Individuals using the Internet (% of population) by country
Internet users are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 3 months. The Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV etc.
Countries reporting
208
Highest
100.0%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0.0%
North Korea
Median
81.4%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
6,889
What the numbers show
Individuals using the Internet (% of population) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0.0% in North Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 81.4%, and the mean is 70.4%.
Over the past decade 204 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 18,079.1%), and the largest decrease in Japan (down 4.0%).
Individuals using the Internet: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2025 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Denmark | 99.8% | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 99.1% | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Monaco | 99.0% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 8 | Norway | 99.0% | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Bermuda | 98.4% | 2017 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 10 | Liechtenstein | 98.3% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 11 | Iceland | 98.2% | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Qatar | 98.1% | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Malaysia | 98.0% | 2024 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 14 | South Korea | 97.9% | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Faroe Islands | 97.6% | 2017 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 16 | San Marino | 97.4% | 2024 | up 77.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Switzerland | 97.3% | 2025 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Ireland | 97.2% | 2024 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Aruba | 97.2% | 2017 | up 214.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Netherlands | 97.0% | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Brunei | 96.3% | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Australia | 96.1% | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Belgium | 95.8% | 2024 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Sweden | 95.8% | 2025 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Spain | 95.8% | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Hong Kong | 95.8% | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Jordan | 95.6% | 2024 | up 107.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Chile | 95.6% | 2024 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 95.5% | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Oman | 95.3% | 2024 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 31 | United States | 94.7% | 2024 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Gibraltar | 94.4% | 2016 | up 108.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Andorra | 94.4% | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Singapore | 94.4% | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Russia | 94.4% | 2024 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Canada | 94.4% | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Belarus | 94.3% | 2024 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Malta | 93.9% | 2024 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Hungary | 93.8% | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Finland | 93.7% | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 41 | New Zealand | 93.5% | 2024 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Germany | 93.5% | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 93.4% | 2024 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 93.1% | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Latvia | 92.7% | 2024 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Bahamas | 92.5% | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Estonia | 92.2% | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Kyrgyzstan | 92.0% | 2024 | up 225.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Uruguay | 92.0% | 2024 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Austria | 91.9% | 2025 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 51 | China | 91.6% | 2025 | up 82.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Romania | 91.3% | 2024 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Bhutan | 91.3% | 2024 | up 201.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Morocco | 91.2% | 2024 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 91.0% | 2024 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Thailand | 90.9% | 2024 | up 160.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Azerbaijan | 90.8% | 2025 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Slovenia | 90.8% | 2024 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Jamaica | 90.1% | 2024 | up 123.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Macao | 89.8% | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Slovakia | 89.8% | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Turkey | 89.8% | 2025 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Argentina | 89.7% | 2024 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Cyprus | 89.6% | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 89.5% | 2024 | up 152.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Kiribati | 89.4% | 2024 | up 630.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Italy | 89.2% | 2024 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Lithuania | 89.2% | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Montenegro | 88.9% | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 70 | France | 88.7% | 2024 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Poland | 88.6% | 2024 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Portugal | 88.5% | 2024 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Israel | 88.2% | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Seychelles | 87.8% | 2024 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Serbia | 87.7% | 2024 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 76 | Czechia | 87.7% | 2024 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Suriname | 87.4% | 2023 | up 133.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Puerto Rico | 87.3% | 2022 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 87.2% | 2024 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Palestine | 86.6% | 2023 | up 85.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Greece | 86.3% | 2024 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 86.1% | 2024 | up 72.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Albania | 85.9% | 2024 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Japan | 85.5% | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Iran | 85.3% | 2024 | up 116.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Maldives | 85.2% | 2024 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Mongolia | 85.1% | 2024 | up 326.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Brazil | 84.5% | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Vietnam | 84.2% | 2024 | up 105.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Palau | 83.9% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Georgia | 83.8% | 2024 | up 70.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Croatia | 83.6% | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Mexico | 83.1% | 2024 | up 87.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Nauru | 83.0% | 2024 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Guyana | 83.0% | 2024 | up 159.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Ukraine | 82.5% | 2024 | up 78.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 82.4% | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Trinidad and Tobago | 82.2% | 2024 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Dominica | 82.0% | 2024 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 100 | New Caledonia | 82.0% | 2017 | up 134.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Peru | 82.0% | 2024 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Libya | 82.0% | 2024 | up 361.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Paraguay | 81.6% | 2024 | up 89.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Iraq | 81.5% | 2024 | up 599.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Armenia | 81.3% | 2024 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Cayman Islands | 81.1% | 2017 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Lebanon | 80.6% | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Guam | 80.5% | 2017 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Belize | 80.0% | 2024 | up 106.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Bolivia | 79.7% | 2024 | up 130.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Colombia | 79.3% | 2024 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 112 | South Africa | 78.4% | 2024 | up 59.9% | volatile |
| 113 | British Virgin Islands | 77.7% | 2017 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Algeria | 77.4% | 2024 | up 162.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Moldova | 77.4% | 2024 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Ecuador | 77.2% | 2024 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 76.9% | 2024 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Venezuela | 76.7% | 2024 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Tunisia | 76.5% | 2024 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 76.2% | 2024 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Cape Verde | 74.7% | 2024 | up 85.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Fiji | 74.7% | 2024 | up 99.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Egypt | 74.6% | 2024 | up 120.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Mauritius | 73.3% | 2024 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Indonesia | 72.8% | 2024 | up 324.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Panama | 72.8% | 2024 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Antigua and Barbuda | 72.7% | 2024 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 128 | French Polynesia | 72.7% | 2017 | up 154.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Ghana | 72.2% | 2024 | up 279.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Cuba | 70.5% | 2024 | up 142.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Barbados | 70.4% | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Grenada | 70.2% | 2024 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 133 | India | 70.0% | 2025 | up 369.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Greenland | 69.5% | 2017 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Gabon | 68.7% | 2024 | up 80.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Cambodia | 68.5% | 2024 | up 389.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 68.2% | 2024 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Tonga | 67.4% | 2024 | up 87.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Philippines | 67.3% | 2024 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 140 | El Salvador | 66.5% | 2024 | up 168.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Marshall Islands | 65.9% | 2024 | up 292.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Laos | 65.6% | 2024 | up 360.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Djibouti | 65.3% | 2024 | up 284.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Namibia | 64.9% | 2024 | up 337.2% | volatile |
| 145 | United States Virgin Islands | 64.4% | 2017 | up 135.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Eswatini | 63.4% | 2024 | up 153.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.3% | 2024 | up 235.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Nicaragua | 61.4% | 2024 | up 248.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Guatemala | 60.2% | 2024 | up 157.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Senegal | 60.1% | 2024 | up 239.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Sao Tome and Principe | 59.1% | 2024 | up 142.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Honduras | 58.6% | 2024 | up 154.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Botswana | 57.5% | 2024 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Pakistan | 57.3% | 2024 | up 472.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Tajikistan | 55.8% | 2024 | up 219.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Sri Lanka | 54.6% | 2024 | up 419.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Bangladesh | 53.4% | 2024 | up 490.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Lesotho | 51.8% | 2024 | up 135.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Gambia | 49.5% | 2024 | up 218.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Haiti | 47.9% | 2024 | up 319.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Congo | 47.3% | 2024 | up 564.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Nepal | 46.3% | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Cameroon | 46.3% | 2024 | up 185.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Mauritania | 45.8% | 2024 | up 288.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Myanmar | 45.4% | 2020 | up 18,079.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Zimbabwe | 41.6% | 2024 | up 154.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Cote d'Ivoire | 41.4% | 2024 | up 314.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Nigeria | 41.2% | 2024 | up 96.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Angola | 40.7% | 2024 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Micronesia (country) | 39.5% | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Togo | 39.5% | 2024 | up 592.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Mali | 36.8% | 2024 | up 425.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Tuvalu | 35.2% | 2017 | up 252.0% | volatile |
| 174 | East Timor | 35.0% | 2021 | up 776.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Kenya | 35.0% | 2024 | up 112.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Benin | 34.0% | 2024 | up 466.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Syria | 33.8% | 2018 | up 141.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Guinea | 33.3% | 2024 | up 420.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Comoros | 32.5% | 2024 | up 365.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Liberia | 32.2% | 2024 | up 495.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Rwanda | 31.7% | 2024 | up 199.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Tanzania | 31.2% | 2024 | up 345.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Guinea-Bissau | 29.8% | 2024 | up 796.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Solomon Islands | 29.0% | 2024 | up 222.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Burkina Faso | 28.3% | 2024 | up 370.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Somalia | 27.9% | 2024 | up 1,614.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Sierra Leone | 25.1% | 2024 | up 314.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Vanuatu | 22.4% | 2015 | up 339.8% | volatile |
| 189 | Ethiopia | 21.9% | 2024 | up 185.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Samoa | 21.2% | 2014 | up 589.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Mozambique | 20.5% | 2024 | up 242.1% | volatile |
| 192 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 19.7% | 2024 | up 555.8% | volatile |
| 193 | Malawi | 19.0% | 2024 | up 225.2% | volatile |
| 194 | Papua New Guinea | 18.8% | 2024 | up 189.4% | volatile |
| 195 | Madagascar | 18.7% | 2024 | up 404.8% | volatile |
| 196 | Sudan | 18.6% | 2017 | up 114.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Turkmenistan | 18.0% | 2016 | up 1,263.3% | volatile |
| 198 | Yemen | 17.5% | 2019 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 199 | Zambia | 17.1% | 2024 | up 163.1% | volatile |
| 200 | Afghanistan | 16.1% | 2024 | up 129.9% | volatile |
| 201 | Niger | 15.6% | 2024 | up 1,145.9% | volatile |
| 202 | Eritrea | 14.3% | 2020 | up 2,252.4% | volatile |
| 203 | Central African Republic | 13.8% | 2024 | up 410.5% | volatile |
| 204 | Chad | 12.6% | 2024 | up 335.4% | volatile |
| 205 | Uganda | 8.9% | 2024 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 206 | Burundi | 8.6% | 2024 | up 724.6% | volatile |
| 207 | South Sudan | 6.7% | 2019 | up 344.7% | rising |
| 208 | North Korea | 0.0% | 2004 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 95.6%
- High income 94.2%
- Europe & Central Asia 92.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 90.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 88.9%
- Upper middle income 88.8%
- East Asia & Pacific 88.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 88.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 87.5%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 83.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean 83.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 83.6%
About this data
Internet users are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 3 months. The Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV etc.