Netherlands vs United Arab Emirates: Internet users

Internet users in 2024: 97% in Netherlands and 100% in United Arab Emirates, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 3 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Netherlands.

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% of people · ITU

NetherlandsUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

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

Every year

% of people · ITU

Year	Netherlands	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	–	73.6
2024	97	100	71.2
2023	97	100	69.2
2022	92.5	100	67
2021	92.1	100	63.8
2020	91.3	100	60.1
2019	93.3	99.2	53.9
2018	91.9	98.5	49.4
2017	93.2	94.8	46.3
2016	90.4	90.6	43.6
2015	91.7	90.5	39.9
2014	91.7	90.4	37.4
2013	94	88	35.3
2012	92.9	85	33.3
2011	91.4	78	30.9
2010	90.7	68	28.4
2009	89.6	64	25.3
2008	87.4	63	22.8
2007	85.8	61	20.2
2006	83.7	52	17.2
2005	81	40	15.6
2004	68.5	30.1	–
2003	64.4	29.5	–
2002	61.3	28.3	–
2001	49.4	26.3	–
2000	44	23.6	–
1999	39.2	14.9	–
1998	22.2	6.9	–
1997	14.1	3.3	–
1996	9.7	0.4	–
1995	6.5	0.1	–
1994	3.3	–	–
1993	2	–	–
1992	1.3	–	–
1991	0.5	–	–
1990	0.3	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

Netherlands vs United Arab Emirates

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Conflict

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