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Individuals Using the Internet (% of Population) for Australia, 1990–2024.
Latest value · 2024
96.13%
Individuals Using the Internet (% of Population) · % of population · +16332.7% since 1990
Internet users for Australia was 96.13% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 32 years, from 1990 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 96.97% in 2021. The lowest was 0.58% in 1990 (about 164.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 16.19% per year.
Australia ranks 22 of 203 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 11%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 80.51%, so Australia sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 14%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
96.13%
First (1990)
0.58%
Change
+16332.7%
Highest
96.97%
in 2021
Lowest
0.58%
in 1990
Average
58.40%
Annual growth (CAGR)
16.19%
Years of data
32
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 96.13% |
| 2023 | 96.12% |
| 2022 | 96.12% |
| 2021 | 96.97% |
| 2020 | 94.69% |
| 2019 | 93.61% |
| 2018 | 90.01% |
| 2017 | 86.55% |
| 2016 | 86.54% |
| 2015 | 84.56% |
| 2014 | 84% |
| 2013 | 83.45% |
Reading this correctly. Share of individuals who used the internet from any location in the last three months. Varies with national survey frequency. Figures are in % of population. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
IT.NET.USER.ZS — Individuals Using the Internet (% of Population). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.