Netherlands — Internet users
Individuals Using the Internet (% of Population) for Netherlands, 1990–2024.
Internet users for Netherlands was 97.01% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1990 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 97.01% in 2023. The lowest was 0.33% in 1990 (about 290.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 18.15% per year.
Netherlands ranks 20 of 203 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 10%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 91.93%, so Netherlands sits above it. It peaked in 2023 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 6%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 11 of 55 economies; Belgium (95.78%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 149% in 1992. That is 4% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1990 level: doubled by 1992; grown tenfold by 1995. Doubling roughly every 4.2 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 8th of 201 in 1990 → 10th of 195 in 2000 → 3rd of 200 in 2010 → 28th of 183 in 2020 → 17th of 180 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2024
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 97.01% | -0.0 pp |
| 2023 | 97.01% | +4.5 pp |
| 2022 | 92.52% | +0.5 pp |
| 2021 | 92.05% | +0.7 pp |
| 2020 | 91.33% | -2.0 pp |
| 2019 | 93.29% | +1.4 pp |
| 2018 | 91.89% | -1.3 pp |
| 2017 | 93.2% | +2.8 pp |
| 2016 | 90.41% | -1.3 pp |
| 2015 | 91.72% | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 91.67% | -2.3 pp |
| 2013 | 93.96% | +1.1 pp |
| 2012 | 92.86% | +1.4 pp |
| 2011 | 91.42% | +0.7 pp |
| 2010 | 90.72% | +1.1 pp |
| 2009 | 89.63% | +2.2 pp |
| 2008 | 87.42% | +1.6 pp |
| 2007 | 85.82% | +2.1 pp |
| 2006 | 83.7% | +2.7 pp |
| 2005 | 81% | +12.5 pp |
| 2004 | 68.52% | +4.2 pp |
| 2003 | 64.35% | +3.1 pp |
| 2002 | 61.29% | +11.9 pp |
| 2001 | 49.37% | +5.4 pp |
| 2000 | 43.98% | +4.8 pp |
| 1999 | 39.2% | +17.0 pp |
| 1998 | 22.2% | +8.1 pp |
| 1997 | 14.1% | +4.4 pp |
| 1996 | 9.65% | +3.2 pp |
| 1995 | 6.47% | +3.2 pp |
| 1994 | 3.26% | +1.3 pp |
| 1993 | 1.97% | +0.6 pp |
| 1992 | 1.32% | +0.8 pp |
| 1991 | 0.53% | +0.2 pp |
| 1990 | 0.33% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Netherlands’s Internet users in 1991?
0.53% (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 Netherlands’s Internet users growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +28944.0% in total — about 18.2% 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: 2024: 97.01%; 2023: 97.01%; 2022: 92.52%; 2021: 92.05%; 2020: 91.33%. 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.