Bangladesh vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users in 2024: 53.4% in Bangladesh and 100% in United Arab Emirates, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 46.6 percentage points, or 1.87 times that in Bangladesh.

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% of people · ITU

BangladeshUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1997.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Bangladesh	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	53.4	100	71.2
2023	44.5	100	69.2
2022	41.6	100	67
2021	38.9	100	63.8
2020	36.1	100	60.1
2019	30.4	99.2	53.9
2018	25.6	98.5	49.4
2017	21.5	94.8	46.3
2016	16.9	90.6	43.6
2015	12.4	90.5	39.9
2014	9.1	90.4	37.4
2013	6.6	88	35.3
2012	5	85	33.3
2011	4.5	78	30.9
2010	3.7	68	28.4
2009	3.1	64	25.3
2008	2.5	63	22.8
2007	1.8	61	20.2
2006	1	52	17.2
2005	0.2	40	15.6
2004	0.2	30.1	–
2003	0.2	29.5	–
2002	0.1	28.3	–
2001	0.1	26.3	–
2000	0.1	23.6	–
1999	0	14.9	–
1998	0	6.9	–
1997	0	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

Bangladesh vs United Arab Emirates

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Deaths in conflictsBangladesh: 2 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022