Switzerland vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users: 97.3% in Switzerland in 2025 and 100% in United Arab Emirates in 2024, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 2.7 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Switzerland.

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% of people · ITU

SwitzerlandUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Switzerland	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	97.3	–	73.6
2024	97.3	100	71.2
2023	97.3	100	69.2
2022	96.5	100	67
2021	95.6	100	63.8
2020	94.4	100	60.1
2019	93.2	99.2	53.9
2018	91.8	98.5	49.4
2017	89.7	94.8	46.3
2016	89.1	90.6	43.6
2015	87.5	90.5	39.9
2014	83.6	90.4	37.4
2013	86.3	88	35.3
2012	85.2	85	33.3
2011	85.2	78	30.9
2010	83.9	68	28.4
2009	81.3	64	25.3
2008	79.2	63	22.8
2007	77.2	61	20.2
2006	75.7	52	17.2
2005	70.1	40	15.6
2004	67.8	30.1	–
2003	65.1	29.5	–
2002	61.4	28.3	–
2001	55.1	26.3	–
2000	47.1	23.6	–
1999	34	14.9	–
1998	24.8	6.9	–
1997	15.1	3.3	–
1996	4.6	0.4	–
1995	3.6	0.1	–
1994	2.7	–	–
1993	2.2	–	–
1992	1.8	–	–
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

Switzerland vs United Arab Emirates

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Conflict

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