Nearly two in three people in Africa are still offline
Share of population using the internet, by ITU region and income group, 2025.
Only 36% of people in ITU's Africa region used the internet in 2025, the lowest of any region.
Fewer than one in four people in low-income countries are online, against 94% in high-income ones.
Of the 2.2 billion people still offline, 96% live in low- and middle-income countries.
the numbers
| Using the internet (%) | |
|---|---|
| High-income countries | 94 |
| Asia-Pacific | 77 |
| World | 74 |
| Arab States | 70 |
| Landlocked developing countries | 38 |
| Africa | 36 |
| Least developed countries | 34 |
| Low-income countries | 23 |
source notes & method
ITU estimates. 'Nearly two in three offline' is derived (100% − 36% = 64%). ITU's Africa region excludes North African countries, which ITU counts in the Arab States region (including Egypt). ITU gives CIS, Europe and the Americas only as a combined range (88–93%), so they are not shown separately. World figure is 74% (73.6% on ITU DataHub). 2.2 billion offline and the 96% share are from ITU's press release of 17 Nov 2025; ITU revised 2024 offline from 2.6bn to 2.3bn, so older editions are not comparable.
Published 3 Nov 2026
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