South Korea vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users in 2024: 97.9% in South Korea and 100% in United Arab Emirates, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 2.1 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in South Korea.

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% of people · ITU

South KoreaUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2018, when it overtook South Korea.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	South Korea	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	97.9	100	71.2
2023	97.4	100	69.2
2022	97.2	100	67
2021	97.6	100	63.8
2020	96.5	100	60.1
2019	96.2	99.2	53.9
2018	96	98.5	49.4
2017	95.1	94.8	46.3
2016	92.8	90.6	43.6
2015	89.9	90.5	39.9
2014	87.6	90.4	37.4
2013	84.8	88	35.3
2012	84.1	85	33.3
2011	83.8	78	30.9
2010	83.7	68	28.4
2009	81.6	64	25.3
2008	81	63	22.8
2007	78.8	61	20.2
2006	78.1	52	17.2
2005	73.5	40	15.6
2004	72.7	30.1	–
2003	65.5	29.5	–
2002	59.4	28.3	–
2001	56.6	26.3	–
2000	44.7	23.6	–
1999	23.6	14.9	–
1998	6.8	6.9	–
1997	3.6	3.3	–
1996	1.6	0.4	–
1995	0.8	0.1	–
1994	0.3	–	–
1993	0.3	–	–
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

South Korea vs United Arab Emirates

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Conflict

Deaths in conflictsSouth Korea: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022