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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

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 98.0%
2 South Korea 96.2%
3 Saudi Arabia 95.7%
4 Netherlands 93.3%
5 United Kingdom 92.5%
6 Canada 91.9%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 91.7%
8 Spain 90.7%
9 Finland 89.6%
10 United States 89.4%
11 Germany 88.1%
12 Chile 85.0%
13 France 83.3%
14 Russia 82.6%
15 Lithuania 81.6%
16 Lebanon 81.5%
17 Czechia 80.9%
18 Poland 80.4%
19 Argentina 79.9%
20 Greece 75.7%
21 Türkiye 74.0%
22 Brazil 73.9%
23 Romania 73.7%
24 Mexico 69.6%
25 Bulgaria 67.9%
26 Italy 67.9%
27 Colombia 65.0%
28 China 64.1%
29 Gabon 59.5%
30 Ecuador 59.2%
31 Egypt 57.3%
32 Algeria 55.8%
33 Indonesia 47.7%
34 Philippines 43.0%
35 Honduras 39.4%
36 Bangladesh 30.4%
37 India 29.5%
38 Liberia 19.9%
39 Yemen 17.5%
40 Congo - Brazzaville 16.1%
41 Sierra Leone 15.7%
42 Congo - Kinshasa 13.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2019

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.