77.9%
Simple mean internet-penetration rate across the 26 included countries.
Internet penetration · EAS · 2024
Internet penetration in East Asia & Pacific
77.9% is the simple average internet-use rate across the 26 countries with verified 2024 observations in East Asia & Pacific; the median is 84.6%. Malaysia ranks highest at 98%, while Papua New Guinea ranks lowest at 18.8%.
2024 · 26 COUNTRIES · ITU VIA WDIRegional picture
84.6%
The midpoint reduces the influence of unusually high or low observations.
79.2 pp
The difference between Malaysia and Papua New Guinea; 9 countries are at or above 90%.
Highest internet penetration in East Asia & Pacific
The five highest verified 2024 country observations in this regional comparison are:
- 1. Malaysia — 98%
- 2. Korea, Rep. — 97.9%
- 3. Brunei Darussalam — 96.3%
- 4. Australia — 96.1%
- 5. Hong Kong SAR, China — 95.8%
2024 internet penetration ranking for East Asia & Pacific
Ranks apply only to the 26 countries with an official 2024 observation in this region. Missing countries are not backfilled from another year.
| Regional rank | Country | Internet users | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia | 98% | 2024 |
| 2 | Korea, Rep. | 97.9% | 2024 |
| 3 | Brunei Darussalam | 96.3% | 2024 |
| 4 | Australia | 96.1% | 2024 |
| 5 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 95.8% | 2024 |
| 6 | Singapore | 94.4% | 2024 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 93.5% | 2024 |
| 8 | China | 92% | 2024 |
| 9 | Thailand | 90.9% | 2024 |
| 10 | Macao SAR, China | 89.8% | 2024 |
| 11 | Kiribati | 89.4% | 2024 |
| 12 | Japan | 85.5% | 2024 |
| 13 | Mongolia | 85.1% | 2024 |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 84.2% | 2024 |
| 15 | Palau | 83.9% | 2024 |
| 16 | Naoero | 83% | 2024 |
| 17 | Fiji | 74.7% | 2024 |
| 18 | Indonesia | 72.8% | 2024 |
| 19 | Cambodia | 68.5% | 2024 |
| 20 | Tonga | 67.4% | 2024 |
| 21 | Philippines | 67.3% | 2024 |
| 22 | Marshall Islands | 65.9% | 2024 |
| 23 | Lao PDR | 65.6% | 2024 |
| 24 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 39.5% | 2024 |
| 25 | Solomon Islands | 29% | 2024 |
| 26 | Papua New Guinea | 18.8% | 2024 |
How to use this comparison
Internet penetration here means the share of the population counted by indicator IT.NET.USER.ZS — Individuals using the Internet (% of population). The regional average is a simple average of the included country percentages, not a population-weighted regional internet-user share.
The regional average and median describe this same-year observation set; they do not explain why countries differ. Open a country profile for its exact observation, national context and machine-readable evidence.
Source and scope
Indicator: IT.NET.USER.ZS — Individuals using the Internet (% of population). Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU), surfaced via World Bank WDI. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
This is a regional view of the verified 2024 snapshot, not a historical revision product or a causal analysis. Region membership comes from the official World Bank country metadata used by the normalized source.