Countries by share of people using the internet

Name: Countries by share of people using the internet, 2012
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Iceland had the highest share of people using the internet of 203 countries in 2012, at 96.2%. Eritrea had the lowest, at 0.8%. The median was 37.5% and the figure for the World was 33.3%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest96.2Iceland

Lowest0.8Eritrea

Median37.5203 countries

World33.3History

Top 40 countries, 2012

CSV Chart (SVG)

%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2012 (%)	Change on 2011
1	Iceland	96.2	+1.4 pts
2	Norway	94.6	+1.2 pts
3	Sweden	93.2	+0.4 pts
4	Netherlands	92.9	+1.4 pts
5	Denmark	92.3	+2.4 pts
6	Luxembourg	91.9	+1.9 pts
7	Bermuda	91.3	+3 pts
8	Finland	89.9	+1.2 pts
9	Liechtenstein	89.4	+4.4 pts
10	Bahrain	88	+11 pts
11	United Kingdom	87.5	+2.1 pts
12	Monaco	87	+6.7 pts
13	Faroe Islands	85.3	+4.6 pts
14	Switzerland	85.2	0 pts
15	United Arab Emirates	85	+7 pts
16	South Korea	84.1	+0.3 pts
17	Canada	83	0 pts
18	Andorra	82.7	+1.7 pts
19	Germany	82.3	+1.1 pts
20	New Zealand	81.6	+0.4 pts
21	France	81.4	+3.6 pts
22	Belgium	80.7	-0.9 pts
23	Austria	80	+1.3 pts
24	Japan	79.5	+0.4 pts
25	Australia	79	-0.5 pts
26	Estonia	78.4	+1.9 pts
27	Ireland	76.9	+2 pts
28	Slovakia	76.7	+2.3 pts
29	United States	74.7	+5 pts
30	Aruba	74	+5 pts
31	Czechia	73.4	+2.9 pts
32	Latvia	73.1	+3.4 pts
33	Hong Kong	72.9	+0.7 pts
34	Singapore	72	+1 pts
35	Bahamas	71.7	+6.7 pts
36	Barbados	71.2	+4.7 pts
37	Israel	70.8	+1.9 pts
38	Hungary	70.6	+2.6 pts
39	Kuwait	70.4	+4.7 pts
40	Spain	69.8	+2.7 pts
41	Cayman Islands	69.7	+0.2 pts
42	Qatar	69.3	+0.3 pts
43	Puerto Rico	69	+21 pts
44	Slovenia	68.3	+1 pts
45	Malta	68.2	+0.2 pts
46	Lithuania	67.2	+3.6 pts
47	Russia	66	+8 pts
48	Malaysia	65.8	+4.8 pts
49	Gibraltar	65	0 pts
50	Greenland	64.9	+0.9 pts
51	Saint Kitts and Nevis	64	+0.8 pts
52	Poland	62.3	+0.4 pts
53	Croatia	61.9	+4.1 pts
54	Kazakhstan	61.9	+11.3 pts
55	Guam	61.5	+3.8 pts
56	Macao	61.3	+1.1 pts
57	Lebanon	61.2	+9.2 pts
58	Cyprus	60.7	+3.8 pts
59	Portugal	60.3	+5.1 pts
60	Brunei	60.3	+4.3 pts
61	Oman	60	+12 pts
62	Antigua and Barbuda	58	+6 pts
62	New Caledonia	58	+8 pts
64	Trinidad and Tobago	57.5	+2.3 pts
65	North Macedonia	57.4	+0.7 pts
66	Montenegro	56.8	+21.2 pts
67	Italy	55.8	+1.4 pts
68	Argentina	55.8	+4.8 pts
69	Morocco	55.4	+9.3 pts
70	Greece	55.1	+3.4 pts
71	Chile	55	+2.8 pts
72	Uruguay	54.5	+3 pts
73	Azerbaijan	54.2	+4.2 pts
74	Saudi Arabia	54	+6.5 pts
75	French Polynesia	52.9	+3.9 pts
76	Bulgaria	51.9	+3.9 pts
77	Dominica	49.8	+1.2 pts
78	Albania	49.4	+2.4 pts
79	Venezuela	49.1	+8.8 pts
80	Colombia	49	+8.6 pts
81	Brazil	48.6	+2.9 pts
82	Serbia	48.1	+5.9 pts
83	Costa Rica	47.5	+8.3 pts
84	Seychelles	47.1	+3.9 pts
85	Belarus	46.9	+7.3 pts
86	Romania	45.9	+5.9 pts
87	Saint Lucia	45.9	+11.9 pts
88	Türkiye	45.1	+2.1 pts
89	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.1	+1.2 pts
90	Palestine	43.4	+2.3 pts
91	Dominican Republic	42.3	+4.3 pts
92	China	42.3	+4 pts
93	Tunisia	41.4	+2.3 pts
94	South Africa	41	+7 pts
95	U.S. Virgin Islands	40.5	+4.9 pts
96	Panama	40.3	-2.4 pts
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	40	+3.3 pts
98	Mexico	39.8	+2.6 pts
99	Maldives	38.9	+4.9 pts
100	Peru	38.2	+2.2 pts
101	British Virgin Islands	37.6	+0.2 pts
102	Armenia	37.5	+5.5 pts
103	Jordan	37	+2.1 pts
104	Georgia	36.9	+5.4 pts
105	Vietnam	36.8	+1.7 pts
106	Mauritius	35.4	+0.5 pts
107	Bolivia	35.3	+5.3 pts
108	Ukraine	35.3	+6.6 pts
109	Ecuador	35.1	+3.8 pts
110	Cape Verde	34.7	+2.7 pts
111	Suriname	34.7	+2.7 pts
112	Moldova	34.7	+2.6 pts
113	Jamaica	33.8	-3.6 pts
114	Fiji	33.7	+5.7 pts
115	Grenada	32	+2 pts
116	Belize	31	+0.3 pts
117	Philippines	30.8	+1.8 pts
118	Guyana	30.5	+0.5 pts
119	Tonga	30	+5 pts
120	Paraguay	29.3	+4.6 pts
121	Thailand	26.5	+2.8 pts
122	Egypt	26.4	+0.8 pts
123	Micronesia	26	+3.2 pts
124	Syria	24.3	+1.8 pts
125	Gabon	24	+6 pts
126	Uzbekistan	23.6	+5 pts
127	Iran	22.7	+3.7 pts
128	São Tomé and Príncipe	21.6	+1.4 pts
129	Cuba	21.2	+5.2 pts
130	Eswatini	20.8	+2.7 pts
131	El Salvador	20.3	+1.4 pts
132	Kyrgyzstan	19.8	+2.3 pts
133	Tuvalu	18.7	+2.2 pts
134	Algeria	18.2	+3.3 pts
135	Honduras	18.1	+2.2 pts
136	Yemen	17.4	+2.5 pts
137	Mongolia	16.4	+3.9 pts
138	Nigeria	16.1	+2.3 pts
139	Botswana	16	+7 pts
139	Guatemala	16	+3.7 pts
141	Bhutan	15.6	+1.2 pts
142	Libya	15.2	+1.2 pts
143	Indonesia	14.5	+2.2 pts
144	Tajikistan	14.5	+1.5 pts
145	Equatorial Guinea	13.9	+2.4 pts
146	Nicaragua	13.5	+2.9 pts
147	Namibia	12.9	+0.9 pts
148	Samoa	12.9	+1.9 pts
149	Marshall Islands	12.5	+2.5 pts
150	Gambia	12.4	+1.6 pts
151	Zimbabwe	12	+3.6 pts
152	Nepal	11.1	+2.1 pts
153	India	11.1	+1 pts
154	Senegal	10.8	+1 pts
155	Laos	10.7	+1.7 pts
156	Kiribati	10.7	+0.7 pts
157	Ghana	10.6	+1.6 pts
158	Vanuatu	10.6	+1.4 pts
159	Kenya	10.5	+1.7 pts
160	Lesotho	10	+3 pts
161	Haiti	9.8	+0.8 pts
162	Djibouti	9.4	+2.4 pts
163	Sri Lanka	9	+1 pts
164	Pakistan	8.1	+0.1 pts
165	Rwanda	8	+1 pts
166	Angola	7.7	+3 pts
167	Cameroon	7.5	+2.5 pts
168	Turkmenistan	7.2	+2.2 pts
169	Iraq	7.1	+2.1 pts
170	Timor-Leste	7	+3 pts
171	Solomon Islands	7	+1 pts
172	Republic of the Congo	6.1	+0.5 pts
173	Comoros	6	+0.5 pts
174	Afghanistan	5.5	+0.5 pts
175	Bangladesh	5	+0.5 pts
175	Mauritania	5	+0.5 pts
175	Mozambique	5	+0.4 pts
178	Cambodia	4.9	+1.8 pts
179	Uganda	4.8	+0.2 pts
180	Benin	4.5	+0.4 pts
181	Côte d’Ivoire	4.4	+1.5 pts
182	Malawi	4.4	+1 pts
183	Zambia	4.1	+0.6 pts
184	Togo	4	+0.5 pts
185	Tanzania	4	+0.8 pts
186	Burkina Faso	3.7	+0.7 pts
187	Papua New Guinea	3.5	+1.5 pts
188	Guinea	3.1	+1.1 pts
189	Ethiopia	2.9	+1.8 pts
190	Guinea-Bissau	2.9	+0.2 pts
191	Mali	2.8	+0.6 pts
192	Liberia	2.6	+0.1 pts
193	Sierra Leone	2.5	+1.6 pts
194	Central African Republic	2.4	+0.2 pts
195	Madagascar	2.3	+0.4 pts
196	Chad	2.1	+0.2 pts
197	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1.7	+0.5 pts
198	South Sudan	1.5	n/a
199	Myanmar	1.4	+0.4 pts
200	Somalia	1.4	+0.1 pts
201	Burundi	1.2	+0.1 pts
202	Niger	1	+0.1 pts
203	Eritrea	0.8	+0.1 pts

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About this ranking

Individuals who used the internet from any location in the last three months, as a percentage of the population. World Bank series from International Telecommunication Union (ITU) estimates.

Many values are ITU estimates rather than survey results, and the age range covered differs between countries.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 9 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2012 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Individuals using the Internet, % of population (IT.NET.USER.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which country has the highest share of people using the internet?

Iceland, with 96.2% in 2012, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest share of people using the internet?

Eritrea, with 0.8% in 2012.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Individuals using the Internet, % of population (IT.NET.USER.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-09. 9 countries have no value for 2012 and are not ranked.

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