West Bank and Gaza: Individuals using the Internet (% of population)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, West Bank and Gaza's individuals using the Internet (% of population) fell 2.01 percentage points on 2022 (from 88.65% to 86.64%).

Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +3.75 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.8 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 11.6 percentage points in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.01 percentage points in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 4.04 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 97% of the movement over 9 observed years.

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

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 100.63% for 2026. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2020 to 2023 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 3.51%, against 13.2% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to West Bank and Gaza in the 2023 ranking

• Suriname — 1st of 2: 87.4%

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 24 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 West Bank and Gaza

• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 14.79% (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 383,653 (2023)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 7.09 (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 4.15 million (2023)
• Scientific and technical journal articles — 861.66 (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 76.69 (2023)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$91.02 million (2024)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 17.7% (2024)
• Fixed broadband subscriptions

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Questions people ask

What is West Bank and Gaza's individuals using the Internet (% of population)?

86.64% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 86.64 percentage points from 0% in 1990. The highest value was 88.65% in 2022 and the lowest 0% in 1990.

Is the latest change in individuals using the Internet (% of population) unusual for West Bank and Gaza?

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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