77.9%
Mean internet-use share across the 26 included countries.
Internet use · EAS · 2024
Internet use in East Asia & Pacific
This verified same-year comparison covers 26 countries in East Asia & Pacific. Malaysia has the highest included observation at 98.0206059%, while Papua New Guinea has the lowest at 18.81159973%.
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%.
2024 ranking within 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 | 98.0206059% | 2024 |
| 2 | Korea, Rep. | 97.89563777% | 2024 |
| 3 | Brunei Darussalam | 96.29828801% | 2024 |
| 4 | Australia | 96.13140106% | 2024 |
| 5 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 95.75536971% | 2024 |
| 6 | Singapore | 94.37757178% | 2024 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 93.51930237% | 2024 |
| 8 | China | 92% | 2024 |
| 9 | Thailand | 90.86718789% | 2024 |
| 10 | Macao SAR, China | 89.82640076% | 2024 |
| 11 | Kiribati | 89.44029999% | 2024 |
| 12 | Japan | 85.54153081% | 2024 |
| 13 | Mongolia | 85.12349701% | 2024 |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 84.15% | 2024 |
| 15 | Palau | 83.92549896% | 2024 |
| 16 | Naoero | 83.01170349% | 2024 |
| 17 | Fiji | 74.7052002% | 2024 |
| 18 | Indonesia | 72.78075544% | 2024 |
| 19 | Cambodia | 68.47530365% | 2024 |
| 20 | Tonga | 67.4417038% | 2024 |
| 21 | Philippines | 67.26300914% | 2024 |
| 22 | Marshall Islands | 65.915802% | 2024 |
| 23 | Lao PDR | 65.59269714% | 2024 |
| 24 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 39.52360153% | 2024 |
| 25 | Solomon Islands | 29.04070091% | 2024 |
| 26 | Papua New Guinea | 18.81159973% | 2024 |
How to use this comparison
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, included-country 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: CC 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.