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Education & commute Statistics · Country

Internet users in Sierra Leone

1990 – 2024 · 33 data points 40 of 41 · Countries Updated 22 Oct 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Internet users, 1990 – 2024 percent · Sierra Leone · World
+19.0 pp since 2014
Sierra Leone World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Compared with Internet users · percent
Sierra Leone
25.1%
World
73.6% · 2025

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Sierra Leone · 1990 – 2024
Latest value 25.1% · 2024
First value 0.0% · 1990
Highest 25.1% · 2024
Lowest 0.0% · 1990
Data points 33

By year

All years · 1990 – 2024

YearSierra LeoneChange World
2024 25.1% +1.4 pp 71.2%
2023 23.7% +2.2 pp 69.2%
2022 21.5% +2.9 pp 67.0%
2021 18.7% +1.5 pp 63.8%
2020 17.1% +1.4 pp 60.1%
2019 15.7% +1.3 pp 53.9%
2018 14.4% +5.1 pp 49.4%
2017 9.3% +1.6 pp 46.3%
2016 7.7% +1.3 pp 43.6%
2015 6.3% +0.3 pp 39.9%
2014 6.1% +2.1 pp 37.4%
2013 4.0% +1.5 pp 35.3%
2012 2.5% +1.6 pp 33.3%
2011 0.9% +0.3 pp 30.9%
2010 0.6% +0.3 pp 28.4%
2009 0.3% +0.0 pp 25.3%
2008 0.2% +0.0 pp 22.8%
2007 0.2% +0.0 pp 20.2%
2006 0.2% +0.0 pp 17.2%
2005 0.2% +0.0 pp 15.6%
2004 0.2% +0.0 pp —
2003 0.2% +0.0 pp —
2002 0.2% +0.0 pp —
2001 0.2% +0.0 pp —
2000 0.1% +0.1 pp —
1999 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1998 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1997 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1996 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1995 0.0% ±0.0 pp —
1994 0.0% ±0.0 pp —
1993 0.0% ±0.0 pp —
1990 0.0% —

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 96.3%
2 Netherlands 91.7%
3 United Kingdom 91.6%
4 South Korea 87.6%
5 Canada 87.1%
6 Finland 86.5%
7 Germany 86.2%
8 France 83.8%
9 Hong Kong SAR China 79.9%
10 Spain 76.2%
11 Czechia 74.2%
12 Lebanon 73.0%
13 United States 73.0%
14 Lithuania 72.1%
15 Russia 70.5%
16 Poland 66.6%
17 Saudi Arabia 64.7%
18 Argentina 64.7%
19 Greece 63.2%
20 Chile 61.1%
21 Italy 55.6%
22 Bulgaria 55.5%
23 Brazil 54.6%
24 Romania 54.1%
25 Colombia 52.6%
26 Türkiye 51.0%
27 China 47.9%
28 Ecuador 45.6%
29 Mexico 44.4%
30 Gabon 38.1%
31 Philippines 34.7%
32 Egypt 33.9%
33 Algeria 29.5%
34 Honduras 23.0%
35 Yemen 22.5%
36 Indonesia 17.1%
37 India 13.5%
38 Bangladesh 9.1%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 7.1%
40 Sierra Leone 6.1%
41 Liberia 5.4%
42 Congo - Kinshasa 3.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2014

What it means

The share of people who used the internet in the last three months.

How it is calculated

Internet users of any age and device divided by the population, from surveys and estimates.

Education & commute

Sierra Leone in numbers