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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

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 96.3%
2 Netherlands 91.7%
3 United Kingdom 91.6%
4 South Korea 87.6%
5 Canada 87.1%
6 Finland 86.5%
7 Germany 86.2%
8 France 83.8%
9 Hong Kong SAR China 79.9%
10 Spain 76.2%
11 Czechia 74.2%
12 Lebanon 73.0%
13 United States 73.0%
14 Lithuania 72.1%
15 Russia 70.5%
16 Poland 66.6%
17 Saudi Arabia 64.7%
18 Argentina 64.7%
19 Greece 63.2%
20 Chile 61.1%
21 Italy 55.6%
22 Bulgaria 55.5%
23 Brazil 54.6%
24 Romania 54.1%
25 Colombia 52.6%
26 Türkiye 51.0%
27 China 47.9%
28 Ecuador 45.6%
29 Mexico 44.4%
30 Gabon 38.1%
31 Philippines 34.7%
32 Egypt 33.9%
33 Algeria 29.5%
34 Honduras 23.0%
35 Yemen 22.5%
36 Indonesia 17.1%
37 India 13.5%
38 Bangladesh 9.1%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 7.1%
40 Sierra Leone 6.1%
41 Liberia 5.4%
42 Congo - Kinshasa 3.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2014

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.