Data for 2024

Internet Use Among Adults, 2024

Name: Internet Use Among Adults, 2024
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data360files.worldbank.org/data360-data/metadata/WB_FINDEX/WB_FINDEX_INTERNET.json

Figures for 2024, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Internet use is the share of adults who say they went online at least once in the past three months, from the World Bank's Global Findex survey. It asks people directly, so it shows who is actually using the internet rather than how many connections have been sold.

Internet Use Among Adults, 2024 covers 140 countries on 3 measures. Saudi Arabia is highest, at 99.12; Madagascar is lowest, at 11.06. The middle country reads 83.05.

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Internet Use Among Adults · Data for 2024

HighestSaudi Arabia

99.12

LowestMadagascar

11.06

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

140countries
3measures per country
2024the year it describes
140distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Internet Use Among Adults, 2024, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Internet Use Among Adults, 2024: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	99.12	99.568	98.875
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.83	98.754	98.896
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.32	97.387	99.223
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.19	98.183	98.188
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.18	97.807	98.543
6	United States`USA`Northern America	97.81	97.727	97.886
7	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	97.46	97.820	97.274
8	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	97.21	96.150	98.398
9	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	96.52	97.178	95.833
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	96.41	95.830	97.038
11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	96.15	96.737	95.537
12	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	95.99	97.292	95.296
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	95.91	93.990	97.869
14	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	95.84	96.112	95.563
15	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	95.45	94.801	96.134
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	95.08	95.821	94.273
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	95.05	93.996	96.118
18	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	95.04	94.099	96.031
19	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	94.94	93.310	96.678
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	94.81	93.112	96.495
21	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	94.41	93.484	95.353
22	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	94.20	93.399	95.022
23	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	94.08	93.705	94.452
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	93.91	93.226	94.608
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	93.77	92.886	94.686
26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	93.74	92.273	95.558
27	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	92.95	91.748	94.280
28	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	92.93	93.429	92.458
29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.85	89.027	96.830
30	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	92.72	91.321	94.023
31	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	92.48	92.509	92.468
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	92.31	90.760	93.889
33	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	92.03	92.170	91.876
34	Uruguay`URY`South America	91.32	92.219	90.340
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	91.21	87.325	95.317
36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	90.84	87.819	94.158
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	90.32	90.535	90.116
38	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	90.23	88.569	91.944
39	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	89.44	85.490	93.639
40	Venezuela`VEN`South America	89.41	88.140	90.685
41	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	89.34	91.081	87.530
42	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	89.27	89.425	89.120
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	88.98	84.518	93.892
44	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	88.52	87.269	90.065
45	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	88.38	87.713	89.126
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	88.13	90.105	85.917
47	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	87.88	87.167	88.618
48	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	87.77	85.284	90.415
49	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	87.56	85.527	89.727
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	87.55	87.010	88.136
51	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	87.52	90.869	83.379
52	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	87.48	83.675	91.352
53	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	87.42	85.658	89.371
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	87.39	87.677	87.084
55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	86.89	86.790	86.987
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	86.88	89.390	84.103
57	Chile`CHL`South America	86.71	87.804	85.536
58	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	86.57	84.369	88.806
59	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	86.35	84.563	88.242
60	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	86.34	82.351	90.478
61	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	86.23	89.182	83.427
62	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	86.09	85.684	86.502
63	Belize`BLZ`Central America	86.03	87.846	84.022
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	86.01	86.551	85.485
65	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	85.78	86.454	85.083
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	84.79	84.344	85.264
67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	83.84	85.199	82.415
68	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	83.81	83.559	84.083
69	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	83.34	77.753	89.237
70	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	83.19	82.669	83.725
71	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	82.91	83.456	82.385
72	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	82.84	86.679	78.635
73	Ecuador`ECU`South America	82.75	79.802	86.006
74	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	81.86	82.894	80.646
75	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	81.00	80.244	81.872
76	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	80.91	80.594	81.263
77	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	80.85	79.801	82.168
78	Colombia`COL`South America	80.69	79.862	81.585
79	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	80.51	81.946	79.092
80	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	79.43	77.260	81.850
81	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	79.23	77.397	81.247
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	79.12	76.768	81.540
83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	78.67	78.448	78.933
84	Peru`PER`South America	78.15	74.253	82.092
85	Mexico`MEX`Central America	77.52	75.033	80.223
86	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	77.48	77.820	77.143
87	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	77.17	72.522	81.880
88	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	76.94	75.882	78.085
89	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	76.17	65.474	86.167
90	Honduras`HND`Central America	75.29	76.300	74.037
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	75.11	77.215	72.889
92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	74.72	73.993	75.526
93	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	73.73	69.250	78.517
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	71.12	64.859	78.025
95	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	70.71	74.039	67.275
96	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	70.46	70.073	70.849
97	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	70.17	73.361	66.967
98	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	70.10	67.756	72.681
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	68.72	66.263	71.055
100	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	68.31	65.612	71.394
101	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	67.99	64.695	71.419
102	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	64.85	66.568	62.991
103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	64.77	62.574	67.087
104	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	62.51	55.192	70.229
105	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.49	49.626	71.860
106	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	59.78	56.869	63.036
107	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	56.41	56.483	56.327
108	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	54.88	43.948	65.589
109	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	54.76	47.740	62.361
110	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.58	46.548	58.153
111	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	50.12	42.894	58.125
112	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	47.26	42.567	52.907
113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	47.22	40.967	53.276
114	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	46.25	39.276	53.659
115	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	45.99	40.258	51.900
116	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	45.89	47.514	43.978
117	India`IND`Southern Asia	45.73	36.326	54.974
118	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	43.71	35.881	51.862
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	43.58	37.903	49.420
120	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	43.36	37.407	50.173
121	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	42.97	36.869	49.885
122	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	38.86	31.422	46.971
123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	38.23	30.482	47.147
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	37.74	30.742	44.733
125	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35.68	13.596	57.207
126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	34.34	28.361	41.153
127	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.95	27.469	40.423
128	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	32.92	29.557	36.277
129	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	32.75	32.716	32.792
130	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	32.08	25.343	38.376
131	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	31.64	26.947	36.993
132	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	31.32	20.243	43.757
133	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	31.02	25.400	36.649
134	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	27.11	19.992	34.279
135	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	20.50	17.816	23.438
136	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	20.44	15.577	25.906
137	Niger`NER`Western Africa	15.56	13.853	17.369
138	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	13.79	7.165	20.858
139	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	11.38	7.484	15.464
140	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11.06	7.518	14.905

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Saudi Arabia99.12
2Iceland98.83
3Sweden98.32
4Norway98.19
5Denmark98.18

Lowest

140Madagascar11.06
139Chad11.38
138Ethiopia13.79
137Niger15.56
136Tanzania20.44

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 83.05. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSaudi Arabia99.568
LowestEthiopia7.165
Middle country: 82.781
Male
HighestSweden99.223
LowestMadagascar14.905
Middle country: 83.403

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World Bank Group (2024). Internet Use Among Adults, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/internet-use/2024

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