97.18769836%
Individuals using the Internet (% of population) in 2024.
Internet use · IRL · 2024
Ireland internet use rate: 97.18769836%
97.18769836% of people in Ireland used the internet in 2024. Among the 182 countries currently included in this verified same-year dataset, Ireland ranks 16th.
2024 OBSERVATION · IRL · IT.NET.USER.ZSHow Ireland compares
16th of 182
This rank applies only to the countries currently included in this verified same-year dataset, not to a complete worldwide ranking.
15.084300990000003 pp above median
Ireland is 15.084300990000003 percentage points above the 82.10339737% median of the 182 included countries and 2.812301640000001 percentage points below the highest included value of 100%.
Closest included countries
Switzerland
97.3443985% in 2024, 0.1567001399999981 percentage points higher.
San Marino
97.35220337% in 2024, 0.16450500999999917 percentage points higher.
Netherlands
97.00679779% in 2024, 0.1809005700000057 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.
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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.