Singapore vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users in 2024: 94.4% in Singapore 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 Singapore.

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% of people · ITU

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Singapore.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Singapore	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	94.4	100	71.2
2023	94.3	100	69.2
2022	96	100	67
2021	96.9	100	63.8
2020	92	100	60.1
2019	89	99.2	53.9
2018	88.2	98.5	49.4
2017	84.5	94.8	46.3
2016	84.5	90.6	43.6
2015	79	90.5	39.9
2014	79	90.4	37.4
2013	80.9	88	35.3
2012	72	85	33.3
2011	71	78	30.9
2010	71	68	28.4
2009	69	64	25.3
2008	69	63	22.8
2007	69.9	61	20.2
2006	59	52	17.2
2005	61	40	15.6
2004	62	30.1	–
2003	53.8	29.5	–
2002	47	28.3	–
2001	41.7	26.3	–
2000	36	23.6	–
1999	24.2	14.9	–
1998	19.6	6.9	–
1997	13.5	3.3	–
1996	8.4	0.4	–
1995	2.9	0.1	–
1994	1.2	–	–
1993	0.8	–	–
1992	0.5	–	–
1991	0.2	–	–
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

Singapore vs United Arab Emirates

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Conflict

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