United Arab Emirates – Internet Users 1997

Proportion of individuals who used the Internet in the last three months. Includes access via any device and any location. · World Bank
3.30% +2.93% from 1996 G20 rank: 36th

United Arab Emirates's internet users was 3.30% in 1997, increased +2.93% from 0.38% in 1996. This was the 36th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1997
Internet Users by Country – 1997
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Iceland 27.50% 85.8%
2nd Bermuda 24.20% 49.4%
3rd Sweden 23.70% 162.2%
4th United States 21.60% 31.7%
5th Norway 20.40% 11.5%
6th Finland 19.50% 16.1%
7th Australia 16.40% 400.0%
8th Canada 15.10% 123.4%
9th Switzerland 15.10% 231.9%
10th New Zealand 14.60% 81.6%
11th Netherlands 14.10% 46.1%
12th Singapore 13.50% 61.7%
13th Denmark 11.40% 99.6%
14th Hong Kong SAR, China 10.50% 121.1%
15th Austria 9.53% 37.9%
16th Japan 9.16% 109.6%
17th Greenland 7.95% 341.7%
18th Slovenia 7.59% 49.7%
19th United Kingdom 7.39% 79.4%
20th Luxembourg 7.14% 28.6%
21st Virgin Islands (US) 6.95% 49.5%
22nd Germany 6.71% 120.0%
23rd Estonia 5.71% 61.8%
24th Portugal 4.95% 66.1%
25th Belgium 4.94% 66.3%
26th Brunei Darussalam 4.83% 46.4%
27th Faroe Islands 4.60% 98.3%
28th Israel 4.40% 102.8%
29th Cyprus 4.38% 550.8%
30th France 4.26% 65.1%
31st Ireland 4.09% 85.9%
32nd Malta 3.92% 273.3%
33rd Korea 3.60% 122.2%
34th Antigua and Barbuda 3.48% 21.7%
35th Uruguay 3.36% 81.6%
36th United Arab Emirates 3.30% 780.0%
37th Qatar 3.08% 231.2%
38th Andorra 3.05% 99.3%
39th Czechia 2.92% 50.5%
40th Spain 2.80% 110.5%
41st Gibraltar 2.66%
42nd Macao SAR, China 2.36% 224.6%
43rd Guam 2.34% 72.1%
44th Malaysia 2.31% 171.1%
45th Italy 2.28% 123.5%
46th St. Kitts and Nevis 2.26% 15.9%
47th Kuwait 2.17% 153.5%
48th Poland 2.07% 59.2%
49th Latvia 2.05% 152.2%
50th Hungary 1.94% 100.2%
51st Greece 1.85% 32.1%
52nd Croatia 1.73% 101.4%
53rd Bahrain 1.65% 95.7%
54th Costa Rica 1.64% 95.0%
55th South Africa 1.63% 93.6%
56th San Marino 1.42% -0.7%
57th Bahamas, The 1.36% -22.3%
58th Puerto Rico (US) 1.33% 396.3%
59th Belize 1.29% 46.1%
60th Seychelles 1.28% 96.6%
61st Lebanon 1.24% 785.7%
62nd Bulgaria 1.22% 68.3%
63rd Slovak Republic 1.17% 49.4%
64th Trinidad and Tobago 1.17% 197.7%
65th Chile 1.06% 55.2%
66th Suriname 1.00% 342.5%
67th St. Lucia 0.99% 48.1%
68th Grenada 0.99% 232.6%
69th New Caledonia 0.99% 290.9%
70th Lithuania 0.98% 253.1%
71st St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.93% 91.7%
72nd Jamaica 0.80% 35.0%
73rd Brazil 0.79% 74.3%
74th Barbados 0.78% 101.3%
75th Mexico 0.63% 213.5%
76th Jordan 0.60% 1,234.1%
77th Micronesia, Federated States of 0.57% 105.4%
78th Colombia 0.55% 67.0%
79th Panama 0.54% 145.0%
80th Tonga 0.51% 211.6%
81st North Macedonia 0.50% 563.2%
82nd Mauritius 0.48% 158.7%
83rd Türkiye 0.47% 145.6%
84th Russian Federation 0.47% 75.2%
85th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.45% 128.6%
86th Romania 0.45% 100.5%
87th Oman 0.44%
88th Peru 0.40% 63.8%
89th Solomon Islands 0.39% 45.7%
90th Thailand 0.36% 213.9%
91st Maldives 0.31% 36.1%
92nd Botswana 0.31% 96.2%
93rd Argentina 0.28% 97.2%
94th El Salvador 0.26% 197.5%
95th Cabo Verde 0.24%
96th Fiji 0.22% 246.3%
97th French Polynesia 0.21% 135.2%
98th Togo 0.21% 1,835.8%
99th Nicaragua 0.21% 144.9%
100th Ukraine 0.20% 101.8%
101st Indonesia 0.20% 244.5%
102nd Samoa 0.18%
103rd Honduras 0.17% 291.3%
104th Sri Lanka 0.16% 197.2%
105th Dominican Republic 0.14% 90.7%
106th Vanuatu 0.14% 146.5%
107th Philippines 0.14% 145.1%
108th Guyana 0.13% 100.3%
109th Mongolia 0.11% 520.9%
110th Armenia 0.11% 18.4%
111th Ecuador 0.11% 27.6%
112th Papua New Guinea 0.10% 4,779.2%
113th Paraguay 0.10% 388.2%
114th Guatemala 0.10% 389.7%
115th Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.09% 47.2%
116th Eswatini 0.09% 75.6%
117th Djibouti 0.08% 165.7%
118th India 0.07% 52.9%
119th Cuba 0.07% 113.8%
120th Kazakhstan 0.06% 103.1%
121st Georgia 0.06% 51.9%
122nd Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.06% 293.4%
123rd Namibia 0.06% 551.2%
124th Saudi Arabia 0.05% 95.1%
125th Gambia, The 0.05% 44.5%
126th Belarus 0.05% 67.2%
127th Albania 0.05% 50.9%
128th Gabon 0.05%
129th Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.05% 196.2%
130th Tunisia 0.04% 58.3%
131st Equatorial Guinea 0.04%
132nd Kenya 0.03% 289.1%
133rd Zimbabwe 0.03% 97.0%
134th Syrian Arab Republic 0.03%
135th China 0.03% 147.3%
136th Moldova 0.03% 505.6%
137th Ghana 0.03% 386.7%
138th Pakistan 0.03% 819.7%
139th Senegal 0.03% 143.8%
140th Azerbaijan 0.03% 296.9%
141st Benin 0.02% 1,355.6%
142nd Nepal 0.02% 387.8%
143rd Morocco 0.02% 280.3%
144th Côte d'Ivoire 0.02% 123.5%
145th Burkina Faso 0.02% 1,845.9%
146th Nigeria 0.02% 94.8%
147th Guinea-Bissau 0.02%
148th Yemen, Republic of 0.02% 2,315.5%
149th Central African Republic 0.01% 144.4%
150th Madagascar 0.01% 286.5%
151st Mozambique 0.01% 288.2%
152nd Uzbekistan 0.01% 144.8%
153rd Algeria 0.01% 492.0%
154th Uganda 0.01% 122.5%
155th Mali 0.01% 390.3%
156th Zambia 0.01% 2.9%
157th Eritrea 0.01%
158th Burundi 0.01% 892.5%
159th Tanzania 0.01% 387.7%
160th Cameroon 0.01%
161st Cambodia 0.01%
162nd Angola 0.01% 630.7%
163rd Lesotho 0.01% 95.8%
164th Sierra Leone 0.00% 98.8%
165th Malawi 0.00%
166th Liberia 0.00%
167th Mauritania 0.00%
168th Viet Nam 0.00% 2,848.1%
169th Guinea 0.00% 94.9%
170th Congo, Republic of 0.00% -1.7%
171st Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.00% 95.4%
172nd Niger 0.00% 93.3%
173rd Rwanda 0.00% 84.6%
174th Sudan 0.00%
175th Bangladesh 0.00%
176th Chad 0.00%
177th Congo, Democratic Republic of 0.00% 95.4%
178th Comoros 0.00%
179th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 0.00%