Italy vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users in 2024: 89.2% in Italy and 100% in United Arab Emirates, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 10.8 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Italy.

Watch it change on the map

% of people · ITU

ItalyUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Italy.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Italy	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	89.2	100	71.2
2023	87	100	69.2
2022	85.1	100	67
2021	74.9	100	63.8
2020	70.5	100	60.1
2019	67.9	99.2	53.9
2018	74.4	98.5	49.4
2017	63.1	94.8	46.3
2016	61.3	90.6	43.6
2015	58.1	90.5	39.9
2014	55.6	90.4	37.4
2013	58.5	88	35.3
2012	55.8	85	33.3
2011	54.4	78	30.9
2010	53.7	68	28.4
2009	48.8	64	25.3
2008	44.5	63	22.8
2007	40.8	61	20.2
2006	38	52	17.2
2005	35	40	15.6
2004	33.2	30.1	–
2003	29	29.5	–
2002	28	28.3	–
2001	27.2	26.3	–
2000	23.1	23.6	–
1999	14.4	14.9	–
1998	4.6	6.9	–
1997	2.3	3.3	–
1996	1	0.4	–
1995	0.5	0.1	–
1994	0.2	–	–
1993	0.1	–	–
1992	0.1	–	–
1991	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

Italy vs United Arab Emirates

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Conflict

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