United Kingdom

Internet users in United Kingdom

Internet users in United Kingdom: 0.1% in 1990 and 95.5% in 2024, by ITU estimates.

Latest, 2024
95.5%
Since 1990
+95.4 percentage points
Rank, 2024
26 of 182
counting from the highest
World, 2024
71.2%
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% of people · ITU

Internet users in United KingdomInternet users in United Kingdom: 0.1% in 1990 and 95.5% in 2024, by ITU estimates. The highest was 96.2% in 2021, the lowest 0.1% in 1990.
Estimates, ITUWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 96.2% in 2021, the lowest 0.1% in 1990.

Every year

% of people · ITU

YearUnited KingdomWorld
2025–73.6
202495.571.2
202395.569.2
202295.567
202196.263.8
202094.860.1
201992.553.9
201890.749.4
201790.446.3
201694.843.6
20159239.9
201491.637.4
201389.835.3
201287.533.3
201185.430.9
20108528.4
200983.625.3
200878.422.8
200775.120.2
200668.817.2
20057015.6
200465.6–
200364.8–
200256.5–
200133.5–
200026.8–
199921.3–
199813.7–
19977.4–
19964.1–
19951.9–
19941–
19930.5–
19920.3–
19910.2–
19900.1–

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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