Countries ranked by Internet users (share of people)
The share of people who used the internet recently.
#1 United Arab Emirates (100.0%), #1 Bahrain (100.0%), #1 Kuwait (100.0%), and other countries tied at #1. The last place is South Sudan (6.7%).
How to read this number
The share of the population that has used the Internet in the last 3 months, from any location and using a computer, mobile phone, games machine, digital TV or other device.
This counts people who actually used the Internet, not people who merely have access.
- Countries listed: 186 (of 193)
- Data years: 2019–2025 (differs by country)
- 170 countries use 2024 data
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Ranking table
Sorted from the highest value
| Rank | Country | Internet users (share of people) | Year | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= |  United Arab Emirates |
100.0% | 2024 | |
| 1= |  Bahrain |
100.0% | 2024 | |
| 1= |  Kuwait |
100.0% | 2025 | |
| 1= |  Saudi Arabia |
100.0% | 2024 | |
| 5 |  Denmark |
99.8% | 2024 | |
| 6 |  Luxembourg |
99.1% | 2025 | |
| 7 |  Monaco |
99.0% | 2024 | |
| 8 |  Norway |
99.0% | 2024 | |
| 9 |  Liechtenstein |
98.3% | 2024 | |
| 10 |  Iceland |
98.2% | 2024 | |
| 11 |  Qatar |
98.1% | 2024 | |
| 12 |  Malaysia |
98.0% | 2024 | |
| 13 |  South Korea |
97.9% | 2024 | |
| 14 |  San Marino |
97.4% | 2024 | |
| 15 |  Switzerland |
97.3% | 2025 | |
| 16 |  Ireland |
97.2% | 2024 | |
| 17 |  Netherlands |
97.0% | 2024 | |
| 18 |  Brunei |
96.3% | 2024 | |
| 19 |  Australia |
96.1% | 2024 | |
| 20 |  Belgium |
95.8% | 2024 | |
| 21 |  Sweden |
95.8% | 2025 | |
| 22 |  Spain |
95.8% | 2024 | |
| 23 |  Jordan |
95.6% | 2024 | |
| 24 |  Chile |
95.6% | 2024 | |
| 25 |  United Kingdom |
95.5% | 2024 | |
| 26 |  Oman |
95.3% | 2024 | |
| 27 |  United States |
94.7% | 2024 | |
| 28 |  Andorra |
94.4% | 2024 | |
| 29 |  Singapore |
94.4% | 2024 | |
| 30 |  Russia |
94.4% | 2024 | |
| 31 |  Canada |
94.4% | 2024 | |
| 32 |  Belarus |
94.3% | 2024 | |
| 33 |  Malta |
93.9% | 2024 | |
| 34 |  Hungary |
93.8% | 2024 | |
| 35 |  Finland |
93.7% | 2024 | |
| 36 |  New Zealand |
93.5% | 2024 | |
| 37 |  Germany |
93.5% | 2024 | |
| 38 |  Kazakhstan |
93.4% | 2024 | |
| 39 |  North Macedonia |
93.1% | 2025 | |
| 40 |  Latvia |
92.7% | 2024 | |
| 41 |  Bahamas |
92.5% | 2024 | |
| 42 |  Estonia |
92.2% | 2024 | |
| 43 |  Kyrgyzstan |
92.0% | 2024 | |
| 44 |  Uruguay |
92.0% | 2024 | |
| 45 |  Austria |
91.9% | 2025 | |
| 46 |  China |
91.6% | 2025 | |
| 47 |  Romania |
91.3% | 2024 | |
| 48 |  Bhutan |
91.3% | 2024 | |
| 49 |  Morocco |
91.2% | 2024 | |
| 50 |  Dominican Republic |
91.0% | 2024 | |
| 51 |  Thailand |
90.9% | 2024 | |
| 52 |  Azerbaijan |
90.8% | 2025 | |
| 53 |  Slovenia |
90.8% | 2024 | |
| 54 |  Jamaica |
90.1% | 2024 | |
| 55 |  Slovakia |
89.8% | 2024 | |
| 56 |  Türkiye |
89.8% | 2025 | |
| 57 |  Argentina |
89.7% | 2024 | |
| 58 |  Cyprus |
89.6% | 2024 | |
| 59 |  Uzbekistan |
89.5% | 2024 | |
| 60 |  Kiribati |
89.4% | 2024 | |
| 61 |  Italy |
89.2% | 2024 | |
| 62 |  Lithuania |
89.2% | 2024 | |
| 63 |  Montenegro |
88.9% | 2024 | |
| 64 |  France |
88.7% | 2024 | |
| 65 |  Poland |
88.6% | 2024 | |
| 66 |  Portugal |
88.5% | 2024 | |
| 67 |  Israel |
88.2% | 2024 | |
| 68 |  Seychelles |
87.8% | 2024 | |
| 69 |  Serbia |
87.7% | 2024 | |
| 70 |  Czechia |
87.7% | 2024 | |
| 71 |  Suriname |
87.4% | 2023 | |
| 72 |  Costa Rica |
87.2% | 2024 | |
| 73 |  Greece |
86.3% | 2024 | |
| 74 |  Bosnia & Herzegovina |
86.1% | 2024 | |
| 75 |  Albania |
85.9% | 2024 | |
| 76 |  Japan |
85.5% | 2024 | |
| 77 |  Iran |
85.3% | 2024 | |
| 78 |  Maldives |
85.2% | 2024 | |
| 79 |  Mongolia |
85.1% | 2024 | |
| 80 |  Brazil |
84.5% | 2024 | |
| 81 |  Vietnam |
84.2% | 2024 | |
| 82 |  Palau |
83.9% | 2024 | |
| 83 |  Georgia |
83.8% | 2024 | |
| 84 |  Croatia |
83.6% | 2024 | |
| 85 |  Mexico |
83.1% | 2024 | |
| 86 |  Nauru |
83.0% | 2024 | |
| 87 |  Guyana |
83.0% | 2024 | |
| 88 |  Ukraine |
82.5% | 2024 | |
| 89 |  Bulgaria |
82.4% | 2024 | |
| 90 |  Trinidad & Tobago |
82.2% | 2024 | |
| 91 |  Dominica |
82.0% | 2024 | |
| 92 |  Peru |
82.0% | 2024 | |
| 93 |  Libya |
82.0% | 2024 | |
| 94 |  Paraguay |
81.6% | 2024 | |
| 95 |  Iraq |
81.5% | 2024 | |
| 96 |  Armenia |
81.3% | 2024 | |
| 97 |  Lebanon |
80.6% | 2024 | |
| 98 |  Belize |
80.0% | 2024 | |
| 99 |  Bolivia |
79.7% | 2024 | |
| 100 |  Colombia |
79.3% | 2024 | |
| 101 |  South Africa |
78.4% | 2024 | |
| 102 |  Algeria |
77.4% | 2024 | |
| 103 |  Moldova |
77.4% | 2024 | |
| 104 |  Ecuador |
77.2% | 2024 | |
| 105 |  St. Kitts & Nevis |
76.9% | 2024 | |
| 106 |  Venezuela |
76.7% | 2024 | |
| 107 |  Tunisia |
76.5% | 2024 | |
| 108 |  St. Vincent & Grenadines |
76.2% | 2024 | |
| 109 |  Cape Verde |
74.7% | 2024 | |
| 110 |  Fiji |
74.7% | 2024 | |
| 111 |  Egypt |
74.6% | 2024 | |
| 112 |  Mauritius |
73.3% | 2024 | |
| 113 |  Indonesia |
72.8% | 2024 | |
| 114 |  Panama |
72.8% | 2024 | |
| 115 |  Antigua & Barbuda |
72.7% | 2024 | |
| 116 |  Ghana |
72.2% | 2024 | |
| 117 |  Cuba |
70.5% | 2024 | |
| 118 |  Barbados |
70.4% | 2024 | |
| 119 |  Grenada |
70.2% | 2024 | |
| 120 |  India |
70.0% | 2025 | |
| 121 |  Gabon |
68.7% | 2024 | |
| 122 |  Cambodia |
68.5% | 2024 | |
| 123 |  St. Lucia |
68.2% | 2024 | |
| 124 |  Tonga |
67.4% | 2024 | |
| 125 |  Philippines |
67.3% | 2024 | |
| 126 |  El Salvador |
66.5% | 2024 | |
| 127 |  Marshall Islands |
65.9% | 2024 | |
| 128 |  Laos |
65.6% | 2024 | |
| 129 |  Djibouti |
65.3% | 2024 | |
| 130 |  Namibia |
64.9% | 2024 | |
| 131 |  Eswatini |
63.4% | 2024 | |
| 132 |  Equatorial Guinea |
63.3% | 2024 | |
| 133 |  Nicaragua |
61.4% | 2024 | |
| 134 |  Guatemala |
60.2% | 2024 | |
| 135 |  Senegal |
60.1% | 2024 | |
| 136 |  São Tomé & Príncipe |
59.1% | 2024 | |
| 137 |  Honduras |
58.6% | 2024 | |
| 138 |  Botswana |
57.5% | 2024 | |
| 139 |  Pakistan |
57.3% | 2024 | |
| 140 |  Tajikistan |
55.8% | 2024 | |
| 141 |  Sri Lanka |
54.6% | 2024 | |
| 142 |  Bangladesh |
53.4% | 2024 | |
| 143 |  Lesotho |
51.8% | 2024 | |
| 144 |  Gambia |
49.5% | 2024 | |
| 145 |  Haiti |
47.9% | 2024 | |
| 146 |  Republic of the Congo |
47.3% | 2024 | |
| 147 |  Nepal |
46.3% | 2024 | |
| 148 |  Cameroon |
46.3% | 2024 | |
| 149 |  Mauritania |
45.8% | 2024 | |
| 150 |  Myanmar |
45.4% | 2020 | |
| 151 |  Zimbabwe |
41.6% | 2024 | |
| 152 |  Côte d’Ivoire |
41.4% | 2024 | |
| 153 |  Nigeria |
41.2% | 2024 | |
| 154 |  Angola |
40.7% | 2024 | |
| 155 |  Micronesia |
39.5% | 2024 | |
| 156 |  Togo |
39.5% | 2024 | |
| 157 |  Mali |
36.8% | 2024 | |
| 158 |  Timor-Leste |
35.0% | 2021 | |
| 159 |  Kenya |
35.0% | 2024 | |
| 160 |  Benin |
34.0% | 2024 | |
| 161 |  Guinea |
33.3% | 2024 | |
| 162 |  Comoros |
32.5% | 2024 | |
| 163 |  Liberia |
32.2% | 2024 | |
| 164 |  Rwanda |
31.7% | 2024 | |
| 165 |  Tanzania |
31.2% | 2024 | |
| 166 |  Guinea-Bissau |
29.8% | 2024 | |
| 167 |  Solomon Islands |
29.0% | 2024 | |
| 168 |  Burkina Faso |
28.3% | 2024 | |
| 169 |  Somalia |
27.9% | 2024 | |
| 170 |  Sierra Leone |
25.1% | 2024 | |
| 171 |  Ethiopia |
21.9% | 2024 | |
| 172 |  Mozambique |
20.5% | 2024 | |
| 173 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
19.7% | 2024 | |
| 174 |  Malawi |
19.0% | 2024 | |
| 175 |  Papua New Guinea |
18.8% | 2024 | |
| 176 |  Madagascar |
18.7% | 2024 | |
| 177 |  Yemen |
17.5% | 2019 | |
| 178 |  Zambia |
17.1% | 2024 | |
| 179 |  Afghanistan |
16.1% | 2024 | |
| 180 |  Niger |
15.6% | 2024 | |
| 181 |  Eritrea |
14.3% | 2020 | |
| 182 |  Central African Republic |
13.8% | 2024 | |
| 183 |  Chad |
12.6% | 2024 | |
| 184 |  Uganda |
8.9% | 2024 | |
| 185 |  Burundi |
8.6% | 2024 | |
| 186 |  South Sudan |
6.7% | 2019 |
No matching countries.
Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.
Data is available for 186 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.
Source: Individuals using the Internet (% of population), indicator IT.NET.USER.ZS. Processed by this site. data.worldbank.org
How it has changed (1990–2024)
See how internet users (share of people) has changed across the world’s countries from 1990 to 2024.
- In 1990, United States ranked first (0.8%).
- In 2024, 3 countries tied for first (100.0%).
- Japan’s internet users (share of people) went from 0.0% in 1990 to 85.5% in 2024 (up 85.5 points).
- Japan ranked #16 of 190 countries in 1990 and #75 of 180 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.
| Country | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 23.6% | 68.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Uruguay | 0.0% | 10.5% | 46.4% | 85.5% | 92.0% |
| Japan | 0.0% | 30.0% | 78.2% | 90.2% | 85.5% |
| Peru | 0.0% | 3.1% | 34.8% | 65.3% | 82.0% |
| São Tomé & Príncipe | 0.0% | 4.6% | 18.8% | 51.6% | 59.1% |
| Burundi | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% | 6.4% | 8.6% |
| Countries with data | 190 | 183 | 186 | 181 | 180 |
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