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Internet users in Bulgaria

1990 – 2024 · 33 data points 26 of 41 · Countries Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Internet users, 1990 – 2024 percent · Bulgaria · World
+26.9 pp since 2014
Bulgaria World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Compared with Internet users · percent
Bulgaria
82.4%
World
73.6% · 2025

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Bulgaria · 1990 – 2024
Latest value 82.4% · 2024
First value 0.0% · 1990
Highest 82.4% · 2024
Lowest 0.0% · 1990
Data points 33

By year

All years · 1990 – 2024

YearBulgariaChange World
2024 82.4% +2.0 pp 71.2%
2023 80.4% +1.3 pp 69.2%
2022 79.1% +3.9 pp 67.0%
2021 75.3% +5.1 pp 63.8%
2020 70.2% +2.2 pp 60.1%
2019 67.9% +3.2 pp 53.9%
2018 64.8% +1.4 pp 49.4%
2017 63.4% +3.6 pp 46.3%
2016 59.8% +3.2 pp 43.6%
2015 56.7% +1.2 pp 39.9%
2014 55.5% +2.4 pp 37.4%
2013 53.1% +1.2 pp 35.3%
2012 51.9% +3.9 pp 33.3%
2011 48.0% +1.7 pp 30.9%
2010 46.2% +1.2 pp 28.4%
2009 45.0% +5.3 pp 25.3%
2008 39.7% +6.0 pp 22.8%
2007 33.6% +6.6 pp 20.2%
2006 27.1% +7.1 pp 17.2%
2005 20.0% +1.8 pp 15.6%
2004 18.1% +6.1 pp —
2003 12.0% +3.0 pp —
2002 9.1% +1.5 pp —
2001 7.6% +2.2 pp —
2000 5.4% +2.5 pp —
1999 2.9% +1.1 pp —
1998 1.8% +0.6 pp —
1997 1.2% +0.5 pp —
1996 0.7% +0.6 pp —
1995 0.1% +0.1 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

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
41 Congo - Kinshasa 14.5%
40 Sierra Leone 17.1%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 22.0%
38 Liberia 22.9%
37 Bangladesh 36.1%
36 India 43.4%
35 Honduras 45.2%
34 Indonesia 53.7%
33 Philippines 53.8%
32 Algeria 63.5%
31 Gabon 63.9%
30 Colombia 69.8%
29 China 70.1%
28 Bulgaria 70.2%
27 Italy 70.5%
26 Ecuador 70.7%
25 Mexico 71.5%
24 Egypt 71.9%
23 Türkiye 77.7%
22 Greece 78.1%
21 Romania 78.5%
20 Czechia 81.3%
19 Brazil 81.3%
18 Lebanon 82.1%
17 Lithuania 83.1%
16 Poland 83.2%
15 France 84.7%
14 Russia 85.0%
13 Argentina 85.5%
12 Chile 87.5%
11 Germany 89.8%
10 United States 90.3%
9 Netherlands 91.3%
8 Finland 92.2%
7 Canada 92.3%
6 Hong Kong SAR China 92.4%
5 Spain 93.2%
4 Norway 94.6%
3 United Kingdom 94.8%
2 South Korea 96.5%
1 Saudi Arabia 97.9%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2020

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.