GDP per capita and internet use, 2024

Each point is one country: GDP per capita, PPP across and internet users up, both for 2024. 177 countries have both values. A pattern shows that two measures go together; it does not show that one causes the other.

What the plot shows

Across the 177 countries, higher values of GDP per capita, PPP tend to go with higher values of internet users. The correlation is 0.89, a very strong relationship.
Furthest above the overall pattern (a higher internet users than the pattern suggests): Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Jordan.
Furthest below it: Uganda, Papua New Guinea, Zambia.

The correlation runs from −1 to 1. It is calculated from the values in the table, on logarithms where an axis uses a logarithmic scale, and shows how closely the points follow a straight line, not cause and effect.

Horizontal axis

Vertical axis

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Colours show World Bank regions. The horizontal axis uses a logarithmic scale because values range widely.

Values for 2024

Country	GDP per capita, PPP	Internet users
Afghanistan	Int$1,964 per person	16.1%
Albania	Int$21,641 per person	85.9%
Algeria	Int$15,502 per person	77.4%
Andorra	Int$66,233 per person	94.4%
Angola	Int$8,753 per person	40.7%
Antigua and Barbuda	Int$29,299 per person	72.7%
Argentina	Int$26,772 per person	89.7%
Armenia	Int$20,079 per person	81.3%
Australia	Int$60,310 per person	96.1%
Austria	Int$63,788 per person	94.9%
Azerbaijan	Int$22,091 per person	90.4%
Bahamas	Int$36,244 per person	92.5%
Bahrain	Int$59,060 per person	100.0%
Bangladesh	Int$8,487 per person	53.4%
Barbados	Int$21,558 per person	70.4%
Belarus	Int$29,136 per person	94.3%
Belgium	Int$63,311 per person	95.8%
Belize	Int$12,621 per person	80.0%
Benin	Int$3,901 per person	34.0%
Bhutan	Int$15,604 per person	91.3%
Bolivia	Int$11,329 per person	79.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Int$20,578 per person	86.1%
Botswana	Int$18,108 per person	57.5%
Brazil	Int$19,652 per person	84.5%
Brunei	Int$79,072 per person	96.3%
Bulgaria	Int$34,221 per person	82.4%
Burkina Faso	Int$2,549 per person	28.3%
Burundi	Int$1,048 per person	8.6%
Cabo Verde	Int$9,826 per person	74.7%
Cambodia	Int$7,012 per person	68.5%
Cameroon	Int$4,917 per person	46.3%
Canada	Int$57,534 per person	94.4%
Central African Republic	Int$1,111 per person	13.8%
Chad	Int$2,431 per person	12.6%
Chile	Int$30,268 per person	95.6%
China	Int$23,841 per person	92.0%
Colombia	Int$18,482 per person	79.3%
Comoros	Int$3,556 per person	32.5%
Costa Rica	Int$27,325 per person	87.2%
Croatia	Int$42,829 per person	83.6%
Cyprus	Int$52,862 per person	89.6%
Czechia	Int$47,973 per person	87.7%
Côte d'Ivoire	Int$6,747 per person	41.4%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Int$1,602 per person	19.7%
Denmark	Int$71,035 per person	99.8%
Djibouti	Int$6,871 per person	65.3%
Dominica	Int$18,739 per person	82.0%
Dominican Republic	Int$24,230 per person	91.0%
Ecuador	Int$13,922 per person	77.2%
Egypt	Int$16,798 per person	74.6%
El Salvador	Int$11,647 per person	66.5%
Equatorial Guinea	Int$14,998 per person	63.3%
Estonia	Int$41,186 per person	92.2%
Eswatini	Int$10,386 per person	63.4%
Ethiopia	Int$2,892 per person	21.9%
Fiji	Int$13,592 per person	74.7%
Finland	Int$55,901 per person	93.7%
France	Int$54,799 per person	88.7%
Gabon	Int$18,924 per person	68.7%
Gambia	Int$3,058 per person	49.5%
Georgia	Int$24,147 per person	83.8%
Germany	Int$62,655 per person	93.5%
Ghana	Int$7,073 per person	72.2%
Greece	Int$37,474 per person	86.3%
Grenada	Int$17,485 per person	70.2%
Guatemala	Int$12,644 per person	60.2%
Guinea	Int$4,016 per person	33.3%
Guinea-Bissau	Int$2,718 per person	29.8%
Guyana	Int$70,517 per person	83.0%
Haiti	Int$2,784 per person	47.9%
Honduras	Int$6,591 per person	58.6%
Hong Kong SAR, China	Int$66,186 per person	95.8%
Hungary	Int$40,747 per person	93.8%
Iceland	Int$68,230 per person	98.2%
India	Int$9,416 per person	64.9%
Indonesia	Int$14,471 per person	72.8%
Iran	Int$17,484 per person	85.3%
Iraq	Int$12,725 per person	81.5%
Ireland	Int$118,833 per person	97.2%
Israel	Int$47,389 per person	88.2%
Italy	Int$53,285 per person	89.2%
Jamaica	Int$11,340 per person	90.1%
Japan	Int$47,480 per person	85.5%
Jordan	Int$10,468 per person	95.6%
Kazakhstan	Int$35,974 per person	93.4%
Kenya	Int$5,842 per person	35.0%
Kiribati	Int$3,275 per person	89.4%
Kuwait	Int$46,664 per person	99.7%
Kyrgyzstan	Int$7,211 per person	92.0%
Laos	Int$8,600 per person	65.6%
Latvia	Int$37,615 per person	92.7%
Lebanon	Int$10,469 per person	80.6%
Lesotho	Int$2,698 per person	51.8%
Liberia	Int$1,646 per person	32.2%
Libya	Int$12,584 per person	82.0%
Lithuania	Int$47,462 per person	89.2%
Luxembourg	Int$128,475 per person	98.8%
Macao SAR, China	Int$111,694 per person	89.8%
Madagascar	Int$1,659 per person	18.7%
Malawi	Int$1,634 per person	19.0%
Malaysia	Int$34,116 per person	98.0%
Maldives	Int$23,034 per person	85.2%
Mali	Int$2,918 per person	36.8%
Malta	Int$62,398 per person	93.9%
Marshall Islands	Int$7,237 per person	65.9%
Mauritania	Int$6,483 per person	45.8%
Mauritius	Int$27,845 per person	73.3%
Mexico	Int$21,970 per person	83.1%
Micronesia	Int$3,911 per person	39.5%
Moldova	Int$16,394 per person	77.4%
Mongolia	Int$16,843 per person	85.1%
Montenegro	Int$28,106 per person	88.9%
Morocco	Int$9,163 per person	91.2%
Mozambique	Int$1,501 per person	20.5%
Namibia	Int$10,276 per person	64.9%
Naoero	Int$11,958 per person	83.0%
Nepal	Int$5,047 per person	46.3%
Netherlands	Int$70,494 per person	97.0%
New Zealand	Int$48,325 per person	93.5%
Nicaragua	Int$7,661 per person	61.4%
Niger	Int$1,796 per person	15.6%
Nigeria	Int$7,994 per person	41.2%
North Macedonia	Int$24,203 per person	93.6%
Norway	Int$94,804 per person	99.0%
Oman	Int$36,721 per person	95.3%
Pakistan	Int$5,502 per person	57.3%
Palau	Int$18,500 per person	83.9%
Panama	Int$36,395 per person	72.8%
Papua New Guinea	Int$4,293 per person	18.8%
Paraguay	Int$16,367 per person	81.6%
Peru	Int$15,709 per person	82.0%
Philippines	Int$10,378 per person	67.3%
Poland	Int$45,153 per person	88.6%
Portugal	Int$42,228 per person	88.5%
Qatar	Int$111,314 per person	98.1%
Republic of the Congo	Int$6,153 per person	47.3%
Romania	Int$40,504 per person	91.3%
Russia	Int$41,891 per person	94.4%
Rwanda	Int$3,325 per person	31.7%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Int$30,656 per person	76.9%
Saint Lucia	Int$24,700 per person	68.2%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Int$18,714 per person	76.2%
Saudi Arabia	Int$63,194 per person	100.0%
Senegal	Int$4,478 per person	60.1%
Serbia	Int$26,901 per person	87.7%
Seychelles	Int$29,288 per person	87.8%
Sierra Leone	Int$3,099 per person	25.1%
Singapore	Int$134,549 per person	94.4%
Slovakia	Int$40,302 per person	89.8%
Slovenia	Int$48,658 per person	90.8%
Solomon Islands	Int$2,354 per person	29.0%
Somalia, Fed. Rep.	Int$1,409 per person	27.9%
South Africa	Int$13,598 per person	78.4%
South Korea	Int$55,071 per person	97.9%
Spain	Int$48,460 per person	95.8%
Sri Lanka	Int$13,793 per person	54.6%
Sweden	Int$62,558 per person	95.5%
Switzerland	Int$85,448 per person	97.3%
São Tomé and Príncipe	Int$5,512 per person	59.1%
Tajikistan	Int$4,756 per person	55.8%
Tanzania	Int$3,713 per person	31.2%
Thailand	Int$21,882 per person	90.9%
Togo	Int$3,351 per person	39.5%
Tonga	Int$7,181 per person	67.4%
Trinidad and Tobago	Int$31,960 per person	82.2%
Tunisia	Int$12,775 per person	76.5%
Türkiye	Int$36,154 per person	87.3%
Uganda	Int$2,880 per person	8.9%
Ukraine	Int$16,371 per person	82.5%
United Arab Emirates	Int$69,702 per person	100.0%
United Kingdom	Int$53,412 per person	95.5%
United States	Int$75,698 per person	94.7%
Uruguay	Int$32,149 per person	92.0%
Uzbekistan	Int$10,997 per person	89.5%
Viet Nam	Int$14,396 per person	84.2%
Zambia	Int$3,708 per person	17.1%
Zimbabwe	Int$5,212 per person	41.6%

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international dollars)

GDP per person converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity rates, at constant 2021 prices. It adjusts for price-level differences, so it compares living standards across countries and over time.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, International Comparison Program

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.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database