Switzerland vs United Kingdom: Internet users

Internet users: 97.3% in Switzerland in 2025 and 95.5% in United Kingdom in 2024, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 1.9 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in United Kingdom.

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% of people · ITU

SwitzerlandUnited KingdomWorld

What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher since 2022, when it overtook United Kingdom.
In 2024, Switzerland ranked 15 and United Kingdom ranked 26 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Switzerland	United Kingdom	World
2025	97.3	–	73.6
2024	97.3	95.5	71.2
2023	97.3	95.5	69.2
2022	96.5	95.5	67
2021	95.6	96.2	63.8
2020	94.4	94.8	60.1
2019	93.2	92.5	53.9
2018	91.8	90.7	49.4
2017	89.7	90.4	46.3
2016	89.1	94.8	43.6
2015	87.5	92	39.9
2014	83.6	91.6	37.4
2013	86.3	89.8	35.3
2012	85.2	87.5	33.3
2011	85.2	85.4	30.9
2010	83.9	85	28.4
2009	81.3	83.6	25.3
2008	79.2	78.4	22.8
2007	77.2	75.1	20.2
2006	75.7	68.8	17.2
2005	70.1	70	15.6
2004	67.8	65.6	–
2003	65.1	64.8	–
2002	61.4	56.5	–
2001	55.1	33.5	–
2000	47.1	26.8	–
1999	34	21.3	–
1998	24.8	13.7	–
1997	15.1	7.4	–
1996	4.6	4.1	–
1995	3.6	1.9	–
1994	2.7	1	–
1993	2.2	0.5	–
1992	1.8	0.3	–
1991	1.2	0.2	–
1990	0.6	0.1	–

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

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Deaths in conflictsSwitzerland: 0 deaths in 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022