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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

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
41 Congo - Kinshasa 18.0%
40 Sierra Leone 21.5%
39 Liberia 30.4%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 41.0%
37 Bangladesh 41.6%
36 India 55.9%
35 Honduras 56.9%
34 Indonesia 66.5%
33 Gabon 67.7%
32 Ecuador 69.7%
31 Egypt 72.2%
30 Colombia 72.8%
29 Algeria 74.8%
28 Philippines 75.2%
27 China 75.6%
26 Mexico 78.6%
25 Bulgaria 79.1%
24 Brazil 80.5%
23 Lebanon 81.5%
22 Greece 83.2%
21 Türkiye 83.4%
20 Czechia 84.5%
19 Italy 85.1%
18 France 85.3%
17 Romania 85.5%
16 Poland 86.9%
15 Lithuania 87.7%
14 Argentina 88.4%
13 Russia 90.4%
12 Germany 91.6%
11 Chile 92.3%
10 Netherlands 92.5%
9 United States 92.7%
8 Finland 93.0%
7 Canada 94.0%
6 Spain 94.5%
5 United Kingdom 95.5%
4 Hong Kong SAR China 95.6%
3 South Korea 97.2%
2 Norway 99.0%
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2022

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.