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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

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
41 Congo - Kinshasa 18.0%
40 Sierra Leone 21.5%
39 Liberia 30.4%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 41.0%
37 Bangladesh 41.6%
36 India 55.9%
35 Honduras 56.9%
34 Indonesia 66.5%
33 Gabon 67.7%
32 Ecuador 69.7%
31 Egypt 72.2%
30 Colombia 72.8%
29 Algeria 74.8%
28 Philippines 75.2%
27 China 75.6%
26 Mexico 78.6%
25 Bulgaria 79.1%
24 Brazil 80.5%
23 Lebanon 81.5%
22 Greece 83.2%
21 Türkiye 83.4%
20 Czechia 84.5%
19 Italy 85.1%
18 France 85.3%
17 Romania 85.5%
16 Poland 86.9%
15 Lithuania 87.7%
14 Argentina 88.4%
13 Russia 90.4%
12 Germany 91.6%
11 Chile 92.3%
10 Netherlands 92.5%
9 United States 92.7%
8 Finland 93.0%
7 Canada 94.0%
6 Spain 94.5%
5 United Kingdom 95.5%
4 Hong Kong SAR China 95.6%
3 South Korea 97.2%
2 Norway 99.0%
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2022

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.