Share of population using internet rose 85.6% to 11.8% in Sierra Leone in 2016, according to World Bank.
Historically, share of population using internet in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 11.8% in 2016 and an all time low of 0.118% in 2000. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, share of population using internet in Burkina Faso amounted to 14.0%, 9.80% in Guinea, 7.32% in Liberia and 11.1% in Mali in 2016.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 157th within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of share of population using internet, 13 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Share of Population Using Internet | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Algeria | % | ... | ... | ... | 14.9% | 18.2% | 22.5% | 29.5% | 38.2% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | ... | ... | ... | 3.00% | 3.73% | 9.10% | 9.40% | 11.4% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | ... | ... | ... | 9.00% | 10.6% | 15.0% | 25.5% | 31.4% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | ... | ... | ... | 2.00% | 3.10% | 4.50% | 6.40% | 8.20% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | ... | ... | ... | 2.90% | 5.00% | 12.0% | 19.3% | 38.4% | |||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | ... | ... | ... | 2.50% | 2.60% | 3.20% | 5.41% | 5.90% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Mali | % | ... | ... | ... | 2.20% | 2.80% | 3.50% | 7.00% | 10.3% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | ... | ... | ... | 4.50% | 5.00% | 6.20% | 10.7% | 15.2% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Niger | % | ... | ... | ... | 0.900% | 1.05% | 1.15% | 1.25% | 2.48% | |||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | ... | ... | ... | 9.80% | 10.8% | 13.1% | 17.7% | 21.7% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | ... | ... | ... | 0.900% | 2.50% | 4.00% | 6.06% | 6.34% | ... |
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