Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Country statistics

Saudi Arabia

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Latest published figures · reporting years differ
Internet use
100%

% of population·2024

Published observation

Over time

Full published history
Saudi Arabia2024 · 100%
02550751001960199320251990: 0% — Source: Saudi Telecommunications Company.1995: 0% — Source: Saudi Telecommunications Company.1996: 0% — Source: Saudi Telecommunications Company.1997: 0.1% — Source: Saudi Telecommunications Company.1998: 0.1% — Source: Saudi Telecommunications Company.1999: 0.5% — Source: Saudi Telecommunications Company.2000: 2.2% — Source and notes: Saudi Telecommunications Company.,2001: 4.7% — Source and notes: Saudi Telecommunications Company.,2002: 6.4% — Source and notes: Saudi Telecommunications Company.,2003: 8% — Source and notes: Saudi Telecommunications Company.,2004: 10.2% — Source and notes: Saudi Telecommunications Company.,2005: 12.7% — Source and notes: Communication and Information Technology Commission.,2006: 19.5% — Source and notes: Communication and Information Technology Commission.,2007: 30% — Source and notes: CITC Market Studies Department.,2008: 36% — Source and notes: CITC Market Studies Department.,2009: 38% — Source and notes: CITC,2010: 41% — Source and notes: Communication and Information Technology Commission,2011: 47.5% — Source and notes: Communication and Information Technology Commission,2012: 54% — Source and notes: ITU estimate.,2013: 60.5% — Source and notes: ITU estimate.,2014: 64.7% — Source and notes: Communications & IT Commission, please not that this number is reflecting the whole pouplition, based on the age range 12-65 years for the study it is 70% of the pouplation2015: 69.6% — Source and notes: Communications & IT Commission, please not that this number is reflecting the whole pouplition, based on the age range 12-65 years for the study it is 70% of the pouplation2016: 74.9% — Source and notes: CITC,2017: 94.2% — Source and notes: Communications & IT Commission,2018: 93.3% — Source and notes: Communications & IT Commission,2019: 95.7% — Source and notes: Communications & IT Commission,2020: 97.9% — Source and notes: Communications & IT Commission,2021: 100% — Source and notes: The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST),2022: 100% — Source and notes: The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST),2023: 100% — Source and notes: Communications & IT Commission, Results are based on unweighted survey data2024: 100% — Source and notes: Communications, Space and Technology Commission,
2024 · Source notes
Provider footnote

Source and notes: Communications, Space and Technology Commission,

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.

Country context

Saudi Arabia in perspective

Region
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Capital
Riyadh
Country code
SAU