Where are more people online?
Where are more people online? Compare the share of the population using the internet in two countries and choose higher or lower. Coverage runs from near-universal to under a tenth of the population, so the wide pairs are quick and the middle band is where streaks end.
How to play
- Two countries appear side by side (stacked on a phone). The first shows its share of people using the internet; the second keeps its value hidden.
- Decide whether the second one is higher or lower and press Higher or Lower.
- The hidden value counts up and your answer is judged. When you are right, the second card moves across and a new one takes its place.
- One wrong answer ends the run. There is no timer, and values stay fixed for the whole run. Countries without a value for this measure sit out, and two countries whose values read the same are never paired.
- Your result is saved in this browser. Once enough people have played a game, the results also show how your score ranks, and you can copy or share an image of your result, or replay.
Understanding the comparison
Income helps but does not decide it. Several Gulf states and Nordic countries are effectively fully connected, while some middle-income countries lag their neighbours. Mobile networks let a number of countries skip fixed broadband entirely, so a low-income country with good mobile coverage can beat a richer one.
Internet users by country: all 180 countries ranked
Show the full ranking (180 countries)
World Bank indicator IT.NET.USER.ZS for 2024, as used in the game. Values that read the same share a rank. Eritrea, Kosovo, Myanmar, North Korea, Palestine, Samoa, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vatican City and Yemen have no figure for this measure and sit out.
Frequently asked questions
Who counts as an internet user?
Anyone who used the internet in the previous three months, according to national household surveys, whether at home, on a shared device or elsewhere.
Which country has the highest share of internet users?
United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, at 100.0% (World Bank, 2024). They share first place at this precision.
Which country has the lowest share of internet users?
Burundi, at 8.6% (World Bank, 2024).
Where does the data come from?
The World Bank’s open data, 2024 figures from indicator IT.NET.USER.ZS. 180 of the 197 countries in our list have a figure in the game. Eritrea, Kosovo, Myanmar, North Korea, Palestine, Samoa, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vatican City and Yemen have no figure for this measure and sit out.
Using the internet is not the same as owning a connection
The indicator counts people who used the internet, including access through a shared device or outside the home. It is different from fixed broadband subscriptions, mobile subscriptions or the share of homes with a connection.
It also says little about connection speed, reliability or affordability. A high percentage can coexist with uneven service. The game compares reported use in the stated period; it does not rank network quality.
How this measure is defined
The value is the share of people who used the internet in the previous three months, gathered from national household surveys. Survey years, question wording, and age ranges differ between countries, so treat close values as roughly equal. Fewer countries report this measure than the others in this collection.
Sources
Source: World Bank · Data period: 2024 · Collected: (UTC)
Share of people who used the internet in the previous three months, from national household surveys. Survey years and methods differ between countries.
The collection date tells you when we retrieved the source, not when every underlying observation was made. A failed refresh does not advance that date. For comparisons, the snapshot loaded for your run supplies the answers.
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