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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

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 97.3%
2 United Kingdom 94.8%
3 South Korea 92.8%
4 Canada 91.2%
5 Netherlands 90.4%
6 Finland 87.7%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 87.5%
8 United States 85.5%
9 Germany 84.2%
10 Chile 83.6%
11 Spain 80.6%
12 France 79.3%
13 Czechia 76.5%
14 Lebanon 76.1%
15 Saudi Arabia 74.9%
16 Lithuania 74.4%
17 Poland 73.3%
18 Russia 73.1%
19 Argentina 71.0%
20 Greece 69.1%
21 Italy 61.3%
22 Brazil 60.9%
23 Bulgaria 59.8%
24 Mexico 59.5%
25 Romania 59.5%
26 Türkiye 58.3%
27 Colombia 58.1%
28 Ecuador 54.1%
29 China 53.2%
30 Gabon 48.1%
31 Algeria 42.9%
32 Egypt 41.2%
33 Philippines 39.2%
34 Honduras 29.5%
35 Indonesia 25.4%
36 Yemen 24.6%
37 Bangladesh 16.9%
38 India 16.5%
39 Liberia 15.7%
40 Congo - Kinshasa 10.1%
41 Congo - Brazzaville 8.1%
42 Sierra Leone 7.7%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2016

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.