Internet penetration history · FIN

Finland internet penetration over time

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

The latest verified observation is 93.7% in 2024. The available series begins at 0.4% in 1990, a net change of 93.3 percentage points.

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LATEST

93.7%

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

LONG-TERM CHANGE

+93.3 pp

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

RECENT CONTEXT

+4.1 pp

From 2019 to 2024, the observed rate changed by 4.1 percentage points, from 89.6% to 93.7%.

The first observation at or above 50% is 2002 (62.4%). The first observation at or above 75% is 2006 (79.7%).

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) — Finland
Year	Internet users
2024	93.7%
2023	93.5%
2022	93%
2021	92.8%
2020	92.2%
2019	89.6%
2018	88.9%
2017	87.5%
2016	87.7%
2015	86.4%
2014	86.5%
2013	91.5%
2012	89.9%
2011	88.7%
2010	86.9%
2009	82.5%
2008	83.7%
2007	80.8%
2006	79.7%
2005	74.5%
2004	72.4%
2003	69.2%
2002	62.4%
2001	43.1%
2000	37.2%
1999	32.3%
1998	25.5%
1997	19.5%
1996	16.8%
1995	13.9%
1994	4.9%
1993	2.6%
1992	1.9%
1991	1.4%
1990	0.4%

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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 Finland?” and “What is Finland’s latest internet penetration rate?” It does not estimate people missing from the official observations.

Compare Finland 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.

HUN

Hungary

93.8% in 2024. Compare its verified historical internet-penetration series with Finland.

MKD

North Macedonia

93.6% in 2024. Compare its verified historical internet-penetration series with Finland.

DEU

Germany

93.5% in 2024. Compare its verified historical internet-penetration series with Finland.

KAZ

Kazakhstan

93.4% in 2024. Compare its verified historical internet-penetration series with Finland.

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Finland in Europe & Central Asia

Among the 51 countries from Europe & Central Asia present in this verified 2024 dataset, Finland ranks 20th. Its 93.7% observation is 1.7 percentage points above the regional median of 92%. This comparison only describes countries present in this same-year dataset.

Closest same-region observations: Hungary (93.8%) · North Macedonia (93.6%) · Germany (93.5%).

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 Finland

Move through the 2024 ranking or compare Finland with nearby values in Europe & Central Asia.

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