United Arab Emirates
Internet users in United Arab Emirates
Internet users in United Arab Emirates: 0% in 1990 and 100% in 2024, by ITU estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 100%
- Since 1990
- +100 percentage points
- World, 2024
- 71.2%
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- The highest was 100% in 2020, the lowest 0% in 1990.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | 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 | 98.5 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 94.8 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 90.6 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 90.5 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 90.4 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 88 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 85 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 78 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 68 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 64 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 63 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 61 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 52 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 40 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 30.1 | – |
| 2003 | 29.5 | – |
| 2002 | 28.3 | – |
| 2001 | 26.3 | – |
| 2000 | 23.6 | – |
| 1999 | 14.9 | – |
| 1998 | 6.9 | – |
| 1997 | 3.3 | – |
| 1996 | 0.4 | – |
| 1995 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
United Arab Emirates in numbers
Every measure for United Arab Emirates on one page
Health
People
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollars$27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per person$2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spending17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnel63,000 people in 2020
- National power0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports33 million TIV in 2025