Brazil vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users in 2024: 84.5% in Brazil and 100% in United Arab Emirates, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 15.5 percentage points, or 1.18 times that in Brazil.

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% of people · ITU

BrazilUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1997, when it overtook Brazil.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Brazil	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	84.5	100	71.2
2023	84.2	100	69.2
2022	80.5	100	67
2021	80.7	100	63.8
2020	81.3	100	60.1
2019	73.9	99.2	53.9
2018	70.4	98.5	49.4
2017	67.5	94.8	46.3
2016	60.9	90.6	43.6
2015	58.3	90.5	39.9
2014	54.6	90.4	37.4
2013	51	88	35.3
2012	48.6	85	33.3
2011	45.7	78	30.9
2010	40.7	68	28.4
2009	39.2	64	25.3
2008	33.8	63	22.8
2007	30.9	61	20.2
2006	28.2	52	17.2
2005	21	40	15.6
2004	19.1	30.1	–
2003	13.2	29.5	–
2002	9.1	28.3	–
2001	4.5	26.3	–
2000	2.9	23.6	–
1999	2	14.9	–
1998	1.5	6.9	–
1997	0.8	3.3	–
1996	0.5	0.4	–
1995	0.1	0.1	–
1994	0	–	–
1993	0	–	–
1992	0	–	–
1991	0	–	–
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

Brazil vs United Arab Emirates

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Conflict

Deaths in conflictsBrazil: 1,480 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022