China vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users: 91.6% in China in 2025 and 100% in United Arab Emirates in 2024, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 8 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in China.

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% of people · ITU

ChinaUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1995.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	China	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	91.6	–	73.6
2024	92	100	71.2
2023	90.6	100	69.2
2022	75.6	100	67
2021	73.1	100	63.8
2020	70.1	100	60.1
2019	64.1	99.2	53.9
2018	65.4	98.5	49.4
2017	54.3	94.8	46.3
2016	53.2	90.6	43.6
2015	50.3	90.5	39.9
2014	47.9	90.4	37.4
2013	45.8	88	35.3
2012	42.3	85	33.3
2011	38.3	78	30.9
2010	34.3	68	28.4
2009	28.9	64	25.3
2008	22.6	63	22.8
2007	16	61	20.2
2006	10.5	52	17.2
2005	8.5	40	15.6
2004	7.3	30.1	–
2003	6.2	29.5	–
2002	4.6	28.3	–
2001	2.6	26.3	–
2000	1.8	23.6	–
1999	0.7	14.9	–
1998	0.2	6.9	–
1997	0	3.3	–
1996	0	0.4	–
1995	0	0.1	–
1994	0	–	–
1993	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

China vs United Arab Emirates

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