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Internet users in United Kingdom

1990 – 2024 · 35 data points 8 of 41 · Countries Updated 21 Oct 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Internet users, 1990 – 2024 percent · United Kingdom · World
+3.9 pp since 2014
United Kingdom World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Compared with Internet users · percent
United Kingdom
95.5%
World
73.6% · 2025

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance United Kingdom · 1990 – 2024
Latest value 95.5% · 2024
First value 0.1% · 1990
Highest 96.2% · 2021
Lowest 0.1% · 1990
Data points 35

By year

All years · 1990 – 2024

YearUnited KingdomChange World
2024 95.5% +0.0 pp 71.2%
2023 95.4% −0.0 pp 69.2%
2022 95.5% −0.7 pp 67.0%
2021 96.2% +1.4 pp 63.8%
2020 94.8% +2.3 pp 60.1%
2019 92.5% +1.8 pp 53.9%
2018 90.7% +0.3 pp 49.4%
2017 90.4% −4.4 pp 46.3%
2016 94.8% +2.8 pp 43.6%
2015 92.0% +0.4 pp 39.9%
2014 91.6% +1.8 pp 37.4%
2013 89.8% +2.4 pp 35.3%
2012 87.5% +2.1 pp 33.3%
2011 85.4% +0.4 pp 30.9%
2010 85.0% +1.4 pp 28.4%
2009 83.6% +5.2 pp 25.3%
2008 78.4% +3.3 pp 22.8%
2007 75.1% +6.3 pp 20.2%
2006 68.8% −1.2 pp 17.2%
2005 70.0% +4.4 pp 15.6%
2004 65.6% +0.8 pp —
2003 64.8% +8.3 pp —
2002 56.5% +23.0 pp —
2001 33.5% +6.7 pp —
2000 26.8% +5.5 pp —
1999 21.3% +7.6 pp —
1998 13.7% +6.3 pp —
1997 7.4% +3.3 pp —
1996 4.1% +2.2 pp —
1995 1.9% +0.9 pp —
1994 1.0% +0.5 pp —
1993 0.5% +0.3 pp —
1992 0.3% +0.1 pp —
1991 0.2% +0.1 pp —
1990 0.1% —

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
41 Congo - Kinshasa 19.7%
40 Sierra Leone 25.1%
39 Liberia 32.2%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 47.3%
37 Bangladesh 53.4%
36 Honduras 58.6%
35 India 64.9%
34 Philippines 67.3%
33 Gabon 68.7%
32 Indonesia 72.8%
31 Egypt 74.6%
30 Ecuador 77.2%
29 Algeria 77.4%
28 Colombia 79.3%
27 Lebanon 80.6%
26 Bulgaria 82.4%
25 Mexico 83.1%
24 Brazil 84.5%
23 Greece 86.3%
22 Türkiye 87.3%
21 Czechia 87.7%
20 Poland 88.6%
19 France 88.7%
18 Lithuania 89.2%
17 Italy 89.2%
16 Argentina 89.7%
15 Romania 91.3%
14 China 92.0%
13 Germany 93.5%
12 Finland 93.7%
11 Canada 94.4%
10 Russia 94.4%
9 United States 94.7%
8 United Kingdom 95.5%
7 Chile 95.6%
6 Hong Kong SAR China 95.8%
5 Spain 95.8%
4 Netherlands 97.0%
3 South Korea 97.9%
2 Norway 99.0%
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2024

What it means

The share of people who used the internet in the last three months.

How it is calculated

Internet users of any age and device divided by the population, from surveys and estimates.