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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

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
41 Congo - Kinshasa 16.2%
40 Sierra Leone 18.7%
39 Liberia 26.4%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 30.0%
37 Bangladesh 38.9%
36 India 49.3%
35 Honduras 52.0%
34 Indonesia 62.1%
33 Gabon 65.8%
32 Philippines 66.9%
31 Ecuador 69.1%
30 Egypt 72.1%
29 Algeria 72.2%
28 Colombia 73.0%
27 China 73.1%
26 Italy 74.9%
25 Bulgaria 75.3%
24 Mexico 75.6%
23 Greece 78.5%
22 Brazil 80.7%
21 Türkiye 81.4%
20 Lebanon 82.7%
19 Czechia 82.7%
18 Romania 83.6%
17 Poland 85.4%
16 France 86.1%
15 Lithuania 86.9%
14 Argentina 87.2%
13 Russia 88.2%
12 Chile 90.2%
11 United States 91.3%
10 Germany 91.4%
9 Netherlands 92.1%
8 Finland 92.8%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 93.1%
6 Spain 93.9%
5 Canada 93.9%
4 United Kingdom 96.2%
3 South Korea 97.6%
2 Norway 99.0%
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2021

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.