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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

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
41 Congo - Kinshasa 19.0%
40 Sierra Leone 23.7%
39 Liberia 31.2%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 43.2%
37 Bangladesh 44.5%
36 Honduras 58.1%
35 India 60.3%
34 Gabon 68.2%
33 Indonesia 69.2%
32 Ecuador 72.7%
31 Egypt 74.0%
30 Algeria 76.2%
29 Colombia 77.3%
28 Philippines 77.9%
27 Bulgaria 80.4%
26 Mexico 81.2%
25 Lebanon 81.7%
24 Brazil 84.2%
23 Greece 85.0%
22 Türkiye 86.0%
21 Czechia 86.0%
20 Poland 86.4%
19 France 86.8%
18 Italy 87.0%
17 Lithuania 88.5%
16 Romania 89.2%
15 Argentina 89.2%
14 China 90.6%
13 Russia 92.2%
12 Germany 92.5%
11 Finland 93.5%
10 United States 93.5%
9 Canada 94.1%
8 Chile 94.5%
7 Spain 95.4%
6 United Kingdom 95.4%
5 Hong Kong SAR China 96.0%
4 Netherlands 97.0%
3 South Korea 97.4%
2 Norway 99.0%
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2023

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