5%
2005 1.7%
2004 0.7%
2003 0.5%
2002 0.4%
2001 0.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 9.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 5.4%, the figure has changed by +3.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Uganda has the 181st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.

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 Uganda
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