Iraq vs Yemen: Internet users
Internet users: 81.5% in Iraq in 2024 and 17.5% in Yemen in 2019, by ITU estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Iraq, by 26.8 percentage points, or 2.53 times that in Yemen.
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% of people · ITU
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 81.5 2024 | 11.7 | 96 of 182 |
| Yemen | 17.5 2019 | 10 | — |
| World | 73.6 2025 | 39.9 |
What the numbers say
- Iraq has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Yemen.
- The world as a whole: 53.9% in 2019.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Iraq | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 81.5 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 81.8 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 78.7 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 65 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 53.7 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 44.3 | 17.5 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 33.9 | – | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 26 | – | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 19.9 | 24.6 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 15.2 | 24.1 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 11.7 | 22.6 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 9.2 | 20 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 7.1 | 17.5 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 14.9 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 2.5 | 12.4 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 1.1 | 10 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6.9 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 0.9 | 5 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1.2 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 0.9 | 1 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.9 | 0.9 | – |
| 2003 | 0.6 | 0.6 | – |
| 2002 | 0.5 | 0.5 | – |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| 2000 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1999 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | – | 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