# Share of the population using the Internet: Lesotho

51.7966% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 30 years from 1990 to 2024 are below.

Share of the population who used the Internet in the last three months.

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database - International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/internet-use) · [All countries and regions](/internet-use).

## Every year

| Year | Value (% of population) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 51.7966 |
| 2023 | 48.9859 |
| 2022 | 48.0696 |
| 2021 | 45.0567 |
| 2020 | 43.6575 |
| 2019 | 42.301735 |
| 2018 | 40.8 |
| 2017 | 39 |
| 2016 | 32.453857 |
| 2015 | 25 |
| 2014 | 22 |
| 2013 | 15 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2010 | 3.86 |
| 2009 | 3.72 |
| 2008 | 3.58 |
| 2007 | 3.4454312 |
| 2006 | 2.9797082 |
| 2005 | 2.5802 |
| 2004 | 2.1755242 |
| 2003 | 1.5324966 |
| 2002 | 1.0839431 |
| 2001 | 0.26115006 |
| 2000 | 0.21180607 |
| 1999 | 0.0538 |
| 1998 | 0.011 |
| 1997 | 0.00558 |
| 1996 | 0.00285 |
| 1990 | 0 |

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