Share of population using internet rose 4.28% to 87.9% in Austria in 2017, according to World Bank.
Historically, share of population using internet in Austria reached an all time high of 87.9% in 2017 and an all time low of 33.7% in 2000. When compared to Austria's main peers, share of population using internet in Germany amounted to 84.4%, 76.8% in Hungary, 61.3% in Italy and 93.7% in Switzerland in 2017.
Austria has been ranked 14th within the group of 71 countries we follow in terms of share of population using internet, 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Share of Population Using Internet | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Austria | % | ... | ... | ... | 78.7% | 80.0% | 80.6% | 81.0% | 83.9% | |||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | ... | ... | ... | 81.6% | 80.7% | 82.2% | 85.0% | 85.1% | |||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | ... | ... | ... | 70.5% | 73.4% | 74.1% | 74.2% | 75.7% | |||||||||||||
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | 77.8% | 81.4% | 81.9% | 83.8% | 78.0% | |||||||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | 81.3% | 82.3% | 84.2% | 86.2% | 87.6% | |||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | ... | ... | ... | 68.0% | 70.6% | 72.6% | 75.7% | 72.8% | |||||||||||||
| Italy | % | ... | ... | ... | 54.4% | 55.8% | 58.5% | 55.6% | 58.1% | |||||||||||||
| Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | 61.9% | 62.3% | 62.8% | 66.6% | 68.0% | |||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | ... | ... | ... | 74.4% | 76.7% | 77.9% | 80.0% | 77.6% | |||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | ... | ... | ... | 67.3% | 68.3% | 72.7% | 71.6% | 73.1% | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | ... | ... | ... | 85.2% | 85.2% | 86.3% | 87.4% | 87.5% |
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