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Countries With Poor (or Limited) Internet Access 2024
The internet seems so universally accessible that it is easy to overlook areas in the world that have very little or no access.
According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), about 2.6 billion people, or 33% of the global population, were still offline in 2023.
Only around 7% of people living in South Sudan used the internet in 2023 – a figure that has increased to 12.1% in 2024. While the percentage of internet users in Sudan is increasing, the country is still behind in expanding broadband internet connections.
About 90% of people living in Somalia and Burundi didn't use the internet in 2023. While the situation in Burundi has barely changed since last year, Somalia has almost tripled its internet usership, as of mid-2024. Still, those who do have access to the internet experience low fixed-network broadband speeds of 7-9 Mbit/second.
Burundi, the poorest country in the world, has just over 1.5 million internet users for a population of about 13 million.
A person needs authorization from the North Korean government to use the internet, access to which is mostly restricted to the government and visitors.
Internet usage in the countries of Togo, Rwanda, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkmenistan, Comoros, and Niger is increasing, though in most regions it is still inaccessible.
While Pakistan is 7th in the world in terms of the number of internet users at 111 million, the country has imposed unannounced internet blackouts to quell civil unrest and stop protests.
Cuba uses the ALBA-1 cable to Venezuela to access the internet. The blackouts and lack of internet access are due to government regulations and sanctions from the United States that don't allow an undersea cable from Florida to Cuba.
Vietnam is 13th in the world for the number of internet users, but the usage is limited. It's illegal in Vietnam to post anything online that harms national security or “opposes the government,” which is a rather broad definition of what is not allowed.
76.4% of China's population uses the internet regularly. The Chinese government has banned the use of certain websites, including Reddit, some Wikipedia entries, some Google services, and websites that the Communist Party deems spiritual pollution.
Most Belarus citizens have internet access, but it's restricted. A website must register with the Belarus government or face being blocked.
- Indicates individuals who have used the internet from any location in the 3 months prior to being surveyed. The internet use could be via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, videogame console, digital TV, etc.
- Freedom House scores internet freedom using a scale ranging from 0 (least free) to 100 (most free), evaluating factors including obstacles to access, limits on content, and violations of user rights.
- Countries marked as 'Not Free' by Freedom House, whose low scores indicate severe restrictions on internet access, can be categorized as lacking the internet.
Country | % Using Internet (2024) | Internet Users (2024) (In 1000s) | Internet Freedom Score 2023 | IF Status 2023 | Internet Users (2023) | % Using Internet (2023) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 99% | 36,840 | 25 | Not Free | 36,310 | 99% |
| Netherlands | 99% | 17,470 | 16,800 | 95.5% | ||
| United Arab Emirates | 99% | 9,460 | 30 | Not Free | 9,380 | 99% |
| Switzerland | 99% | 8,740 | 8,630 | 98.4% | ||
| Denmark | 99% | 5,870 | 5,780 | 98.1% | ||
| Norway | 99% | 5,440 | 5,400 | 99% | ||
| Ireland | 99% | 5,020 | 4,990 | 99% | ||
| Kuwait | 99% | 4,290 | 4,250 | 99% | ||
| Qatar | 99% | 2,700 | 2,680 | 99% | ||
| Bahrain | 99% | 1,480 | 23 | Not Free | 1,460 | 99% |
| Luxembourg | 99% | 652 | 643 | 98.7% | ||
| Brunei | 99% | 450 | 442 | 98.1% | ||
| Iceland | 99% | 373 | 94 | Free | 370 | 99% |
| Bermuda | 98.4% | 63 | 63 | 98.4% | ||
| Monaco | 98.4% | 36 | 31 | 86.1% | ||
| Sweden | 98.1% | 10,440 | 10,280 | 97.2% | ||
| United Kingdom | 97.8% | 66,330 | 79 | Free | 66,110 | 97.8% |
| Finland | 97.8% | 5,430 | 5,410 | 97.7% | ||
| Oman | 97.8% | 4,580 | 4,440 | 96.4% | ||
| Faroe Islands | 97.6% | 52 | 52 | 97.6% | ||
| Malaysia | 97.4% | 33,590 | 61 | Partly Free | 33,030 | 96.8% |
| South Korea | 97.2% | 50,300 | 67 | Partly Free | 50,560 | 97.6% |
| Aruba | 97.2% | 103 | 103 | 97.2% | ||
| United States | 97.1% | 331,100 | 76 | Free | 311,300 | 91.8% |
| Liechtenstein | 96.8% | 38 | 38 | 95.6% | ||
| Spain | 96% | 45,580 | 43,120 | 94.9% | ||
| Singapore | 96% | 5,790 | 54 | Partly Free | 5,810 | 96.9% |
| Austria | 95.7% | 8,580 | 8,430 | 94.2% | ||
| New Zealand | 95.7% | 5,030 | 4,990 | 95.9% | ||
| Hong Kong | 95.6% | 7,170 | 6,970 | 93.1% | ||
| Belgium | 95.3% | 11,150 | 11,030 | 94.5% | ||
| Australia | 94.9% | 25,210 | 76 | Free | 25,310 | 96.2% |
| Andorra | 94.5% | 7,580 | 7,510 | 93.9% | ||
| Bahamas | 94.4% | 391 | 388 | 94.3% | ||
| Gibraltar | 94.4% | 31 | 31 | 94.4% | ||
| Canada | 94.3% | 36,740 | 88 | Free | 36,230 | 93.8% |
| France | 93.8% | 60,800 | 76 | Free | 59,940 | 92.6% |
| Estonia | 93.7% | 1,240 | 93 | Free | 1,220 | 92.3% |
| Germany | 93.3% | 77,700 | 77 | Free | 77,530 | 93.1% |
| Latvia | 92.9% | 1,690 | 1,700 | 92.4% | ||
| Czech Republic | 92.8% | 9,740 | 9,610 | 91.6% | ||
| Costa Rica | 92.5% | 4,840 | 85 | Free | 4,660 | 89.6% |
| Malta | 92.4% | 495 | 492 | 92.1% | ||
| Kazakhstan | 92.3% | 18,190 | 34 | Not Free | 17,730 | 90.9% |
| Israel | 92.1% | 8,510 | 8,220 | 90.3% | ||
| Slovenia | 91.9% | 1,950 | 1,940 | 91.4% | ||
| Hungary | 91.8% | 9,240 | 69 | Partly Free | 9,190 | 89.7% |
| Romania | 91.6% | 18,060 | 17,820 | 88.9% | ||
| Cayman Islands | 91.5% | 64 | 61 | 87.9% | ||
| Slovakia | 91.4% | 5,250 | 5,330 | 91.2% | ||
| Cyprus | 91.4% | 1,160 | 1,140 | 90.9% | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 91.4% | 86 | 90 | 95.7% | ||
| Chile | 91% | 17,889 | 17,690 | 90.2% | ||
| Jordan | 91% | 10,330 | 47 | Partly Free | 9,950 | 88% |
| Morocco | 90.7% | 34,470 | 53 | Partly Free | 33,180 | 88.1% |
| Russia | 90.4% | 130,400 | 21 | Not Free | 127,600 | 88.2% |
| Lebanon | 90.1% | 4,760 | 50 | Partly Free | 4,700 | 86.6% |
| Serbia | 90% | 6,400 | 71 | Free | 6,060 | 84.4% |
| Uruguay | 89.9% | 3,080 | 3,080 | 90.1% | ||
| Macau | 89.8% | 636 | 619 | 88.5% | ||
| Belarus | 89.5% | 8,480 | 25 | Not Free | 8,270 | 86.9% |
| Montenegro | 89.4% | 560 | 563 | 89.8% | ||
| Dominican Republic | 89% | 10,140 | 9,610 | 85.2% | ||
| Lithuania | 89% | 2,410 | 2,430 | 88.9% | ||
| Palestine | 88.6% | 4,820 | 3,960 | 74.6% | ||
| Argentina | 88.4% | 40,580 | 73 | Free | 39,790 | 87.2% |
| Libya | 88.4% | 6,130 | 42 | Partly Free | 3,140 | 45.9% |
| Poland | 88.1% | 35,750 | 36,680 | 88.4% | ||
| Thailand | 88% | 63,210 | 39 | Not Free | 61,210 | 85.3% |
| Azerbaijan | 88% | 9,190 | 37 | Not Free | 8,930 | 86% |
| Italy | 87.7% | 51,560 | 75 | Free | 50,780 | 86.1% |
| North Macedonia | 87.2% | 1,820 | 1,820 | 87.2% | ||
| Bhutan | 86.8% | 686 | 672 | 85.6% | ||
| Seychelles | 86.7% | 94 | 88 | 81.6% | ||
| Brazil | 86.6% | 187,900 | 64 | Partly Free | 18,180 | 84.3% |
| Turkey | 86.5% | 74,410 | 30 | Not Free | 71,380 | 83.4% |
| Portugal | 86.4% | 8,840 | 8,730 | 85.1% | ||
| Greece | 86.2% | 8,900 | 8,710 | 84% | ||
| Albania | 85.8% | 2,430 | 2,270 | 80.1% | ||
| Guyana | 85.3% | 697 | 688 | 84.8% | ||
| Fiji | 85.2% | 801 | 818 | 87.7% | ||
| Jamaica | 85.1% | 2,400 | 2,330 | 82.4% | ||
| San Marino | 85.1% | 29 | 25 | 74.9% | ||
| Japan | 84.9% | 104,400 | 77 | Free | 10,350 | 82.9% |
| Puerto Rico | 84.8% | 2,770 | 2,720 | 83.7% | ||
| Croatia | 84.4% | 3,370 | 3,340 | 83% | ||
| Bulgaria | 84% | 5,580 | 5,590 | 83.1% | ||
| Mongolia | 83.9% | 2,910 | 2,890 | 84.3% | ||
| Ecuador | 83.6% | 15,290 | 64 | Partly Free | 14,720 | 81.3% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 83.4% | 2,670 | 2,470 | 76.7% | ||
| Dominica | 83.4% | 61 | 59 | 80.9% | ||
| Uzbekistan | 83.3% | 29,520 | 25 | Not Free | 26,740 | 76.6% |
| Mexico | 83.2% | 107,300 | 62 | Partly Free | 100,600 | 78.6% |
| Nauru | 82.7% | 11 | 11 | 83.9% | ||
| New Caledonia | 82% | 242 | 239 | 82% | ||
| Iran | 81.7% | 73,140 | 11 | Not Free | 69,830 | 78.6% |
| Anguilla | 81.6% | 13 | 13 | 81.6% | ||
| Paraguay | 81.3% | 5,620 | 5,550 | 81.4% | ||
| Greenland | 81.3% | 46 | 45 | 79.5% | ||
| Tuvalu | 81.2% | 9,285 | 8,131 | 71.6% | ||
| Guam | 80.5% | 140 | 139 | 80.5% | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 80% | 1,230 | 1,210 | 79% | ||
| Grenada | 79.9% | 101 | 98 | 77.8% | ||
| Kyrgyzstan | 79.8% | 5,410 | 52 | Partly Free | 5,210 | 77.9% |
| Tunisia | 79.6% | 9,960 | 59 | Partly Free | 9,800 | 79% |
| Ukraine | 79.2% | 29,640 | 59 | Partly Free | 28,570 | 79.2% |
| Vietnam | 79.1% | 78,440 | 22 | Not Free | 77,930 | 79.1% |
| Panama | 78.8% | 3,540 | 3,280 | 73.9% | ||
| Iraq | 78.7% | 36,220 | 43 | Partly Free | 33,720 | 74.9% |
| Georgia | 78.7% | 2,930 | 76 | Free | 2,640 | 76.4% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 77.7% | 81 | 88 | 84.9% | ||
| British Virgin Islands | 77.7% | 2,460 | 24 | 77.7% | ||
| Botswana | 77.3% | 2,090 | 1,950 | 73.5% | ||
| Armenia | 77% | 2,140 | 72 | Free | 2,180 | 78.6% |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 76.5% | 37 | 39 | 80.7% | ||
| China | 76.4% | 1,090,000 | 9 | Not Free | 1,050,000 | 73.7% |
| Barbados | 76.2% | 215 | 242 | 85.8% | ||
| Suriname | 75.8% | 474 | 409 | 65.9% | ||
| Colombia | 75.7% | 39,510 | 65 | Partly Free | 39,340 | 75.7% |
| Mauritius | 75.5% | 983 | 879 | 67.6% | ||
| Samoa | 75.3% | 171 | 175 | 78.2% | ||
| South Africa | 74.7% | 45,340 | 73 | Free | 43,480 | 72.3% |
| Peru | 74.7% | 2,578 | 24,310 | 71.1% | ||
| Saint Lucia | 74.2% | 134 | 141 | 78.1% | ||
| Gabon | 73.7% | 1,810 | 1,730 | 71.7% | ||
| Philippines | 73.6% | 86,980 | 61 | Partly Free | 85,160 | 73.1% |
| Bolivia | 73.3% | 9,140 | 8,120 | 66% | ||
| Cuba | 73.2% | 8,190 | 20 | Not Free | 7,970 | 71.1% |
| Marshall Islands | 73.2% | 31 | 23 | 54.2% | ||
| Algeria | 72.9% | 33,490 | 32,090 | 70.9% | ||
| French Polynesia | 72.7% | 226 | 224 | 72.7% | ||
| Egypt | 72.2% | 82,010 | 28 | Not Free | 80,750 | 72.2% |
| Cape Verde | 72.1% | 434 | 416 | 69.8% | ||
| El Salvador | 71.7% | 4,580 | 4,550 | 71.7% | ||
| Belize | 70.4% | 291 | 253 | 62% | ||
| Vanuatu | 69.9% | 137 | 219 | 66.3% | ||
| Ghana | 69.8% | 24,060 | 65 | Partly Free | 23,050 | 68.2% |
| Curacao | 68.1% | 131 | 131 | 68.1% | ||
| Palau | 67.9% | 12 | 12 | 65.6% | ||
| Equatorial Guinea | 66.8% | 1,160 | 913 | 53.9% | ||
| Indonesia | 66.5% | 185,300 | 47 | Partly Free | 212,900 | 77% |
| Laos | 66.2% | 5,080 | 4,700 | 62% | ||
| Honduras | 65.9% | 7,030 | 6,440 | 61.3% | ||
| Djibouti | 65% | 7,442 | 778 | 68.9% | ||
| United States Virgin Islands | 64.4% | 63 | 64 | 64.4% | ||
| Moldova | 63.5% | 2,140 | 2,140 | 61.3% | ||
| Namibia | 62.2% | 1,630 | 1,370 | 53% | ||
| Venezuela | 61.6% | 17,940 | 29 | Not Free | 17,590 | 61.6% |
| Nicaragua | 61.5% | 4,360 | 42 | Partly Free | 4,000 | 57.1% |
| Guatemala | 60.3% | 10,990 | 10,860 | 60.4% | ||
| Senegal | 60% | 10,790 | 10,190 | 58.1% | ||
| Eswatini | 58.3% | 708 | 710 | 58.9% | ||
| Tonga | 57.5% | 62 | 77 | 71.6% | ||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 57% | 133 | 118 | 51.2% | ||
| Cambodia | 56.7% | 9,660 | 44 | Partly Free | 11,370 | 67.5% |
| Sri Lanka | 56.3% | 12,340 | 52 | Partly Free | 14,580 | 66.7% |
| Kiribati | 54.4% | 73 | 71 | 53.6% | ||
| Gambia | 54.2% | 1,520 | 56 | Partly Free | 904 | 34% |
| Timor Leste | 54.2% | 742 | 671 | 49.6% | ||
| India | 52.4% | 751,500 | 50 | Partly Free | 692,000 | 48.7% |
| Nepal | 49.6% | 15,400 | 15,850 | 51.6% | ||
| Lesotho | 47% | 1,100 | 1,110 | 48% | ||
| Pakistan | 45.7% | 111,000 | 26 | Not Free | 87,350 | 36.7% |
| Nigeria | 45.5% | 103,000 | 60 | Partly Free | 122,500 | 55.4% |
| Solomon Islands | 45% | 337 | 264 | 36.1% | ||
| Bangladesh | 44.5% | 77,360 | 41 | Partly Free | 66,940 | 38.9% |
| Mauritania | 44.4% | 2,190 | 2,820 | 59% | ||
| Myanmar | 44% | 24,110 | 10 | Not Free | 23,930 | 44% |
| Cameroon | 43.9% | 12,730 | 12,890 | 45.6% | ||
| Tajikistan | 41.6% | 4,250 | 4,100 | 40.8% | ||
| Kenya | 40.8% | 22,710 | 66 | Partly Free | 17,860 | 32.7% |
| Turkmenistan | 39.5% | 2,590 | 2,470 | 38.2% | ||
| Angola | 39.3% | 14,630 | 59 | Partly Free | 11,780 | 32.6% |
| Haiti | 38.9% | 4,590 | 4,530 | 38.9% | ||
| Ivory Coast | 38.4% | 11,230 | 12,940 | 45.4% | ||
| Togo | 37.6% | 3,440 | 3,130 | 35% | ||
| Republic of the Congo | 36.2% | 2,240 | 1,330 | 22% | ||
| Syria | 35.8% | 8,510 | 8,110 | 35.8% | ||
| Rwanda | 34.4% | 4,910 | 37 | Not Free | 4,250 | 30.5% |
| Guinea | 33.9% | 4,870 | 4,870 | 34.7% | ||
| Benin | 33.8% | 4,690 | 4,600 | 34% | ||
| Mali | 33.1% | 7,820 | 7,910 | 34.5% | ||
| Zimbabwe | 32.6% | 5,480 | 51 | Partly Free | 5,740 | 34.8% |
| Tanzania | 31.9% | 21,820 | 21,000 | 31.6% | ||
| Zambia | 31.2% | 6,510 | 59 | Partly Free | 4,300 | 21.2% |
| Sierra Leone | 30.4% | 2,700 | 1,840 | 21.2% | ||
| Liberia | 30.1% | 1,650 | 1,800 | 33.6% | ||
| Sudan | 28.7% | 13,990 | 30 | Not Free | 13,490 | 28.4% |
| Malawi | 27.7% | 5,860 | 60 | Partly Free | 5,040 | 24.4% |
| Somalia | 27.6% | 5,080 | 1,760 | 9.8% | ||
| Comoros | 27.3% | 235 | 231 | 27.3% | ||
| DR Congo | 27.2% | 28,310 | 23,040 | 22.9% | ||
| Uganda | 27% | 13,300 | 51 | Partly Free | 11,770 | 24.6% |
| Papua New Guinea | 27% | 2,810 | 3,290 | 32.1% | ||
| Eritrea | 26.6% | 1,010 | 806 | 21.7% | ||
| Mozambique | 23.2% | 7,960 | 6,920 | 20.7% | ||
| Chad | 22.5% | 4,180 | 3,220 | 17.9% | ||
| Madagascar | 20.6% | 6,310 | 5,900 | 19.7% | ||
| Burkina Faso | 19.9% | 4,690 | 4,960 | 21.6% | ||
| Ethiopia | 19.4% | 24,830 | 26 | Not Free | 20,860 | 16.7% |
| Afghanistan | 18.4% | 7,880 | 7,670 | 18.4% | ||
| Yemen | 17.7% | 6,160 | 9,100 | 26.7% | ||
| Niger | 16.9% | 4,690 | 5,980 | 22.4% | ||
| South Sudan | 12.1% | 1,360 | 773 | 7% | ||
| Burundi | 11.3% | 1,510 | 1,330 | 10.2% | ||
| Central African Republic | 10.6% | 617 | 600 | 10.6% | ||
| Taiwan | - | 78 | Free | - |