Japan vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users in 2024: 85.5% in Japan and 100% in United Arab Emirates, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 14.5 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Japan.

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% of people · ITU

JapanUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Japan.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Japan	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	85.5	100	71.2
2023	85	100	69.2
2022	84.9	100	67
2021	82.9	100	63.8
2020	90.2	100	60.1
2019	92.7	99.2	53.9
2018	88.8	98.5	49.4
2017	91.7	94.8	46.3
2016	93.2	90.6	43.6
2015	91.1	90.5	39.9
2014	89.1	90.4	37.4
2013	88.2	88	35.3
2012	79.5	85	33.3
2011	79.1	78	30.9
2010	78.2	68	28.4
2009	78	64	25.3
2008	75.4	63	22.8
2007	74.3	61	20.2
2006	68.7	52	17.2
2005	66.9	40	15.6
2004	62.4	30.1	–
2003	48.4	29.5	–
2002	46.6	28.3	–
2001	38.5	26.3	–
2000	30	23.6	–
1999	21.4	14.9	–
1998	13.4	6.9	–
1997	9.2	3.3	–
1996	4.4	0.4	–
1995	1.6	0.1	–
1994	0.8	–	–
1993	0.4	–	–
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

Japan vs United Arab Emirates

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Conflict

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