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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

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
31 Algeria 47.7%
19 Argentina 74.3%
36 Bangladesh 21.5%
21 Brazil 67.5%
24 Bulgaria 63.4%
5 Canada 92.7%
12 Chile 82.3%
28 China 54.3%
26 Colombia 62.3%
40 Congo - Brazzaville 8.6%
14 Czechia 78.7%
27 Ecuador 55.8%
32 Egypt 45.0%
8 Finland 87.5%
13 France 80.5%
30 Gabon 51.6%
11 Germany 84.4%
20 Greece 69.9%
35 Honduras 31.7%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 89.4%
37 India 18.2%
34 Indonesia 32.3%
25 Italy 63.1%
15 Lebanon 78.2%
38 Liberia 16.3%
16 Lithuania 77.6%
29 Mexico 53.0%
4 Netherlands 93.2%
1 Norway 96.4%
33 Philippines 41.6%
18 Poland 76.0%
23 Romania 63.7%
17 Russia 76.0%
3 Saudi Arabia 94.2%
39 Sierra Leone 9.3%
2 South Korea 95.1%
10 Spain 84.6%
22 Türkiye 64.7%
6 United Kingdom 90.4%
9 United States 87.3%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2017

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