Russia vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users in 2024: 94.4% in Russia and 100% in United Arab Emirates, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 5.6 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Russia.

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% of people · ITU

RussiaUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Russia.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Russia	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	94.4	100	71.2
2023	92.2	100	69.2
2022	90.4	100	67
2021	88.2	100	63.8
2020	85	100	60.1
2019	82.6	99.2	53.9
2018	80.9	98.5	49.4
2017	76	94.8	46.3
2016	73.1	90.6	43.6
2015	70.1	90.5	39.9
2014	70.5	90.4	37.4
2013	68	88	35.3
2012	66	85	33.3
2011	58	78	30.9
2010	49	68	28.4
2009	42.6	64	25.3
2008	32	63	22.8
2007	24.7	61	20.2
2006	18	52	17.2
2005	15.2	40	15.6
2004	12.9	30.1	–
2003	8.3	29.5	–
2002	4.1	28.3	–
2001	2.9	26.3	–
2000	2	23.6	–
1999	1	14.9	–
1998	0.8	6.9	–
1997	0.5	3.3	–
1996	0.3	0.4	–
1995	0.1	0.1	–
1994	0.1	–	–
1993	0	–	–
1992	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

Russia vs United Arab Emirates

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Conflict

Deaths in conflictsRussia: 70 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022