Share of people who used the internet in the previous three months in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Share of people who used the internet in the previous three months was 94.41 % in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
94.41 %
Change on year
up 3.3%
World rank
21st
of 81 countries
All-time high
94.75 %
in 2016
All-time low
53.83 %
in 2002
Years of data
19
2002–2020

Share of people who used the internet in the previous three months in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2002–2020

0204060801002002201120202002: 53.8 %2003: 62 %2004: 62.5 %2005: 66.6 %2006: 64.6 %2007: 71.5 %2008: 75.5 %2009: 81.2 %2010: 83.9 %2011: 84.4 %2012: 87.3 %2013: 89.2 %2014: 90.4 %2015: 90.4 %2016: 94.8 %2017: 88.7 %2018: 89.6 %2019: 91.4 %2020: 94.4 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2020, share of people who used the internet in the previous three months in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 94.41 %.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of people who used the internet in the previous three months in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 94.75 % in 2016 and was at its lowest, 53.83 %, in 2002.

That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 21st out of 81 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

Share of people who used the internet in the previous three months in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Share of people who used the internet in the previous three months — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2002 to 2020.
Year % Change
2002 53.83 %
2003 61.96 % +15.1%
2004 62.49 % +0.9%
2005 66.64 % +6.6%
2006 64.63 % -3.0%
2007 71.5 % +10.6%
2008 75.47 % +5.6%
2009 81.17 % +7.6%
2010 83.91 % +3.4%
2011 84.41 % +0.6%
2012 87.27 % +3.4%
2013 89.24 % +2.3%
2014 90.4 % +1.3%
2015 90.41 % +0.0%
2016 94.75 % +4.8%
2017 88.68 % -6.4%
2018 89.62 % +1.1%
2019 91.4 % +2.0%
2020 94.41 % +3.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 67.21 % 53.83 % 81.17 % 8
2010s 89.01 % 83.91 % 94.75 % 10
2020s 94.41 % 94.41 % 94.41 % 1

Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  1. 18 Belarus 94.65 % compare
  2. 19 Sweden 94.54 % compare
  3. 20 Austria 94.44 % compare
  4. 22 Chile 94.4 % compare
  5. 23 Russian Federation 94.21 % compare
  6. 24 Malta 94.02 % compare

See the full ranking of 87 places →

More economy & growth data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

All data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland →

Frequently asked questions

What is share of people who used the internet in the previous three months in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Share of people who used the internet in the previous three months in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 94.41 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest share of people who used the internet in the previous three months recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 94.75 % in 2016.
What is the lowest share of people who used the internet in the previous three months recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 53.83 % in 2002.
How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for share of people who used the internet in the previous three months?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 21st out of 81 countries with data for 2020.
Is share of people who used the internet in the previous three months rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Share of people who used the internet in the previous three months — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Share of people who used the internet in the previous three months in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-people-who-used-the-internet-in-the-previous-three-months-value-female-all-age/united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-people-who-used-the-internet-in-the-previous-three-months-value-female-all-age/united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland/">Share of people who used the internet in the previous three months in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of people who used the internet in the previous three months — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
87 places, 1,256 data points, 2002–2024
Last refreshed

The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.