82.9%
Simple mean internet-penetration rate across the 20 included countries.
Internet penetration · MEA · 2024
Internet penetration in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
82.9% is the simple average internet-use rate across the 20 countries with verified 2024 observations in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan; the median is 86.8%. Bahrain ranks highest at 100%, while Afghanistan ranks lowest at 16.1%.
2024 · 20 COUNTRIES · ITU VIA WDIRegional picture
86.8%
The midpoint reduces the influence of unusually high or low observations.
83.9 pp
The difference between Bahrain and Afghanistan; 9 countries are at or above 90%.
Highest internet penetration in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
The five highest verified 2024 country observations in this regional comparison are:
- 1. Bahrain — 100%
- 2. Saudi Arabia — 100%
- 3. United Arab Emirates — 100%
- 4. Kuwait — 99.7%
- 5. Qatar — 98.1%
2024 internet penetration ranking for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Ranks apply only to the 20 countries with an official 2024 observation in this region. Missing countries are not backfilled from another year.
| Regional rank | Country | Internet users | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100% | 2024 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 100% | 2024 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 100% | 2024 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 99.7% | 2024 |
| 5 | Qatar | 98.1% | 2024 |
| 6 | Jordan | 95.6% | 2024 |
| 7 | Oman | 95.3% | 2024 |
| 8 | Malta | 93.9% | 2024 |
| 9 | Morocco | 91.2% | 2024 |
| 10 | Israel | 88.2% | 2024 |
| 11 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 85.3% | 2024 |
| 12 | Libya | 82% | 2024 |
| 13 | Iraq | 81.5% | 2024 |
| 14 | Lebanon | 80.6% | 2024 |
| 15 | Algeria | 77.4% | 2024 |
| 16 | Tunisia | 76.5% | 2024 |
| 17 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 74.6% | 2024 |
| 18 | Djibouti | 65.3% | 2024 |
| 19 | Pakistan | 57.3% | 2024 |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 16.1% | 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.