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Norway — Internet users
Individuals Using the Internet (% of Population) for Norway, 1990–2024.
Latest value · 2024
99.00%
Individuals Using the Internet (% of Population) · % of population · +13902.8% since 1990
Internet users for Norway was 99.00% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1990 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 99.00% in 2021. The lowest was 0.71% in 1990 (about 140.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 15.64% per year.
Norway ranks 8 of 203 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 4%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 91.93%, so Norway sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
99.00%
First (1990)
0.71%
Change
+13902.8%
Highest
99.00%
in 2021
Lowest
0.71%
in 1990
Average
67.03%
Annual growth (CAGR)
15.64%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 99% |
| 2023 | 99% |
| 2022 | 99% |
| 2021 | 99% |
| 2020 | 94.61% |
| 2019 | 98% |
| 2018 | 96.49% |
| 2017 | 96.36% |
| 2016 | 97.3% |
| 2015 | 96.81% |
| 2014 | 96.3% |
| 2013 | 95.05% |
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.