Pakistan: Individuals using the Internet (% of population)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.46 percentage points in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Pakistan had the 129th highest value of the 171 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Pakistan in the 2024 ranking

• São Tomé and Principe — 126th of 171: 59.12%
• Honduras — 127th of 171: 58.62%
• Botswana — 128th of 171: 57.46%
• Tajikistan — 130th of 171: 55.79%
• Sri Lanka — 131st of 171: 54.59%
• Bangladesh — 132nd of 171: 53.42%

What this measures

Internet users are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 3 months. The Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV etc.

Limitations: Operators have traditionally been the main source of telecommunications data, so information on subscriptions has been widely available for most countries. This gives a general idea of access, but a more precise measure is the penetration rate - the share of households with access to telecommunications. During the past few years more information on information and communication technology use has become available from household and business surveys. Also important are data on actual use of telecommunications services. Ideally, statistics on telecommunications (and other information and communications technologies) should be compiled for all three measures: subscriptions, access, and use.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 27 values

Individuals using the Internet (% of population) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 16.1% (2024)
• Algeria — 77.42% (2024)
• Bahrain — 100% (2024)
• Djibouti — 65.3% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 74.65% (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 85.34% (2024)
• Iraq — 81.47% (2024)
• Israel — 88.18% (2024)
• Jordan — 95.62% (2024)
• Kuwait

More infrastructure data for Pakistan

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 2.54 million (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 1.01 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 41,823 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 309.52 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 7.15 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 193.11 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 76.85 (2024)
• Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 97 (2024)
• Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 612 (2024)
• Patent applications, nonresidents

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Questions people ask

What is Pakistan's individuals using the Internet (% of population)?

57.25% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 57.25 percentage points from 0% in 1990. The highest value was 57.25% in 2024 and the lowest 0% in 1990.

How does Pakistan rank?

129th highest of 171 economies with data for 2024.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), uri: https://datahub.itu.int/.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IT.NET.USER.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), uri: https://datahub.itu.int/ Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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