Korea - Internet Users 2003
65.50%
+6.10% from 2002
Korea's internet users was 65.50% in 2003, increased +6.10% from 59.40% in 2002. This was the 6th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2003▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Iceland | 83.14% | 5.1% |
| 2nd | Sweden | 79.13% | 12.1% |
| 3rd | Norway | 78.13% | 7.3% |
| 4th | Denmark | 76.26% | 18.7% |
| 5th | Finland | 69.22% | 10.9% |
| 6th | Korea | 65.50% | 10.3% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 65.10% | 6.0% |
| 8th | United Kingdom | 64.82% | 14.8% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 64.35% | 5.0% |
| 10th | Canada | 64.20% | 4.2% |
| 11th | United States | 61.70% | 5.0% |
| 12th | New Zealand | 60.96% | 3.2% |
| 13th | Faroe Islands | 58.91% | 10.5% |
| 14th | Liechtenstein | 58.81% | -1.1% |
| 15th | Bermuda | 56.52% | 8.6% |
| 16th | Germany | 55.90% | 14.5% |
| 17th | Luxembourg | 54.55% | 36.9% |
| 18th | Greenland | 54.53% | 23.5% |
| 19th | Singapore | 53.84% | 14.5% |
| 20th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 52.20% | 21.2% |
| 21st | San Marino | 50.00% | -1.6% |
| 22nd | Belgium | 49.97% | 7.9% |
| 23rd | Monaco | 49.49% | 3.0% |
| 24th | Japan | 48.44% | 4.0% |
| 25th | Estonia | 45.32% | 9.2% |
| 26th | Slovak Republic | 43.04% | 7.2% |
| 27th | Austria | 42.70% | 16.8% |
| 28th | Spain | 39.93% | 95.8% |
| 29th | Barbados | 39.69% | 42.6% |
| 30th | France | 36.14% | 19.7% |
| 31st | Malaysia | 34.97% | 8.1% |
| 32nd | Ireland | 34.31% | 32.7% |
| 33rd | Czechia | 34.30% | 43.3% |
| 34th | Guam | 33.72% | 8.1% |
| 35th | Slovenia | 31.85% | 14.4% |
| 36th | Malta | 31.64% | 9.4% |
| 37th | Cyprus | 30.09% | 6.3% |
| 38th | Portugal | 29.67% | 53.2% |
| 39th | United Arab Emirates | 29.48% | 4.1% |
| 40th | Italy | 29.04% | 3.6% |
| 41st | Gibraltar | 28.33% | 19.7% |
| 42nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 27.43% | -0.2% |
| 43rd | Latvia | 26.98% | 23.0% |
| 44th | New Caledonia | 26.41% | 17.9% |
| 45th | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.97% | 18.1% |
| 46th | Lithuania | 25.91% | 46.5% |
| 47th | Macao SAR, China | 25.74% | 2.3% |
| 48th | Chile | 25.47% | 15.3% |
| 49th | Poland | 24.87% | 17.6% |
| 50th | Dominica | 23.62% | 28.2% |
| 51st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 22.97% | 8.6% |
| 52nd | Croatia | 22.75% | 28.1% |
| 53rd | Kuwait | 22.40% | 118.6% |
| 54th | Hungary | 21.63% | 29.8% |
| 55th | Palau | 21.60% | 6.7% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 21.55% | 19.4% |
| 57th | St. Lucia | 20.98% | 43.3% |
| 58th | Aruba | 20.80% | 10.6% |
| 59th | Costa Rica | 20.33% | 2.2% |
| 60th | Bahamas, The | 20.00% | 11.1% |
| 61st | Puerto Rico (US) | 19.71% | 12.3% |
| 62nd | Brunei Darussalam | 19.60% | 27.8% |
| 63rd | Israel | 19.59% | 10.3% |
| 64th | Qatar | 19.24% | 88.2% |
| 65th | North Macedonia | 19.07% | 10.0% |
| 66th | Grenada | 18.65% | 26.3% |
| 67th | Greece | 17.80% | 21.3% |
| 68th | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.23% | 37.8% |
| 69th | Uruguay | 15.94% | 39.6% |
| 70th | Seychelles | 14.59% | 2.0% |
| 71st | French Polynesia | 14.12% | 72.2% |
| 72nd | Andorra | 13.55% | 20.3% |
| 73rd | Brazil | 13.21% | 44.4% |
| 74th | Mexico | 12.90% | 8.4% |
| 75th | Türkiye | 12.33% | 8.3% |
| 76th | Mauritius | 12.19% | 18.9% |
| 77th | Bulgaria | 12.04% | 32.6% |
| 78th | Argentina | 11.91% | 9.5% |
| 79th | Peru | 11.60% | 29.4% |
| 80th | São Tomé and Principe | 10.16% | 34.0% |
| 81st | Panama | 9.99% | 17.2% |
| 82nd | Thailand | 9.30% | 23.5% |
| 83rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 9.23% | 65.8% |
| 84th | Romania | 8.90% | 35.3% |
| 85th | Jordan | 8.47% | 40.5% |
| 86th | Russian Federation | 8.30% | 101.0% |
| 87th | Saudi Arabia | 8.00% | 25.3% |
| 88th | Lebanon | 8.00% | 14.3% |
| 89th | Dominican Republic | 7.90% | 15.7% |
| 90th | Jamaica | 7.80% | 27.9% |
| 91st | Moldova | 7.41% | 95.6% |
| 92nd | Colombia | 7.39% | 60.6% |
| 93rd | Oman | 7.26% | 5.6% |
| 94th | South Africa | 7.01% | 4.4% |
| 95th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.93% | 49.9% |
| 96th | Tuvalu | 6.90% | 9.5% |
| 97th | Fiji | 6.73% | 9.3% |
| 98th | Tunisia | 6.49% | 23.6% |
| 99th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.46% | 16.4% |
| 100th | China | 6.20% | 34.9% |
| 101st | Maldives | 5.98% | 11.8% |
| 102nd | Cuba | 5.24% | 39.0% |
| 103rd | Pakistan | 5.04% | 95.6% |
| 104th | Philippines | 4.86% | 12.1% |
| 105th | Honduras | 4.80% | 84.8% |
| 106th | Suriname | 4.72% | 13.4% |
| 107th | Armenia | 4.58% | 133.4% |
| 108th | Guatemala | 4.55% | 34.1% |
| 109th | Ecuador | 4.46% | 4.7% |
| 110th | Cabo Verde | 4.32% | 22.9% |
| 111th | West Bank and Gaza | 4.13% | 33.2% |
| 112th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.04% | 48.5% |
| 113th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.97% | 49.7% |
| 114th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.91% | 30.3% |
| 115th | Vanuatu | 3.90% | 11.2% |
| 116th | Viet Nam | 3.78% | 103.8% |
| 117th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.51% | 12.6% |
| 118th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.40% | 62.3% |
| 119th | Namibia | 3.36% | 27.6% |
| 120th | Morocco | 3.35% | 41.3% |
| 121st | Botswana | 3.35% | -1.2% |
| 122nd | Ukraine | 3.15% | 68.0% |
| 123rd | Kiribati | 3.00% | 20.0% |
| 124th | Tonga | 2.99% | 2.7% |
| 125th | Kenya | 2.94% | 143.6% |
| 126th | Libya | 2.81% | 25.4% |
| 127th | Samoa | 2.80% | 24.7% |
| 128th | Gabon | 2.66% | 37.1% |
| 129th | Marshall Islands | 2.57% | 10.0% |
| 130th | Georgia | 2.56% | 61.1% |
| 131st | El Salvador | 2.50% | 31.6% |
| 132nd | Eswatini | 2.44% | 34.2% |
| 133rd | Bhutan | 2.44% | 45.4% |
| 134th | Gambia, The | 2.44% | 35.6% |
| 135th | Guyana | 2.40% | 60.0% |
| 136th | Indonesia | 2.39% | 11.8% |
| 137th | Algeria | 2.20% | 37.9% |
| 138th | Paraguay | 2.11% | 17.7% |
| 139th | Senegal | 2.10% | 108.8% |
| 140th | Kazakhstan | 2.00% | 19.4% |
| 141st | Uzbekistan | 1.91% | 76.8% |
| 142nd | Nicaragua | 1.88% | 9.7% |
| 143rd | Zimbabwe | 1.80% | 63.6% |
| 144th | India | 1.69% | 9.7% |
| 145th | Haiti | 1.65% | 84.4% |
| 146th | Lesotho | 1.53% | 41.4% |
| 147th | Sri Lanka | 1.46% | 38.9% |
| 148th | Papua New Guinea | 1.37% | 4.0% |
| 149th | Guinea-Bissau | 1.35% | 32.4% |
| 150th | Togo | 1.20% | 20.0% |
| 151st | Ghana | 1.19% | 43.7% |
| 152nd | Zambia | 0.98% | 105.2% |
| 153rd | Albania | 0.97% | 149.2% |
| 154th | Benin | 0.95% | 35.3% |
| 155th | Comoros | 0.85% | 52.9% |
| 156th | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.76% | 52.4% |
| 157th | Tanzania | 0.68% | 204.3% |
| 158th | Djibouti | 0.63% | 28.5% |
| 159th | Yemen, Republic of | 0.60% | 16.6% |
| 160th | Iraq | 0.60% | 20.0% |
| 161st | Cameroon | 0.59% | 62.8% |
| 162nd | Nigeria | 0.56% | 74.3% |
| 163rd | Solomon Islands | 0.56% | 10.7% |
| 164th | Sudan | 0.54% | 22.5% |
| 165th | Equatorial Guinea | 0.52% | 62.1% |
| 166th | Uganda | 0.46% | 21.0% |
| 167th | Congo, Republic of | 0.46% | 192.5% |
| 168th | Guinea | 0.45% | 12.2% |
| 169th | Turkmenistan | 0.43% | 40.7% |
| 170th | Mauritania | 0.42% | 16.7% |
| 171st | Madagascar | 0.42% | 24.6% |
| 172nd | Mozambique | 0.42% | 61.6% |
| 173rd | Nepal | 0.38% | 22.3% |
| 174th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0.38% | 225.4% |
| 175th | Burkina Faso | 0.37% | 85.8% |
| 176th | Angola | 0.37% | 37.1% |
| 177th | Rwanda | 0.36% | 21.9% |
| 178th | Lao PDR | 0.33% | 24.6% |
| 179th | Chad | 0.32% | 92.9% |
| 180th | Mali | 0.31% | 36.7% |
| 181st | Malawi | 0.28% | 29.6% |
| 182nd | Cambodia | 0.26% | 14.8% |
| 183rd | Burundi | 0.20% | 70.2% |
| 184th | Sierra Leone | 0.19% | 7.9% |
| 185th | Bangladesh | 0.16% | 17.1% |
| 186th | Niger | 0.16% | 22.5% |
| 187th | Central African Republic | 0.15% | 17.9% |
| 188th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 0.13% | 45.4% |
| 189th | Afghanistan | 0.09% | 1,826.8% |
| 190th | Tajikistan | 0.06% | 16.4% |
| 191st | Liberia | 0.03% | -2.6% |
| 192nd | Myanmar | 0.02% | 5,542.3% |
| 193rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0.00% | - |
FAQ
What was Korea's internet users in 2003?▾
Korea's internet users in 2003 was 65.50%. This ranked 6th globally.
How did Korea's internet users change in 2003?▾
Korea's internet users increased by 10.3% in 2003 compared to 2002.
Which country had the highest internet users in 2003?▾
Iceland had the highest internet users in 2003 at 83.14%.
What is the internet users of Korea in 2003?▾
The internet users of Korea in 2003 was 65.50%. This ranked 6th globally.
How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Korea's internet users?▾
Korea's internet users went from 59.40% in 2002 to 65.50% in 2003, a 10.3% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Korea matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2003. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 4.4%. View full analysis →
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