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

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