France vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users in 2024: 88.7% in France and 100% in United Arab Emirates, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 11.3 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in France.

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% of people · ITU

FranceUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2011, when it overtook France.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	France	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	88.7	100	71.2
2023	86.8	100	69.2
2022	85.3	100	67
2021	86.1	100	63.8
2020	84.7	100	60.1
2019	83.3	99.2	53.9
2018	82	98.5	49.4
2017	80.5	94.8	46.3
2016	79.3	90.6	43.6
2015	78	90.5	39.9
2014	83.8	90.4	37.4
2013	81.9	88	35.3
2012	81.4	85	33.3
2011	77.8	78	30.9
2010	77.3	68	28.4
2009	71.6	64	25.3
2008	70.7	63	22.8
2007	66.1	61	20.2
2006	46.9	52	17.2
2005	42.9	40	15.6
2004	39.2	30.1	–
2003	36.1	29.5	–
2002	30.2	28.3	–
2001	26.3	26.3	–
2000	14.3	23.6	–
1999	9.1	14.9	–
1998	6.3	6.9	–
1997	4.3	3.3	–
1996	2.6	0.4	–
1995	1.6	0.1	–
1994	0.9	–	–
1993	0.6	–	–
1992	0.3	–	–
1991	0.1	–	–
1990	0.1	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

France vs United Arab Emirates

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