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Countries by share of people using the internet

Iceland had the highest share of people using the internet of 203 countries in 2016, at 98.2%. Eritrea had the lowest, at 1.2%. The median was 54% and the figure for the World was 43.6%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest98.2Iceland
Lowest1.2Eritrea
Median54203 countries
World43.6History

Top 40 countries, 2016

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IcelandIceland: 98.2 %98.2LuxembourgLuxembourg: 98.1 %98.1LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 98.1 %98.1BermudaBermuda: 98 %98BahrainBahrain: 98 %98NorwayNorway: 97.3 %97.3DenmarkDenmark: 97 %97MonacoMonaco: 95.2 %95.2QatarQatar: 95.1 %95.1Faroe IslandsFaroe Islands: 95.1 %95.1United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 94.8 %94.8GibraltarGibraltar: 94.4 %94.4ArubaAruba: 93.5 %93.5JapanJapan: 93.2 %93.2South KoreaSouth Korea: 92.8 %92.8CanadaCanada: 91.2 %91.2United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 90.6 %90.6NetherlandsNetherlands: 90.4 %90.4BruneiBrunei: 90 %90AndorraAndorra: 89.7 %89.7SwedenSweden: 89.7 %89.7SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 89.1 %89.1FinlandFinland: 87.7 %87.7Hong KongHong Kong: 87.5 %87.5EstoniaEstonia: 87.2 %87.2AustraliaAustralia: 86.5 %86.5BelgiumBelgium: 86.5 %86.5New ZealandNew Zealand: 86.5 %86.5KuwaitKuwait: 85.6 %85.6United StatesUnited States: 85.5 %85.5SingaporeSingapore: 84.5 %84.5AustriaAustria: 84.3 %84.3GermanyGermany: 84.2 %84.2ChileChile: 83.6 %83.6IrelandIreland: 83.5 %83.5MacaoMacao: 81.6 %81.6SpainSpain: 80.6 %80.6SlovakiaSlovakia: 80.5 %80.5BahamasBahamas: 80 %80LatviaLatvia: 79.8 %79.8
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Iceland98.20 pts
2Luxembourg98.1+1.8 pts
3Liechtenstein98.1+1.5 pts
4Bermuda98-0.3 pts
5Bahrain98+4.5 pts
6Norway97.3+0.5 pts
7Denmark97+0.6 pts
8Monaco95.2+1.8 pts
9Qatar95.1+2.2 pts
10Faroe Islands95.1+0.9 pts
11United Kingdom94.8+2.8 pts
12Gibraltar94.4n/a
13Aruba93.5+4.9 pts
14Japan93.2+2.1 pts
15South Korea92.8+2.9 pts
16Canada91.2+1.2 pts
17United Arab Emirates90.6+0.1 pts
18Netherlands90.4-1.3 pts
19Brunei90+18.8 pts
20Andorra89.7+1.8 pts
21Sweden89.7-1 pts
22Switzerland89.1+1.7 pts
23Finland87.7+1.3 pts
24Hong Kong87.5+2.5 pts
25Estonia87.2-1.2 pts
26Australia86.5+2 pts
27Belgium86.5+1.5 pts
28New Zealand86.5+1.3 pts
29Kuwait85.6+3.6 pts
30United States85.5+11 pts
31Singapore84.5+5.4 pts
32Austria84.3+0.4 pts
33Germany84.2-3.4 pts
34Chile83.6+6.9 pts
35Ireland83.50 pts
36Macao81.6+4 pts
37Spain80.6+1.9 pts
38Slovakia80.5+2.8 pts
39Bahamas80+2 pts
40Latvia79.8+0.6 pts
41Israel79.7+2.3 pts
42France79.3+1.3 pts
43Hungary79.3+6.4 pts
44Cayman Islands79+2 pts
45Malaysia78.8+7.7 pts
46Azerbaijan78.2+1.2 pts
47Malta78.1+2.1 pts
48British Virgin Islands77.7n/a
49Guam77+3.9 pts
50Oman76.8+3.3 pts
51Czechia76.5+0.8 pts
52Lebanon76.1+2.1 pts
53Cyprus75.9+4.2 pts
54Slovenia75.5+2.4 pts
55Saudi Arabia74.9+5.3 pts
56Kazakhstan74.6+3.8 pts
57Lithuania74.4+3 pts
58Poland73.3+5.3 pts
59Russia73.1+3 pts
60Croatia72.7+2.9 pts
61North Macedonia72.2+1.8 pts
62Barbados71.6-0.5 pts
63Belarus71.1+8.9 pts
64Moldova71+2 pts
65Argentina71+2.9 pts
66Portugal70.4+1.8 pts
67Antigua and Barbuda70.3+0.3 pts
68Montenegro69.9+1.8 pts
69Greece69.1+2.3 pts
70Puerto Rico68.6+5.2 pts
71Greenland68.5+0.9 pts
72French Polynesia68.4+3.9 pts
73Trinidad and Tobago67.8+2.7 pts
74Serbia67.1+1.7 pts
75Dominica67+2 pts
76Saint Kitts and Nevis67+0.8 pts
77Uruguay66.4+1.8 pts
78Costa Rica65.9+6.1 pts
79Armenia64.3+5.2 pts
80Dominican Republic63.9+9.7 pts
81Curaçao61.9n/a
82Italy61.3+3.2 pts
83Brazil60.9+2.5 pts
84Bosnia and Herzegovina60.3+7.7 pts
85Venezuela60+2 pts
86Palestine59.9+3.2 pts
87Bulgaria59.8+3.2 pts
88U.S. Virgin Islands59.6+4.8 pts
89Albania59.6+2.7 pts
90Mexico59.5+2.1 pts
91Romania59.5+3.7 pts
92Maldives59.5+5 pts
93Georgia58.5+10.9 pts
94Türkiye58.3+4.6 pts
95Morocco58.3+1.2 pts
96Saint Lucia58.2+1 pts
97Colombia58.1+2.2 pts
98Seychelles56.5+2.3 pts
99Jordan56.2+1.9 pts
100San Marino55n/a
101Ecuador54.1+5.1 pts
102Panama54+2.8 pts
102South Africa54+2.1 pts
104Paraguay53.4+3.7 pts
105Grenada53.3+0.8 pts
106Iran53.2+7.9 pts
107China53.2+2.9 pts
108Ukraine53+4.1 pts
109Vietnam53+8 pts
110Mauritius52.2+2.1 pts
111Saint Vincent and the Grenadines51.5+2.1 pts
112Cape Verde50.3+7.6 pts
113Tunisia49.6+3.1 pts
114Fiji49.4+6.9 pts
115Gabon48.1+2.3 pts
116Thailand47.5+8.2 pts
117Uzbekistan46.8+4 pts
118Bhutan46.5+6.7 pts
119Peru45.5+4.6 pts
120Suriname45.4+2.6 pts
121Belize44.6+3 pts
122Jamaica44.4+2.1 pts
123Cuba43+5.7 pts
124Algeria42.9+4.7 pts
125Egypt41.2+3.4 pts
126Côte d’Ivoire41.2+2.8 pts
127Botswana41.2+2.3 pts
128Kyrgyzstan40.5+10.3 pts
129Tonga40+1.3 pts
130Bolivia39.7+2.2 pts
131Philippines39.2+2.3 pts
132Guyana35.7+1.7 pts
133Libya35+10 pts
134Guatemala34.5+5.7 pts
135Micronesia33.4+1.9 pts
136Lesotho32.5+7.5 pts
137Cambodia32.4+26 pts
138Syria31.9+1.9 pts
139Namibia31+5.3 pts
140Tuvalu31+3.7 pts
141Djibouti30.8+7.9 pts
142Marshall Islands29.8+10.5 pts
143Honduras29.5+2.4 pts
144El Salvador29+2.2 pts
145Eswatini28.6+2.9 pts
146Ghana28+5 pts
146São Tomé and Príncipe28+2.2 pts
148Senegal25.7+4 pts
149Indonesia25.4+3.4 pts
150Yemen24.6+0.5 pts
151Nicaragua24.6+4.9 pts
152Nigeria24.1+1.6 pts
153Equatorial Guinea23.8+2.5 pts
154Angola23.2+1.2 pts
155Zimbabwe23.1+0.4 pts
156Haiti22.8+8.6 pts
157Mongolia22.3-0.2 pts
158Sri Lanka22.2+6.9 pts
159Laos21.9+3.7 pts
160Timor-Leste21.2+2.6 pts
161Nepal20.7+3.1 pts
162Cameroon20.6+2.3 pts
163Tajikistan20.5+1.5 pts
164Gambia19.9+2.3 pts
165Iraq19.9+4.7 pts
166Kiribati19.4+4.5 pts
167Mauritania19.2+1.6 pts
168Turkmenistan18+3 pts
169Bangladesh16.9+4.5 pts
170Kenya16.60 pts
171India16.5+1.6 pts
172Myanmar16+5.1 pts
173Liberia15.7+5.7 pts
174Ethiopia15.4+1.5 pts
175Rwanda14.6+2.2 pts
176Benin14.5+3.2 pts
177Sudan14.1+2.1 pts
178Mali14+3.7 pts
179Guinea-Bissau13.8+7.7 pts
180Tanzania13.5+3.5 pts
181Guinea13.1+3.9 pts
182Pakistan12.4+1.4 pts
183Togo11.3+4.2 pts
184Solomon Islands11+1 pts
185Afghanistan11+2.7 pts
186Zambia10.3+1.5 pts
187Democratic Republic of the Congo10.1+6.3 pts
188Papua New Guinea9.6+1.7 pts
189Republic of the Congo8.1+0.5 pts
190Comoros7.9+0.5 pts
191Sierra Leone7.7+1.3 pts
192Burkina Faso7.1+0.6 pts
193Mozambique7+0.5 pts
194Malawi6.3+0.3 pts
195Uganda5.9+0.2 pts
196Chad5.8+2.3 pts
197Madagascar4.7+0.5 pts
198Niger4.3+1.8 pts
199South Sudan3.5+0.5 pts
200Central African Republic3.1+0.2 pts
201Burundi2.2+0.2 pts
202Somalia1.9+0.1 pts
203Eritrea1.2+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 2016 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 98.2% in 2016, according to the World Bank.

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

Eritrea, with 1.2% in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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