Syria vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users: 33.8% in Syria in 2018 and 100% in United Arab Emirates in 2024, by ITU estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 64.7 percentage points, or 2.92 times that in Syria.

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% of people · ITU

SyriaUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1995.
The world as a whole: 49.4% in 2018.

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Syria	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	–	100	71.2
2023	–	100	69.2
2022	–	100	67
2021	–	100	63.8
2020	–	100	60.1
2019	–	99.2	53.9
2018	33.8	98.5	49.4
2017	32.7	94.8	46.3
2016	31.9	90.6	43.6
2015	30	90.5	39.9
2014	28.1	90.4	37.4
2013	26.2	88	35.3
2012	24.3	85	33.3
2011	22.5	78	30.9
2010	20.7	68	28.4
2009	17.3	64	25.3
2008	14	63	22.8
2007	11.5	61	20.2
2006	7.8	52	17.2
2005	5.6	40	15.6
2004	4.3	30.1	–
2003	3.4	29.5	–
2002	2.1	28.3	–
2001	0.4	26.3	–
2000	0.2	23.6	–
1999	0.1	14.9	–
1998	0.1	6.9	–
1997	0	3.3	–
1996	0	0.4	–
1995	0	0.1	–
1994	0	–	–
1993	0	–	–
1992	0	–	–
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

Syria vs United Arab Emirates

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Deaths in conflictsSyria: 1,574 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022