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Internet penetration history · SRB

Serbia internet penetration over time

The latest verified observation is 87.7% in 2024. The available series begins at 23.5% in 2004, a net change of 64.2 percentage points.

21 VERIFIED OBSERVATIONS · ITU VIA WDI

Quick answers

LATEST

87.7%

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

LONG-TERM CHANGE

+64.2 pp

Change between the first available observation in 2004 and the latest in 2024.

RECENT CONTEXT

+10.3 pp

From 2019 to 2024, the observed rate changed by 10.3 percentage points, from 77.4% to 87.7%.

The first observation at or above 50% is 2013 (53.5%). The first observation at or above 75% is 2019 (77.4%).

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.

Serbia internet penetration over timeVerified World Bank WDI observations for Serbia from 2004 to 2024. Missing years are not interpolated.0%25%50%75%100%20042024

Year-by-year internet penetration

Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — Serbia
YearInternet users
202487.7%
202385.4%
202283.5%
202181.2%
202078.4%
201977.4%
201873.4%
201770.3%
201667.1%
201565.3%
201462.1%
201353.5%
201248.1%
201142.2%
201040.9%
200938.1%
200835.6%
200733.1%
200627.2%
200526.3%
200423.5%

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

Compare Serbia 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.

CZE

Czechia

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

TUR

Turkiye

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

PRT

Portugal

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

POL

Poland

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

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Serbia in Europe & Central Asia

Among the 51 countries from Europe & Central Asia present in this verified 2024 dataset, Serbia ranks 39th. 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: Czechia (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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Keep exploring

Countries to compare with Serbia

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

NEXT HIGHER

Seychelles

87.8% in 2024 · 0.1 percentage points higher than Serbia.

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Czechia

87.7% in 2024 · 0 percentage points lower than Serbia.

REGIONAL PEER

Czechia

87.7% in 2024 · 0 percentage points lower than Serbia.

REGIONAL PEER

Turkiye

87.3% in 2024 · 0.4 percentage points lower than Serbia.

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