Afghanistan vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users in 2024: 16.1% in Afghanistan and 100% in United Arab Emirates, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 83.9 percentage points, or 6.22 times that in Afghanistan.

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% of people · ITU

AfghanistanUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2001.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Afghanistan	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	16.1	100	71.2
2023	15.9	100	69.2
2022	15.9	100	67
2021	16.5	100	63.8
2020	17.1	100	60.1
2019	17.6	99.2	53.9
2018	16.8	98.5	49.4
2017	13.5	94.8	46.3
2016	11	90.6	43.6
2015	8.3	90.5	39.9
2014	7	90.4	37.4
2013	5.9	88	35.3
2012	5.5	85	33.3
2011	5	78	30.9
2010	4	68	28.4
2009	3.6	64	25.3
2008	1.8	63	22.8
2007	1.9	61	20.2
2006	2.1	52	17.2
2005	1.2	40	15.6
2004	0.1	30.1	–
2003	0.1	29.5	–
2002	0	28.3	–
2001	0	26.3	–
2000	–	23.6	–
1999	–	14.9	–
1998	–	6.9	–
1997	–	3.3	–
1996	–	0.4	–
1995	–	0.1	–
1990	0	0	–

Each country on its own

Good to know

The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Afghanistan vs United Arab Emirates

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Conflict

Deaths in conflictsAfghanistan: 1,498 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022