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Myanmar — Internet users

Also known as internet penetration, share of the population online, online population share.

Individuals Using the Internet (% of Population) for Myanmar, 1990–2020.

Latest value · 2020
45.45%
Individuals Using the Internet (% of Population) · % of population · no comparable earlier value
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Internet users for Myanmar was 45.45% in 2020, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 22 years, from 1990 to 2020. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 0.00% in 1990 (about n/a).

Myanmar ranks 162 of 203 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 80%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 80.51%, so Myanmar sits below it. Over the last decade (2010–2020) the figure moved up 18079%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 25 of 32 economies; Micronesia, Fed. Sts. (39.52%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 5542% in 2003. That is 188% above this series' own ten-year average.

Data highlights

World ranking. Climbed: 160th of 201 in 1990 → 200th of 200 in 2010 → 136th of 183 in 2020.

Adjacent in the latest world ranking (162 of 203): Mauritania (#161) · Zimbabwe (#163).

Key figures

Latest (2020)
45.45%
First (1990)
0.00%
Change
—
Highest
45.45%
in 2020
Lowest
0.00%
in 1990
Average
7.94%
Annual growth (CAGR)
—
Years of data
22

Recent published years. 2020 — 45.45% · 2019 — 36.54% · 2018 — 29.38% · 2017 — 23.62% · 2016 — 16%.

Full history — 1990 to 2020

All 22 published years for this series, most recent first. Years the source does not publish are omitted rather than interpolated.

Myanmar — Internet users
Year% of populationChange
202045.45%+8.9 pp
201936.54%+7.2 pp
201829.38%+5.8 pp
201723.62%+7.6 pp
201616%+5.1 pp
201510.9%+3.5 pp
20147.4%+5.6 pp
20131.8%+0.4 pp
20121.4%+0.4 pp
20110.98%+0.7 pp
20100.25%+0.0 pp
20090.22%-0.0 pp
20080.22%+0.0 pp
20070.22%+0.0 pp
20060.18%+0.1 pp
20050.07%+0.0 pp
20040.02%+0.0 pp
20030.02%+0.0 pp
20020%+0.0 pp
20010%+0.0 pp
19990%—
19900%—
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.

Frequently asked questions

What was Myanmar’s Internet users in 1999?

0% (1999). 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.

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: 2020: 45.45%; 2019: 36.54%; 2018: 29.38%; 2017: 23.62%; 2016: 16%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.

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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.
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