Malaysia
Internet users in Malaysia
Internet users in Malaysia: 0% in 1990 and 98% in 2024, by ITU estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 98%
- Since 1990
- +98 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 12 of 182
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 71.2%
% of people · ITU
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Malaysia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 98 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 97.7 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 97.4 | 67 |
| 2021 | 96.8 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 89.6 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 84.2 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 81.2 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 80.1 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 78.8 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 71.1 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 63.7 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 57.1 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 65.8 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 61 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 56.3 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 55.9 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 55.8 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 55.7 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 51.6 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 48.6 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 42.3 | – |
| 2003 | 35 | – |
| 2002 | 32.3 | – |
| 2001 | 26.7 | – |
| 2000 | 21.4 | – |
| 1999 | 12.3 | – |
| 1998 | 6.8 | – |
| 1997 | 2.3 | – |
| 1996 | 0.9 | – |
| 1995 | 0.1 | – |
| 1994 | 0.1 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
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
Malaysia in numbers
Every measure for Malaysia on one page
Health
People
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$4.55B in 2025
- Military spending per person$138 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel136,000 people in 2020
- National power0.46% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports7 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports20 million TIV in 2024