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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

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 96.8%
2 United Kingdom 92.0%
3 Netherlands 91.7%
4 Canada 90.0%
5 South Korea 89.9%
6 Germany 87.6%
7 Finland 86.4%
8 Hong Kong SAR China 84.9%
9 Spain 78.7%
10 France 78.0%
11 Chile 76.6%
12 Czechia 75.7%
13 United States 74.6%
14 Lebanon 74.0%
15 Lithuania 71.4%
16 Russia 70.1%
17 Saudi Arabia 69.6%
18 Argentina 68.0%
19 Poland 68.0%
20 Greece 66.8%
21 Brazil 58.3%
22 Italy 58.1%
23 Mexico 57.4%
24 Bulgaria 56.7%
25 Colombia 55.9%
26 Romania 55.8%
27 Türkiye 53.7%
28 China 50.3%
29 Ecuador 48.9%
30 Gabon 45.8%
31 Algeria 38.2%
32 Egypt 37.8%
33 Philippines 36.9%
34 Honduras 27.1%
35 Yemen 24.1%
36 Indonesia 22.1%
37 India 14.9%
38 Bangladesh 12.4%
39 Liberia 10.0%
40 Congo - Brazzaville 7.6%
41 Sierra Leone 6.3%
42 Congo - Kinshasa 3.8%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2015

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.