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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

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
40 Congo - Brazzaville 8.6%
39 Sierra Leone 9.3%
38 Liberia 16.3%
37 India 18.2%
36 Bangladesh 21.5%
35 Honduras 31.7%
34 Indonesia 32.3%
33 Philippines 41.6%
32 Egypt 45.0%
31 Algeria 47.7%
30 Gabon 51.6%
29 Mexico 53.0%
28 China 54.3%
27 Ecuador 55.8%
26 Colombia 62.3%
25 Italy 63.1%
24 Bulgaria 63.4%
23 Romania 63.7%
22 Türkiye 64.7%
21 Brazil 67.5%
20 Greece 69.9%
19 Argentina 74.3%
18 Poland 76.0%
17 Russia 76.0%
16 Lithuania 77.6%
15 Lebanon 78.2%
14 Czechia 78.7%
13 France 80.5%
12 Chile 82.3%
11 Germany 84.4%
10 Spain 84.6%
9 United States 87.3%
8 Finland 87.5%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 89.4%
6 United Kingdom 90.4%
5 Canada 92.7%
4 Netherlands 93.2%
3 Saudi Arabia 94.2%
2 South Korea 95.1%
1 Norway 96.4%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2017

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.