Australia vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users in 2024: 96.1% in Australia and 100% in United Arab Emirates, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 3.9 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Australia.

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% of people · ITU

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Australia.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Australia	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	96.1	100	71.2
2023	96.1	100	69.2
2022	96.1	100	67
2021	97	100	63.8
2020	94.7	100	60.1
2019	93.6	99.2	53.9
2018	90	98.5	49.4
2017	86.6	94.8	46.3
2016	86.5	90.6	43.6
2015	84.6	90.5	39.9
2014	84	90.4	37.4
2013	83.5	88	35.3
2012	79	85	33.3
2011	79.5	78	30.9
2010	76	68	28.4
2009	74.3	64	25.3
2008	71.7	63	22.8
2007	69.5	61	20.2
2006	66	52	17.2
2005	63	40	15.6
2004	–	30.1	–
2003	–	29.5	–
2002	–	28.3	–
2001	52.7	26.3	–
2000	46.8	23.6	–
1999	40.8	14.9	–
1998	30.8	6.9	–
1997	16.4	3.3	–
1996	3.3	0.4	–
1995	2.8	0.1	–
1994	2.2	–	–
1993	2	–	–
1992	1.8	–	–
1991	1.1	–	–
1990	0.6	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

Australia vs United Arab Emirates

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Conflict

Deaths in conflictsAustralia: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022