Internet penetration history · CZE

Czechia internet penetration over time

Name: Czechia internet use history
Creator: International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The latest verified observation is 87.7% in 2024. The available series begins at 0% in 1990, a net change of 87.7 percentage points.

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LATEST

87.7%

Internet penetration in Czechia in 2024, the latest available observation in this series.

LONG-TERM CHANGE

+87.7 pp

Change between the first available observation in 1990 and the latest in 2024.

RECENT CONTEXT

+6.8 pp

From 2019 to 2024, the observed rate changed by 6.8 percentage points, from 80.9% to 87.7%.

The first observation at or above 50% is 2007 (51.9%). The first observation at or above 75% is 2015 (75.7%).

Historical trend

Each point is an official observation returned by World Bank WDI for IT.NET.USER.ZS. Lines connect observed points for readability; they do not create data for missing years.

Year-by-year internet penetration

Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — Czechia
Year	Internet users
2024	87.7%
2023	86%
2022	84.5%
2021	82.7%
2020	81.3%
2019	80.9%
2018	80.7%
2017	78.7%
2016	76.5%
2015	75.7%
2014	74.2%
2013	74.1%
2012	73.4%
2011	70.5%
2010	68.8%
2009	64.4%
2008	63%
2007	51.9%
2006	47.9%
2005	35.3%
2004	35.5%
2003	34.3%
2002	23.9%
2001	14.7%
2000	9.8%
1999	6.8%
1998	3.9%
1997	2.9%
1996	1.9%
1995	1.4%
1994	1.3%
1993	0.6%
1990	0%

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What this measure means

On World Discovery, “internet penetration rate” and “internet users” both refer to the share of individuals who used the internet, matching World Development Indicators code IT.NET.USER.ZS. It is a population-use measure; it is not the same as fixed-broadband subscriptions, mobile subscriptions, connection speed or household access.

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Internet penetration here means individuals using the internet (% of population). It is reported as % of population. The indicator definition is: Individuals who have used the Internet from any location in the last 3 months.

This series is useful for questions such as “How has internet access changed in Czechia?” and “What is Czechia’s latest internet penetration rate?” It does not estimate people missing from the official observations.

Compare Czechia with similar regional rates

These Europe & Central Asia countries have the closest latest observed internet-penetration rates in the same verified history dataset. The links are based on data proximity, not a claim of social or economic similarity.

SRB

Serbia

87.7% in 2024. Compare its verified historical internet-penetration series with Czechia.

TUR

Turkiye

87.3% in 2024. Compare its verified historical internet-penetration series with Czechia.

PRT

Portugal

88.5% in 2024. Compare its verified historical internet-penetration series with Czechia.

POL

Poland

88.6% in 2024. Compare its verified historical internet-penetration series with Czechia.

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Czechia in Europe & Central Asia

Among the 51 countries from Europe & Central Asia present in this verified 2024 dataset, Czechia ranks 40th. Its 87.7% observation is 4.3 percentage points below the regional median of 92%. This comparison only describes countries present in this same-year dataset.

Closest same-region observations: Serbia (87.7%) · Turkiye (87.3%) · Portugal (88.5%).

Source and methodology

Indicator: IT.NET.USER.ZS — Individuals using the Internet (% of population).

Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU), World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, surfaced through World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI), Indicators API v2. License: CC BY-4.0.

Values are kept at their official observation years. Missing years are not backfilled, averaged or interpolated. This page is a historical observation series, not a revision comparison.

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Countries to compare with Czechia

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