98.0206059%
Individuals using the Internet (% of population) in 2024.
Internet use · MYS · 2024
Malaysia internet use rate: 98.0206059%
98.0206059% of people in Malaysia used the internet in 2024. Among the 182 countries currently included in this verified same-year dataset, Malaysia ranks 12th.
2024 OBSERVATION · MYS · IT.NET.USER.ZSHow Malaysia compares
12th of 182
This rank applies only to the countries currently included in this verified same-year dataset, not to a complete worldwide ranking.
15.91720853000001 pp above median
Malaysia is 15.91720853000001 percentage points above the 82.10339737% median of the 182 included countries and 1.9793940999999933 percentage points below the highest included value of 100%.
Closest included countries
Qatar
98.08540344% in 2024, 0.0647975399999865 percentage points higher.
Korea, Rep.
97.89563777% in 2024, 0.12496813000001339 percentage points lower.
Iceland
98.209198% in 2024, 0.18859209999999393 percentage points higher.
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.