Individuals using the internet (ITU)

People who used the internet from any location in the previous three months, as a share of the population. Coverage of ages and survey methods differ between countries.

Unit: % of population Frequency: Annual Coverage: 213 countries and 8 groups 1990 to 2025 Source: World Bank (original data: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database)
Highest in 2024 100.0% Bahrain Lowest in 2024 8.6% Burundi
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024 182 Updated by the source on 8 October 2026

182 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.

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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), 2006 to 2024
Period Canada
2024 94.4%
2023 94.1%
2022 94.0%
2021 93.9%
2020 92.3%
2019 91.9%
2018 94.6%
2017 92.7%
2016 91.2%
2015 90.0%
2014 87.1%
2013 85.8%
2012 83.0%
2011 83.0%
2010 80.3%
2009 80.3%
2008 76.7%
2007 73.2%
2006 72.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • Among the 182 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Bahrain (100.0%) and the lowest Burundi (8.6%).
  • Half of the countries are above 82.1% and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 147 countries and fell in 18.
  • The figure for the world was 71.2% in 2024, against 53.9% in 2019 (+17.3 percentage points).

About this measure

Definition
People who used the internet from any location in the previous three months, as a share of the population. Coverage of ages and survey methods differ between countries.
Population covered
Total population
Unit
% of population
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

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
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

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Bahrain 100.0%
  2. 2 Saudi Arabia 100.0%
  3. 3 United Arab Emirates 100.0%
  4. 4 Denmark 99.8%
  5. 5 Kuwait 99.7%
  6. 6 Monaco 99.0%
  7. 7 Norway 99.0%
  8. 8 Luxembourg 98.8%
  9. 9 Liechtenstein 98.3%
  10. 10 Iceland 98.2%
  11. 11 Qatar 98.1%
  12. 12 Malaysia 98.0%
  13. 13 South Korea 97.9%
  14. 14 San Marino 97.4%
  15. 15 Switzerland 97.3%
  16. 16 Ireland 97.2%
  17. 17 Netherlands 97.0%
  18. 18 Brunei 96.3%
  19. 19 Australia 96.1%
  20. 20 Belgium 95.8%
  21. 21 Spain 95.8%
  22. 22 Hong Kong SAR, China 95.8%
  23. 23 Jordan 95.6%
  24. 24 Chile 95.6%
  25. 25 Sweden 95.5%
  26. 26 United Kingdom 95.5%
  27. 27 Oman 95.3%
  28. 28 Austria 94.9%
  29. 29 United States 94.7%
  30. 30 Andorra 94.4%
  31. 31 Singapore 94.4%
  32. 32 Russia 94.4%
  33. 33 Canada 94.4%
  34. 34 Belarus 94.3%
  35. 35 Malta 93.9%
  36. 36 Hungary 93.8%
  37. 37 Finland 93.7%
  38. 38 North Macedonia 93.6%
  39. 39 New Zealand 93.5%
  40. 40 Germany 93.5%
  41. 41 Kazakhstan 93.4%
  42. 42 Latvia 92.7%
  43. 43 Bahamas 92.5%
  44. 44 Estonia 92.2%
  45. 45 Kyrgyzstan 92.0%
  46. 46 China 92.0%
  47. 47 Uruguay 92.0%
  48. 48 Romania 91.3%
  49. 49 Bhutan 91.3%
  50. 50 Morocco 91.2%
  51. 51 Dominican Republic 91.0%
  52. 52 Thailand 90.9%
  53. 53 Slovenia 90.8%
  54. 54 Azerbaijan 90.4%
  55. 55 Jamaica 90.1%
  56. 56 Macao SAR, China 89.8%
  57. 57 Slovakia 89.8%
  58. 58 Argentina 89.7%
  59. 59 Cyprus 89.6%
  60. 60 Uzbekistan 89.5%
  61. 61 Kiribati 89.4%
  62. 62 Italy 89.2%
  63. 63 Lithuania 89.2%
  64. 64 Montenegro 88.9%
  65. 65 France 88.7%
  66. 66 Poland 88.6%
  67. 67 Portugal 88.5%
  68. 68 Israel 88.2%
  69. 69 Seychelles 87.8%
  70. 70 Serbia 87.7%
  71. 71 Czechia 87.7%
  72. 72 Türkiye 87.3%
  73. 73 Costa Rica 87.2%
  74. 74 Greece 86.3%
  75. 75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 86.1%
  76. 76 Albania 85.9%
  77. 77 Japan 85.5%
  78. 78 Iran 85.3%
  79. 79 Maldives 85.2%
  80. 80 Mongolia 85.1%
  81. 81 Brazil 84.5%
  82. 82 Viet Nam 84.2%
  83. 83 Palau 83.9%
  84. 84 Georgia 83.8%
  85. 85 Croatia 83.6%
  86. 86 Mexico 83.1%
  87. 87 Naoero 83.0%
  88. 88 Guyana 83.0%
  89. 89 Ukraine 82.5%
  90. 90 Bulgaria 82.4%
  91. 91 Trinidad and Tobago 82.2%
  92. 92 Dominica 82.0%
  93. 93 Peru 82.0%
  94. 94 Libya 82.0%
  95. 95 Paraguay 81.6%
  96. 96 Iraq 81.5%
  97. 97 Armenia 81.3%
  98. 98 Lebanon 80.6%
  99. 99 Belize 80.0%
  100. 100 Bolivia 79.7%
  101. 101 Colombia 79.3%
  102. 102 South Africa 78.4%
  103. 103 Algeria 77.4%
  104. 104 Moldova 77.4%
  105. 105 Ecuador 77.2%
  106. 106 Saint Kitts and Nevis 76.9%
  107. 107 Venezuela 76.7%
  108. 108 Tunisia 76.5%
  109. 109 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 76.2%
  110. 110 Cabo Verde 74.7%
  111. 111 Fiji 74.7%
  112. 112 Egypt 74.6%
  113. 113 Mauritius 73.3%
  114. 114 Indonesia 72.8%
  115. 115 Panama 72.8%
  116. 116 Antigua and Barbuda 72.7%
  117. 117 Ghana 72.2%
  118. 118 Cuba 70.5%
  119. 119 Barbados 70.4%
  120. 120 Grenada 70.2%
  121. 121 Gabon 68.7%
  122. 122 Cambodia 68.5%
  123. 123 Saint Lucia 68.2%
  124. 124 Tonga 67.4%
  125. 125 Philippines 67.3%
  126. 126 El Salvador 66.5%
  127. 127 Marshall Islands 65.9%
  128. 128 Laos 65.6%
  129. 129 Djibouti 65.3%
  130. 130 India 64.9%
  131. 131 Namibia 64.9%
  132. 132 Eswatini 63.4%
  133. 133 Equatorial Guinea 63.3%
  134. 134 Nicaragua 61.4%
  135. 135 Guatemala 60.2%
  136. 136 Senegal 60.1%
  137. 137 São Tomé and Príncipe 59.1%
  138. 138 Honduras 58.6%
  139. 139 Botswana 57.5%
  140. 140 Pakistan 57.3%
  141. 141 Tajikistan 55.8%
  142. 142 Sri Lanka 54.6%
  143. 143 Bangladesh 53.4%
  144. 144 Lesotho 51.8%
  145. 145 Gambia 49.5%
  146. 146 Haiti 47.9%
  147. 147 Republic of the Congo 47.3%
  148. 148 Nepal 46.3%
  149. 149 Cameroon 46.3%
  150. 150 Mauritania 45.8%
  151. 151 Zimbabwe 41.6%
  152. 152 Côte d'Ivoire 41.4%
  153. 153 Nigeria 41.2%
  154. 154 Angola 40.7%
  155. 155 Micronesia 39.5%
  156. 156 Togo 39.5%
  157. 157 Mali 36.8%
  158. 158 Kenya 35.0%
  159. 159 Benin 34.0%
  160. 160 Guinea 33.3%
  161. 161 Comoros 32.5%
  162. 162 Liberia 32.2%
  163. 163 Rwanda 31.7%
  164. 164 Tanzania 31.2%
  165. 165 Guinea-Bissau 29.8%
  166. 166 Solomon Islands 29.0%
  167. 167 Burkina Faso 28.3%
  168. 168 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 27.9%
  169. 169 Sierra Leone 25.1%
  170. 170 Ethiopia 21.9%
  171. 171 Mozambique 20.5%
  172. 172 Democratic Republic of the Congo 19.7%
  173. 173 Malawi 19.0%
  174. 174 Papua New Guinea 18.8%
  175. 175 Madagascar 18.7%
  176. 176 Zambia 17.1%
  177. 177 Afghanistan 16.1%
  178. 178 Niger 15.6%
  179. 179 Central African Republic 13.8%
  180. 180 Chad 12.6%
  181. 181 Uganda 8.9%
  182. 182 Burundi 8.6%
  183. East Asia and Pacific 86.6%
  184. Europe and Central Asia 90.9%
  185. Latin America and Caribbean 81.7%
  186. Middle East and North Africa 61.5%
  187. North America 94.4%
  188. South Asia 62.8%
  189. Sub-Saharan Africa 33.6%
  190. World 71.2%
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.