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Individuals using the internet in Africa

51 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking

91.2 %

Morocco

Median country

41.2 %

half above, half below

World

71.2 %

World Bank aggregate

Range

8.6 to 91.2

Burundi - Morocco

How to read it

Across 51 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Morocco (91.2 %) and the lowest in Burundi (8.6 %).

The median country is at 41.2 %: half are above, half below.

Internet users are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 3 months. The Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV etc.

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Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), uri: https://datahub.itu.int/ · via World Bank WDI (IT.NET.USER.ZS) · licence

Internet use over time

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Ranking of countries

2024

In chart
Morocco in chart	1	Morocco	91.2
Seychelles in chart	2	Seychelles	87.8
Libya in chart	3	Libya	82.0
South Africa in chart	4	South Africa	78.4
Algeria in chart	5	Algeria	77.4
Tunisia in chart	6	Tunisia	76.5
Cabo Verde in chart	7	Cabo Verde	74.7
Egypt in chart	8	Egypt	74.6
Mauritius in chart	9	Mauritius	73.3
Ghana in chart	10	Ghana	72.2
Gabon in chart	11	Gabon	68.7
Djibouti in chart	12	Djibouti	65.3
Namibia in chart	13	Namibia	64.9
Eswatini in chart	14	Eswatini	63.4
Equatorial Guinea in chart	15	Equatorial Guinea	63.3
Senegal in chart	16	Senegal	60.1
São Tomé and Principe in chart	17	São Tomé and Principe	59.1
Botswana in chart	18	Botswana	57.5
Lesotho in chart	19	Lesotho	51.8
The Gambia in chart	20	The Gambia	49.5
Republic of the Congo in chart	21	Republic of the Congo	47.3
Cameroon in chart	22	Cameroon	46.3
Mauritania in chart	23	Mauritania	45.8
Zimbabwe in chart	24	Zimbabwe	41.6
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	25	Côte d'Ivoire	41.4
Nigeria in chart	26	Nigeria	41.2
Angola in chart	27	Angola	40.7
Togo in chart	28	Togo	39.5
Mali in chart	29	Mali	36.8
Kenya in chart	30	Kenya	35.0
Benin in chart	31	Benin	34.0
Guinea in chart	32	Guinea	33.3
Comoros in chart	33	Comoros	32.5
Liberia in chart	34	Liberia	32.2
Rwanda in chart	35	Rwanda	31.7
Tanzania in chart	36	Tanzania	31.2
Guinea-Bissau in chart	37	Guinea-Bissau	29.8
Burkina Faso in chart	38	Burkina Faso	28.3
Somalia in chart	39	Somalia	27.9
Sierra Leone in chart	40	Sierra Leone	25.1
Ethiopia in chart	41	Ethiopia	21.9
Mozambique in chart	42	Mozambique	20.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	43	Democratic Republic of the Congo	19.7
Malawi in chart	44	Malawi	19.0
Madagascar in chart	45	Madagascar	18.7
Zambia in chart	46	Zambia	17.1
Niger in chart	47	Niger	15.6
Central African Republic in chart	48	Central African Republic	13.8
Chad in chart	49	Chad	12.6
Uganda in chart	50	Uganda	8.9
Burundi in chart	51	Burundi	8.6

World Bank, WDI · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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