Portugal
Internet users in Portugal
Internet users in Portugal: 0% in 1990 and 88.5% in 2024, by ITU estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 88.5%
- Since 1990
- +88.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 67 of 182
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 71.2%
% of people · ITU
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Portugal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 88.5 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 85.8 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 84.5 | 67 |
| 2021 | 82.3 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 78.3 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 75.4 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 74.7 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 73.8 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 70.4 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 68.6 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 64.6 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 62.1 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 60.3 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 55.3 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 53.3 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 48.3 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 44.1 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 42.1 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 38 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 35 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 31.8 | – |
| 2003 | 29.7 | – |
| 2002 | 19.4 | – |
| 2001 | 18.1 | – |
| 2000 | 16.4 | – |
| 1999 | 14.7 | – |
| 1998 | 9.9 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | – |
| 1995 | 1.5 | – |
| 1994 | 0.7 | – |
| 1993 | 0.5 | – |
| 1992 | 0.3 | – |
| 1991 | 0.1 | – |
| 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.
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Portugal in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.71% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$5.51B in 2025
- Military spending per person$563 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel52,000 people in 2020
- National power0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports90 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2025