Countries with the Highest Share of Internet Users 2023

About This Dataset

Countries ranked by internet users (% of population) in 2023, using World Bank figures for the 181 countries that reported that year. 3 countries share the top place on 100.0, among them Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, ahead of Kuwait (99.7). The share of people who used the internet from any location in the last three months, collected by national household surveys. Countries survey in different years and word the question differently, so small gaps between neighbours are not meaningful.

Analysis

3 of the twenty shown are level at the top on 100.0: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. The first country below them is Kuwait on 99.7. Across the twenty shown, values run from 100.0 down to 96.0, a spread of 4.0. Of the 20 in this table that also reported in 2022, 12 recorded a higher figure than the year before and 0 a lower one. The largest single move was Netherlands, from 92.5 to 97.0. The chart shows the twenty highest of 181 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.

Source: World Bank

Key Findings

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Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates are level at the top on 100 Internet Users (% of Population) in 2023.

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Average Internet Users (% of Population) in 2023: 98 · median: 98.

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Gap in 2023: Bahrain is 1× larger than Hong Kong.