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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

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%
2 Norway 99.0%
3 South Korea 97.4%
4 Netherlands 97.0%
5 Hong Kong SAR China 96.0%
6 United Kingdom 95.4%
7 Spain 95.4%
8 Chile 94.5%
9 Canada 94.1%
10 United States 93.5%
11 Finland 93.5%
12 Germany 92.5%
13 Russia 92.2%
14 China 90.6%
15 Argentina 89.2%
16 Romania 89.2%
17 Lithuania 88.5%
18 Italy 87.0%
19 France 86.8%
20 Poland 86.4%
21 Czechia 86.0%
22 Türkiye 86.0%
23 Greece 85.0%
24 Brazil 84.2%
25 Lebanon 81.7%
26 Mexico 81.2%
27 Bulgaria 80.4%
28 Philippines 77.9%
29 Colombia 77.3%
30 Algeria 76.2%
31 Egypt 74.0%
32 Ecuador 72.7%
33 Indonesia 69.2%
34 Gabon 68.2%
35 India 60.3%
36 Honduras 58.1%
37 Bangladesh 44.5%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 43.2%
39 Liberia 31.2%
40 Sierra Leone 23.7%
41 Congo - Kinshasa 19.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2023

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.