Internet users in United Arab Emirates
100.0% of the population of United Arab Emirates used the internet in 2024.
United Arab Emirates, 2024
100.0%
Change from 2023
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World, 2024
71.2%
Position in 2024
3rd of 182
Internet users in United Arab Emirates 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 | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 100.0% | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 100.0% | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 100.0% | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 100.0% | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 99.1% | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 98.5% | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 94.8% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 90.6% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 90.5% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 90.4% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 88.0% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 85.0% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 78.0% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 68.0% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 64.0% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 63.0% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 61.0% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 52.0% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 40.0% | 15.6% |
| 2004 | 30.1% | – |
| 2003 | 29.5% | – |
| 2002 | 28.3% | – |
| 2001 | 26.3% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 90.4%, the figure has changed by +9.6 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, United Arab Emirates has the 3rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.