Sweden vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users: 95.8% in Sweden in 2025 and 100% in United Arab Emirates in 2024, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 4.5 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Sweden.

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% of people · ITU

SwedenUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Sweden	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	95.8	–	73.6
2024	95.5	100	71.2
2023	95.7	100	69.2
2022	95	100	67
2021	94.7	100	63.8
2020	94.5	100	60.1
2019	94.5	99.2	53.9
2018	89.3	98.5	49.4
2017	93	94.8	46.3
2016	89.7	90.6	43.6
2015	90.6	90.5	39.9
2014	92.5	90.4	37.4
2013	94.8	88	35.3
2012	93.2	85	33.3
2011	92.8	78	30.9
2010	90	68	28.4
2009	91	64	25.3
2008	90	63	22.8
2007	82	61	20.2
2006	87.8	52	17.2
2005	84.8	40	15.6
2004	83.9	30.1	–
2003	79.1	29.5	–
2002	70.6	28.3	–
2001	51.8	26.3	–
2000	45.7	23.6	–
1999	41.4	14.9	–
1998	33.5	6.9	–
1997	23.7	3.3	–
1996	9	0.4	–
1995	5.1	0.1	–
1994	3.4	–	–
1993	1.7	–	–
1992	1.5	–	–
1991	1.2	–	–
1990	0.6	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

Sweden vs United Arab Emirates

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