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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

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 97.3%
2 United Kingdom 94.8%
3 South Korea 92.8%
4 Canada 91.2%
5 Netherlands 90.4%
6 Finland 87.7%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 87.5%
8 United States 85.5%
9 Germany 84.2%
10 Chile 83.6%
11 Spain 80.6%
12 France 79.3%
13 Czechia 76.5%
14 Lebanon 76.1%
15 Saudi Arabia 74.9%
16 Lithuania 74.4%
17 Poland 73.3%
18 Russia 73.1%
19 Argentina 71.0%
20 Greece 69.1%
21 Italy 61.3%
22 Brazil 60.9%
23 Bulgaria 59.8%
24 Mexico 59.5%
25 Romania 59.5%
26 Türkiye 58.3%
27 Colombia 58.1%
28 Ecuador 54.1%
29 China 53.2%
30 Gabon 48.1%
31 Algeria 42.9%
32 Egypt 41.2%
33 Philippines 39.2%
34 Honduras 29.5%
35 Indonesia 25.4%
36 Yemen 24.6%
37 Bangladesh 16.9%
38 India 16.5%
39 Liberia 15.7%
40 Congo - Kinshasa 10.1%
41 Congo - Brazzaville 8.1%
42 Sierra Leone 7.7%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2016

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