World data · 192 countries · updated October 2026

Internet use by country

The percentage of each country's population using the internet, ranked — the infrastructure layer underneath every claim about digital childhood.

The short answer

United Arab Emirates leads the 192 countries ranked here on internet use at 100%, followed by Kuwait at 100% and Bahrain at 100%. The median country is Mexico at 81%, against a world average of 68%.

#1 100% United Arab Emirates Middle East & North Africa #2 100% Kuwait Middle East & North Africa #3 100% Bahrain Middle East & North Africa Median 81% Mexico The middle of 192

World 68% World average Population-weighted

What this measures

The share of the population using the internet, from ITU data.

What it does not

It counts users, not quality or cost of access. A country at 60% may have very different bandwidth, price and reliability from another at 60%.

The bottom of the table

North Korea 0.0%

South Sudan 7.0%

Chad 13%

Eritrea 14%

Central African Republic 14%

Bars are scaled across the full observed range (0.0% to 100%), not to 100%, so the real spread is visible.

How the values are spread

Where the 192 countries fall

The range from 0.0% to 100% is split into 10 equal bands, and each bar counts the countries in one band.

Number of countries in each band of internet use
Band	Countries	Including
0% to 10%	2	South Sudan, North Korea
10% to 20%	10	Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi and 7 more
20% to 30%	8	Sudan, Burkina Faso, Somalia and 5 more
30% to 40%	15	Togo, Angola, Mali and 12 more
40% to 50%	11	Gambia, Nigeria, Haiti and 8 more
50% to 60%	8	São Tomé and Príncipe, Honduras, Senegal and 5 more
60% to 70%	16	Ghana, Gabon, Indonesia and 13 more
70% to 80%	22	Vietnam, British Virgin Islands, Algeria and 19 more
80% to 90%	42	Kiribati, Lithuania, Montenegro and 39 more
90% to 100%	58	United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and 55 more

How this is built: each band is one tenth of the gap between the lowest and highest value; a country is counted in the band its value falls in, and the top band includes the highest value. Countries with no comparable figure are left out. Chart drawn with Apache ECharts.

The full ranking

All 194 countries

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194 countries shown · 2 with no comparable figure

Internet use by country, ranked. Column headings re-sort the table.
Rank	Country	Internet use	Region	Gen Alpha
#1	United Arab Emirates	100%	Middle East & North Africa	2m
#2	Kuwait	100%	Middle East & North Africa	917k
#3	Bahrain	100%	Middle East & North Africa	309k
#4	Denmark	100%	Europe & Central Asia	937k
#5	Saudi Arabia	99%	Middle East & North Africa	9m
#6	Norway	99%	Europe & Central Asia	900k
#7	Luxembourg	99%	Europe & Central Asia	108k
#8	Monaco	99%	Europe & Central Asia	5k
#9	Qatar	98%	Middle East & North Africa	476k
#10	Netherlands	98%	Europe & Central Asia	3m
#11	Sweden	98%	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#12	Iceland	98%	Europe & Central Asia	70k
#13	Liechtenstein	98%	Europe & Central Asia	6k
#14	Bermuda	98%	North America	9k
#15	South Korea	97%	East Asia & Pacific	6m
#16	Malaysia	97%	East Asia & Pacific	8m
#17	United Kingdom	97%	Europe & Central Asia	12m
#18	Switzerland	97%	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#19	San Marino	97%	Europe & Central Asia	4k
#20	Aruba	97%	Latin America	18k
#21	Jordan	96%	Middle East & North Africa	4m
#22	Brunei	96%	East Asia & Pacific	97k
#23	Australia	96%	Oceania	5m
#24	New Zealand	96%	Oceania	1m
#25	Belgium	96%	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#26	Oman	95%	Middle East & North Africa	1m
#27	Ireland	95%	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#28	Malta	94%	Middle East & North Africa	71k
#29	Singapore	94%	East Asia & Pacific	690k
#30	Spain	94%	Europe & Central Asia	6m
#31	Hungary	94%	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#32	Belarus	94%	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#33	Finland	94%	Europe & Central Asia	806k
#34	Andorra	94%	Europe & Central Asia	10k
#35	Gibraltar	94%	Europe & Central Asia	7k
#36	Canada	94%	North America	6m
#37	Germany	93%	Europe & Central Asia	12m
#38	France	93%	Europe & Central Asia	12m
#39	Kazakhstan	93%	Europe & Central Asia	6m
#40	Latvia	93%	Europe & Central Asia	279k
#41	North Macedonia	93%	Europe & Central Asia	298k
#42	United States	93%	North America	62m
#43	Austria	92%	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#44	Kyrgyzstan	92%	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#45	Estonia	92%	Europe & Central Asia	203k
#46	Chile	92%	Latin America	4m
#47	Uruguay	92%	Latin America	605k
#48	Bahamas	92%	Latin America	71k
#49	Morocco	91%	Middle East & North Africa	10m
#50	Romania	91%	Europe & Central Asia	3m
#51	Azerbaijan	91%	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#52	Slovenia	91%	Europe & Central Asia	306k
#53	Dominican Republic	91%	Latin America	3m
#54	Russia	90%	Europe & Central Asia	26m
#55	Uzbekistan	90%	Europe & Central Asia	12m
#56	Slovakia	90%	Europe & Central Asia	849k
#57	Cyprus	90%	Europe & Central Asia	222k
#58	Jamaica	90%	Latin America	518k
#59	Kiribati	89%	Oceania	48k
#60	Lithuania	89%	Europe & Central Asia	406k
#61	Montenegro	89%	Europe & Central Asia	112k
#62	Seychelles	88%	Sub-Saharan Africa	27k
#63	Israel	88%	Middle East & North Africa	3m
#64	Thailand	88%	East Asia & Pacific	11m
#65	Poland	88%	Europe & Central Asia	6m
#66	Czechia	88%	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#67	Portugal	88%	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#68	Serbia	88%	Europe & Central Asia	947k
#69	Argentina	88%	Latin America	11m
#70	Palestine	87%	Middle East & North Africa	2m
#71	Italy	87%	Europe & Central Asia	7m
#72	Costa Rica	87%	Latin America	947k
#73	Puerto Rico	87%	Latin America	362k
#74	Suriname	87%	Latin America	163k
#75	Turkey	86%	Middle East & North Africa	19m
#76	Greece	86%	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	86%	Europe & Central Asia	400k
#78	Albania	86%	Europe & Central Asia	457k
#79	Maldives	85%	South Asia	101k
#80	Japan	85%	East Asia & Pacific	14m
#81	Mongolia	85%	East Asia & Pacific	1m
#82	Ukraine	85%	Europe & Central Asia	6m
#83	Iran	84%	Middle East & North Africa	18m
#84	Palau	84%	Oceania	3k
#85	Georgia	84%	Europe & Central Asia	780k
#86	Croatia	84%	Europe & Central Asia	524k
#87	Brazil	84%	Latin America	44m
#88	Nauru	83%	Oceania	5k
#89	Guyana	83%	Latin America	243k
#90	Libya	82%	Middle East & North Africa	2m
#91	Bulgaria	82%	Europe & Central Asia	960k
#92	Paraguay	82%	Latin America	2m
#93	Trinidad and Tobago	82%	Latin America	265k
#94	Dominica	82%	Latin America	12k
#95	Lebanon	81%	Middle East & North Africa	2m
#96	Armenia	81%	Europe & Central Asia	557k
#97	Mexico	81%	North America	31m
#98	Cayman Islands	81%	Latin America	12k
#99	Iraq	80%	Middle East & North Africa	16m
#100	Belize	80%	Latin America	113k
#101	Vietnam	79%	East Asia & Pacific	23m
#102	British Virgin Islands	78%	Latin America	6k
#103	Algeria	77%	Middle East & North Africa	14m
#104	Tunisia	77%	Middle East & North Africa	3m
#105	China	77%	East Asia & Pacific	230m
#106	Moldova	77%	Europe & Central Asia	578k
#107	St Kitts and Nevis	77%	Latin America	9k
#108	St Vincent and the Grenadines	76%	Latin America	21k
#109	South Africa	75%	Sub-Saharan Africa	17m
#110	Cape Verde	75%	Sub-Saharan Africa	131k
#111	Peru	74%	Latin America	8m
#112	Mauritius	73%	Sub-Saharan Africa	184k
#113	Philippines	73%	East Asia & Pacific	32m
#114	Colombia	73%	Latin America	11m
#115	Venezuela	73%	Latin America	7m
#116	Ecuador	73%	Latin America	4m
#117	Panama	73%	Latin America	1m
#118	Antigua and Barbuda	73%	Latin America	17k
#119	Egypt	72%	Middle East & North Africa	34m
#120	Cuba	70%	Latin America	2m
#121	Barbados	70%	Latin America	48k
#122	Grenada	70%	Latin America	22k
#123	Ghana	69%	Sub-Saharan Africa	12m
#124	Gabon	69%	Sub-Saharan Africa	959k
#125	Indonesia	69%	East Asia & Pacific	68m
#126	Curaçao	68%	Latin America	27k
#127	St Lucia	68%	Latin America	31k
#128	Tonga	67%	Oceania	36k
#129	Laos	66%	East Asia & Pacific	2m
#130	Marshall Islands	66%	Oceania	12k
#131	Bolivia	66%	Latin America	3m
#132	El Salvador	66%	Latin America	2m
#133	Namibia	65%	Sub-Saharan Africa	1m
#134	Djibouti	65%	Middle East & North Africa	345k
#135	Equatorial Guinea	63%	Sub-Saharan Africa	736k
#136	Eswatini	63%	Sub-Saharan Africa	419k
#137	Nicaragua	61%	Latin America	2m
#138	Guatemala	60%	Latin America	6m
#139	São Tomé and Príncipe	59%	Sub-Saharan Africa	92k
#140	Honduras	59%	Latin America	3m
#141	Senegal	58%	Sub-Saharan Africa	7m
#142	Sri Lanka	57%	South Asia	4m
#143	Tajikistan	56%	Europe & Central Asia	4m
#144	Lesotho	52%	Sub-Saharan Africa	815k
#145	India	52%	South Asia	327m
#146	Nepal	52%	South Asia	8m
#147	Gambia	49%	Sub-Saharan Africa	1m
#148	Nigeria	48%	Sub-Saharan Africa	95m
#149	Haiti	48%	Latin America	4m
#150	Republic of the Congo	47%	Sub-Saharan Africa	3m
#151	Mauritania	46%	Sub-Saharan Africa	2m
#152	Bangladesh	45%	South Asia	44m
#153	Côte d'Ivoire	44%	Sub-Saharan Africa	12m
#154	Cameroon	44%	Sub-Saharan Africa	12m
#155	Myanmar	44%	East Asia & Pacific	13m
#156	Kenya	41%	Sub-Saharan Africa	19m
#157	Micronesia	40%	Oceania	36k
#158	Togo	39%	Sub-Saharan Africa	4m
#159	Angola	37%	Sub-Saharan Africa	15m
#160	Mali	37%	Sub-Saharan Africa	12m
#161	Pakistan	36%	South Asia	80m
#162	Zimbabwe	35%	Sub-Saharan Africa	7m
#163	Timor-Leste	35%	East Asia & Pacific	476k
#164	Tuvalu	35%	Oceania	3k
#165	Benin	34%	Sub-Saharan Africa	6m
#166	Syria	34%	Middle East & North Africa	8m
#167	Guinea	33%	Sub-Saharan Africa	6m
#168	Comoros	33%	Sub-Saharan Africa	331k
#169	Tanzania	32%	Sub-Saharan Africa	28m
#170	Rwanda	32%	Sub-Saharan Africa	6m
#171	Liberia	32%	Sub-Saharan Africa	2m
#172	Guinea-Bissau	30%	Sub-Saharan Africa	881k
#173	Sudan	29%	Sub-Saharan Africa	19m
#174	Burkina Faso	28%	Sub-Saharan Africa	10m
#175	Somalia	28%	Sub-Saharan Africa	10m
#176	DR Congo	27%	Sub-Saharan Africa	44m
#177	Uganda	27%	Sub-Saharan Africa	20m
#178	Sierra Leone	25%	Sub-Saharan Africa	3m
#179	Mozambique	22%	Sub-Saharan Africa	14m
#180	Samoa	21%	Oceania	84k
#181	Ethiopia	19%	Sub-Saharan Africa	48m
#182	Madagascar	19%	Sub-Saharan Africa	13m
#183	Malawi	19%	Sub-Saharan Africa	9m
#184	Afghanistan	18%	Middle East & North Africa	17m
#185	Turkmenistan	18%	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#186	Zambia	17%	Sub-Saharan Africa	9m
#187	Yemen	17%	Middle East & North Africa	18m
#188	Central African Republic	14%	Sub-Saharan Africa	3m
#189	Eritrea	14%	Sub-Saharan Africa	1m
#190	Chad	13%	Sub-Saharan Africa	10m
#191	South Sudan	7.0%	Sub-Saharan Africa	5m
#192	North Korea	0.0%	East Asia & Pacific	5m
—	Sint Maarten	Not reported	Latin America	7k
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	Not reported	Latin America	8k

Reading the table

Almost everything written about Generation Alpha and Generation Beta assumes near-universal connectivity. This table is the check on that assumption.

Saudi Arabia and Norway sit at 99%, Sweden at 98%. At the other end, Afghanistan is at 18%, Ethiopia at 19% and Mozambique at 22%. The global generational narrative — AI companions, algorithmic feeds, always-on childhood — describes the first group accurately and the second group barely at all.

Côte d'Ivoire is the entry to notice. It has more than 1.6 mobile connections per person and 44% internet use. That is a mobile-first childhood with limited data access: the phone is there, the connection is rationed. Reading the two columns together tells you something neither tells you alone.

For anyone building or marketing for these cohorts, this is the column that decides whether a product is possible at all.

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Frequently asked

Which country has the highest internet use?

Saudi Arabia and Norway, both at about 99% of the population.

Which country has the lowest internet use?

Afghanistan, at about 18%, followed by Ethiopia at 19% and Mozambique at 22%.

What percentage of the world uses the internet?

About 68%, meaning roughly one person in three is still offline.

Does high mobile ownership mean high internet use?

No. Several countries have more than one mobile connection per person alongside internet use below 50%. Connections are not the same as affordable data.

How many countries are in this table?

This table ranks 192 countries with a comparable figure, out of the 194 countries profiled on AlphaBetaMinds. The countries in this table hold about 98% of the world population.

Can I reuse this data?

Yes, free of charge and commercially, with a credit to AlphaBetaMinds and a link to this page. The full dataset is also available as plain text at https://alphabetaminds.com/llms-countries.txt.

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Cite this table

AlphaBetaMinds (2026). Internet use by country. Retrieved from https://alphabetaminds.com/data/internet-use-by-country

Download the full dataset (CSV)

Sources: UN World Population Prospects, World Bank Open Data, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, ITU. Figures are 2025–2026 estimates. Method on our methodology page.