Spain vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users in 2024: 95.8% in Spain and 100% in United Arab Emirates, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 4.2 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Spain.

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% of people · ITU

SpainUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Spain.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Spain	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	95.8	100	71.2
2023	95.5	100	69.2
2022	94.5	100	67
2021	93.9	100	63.8
2020	93.2	100	60.1
2019	90.7	99.2	53.9
2018	86.1	98.5	49.4
2017	84.6	94.8	46.3
2016	80.6	90.6	43.6
2015	78.7	90.5	39.9
2014	76.2	90.4	37.4
2013	71.6	88	35.3
2012	69.8	85	33.3
2011	67.1	78	30.9
2010	65.8	68	28.4
2009	62.4	64	25.3
2008	59.6	63	22.8
2007	55.1	61	20.2
2006	50.4	52	17.2
2005	47.9	40	15.6
2004	44	30.1	–
2003	39.9	29.5	–
2002	20.4	28.3	–
2001	18.2	26.3	–
2000	13.6	23.6	–
1999	7.1	14.9	–
1998	4.4	6.9	–
1997	2.8	3.3	–
1996	1.3	0.4	–
1995	0.4	0.1	–
1994	0.3	–	–
1993	0.1	–	–
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

Spain vs United Arab Emirates

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