Colombia vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users in 2024: 79.4% in Colombia and 100% in United Arab Emirates, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 20.7 percentage points, or 1.26 times that in Colombia.

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% of people · ITU

ColombiaUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Colombia.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Colombia	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	79.4	100	71.2
2023	77.3	100	69.2
2022	72.8	100	67
2021	73	100	63.8
2020	69.8	100	60.1
2019	65	99.2	53.9
2018	64.1	98.5	49.4
2017	62.3	94.8	46.3
2016	58.1	90.6	43.6
2015	55.9	90.5	39.9
2014	52.6	90.4	37.4
2013	51.7	88	35.3
2012	49	85	33.3
2011	40.4	78	30.9
2010	36.5	68	28.4
2009	30	64	25.3
2008	25.6	63	22.8
2007	21.8	61	20.2
2006	15.3	52	17.2
2005	11	40	15.6
2004	9.1	30.1	–
2003	7.4	29.5	–
2002	4.6	28.3	–
2001	2.9	26.3	–
2000	2.2	23.6	–
1999	1.7	14.9	–
1998	1.1	6.9	–
1997	0.6	3.3	–
1996	0.3	0.4	–
1995	0.2	0.1	–
1994	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

Colombia vs United Arab Emirates

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Conflict

Deaths in conflictsColombia: 109 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022