100%
Individuals using the Internet (% of population) in 2024.
Internet use · ARE · 2024
United Arab Emirates internet use rate: 100%
100% of people in United Arab Emirates used the internet in 2024. Among the 182 countries currently included in this verified same-year dataset, United Arab Emirates ranks 1st.
2024 OBSERVATION · ARE · IT.NET.USER.ZSHow United Arab Emirates compares
1st of 182
This rank applies only to the countries currently included in this verified same-year dataset, not to a complete worldwide ranking.
17.896602630000004 pp above median
United Arab Emirates is 17.896602630000004 percentage points above the 82.10339737% median of the 182 included countries and United Arab Emirates is tied for the highest value among the included countries.
Closest included countries
Bahrain
100% in 2024, 0 percentage points the same.
Saudi Arabia
100% in 2024, 0 percentage points the same.
Denmark
99.76915157% in 2024, 0.23084842999999466 percentage points lower.
Definition and provenance
Indicator: IT.NET.USER.ZS — Individuals using the Internet (% of population).
Individuals who have used the Internet from any location in the last 3 months.
Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU), World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, surfaced via World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI), Indicators API v2. Unit: % of population. License: CC BY-4.0.
Observation year: 2024. Retrieved: 23 August 2026. Retrieval date is not treated as the observation year.
Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data.
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Scope note
This page reports the 2024 observation from the same validated same-year dataset used by the parent comparison. It does not claim a historical WDI revision, a causal explanation or a complete global rank.