South Korea
Internet users in South Korea
Internet users in South Korea: 0% in 1990 and 97.9% in 2024, by ITU estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 97.9%
- Since 1990
- +97.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 13 of 182
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 71.2%
% of people · ITU
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | South Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 97.9 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 97.4 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 97.2 | 67 |
| 2021 | 97.6 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 96.5 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 96.2 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 96 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 95.1 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 92.8 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 89.9 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 87.6 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 84.8 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 84.1 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 83.8 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 83.7 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 81.6 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 81 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 78.8 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 78.1 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 73.5 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 72.7 | – |
| 2003 | 65.5 | – |
| 2002 | 59.4 | – |
| 2001 | 56.6 | – |
| 2000 | 44.7 | – |
| 1999 | 23.6 | – |
| 1998 | 6.8 | – |
| 1997 | 3.6 | – |
| 1996 | 1.6 | – |
| 1995 | 0.8 | – |
| 1994 | 0.3 | – |
| 1993 | 0.3 | – |
| 1992 | 0.1 | – |
| 1991 | 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.
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South Korea in numbers
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Military
- Military spending2.6% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$48.9B in 2025
- Military spending per person$924 in 2025
- Military share of state spending10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel569,000 people in 2020
- National power2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports222 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2.02 billion TIV in 2025