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Internet users in Bulgaria

1990 – 2024 · 33 data points 26 of 41 · Countries Updated Oct 21, 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

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
41 Congo - Kinshasa 19.7%
40 Sierra Leone 25.1%
39 Liberia 32.2%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 47.3%
37 Bangladesh 53.4%
36 Honduras 58.6%
35 India 64.9%
34 Philippines 67.3%
33 Gabon 68.7%
32 Indonesia 72.8%
31 Egypt 74.6%
30 Ecuador 77.2%
29 Algeria 77.4%
28 Colombia 79.3%
27 Lebanon 80.6%
26 Bulgaria 82.4%
25 Mexico 83.1%
24 Brazil 84.5%
23 Greece 86.3%
22 Türkiye 87.3%
21 Czechia 87.7%
20 Poland 88.6%
19 France 88.7%
18 Lithuania 89.2%
17 Italy 89.2%
16 Argentina 89.7%
15 Romania 91.3%
14 China 92.0%
13 Germany 93.5%
12 Finland 93.7%
11 Canada 94.4%
10 Russia 94.4%
9 United States 94.7%
8 United Kingdom 95.5%
7 Chile 95.6%
6 Hong Kong SAR China 95.8%
5 Spain 95.8%
4 Netherlands 97.0%
3 South Korea 97.9%
2 Norway 99.0%
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2024

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.