Germany vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users in 2024: 93.5% in Germany and 100% in United Arab Emirates, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 6.5 percentage points, or 1.07 times that in Germany.

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% of people · ITU

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Germany.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Germany	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	93.5	100	71.2
2023	92.5	100	69.2
2022	91.6	100	67
2021	91.4	100	63.8
2020	89.8	100	60.1
2019	88.1	99.2	53.9
2018	87	98.5	49.4
2017	84.4	94.8	46.3
2016	84.2	90.6	43.6
2015	87.6	90.5	39.9
2014	86.2	90.4	37.4
2013	84.2	88	35.3
2012	82.4	85	33.3
2011	81.3	78	30.9
2010	82	68	28.4
2009	79	64	25.3
2008	78	63	22.8
2007	75.2	61	20.2
2006	72.2	52	17.2
2005	68.7	40	15.6
2004	64.7	30.1	–
2003	55.9	29.5	–
2002	48.8	28.3	–
2001	31.7	26.3	–
2000	30.2	23.6	–
1999	20.8	14.9	–
1998	9.9	6.9	–
1997	6.7	3.3	–
1996	3.1	0.4	–
1995	1.8	0.1	–
1994	0.9	–	–
1993	0.5	–	–
1992	0.4	–	–
1991	0.3	–	–
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

Germany vs United Arab Emirates

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