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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

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
31 Algeria 42.9%
19 Argentina 71.0%
37 Bangladesh 16.9%
22 Brazil 60.9%
23 Bulgaria 59.8%
4 Canada 91.2%
10 Chile 83.6%
29 China 53.2%
27 Colombia 58.1%
41 Congo - Brazzaville 8.1%
40 Congo - Kinshasa 10.1%
13 Czechia 76.5%
28 Ecuador 54.1%
32 Egypt 41.2%
6 Finland 87.7%
12 France 79.3%
30 Gabon 48.1%
9 Germany 84.2%
20 Greece 69.1%
34 Honduras 29.5%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 87.5%
38 India 16.5%
35 Indonesia 25.4%
21 Italy 61.3%
14 Lebanon 76.1%
39 Liberia 15.7%
16 Lithuania 74.4%
24 Mexico 59.5%
5 Netherlands 90.4%
1 Norway 97.3%
33 Philippines 39.2%
17 Poland 73.3%
25 Romania 59.5%
18 Russia 73.1%
15 Saudi Arabia 74.9%
42 Sierra Leone 7.7%
3 South Korea 92.8%
11 Spain 80.6%
26 Türkiye 58.3%
2 United Kingdom 94.8%
8 United States 85.5%
36 Yemen 24.6%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2016

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.