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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

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 96.5%
2 South Korea 96.0%
3 Canada 94.6%
4 Saudi Arabia 93.3%
5 Netherlands 91.9%
6 United Kingdom 90.7%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 90.5%
8 Finland 88.9%
9 United States 88.5%
10 Germany 87.0%
11 Spain 86.1%
12 Chile 84.9%
13 France 82.0%
14 Lebanon 80.9%
15 Russia 80.9%
16 Czechia 80.7%
17 Lithuania 79.7%
18 Argentina 77.7%
19 Poland 77.5%
20 Italy 74.4%
21 Greece 72.2%
22 Türkiye 71.0%
23 Romania 70.7%
24 Brazil 70.4%
25 China 65.4%
26 Bulgaria 64.8%
27 Colombia 64.1%
28 Ecuador 57.5%
29 Mexico 56.7%
30 Gabon 55.4%
31 Algeria 49.0%
32 Egypt 46.9%
33 Philippines 44.1%
34 Indonesia 39.9%
35 Honduras 36.0%
36 Bangladesh 25.6%
37 India 20.1%
38 Liberia 17.3%
39 Sierra Leone 14.4%
40 Congo - Brazzaville 11.8%
41 Congo - Kinshasa 11.7%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2018

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