Malawi vs South Sudan: Internet users
Internet users: 19% in Malawi in 2024 and 6.7% in South Sudan in 2019, by ITU estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Malawi, by 4.4 percentage points, or 1.66 times that in South Sudan.
MalawiSouth Sudan
Watch it change on the mapLatest figures
% of people · ITU
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 19 2024 | 5.8 | 173 of 182 |
| South Sudan | 6.7 2019 | — | — |
| World | 73.6 2025 | 39.9 |
What the numbers say
- Malawi has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2012.
- The world as a whole: 53.9% in 2019.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Malawi | South Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 19 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 18 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 16.9 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 15.3 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 13.9 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 11.1 | 6.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 8.8 | 4.8 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 7 | 4.1 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 3.3 | – | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 2.3 | – | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 1.1 | – | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 0.7 | – | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 1 | – | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 0.4 | – | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 0.4 | – | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.3 | – | – |
| 2003 | 0.3 | – | – |
| 2002 | 0.2 | – | – |
| 2001 | 0.2 | – | – |
| 2000 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1999 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 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