Internet users in Uruguay

92.0% of the population of Uruguay used the internet in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Individuals using the internet (ITU) Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Uruguay, 2024 92.0% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.1percentage points 2023: 90.9%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 47th of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in Uruguay 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 UruguayWorld
2025 – 73.6%
2024 92.0% 71.2%
2023 90.9% 69.2%
2022 89.9% 67.0%
2021 87.6% 63.8%
2020 85.5% 60.1%
2019 83.4% 53.9%
2018 80.7% 49.4%
2017 70.3% 46.3%
2016 66.4% 43.6%
2015 64.6% 39.9%
2014 61.5% 37.4%
2013 57.7% 35.3%
2012 54.5% 33.3%
2011 51.4% 30.9%
2010 46.4% 28.4%
2009 41.8% 25.3%
2008 39.3% 22.8%
2007 34.0% 20.2%
2006 29.4% 17.2%
2005 20.1% 15.6%
2004 17.1% –
2003 15.9% –
2002 11.4% –
2001 11.1% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.1 percentage points from 90.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 61.5%, the figure has changed by +30.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Uruguay has the 47th 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 Uruguay
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