Niger vs South Sudan: Internet users
Internet users: 15.6% in Niger in 2024 and 6.7% in South Sudan in 2019, by ITU estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Niger, by 4.6 percentage points, or 1.69 times that in South Sudan.
NigerSouth Sudan
Watch it change on the mapLatest figures
% of people · ITU
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 15.6 2024 | 1.2 | 178 of 182 |
| South Sudan | 6.7 2019 | — | — |
| World | 73.6 2025 | 39.9 |
What the numbers say
- Niger has been higher since 2016, when it overtook South Sudan.
- The world as a whole: 53.9% in 2019.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Niger | South Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 15.6 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 13 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 13.1 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 12.5 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 11.9 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 11.3 | 6.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 10.7 | 4.8 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 10.2 | 4.1 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 2.5 | 3 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 0.9 | – | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 0.8 | – | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 0.8 | – | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 0.7 | – | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 0.4 | – | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 0.3 | – | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 0.2 | – | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.2 | – | – |
| 2003 | 0.2 | – | – |
| 2002 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 2001 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | – |
| 1996 | 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