Which countries got online fastest?

Over the 10 years to 2024, the share of people using the internet rose most in Kiribati, by 77.2 percentage points, and in Iraq, by 69.8. The world's share grew by 33.8 points, the United States' by 21.7 and India's by 51.4. Countries that were already almost all online could only grow a little. The smallest change was -3.6 points, in Japan; a fall can come from a change in how a country measures internet use. Each bar is a country's share in 2024 minus its share 10 years earlier; 179 countries and territories had both figures, and places missing either are left out. It counts people who used the internet at least once in the previous three months.

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Measure: Change in people using the internet over 10 years, percentage points. Written from the data below.

  • Kiribati has the highest figure, 77.2, followed by Iraq (69.8) and Mongolia (65.2).
  • Japan has the lowest figure, -3.6, followed by Barbados (-1.6) and Iceland (0.1).
  • World: 33.8. Of the 179 compared, 62 are above it, 116 below, and 1 the same.

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Chartly. “Which countries got online fastest?” Chart. Data: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Individuals using the Internet (% of population), https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS (data as of December 31, 2024). https://chart.ly/charts/internet-use-growth-by-country (accessed November 4, 2026).

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Country Change in people using the internet over 10 years, percentage points
Kiribati 77.2
Iraq 69.8
Mongolia 65.2
Libya 64.2
Kyrgyzstan 63.7
Bhutan 61
Thailand 56
Indonesia 55.6
Cambodia 54.5
Uzbekistan 54
Ghana 53.2
India 51.4
Laos 51.3
Guyana 51
Namibia 50
Jamaica 49.7
Jordan 49.4
Marshall Islands 49.1
Djibouti 48.3
Algeria 47.9
Pakistan 47.3
Iran 46
Bolivia 45.1
Bangladesh 44.4
Equatorial Guinea 44.4
China 44.1
Sri Lanka 44.1
Nicaragua 43.8
Vietnam 43.2
Senegal 42.4
El Salvador 41.7
Peru 41.7
Cuba 41.4
Dominican Republic 41.4
Belize 41.3
Egypt 40.8
Congo (Republic) 40.1
Mexico 38.7
Paraguay 38.6
Eswatini 38.4
Tajikistan 38.3
Fiji 37.3
Romania 37.2
Guatemala 36.8
Seychelles 36.6
Haiti 36.5
Türkiye 36.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 36.2
Ukraine 36.2
Maldives 36
Honduras 35.6
Saudi Arabia 35.3
Belarus 35.2
Georgia 34.7
Sao Tome and Principe 34.7
Cabo Verde 34.5
Chile 34.5
Malaysia 34.4
Morocco 34.4
Costa Rica 34.2
Mauritania 34
The Gambia 33.9
Togo 33.8
Italy 33.6
Philippines 32.6
Albania 31.6
Ecuador 31.6
Tonga 31.5
Côte d'Ivoire 31.4
Nepal 30.9
Gabon 30.6
Uruguay 30.5
Tunisia 30.3
Cameroon 30
Brazil 29.9
Lesotho 29.8
Mali 29.8
South Africa 29.4
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 28.8
Mauritius 28.5
Benin 28
Panama 27.8
Brunei 27.5
Kazakhstan 27.4
Bulgaria 26.9
Guinea 26.9
Colombia 26.8
Liberia 26.8
Armenia 26.7
Guinea-Bissau 26.5
Somalia 26.3
Serbia 25.6
Comoros 25.5
North Macedonia 25.5
Zimbabwe 25.3
Argentina 25
Montenegro 25
Oman 25
Dominica 24.5
Tanzania 24.2
Portugal 23.9
Russia 23.8
Greece 23.1
Burkina Faso 22.3
Poland 22
United States 21.7
Rwanda 21.1
Kuwait 21
Botswana 20.7
Malta 20.7
Cyprus 20.3
Nigeria 20.2
Macao 20
Solomon Islands 20
Trinidad and Tobago 19.8
Venezuela 19.7
Spain 19.6
Angola 19.3
Slovenia 19.2
Sierra Leone 19
Grenada 18.6
Kenya 18.5
Hungary 18.1
Lithuania 17
Latvia 16.9
Congo (Democratic Republic) 16.7
Hong Kong 15.9
The Bahamas 15.6
Azerbaijan 15.4
Singapore 15.3
Croatia 15.1
Madagascar 15
St. Lucia 15
Mozambique 14.5
Niger 14.3
Ethiopia 14.2
Austria 13.9
Ireland 13.7
Switzerland 13.7
Czechia 13.5
Israel 13.2
Malawi 13.1
Papua New Guinea 12.3
Australia 12.1
St. Kitts and Nevis 11.5
Central African Republic 11.1
Belgium 10.8
Zambia 10.6
Moldova 10.4
South Korea 10.3
Micronesia 9.9
Slovakia 9.8
Chad 9.7
United Arab Emirates 9.6
Bahrain 9.5
New Zealand 9.5
Afghanistan 9.1
Andorra 8.3
Estonia 8
Burundi 7.6
Lebanon 7.6
Germany 7.3
Canada 7.2
Finland 7.2
Monaco 6.6
Qatar 6.6
Netherlands 5.3
Antigua and Barbuda 5
France 4.9
Luxembourg 4.1
United Kingdom 3.9
Denmark 3.8
Uganda 3.5
Liechtenstein 3.1
Sweden 3
Norway 2.7
Iceland 0.1
Barbados -1.6
Japan -3.6
World 33.8

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