Based on a comparison of 176 countries in 2018, Iceland ranked the highest in share of population using internet with 98.2% followed by Liechtenstein and Kuwait. On the other end of the scale was Eritrea with 1.18%, Somalia with 1.88% and Guinea Bissau with 3.76%.
Average share of population using internet reached 52.4% in 2018 in the World according to World Bank. This is 5.6 % more than in the previous year and 56.3 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average share of population using internet reached an all time high of 52.4% in 2018 and an all time low of 15.7% in 2005. The average annual growth amounted to 9.70 % since 2000.
Data for more countries are available at Share of Population Using Internet indicator page.
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 |
Bahrain | % | ... | ... | ... | 77.0% | 88.0% | 90.0% | 90.5% | 93.5% | |||||||||||||
Denmark | % | ... | ... | ... | 89.8% | 92.3% | 94.6% | 96.0% | 96.3% | |||||||||||||
Iceland | % | ... | ... | ... | 94.8% | 96.2% | 96.5% | 98.2% | 98.2% | ... | ||||||||||||
Kuwait | % | ... | ... | ... | 65.8% | 70.5% | 75.5% | 78.7% | 77.5% | |||||||||||||
Liechtenstein | % | ... | ... | ... | 85.0% | 89.4% | 93.8% | 95.2% | 96.6% | ... | ||||||||||||
Luxembourg | % | ... | ... | ... | 90.0% | 91.9% | 93.8% | 94.7% | 96.4% | |||||||||||||
Monaco | % | ... | ... | ... | 80.3% | 87.0% | 90.7% | 92.4% | 93.4% | ... | ||||||||||||
Netherlands | % | ... | ... | ... | 91.4% | 92.9% | 94.0% | 91.7% | 91.7% | |||||||||||||
Norway | % | ... | ... | ... | 93.5% | 94.6% | 95.1% | 96.3% | 96.8% | |||||||||||||
Qatar | % | ... | ... | ... | 69.0% | 69.3% | 85.3% | 91.5% | 92.9% | ... | ||||||||||||
South Korea | % | ... | ... | ... | 83.8% | 84.1% | 84.8% | 87.6% | 89.9% | |||||||||||||
Sweden | % | ... | ... | ... | 92.8% | 93.2% | 94.8% | 92.5% | 90.6% | |||||||||||||
Switzerland | % | ... | ... | ... | 85.2% | 85.2% | 86.3% | 87.4% | 87.5% | |||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates | % | ... | ... | ... | 78.0% | 85.0% | 88.0% | 90.4% | 90.5% | |||||||||||||
United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | ... | 85.4% | 87.5% | 89.8% | 91.6% | 92.0% | ... |