Austria — Internet users
Individuals Using the Internet (% of Population) for Austria, 1990–2025.
Internet users for Austria was 91.93% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 95.33% in 2023. The lowest was 0.13% in 1990 (about 707.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 20.62% per year.
Austria ranks 50 of 203 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 25%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 91.93%, so Austria sits level with it. It peaked in 2023 and has fallen 4% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 10%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 28 of 55 economies; Romania (91.29%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 266% in 1996. That is 2% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1990 level: doubled by 1992; grown tenfold by 1994. Doubling roughly every 3.7 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 9th of 201 in 1990 → 18th of 195 in 2000 → 23rd of 200 in 2010 → 39th of 183 in 2020 → 6th of 10 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2025
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91.93% | -3.0 pp |
| 2024 | 94.92% | -0.4 pp |
| 2023 | 95.33% | +1.7 pp |
| 2022 | 93.61% | +1.1 pp |
| 2021 | 92.53% | +5.0 pp |
| 2020 | 87.53% | -0.2 pp |
| 2019 | 87.75% | +0.3 pp |
| 2018 | 87.48% | -0.5 pp |
| 2017 | 87.94% | +3.6 pp |
| 2016 | 84.32% | +0.4 pp |
| 2015 | 83.94% | +2.9 pp |
| 2014 | 81% | +0.4 pp |
| 2013 | 80.62% | +0.6 pp |
| 2012 | 80.03% | +1.3 pp |
| 2011 | 78.74% | +3.6 pp |
| 2010 | 75.17% | +1.7 pp |
| 2009 | 73.45% | +0.6 pp |
| 2008 | 72.87% | +3.5 pp |
| 2007 | 69.37% | +5.8 pp |
| 2006 | 63.6% | +5.6 pp |
| 2005 | 58% | +3.7 pp |
| 2004 | 54.28% | +11.6 pp |
| 2003 | 42.7% | +6.1 pp |
| 2002 | 36.56% | -2.6 pp |
| 2001 | 39.19% | +5.5 pp |
| 2000 | 33.73% | +10.7 pp |
| 1999 | 23% | +7.6 pp |
| 1998 | 15.4% | +5.9 pp |
| 1997 | 9.53% | +2.6 pp |
| 1996 | 6.91% | +5.0 pp |
| 1995 | 1.89% | +0.5 pp |
| 1994 | 1.39% | +0.6 pp |
| 1993 | 0.77% | +0.1 pp |
| 1992 | 0.64% | +0.4 pp |
| 1991 | 0.26% | +0.1 pp |
| 1990 | 0.13% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Austria’s Internet users in 1991?
0.26% (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of population, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Austria’s Internet users growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +70612.1% in total — about 20.6% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator IT.NET.USER.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 91.93%; 2024: 94.92%; 2023: 95.33%; 2022: 93.61%; 2021: 92.53%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.