East Asia & Pacific
Median: 84.6% · Highest: 98.0% (Malaysia)
Internet use · verified 2024 snapshot
What share of people used the internet in 2024?
Across 182 verified non-aggregate countries with 2024 observations, internet use ranges from 8.6% to 100% of the population. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates are highest in this same-year snapshot at 100%; Germany is 93.5%.
2024 OBSERVATIONS · 182 VERIFIED COUNTRIES · ITU VIA WDIInternet use and penetration by country — 2024 observations
About “internet penetration”: people often use that phrase for this topic. On this page it refers specifically to the World Development Indicators measure Individuals using the Internet (% of population) (IT.NET.USER.ZS): the share of people who used the internet. It is not a measure of household access, subscriptions, network coverage or internet traffic.
This table compares all 182 non-aggregate countries returned by the verified 2024 source snapshot. Countries without a 2024 observation are omitted rather than backfilled from older years, so this is not a complete global ranking.
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Compare internet use by region
Use regional medians and highest observed values to choose where to explore next. Every figure below is calculated from the same verified 2024 country snapshot used by the table.
Europe & Central Asia
Median: 92.0% · Highest: 99.8% (Denmark)
Latin America & Caribbean
Median: 79.5% · Highest: 95.6% (Chile)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Median: 86.8% · Highest: 100% (Bahrain, Saudi Arabia +1 tied)
North America
Median: 94.5% · Highest: 94.7% (United States)
South Asia
Median: 59.8% · Highest: 91.3% (Bhutan)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Median: 36.8% · Highest: 87.8% (Seychelles)
| Rank in snapshot | Country | Internet users | Observation year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100% | 2024 |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100% | 2024 |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100% | 2024 |
| 4 | Denmark | 99.8% | 2024 |
| 5 | Kuwait | 99.7% | 2024 |
| 6 | Monaco | 99% | 2024 |
| 7 | Norway | 99% | 2024 |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 98.8% | 2024 |
| 9 | Liechtenstein | 98.3% | 2024 |
| 10 | Iceland | 98.2% | 2024 |
| 11 | Qatar | 98.1% | 2024 |
| 12 | Malaysia | 98% | 2024 |
| 13 | Korea, Rep. | 97.9% | 2024 |
| 14 | San Marino | 97.4% | 2024 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 97.3% | 2024 |
| 16 | Ireland | 97.2% | 2024 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 97% | 2024 |
| 18 | Brunei Darussalam | 96.3% | 2024 |
| 19 | Australia | 96.1% | 2024 |
| 20 | Belgium | 95.8% | 2024 |
| 21 | Spain | 95.8% | 2024 |
| 22 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 95.8% | 2024 |
| 23 | Jordan | 95.6% | 2024 |
| 24 | Chile | 95.6% | 2024 |
| 25 | Sweden | 95.5% | 2024 |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 95.5% | 2024 |
| 27 | Oman | 95.3% | 2024 |
| 28 | Austria | 94.9% | 2024 |
| 29 | United States | 94.7% | 2024 |
| 30 | Andorra | 94.4% | 2024 |
| 31 | Singapore | 94.4% | 2024 |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 94.4% | 2024 |
| 33 | Canada | 94.4% | 2024 |
| 34 | Belarus | 94.3% | 2024 |
| 35 | Malta | 93.9% | 2024 |
| 36 | Hungary | 93.8% | 2024 |
| 37 | Finland | 93.7% | 2024 |
| 38 | North Macedonia | 93.6% | 2024 |
| 39 | New Zealand | 93.5% | 2024 |
| 40 | Germany | 93.5% | 2024 |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 93.4% | 2024 |
| 42 | Latvia | 92.7% | 2024 |
| 43 | Bahamas, The | 92.5% | 2024 |
| 44 | Estonia | 92.2% | 2024 |
| 45 | Kyrgyz Republic | 92% | 2024 |
| 46 | China | 92% | 2024 |
| 47 | Uruguay | 92% | 2024 |
| 48 | Romania | 91.3% | 2024 |
| 49 | Bhutan | 91.3% | 2024 |
| 50 | Morocco | 91.2% | 2024 |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 91% | 2024 |
| 52 | Thailand | 90.9% | 2024 |
| 53 | Slovenia | 90.8% | 2024 |
| 54 | Azerbaijan | 90.4% | 2024 |
| 55 | Jamaica | 90.1% | 2024 |
| 56 | Macao SAR, China | 89.8% | 2024 |
| 57 | Slovak Republic | 89.8% | 2024 |
| 58 | Argentina | 89.7% | 2024 |
| 59 | Cyprus | 89.6% | 2024 |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 89.5% | 2024 |
| 61 | Kiribati | 89.4% | 2024 |
| 62 | Italy | 89.2% | 2024 |
| 63 | Lithuania | 89.2% | 2024 |
| 64 | Montenegro | 88.9% | 2024 |
| 65 | France | 88.7% | 2024 |
| 66 | Poland | 88.6% | 2024 |
| 67 | Portugal | 88.5% | 2024 |
| 68 | Israel | 88.2% | 2024 |
| 69 | Seychelles | 87.8% | 2024 |
| 70 | Serbia | 87.7% | 2024 |
| 71 | Czechia | 87.7% | 2024 |
| 72 | Turkiye | 87.3% | 2024 |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 87.2% | 2024 |
| 74 | Greece | 86.3% | 2024 |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 86.1% | 2024 |
| 76 | Albania | 85.9% | 2024 |
| 77 | Japan | 85.5% | 2024 |
| 78 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 85.3% | 2024 |
| 79 | Maldives | 85.2% | 2024 |
| 80 | Mongolia | 85.1% | 2024 |
| 81 | Brazil | 84.5% | 2024 |
| 82 | Viet Nam | 84.2% | 2024 |
| 83 | Palau | 83.9% | 2024 |
| 84 | Georgia | 83.8% | 2024 |
| 85 | Croatia | 83.6% | 2024 |
| 86 | Mexico | 83.1% | 2024 |
| 87 | Naoero | 83% | 2024 |
| 88 | Guyana | 83% | 2024 |
| 89 | Ukraine | 82.5% | 2024 |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 82.4% | 2024 |
| 91 | Trinidad and Tobago | 82.2% | 2024 |
| 92 | Dominica | 82% | 2024 |
| 93 | Peru | 82% | 2024 |
| 94 | Libya | 82% | 2024 |
| 95 | Paraguay | 81.6% | 2024 |
| 96 | Iraq | 81.5% | 2024 |
| 97 | Armenia | 81.3% | 2024 |
| 98 | Lebanon | 80.6% | 2024 |
| 99 | Belize | 80% | 2024 |
| 100 | Bolivia | 79.7% | 2024 |
| 101 | Colombia | 79.3% | 2024 |
| 102 | South Africa | 78.4% | 2024 |
| 103 | Algeria | 77.4% | 2024 |
| 104 | Moldova | 77.4% | 2024 |
| 105 | Ecuador | 77.2% | 2024 |
| 106 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 76.9% | 2024 |
| 107 | Venezuela, RB | 76.7% | 2024 |
| 108 | Tunisia | 76.5% | 2024 |
| 109 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 76.2% | 2024 |
| 110 | Cabo Verde | 74.7% | 2024 |
| 111 | Fiji | 74.7% | 2024 |
| 112 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 74.6% | 2024 |
| 113 | Mauritius | 73.3% | 2024 |
| 114 | Indonesia | 72.8% | 2024 |
| 115 | Panama | 72.8% | 2024 |
| 116 | Antigua and Barbuda | 72.7% | 2024 |
| 117 | Ghana | 72.2% | 2024 |
| 118 | Cuba | 70.5% | 2024 |
| 119 | Barbados | 70.4% | 2024 |
| 120 | Grenada | 70.2% | 2024 |
| 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 | Lao PDR | 65.6% | 2024 |
| 129 | Djibouti | 65.3% | 2024 |
| 130 | India | 64.9% | 2024 |
| 131 | Namibia | 64.9% | 2024 |
| 132 | Eswatini | 63.4% | 2024 |
| 133 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.3% | 2024 |
| 134 | Nicaragua | 61.4% | 2024 |
| 135 | Guatemala | 60.2% | 2024 |
| 136 | Senegal | 60.1% | 2024 |
| 137 | Sao Tome and Principe | 59.1% | 2024 |
| 138 | Honduras | 58.6% | 2024 |
| 139 | Botswana | 57.5% | 2024 |
| 140 | Pakistan | 57.3% | 2024 |
| 141 | Tajikistan | 55.8% | 2024 |
| 142 | Sri Lanka | 54.6% | 2024 |
| 143 | Bangladesh | 53.4% | 2024 |
| 144 | Lesotho | 51.8% | 2024 |
| 145 | Gambia, The | 49.5% | 2024 |
| 146 | Haiti | 47.9% | 2024 |
| 147 | Congo, Rep. | 47.3% | 2024 |
| 148 | Nepal | 46.3% | 2024 |
| 149 | Cameroon | 46.3% | 2024 |
| 150 | Mauritania | 45.8% | 2024 |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 41.6% | 2024 |
| 152 | Cote d'Ivoire | 41.4% | 2024 |
| 153 | Nigeria | 41.2% | 2024 |
| 154 | Angola | 40.7% | 2024 |
| 155 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 39.5% | 2024 |
| 156 | Togo | 39.5% | 2024 |
| 157 | Mali | 36.8% | 2024 |
| 158 | Kenya | 35% | 2024 |
| 159 | Benin | 34% | 2024 |
| 160 | Guinea | 33.3% | 2024 |
| 161 | Comoros | 32.5% | 2024 |
| 162 | Liberia | 32.2% | 2024 |
| 163 | Rwanda | 31.7% | 2024 |
| 164 | Tanzania | 31.2% | 2024 |
| 165 | Guinea-Bissau | 29.8% | 2024 |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 29% | 2024 |
| 167 | Burkina Faso | 28.3% | 2024 |
| 168 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 27.9% | 2024 |
| 169 | Sierra Leone | 25.1% | 2024 |
| 170 | Ethiopia | 21.9% | 2024 |
| 171 | Mozambique | 20.5% | 2024 |
| 172 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 19.7% | 2024 |
| 173 | Malawi | 19% | 2024 |
| 174 | Papua New Guinea | 18.8% | 2024 |
| 175 | Madagascar | 18.7% | 2024 |
| 176 | Zambia | 17.1% | 2024 |
| 177 | Afghanistan | 16.1% | 2024 |
| 178 | Niger | 15.6% | 2024 |
| 179 | Central African Republic | 13.8% | 2024 |
| 180 | Chad | 12.6% | 2024 |
| 181 | Uganda | 8.9% | 2024 |
| 182 | Burundi | 8.6% | 2024 |
Quick answers from this verified snapshot
Which included countries are highest?
Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates have the highest observed share among these 182 countries at 100%.
Where does Germany sit here?
Within this verified 182-country snapshot, Germany ranks 40th at 93.5%.
How wide is the observed range?
Among the 182 included countries, the gap between the highest and lowest values is 91.4 percentage points (100% versus 8.6%).
Source and provenance
Indicator: IT.NET.USER.ZS — Individuals using the Internet (% of population).
Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU), World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, surfaced via World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI), Indicators API v2.
Retrieval: 23 August 2026.