Ireland vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users in 2024: 97.2% in Ireland and 100% in United Arab Emirates, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 2.8 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Ireland.

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% of people · ITU

IrelandUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

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

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Ireland	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	97.2	100	71.2
2023	96.9	100	69.2
2022	95	100	67
2021	93.5	100	63.8
2020	92	100	60.1
2019	87	99.2	53.9
2018	87	98.5	49.4
2017	84.1	94.8	46.3
2016	83.5	90.6	43.6
2015	83.5	90.5	39.9
2014	83.5	90.4	37.4
2013	78.3	88	35.3
2012	76.9	85	33.3
2011	74.9	78	30.9
2010	69.9	68	28.4
2009	67.4	64	25.3
2008	65.3	63	22.8
2007	61.2	61	20.2
2006	54.8	52	17.2
2005	41.6	40	15.6
2004	37	30.1	–
2003	34.3	29.5	–
2002	25.9	28.3	–
2001	23.1	26.3	–
2000	17.9	23.6	–
1999	10.9	14.9	–
1998	8.1	6.9	–
1997	4.1	3.3	–
1996	2.2	0.4	–
1995	1.1	0.1	–
1994	0.6	–	–
1993	0.3	–	–
1992	0.2	–	–
1991	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

Ireland vs United Arab Emirates

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Conflict

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