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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

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
41 Congo - Kinshasa 16.2%
40 Sierra Leone 18.7%
39 Liberia 26.4%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 30.0%
37 Bangladesh 38.9%
36 India 49.3%
35 Honduras 52.0%
34 Indonesia 62.1%
33 Gabon 65.8%
32 Philippines 66.9%
31 Ecuador 69.1%
30 Egypt 72.1%
29 Algeria 72.2%
28 Colombia 73.0%
27 China 73.1%
26 Italy 74.9%
25 Bulgaria 75.3%
24 Mexico 75.6%
23 Greece 78.5%
22 Brazil 80.7%
21 Türkiye 81.4%
20 Lebanon 82.7%
19 Czechia 82.7%
18 Romania 83.6%
17 Poland 85.4%
16 France 86.1%
15 Lithuania 86.9%
14 Argentina 87.2%
13 Russia 88.2%
12 Chile 90.2%
11 United States 91.3%
10 Germany 91.4%
9 Netherlands 92.1%
8 Finland 92.8%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 93.1%
6 Spain 93.9%
5 Canada 93.9%
4 United Kingdom 96.2%
3 South Korea 97.6%
2 Norway 99.0%
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2021

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