Rural internet penetration rate in China vs Individuals using the Internet (% of population) in China
Rural internet penetration rate in China (point-in-time) and Individuals using the Internet (% of population) (annual) in China. They are published at different intervals, so each is drawn on its own rather than matched period by period.
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China. Rural internet penetration rate in China is published as point-in-time figures and individuals using the Internet (% of population) as annual ones, so they are drawn on separate charts, and no period is matched between them. Read each on its own.
Rural internet penetration rate in China
Unit: % · 2 observations
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| Period | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| as of 30 Jun 2025 | Actual | 69.2% |
| end of 2025 | Actual | 69.5% |
Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
Unit: % · 26 observations
Estimates are listed as such in the table below
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| Period | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Estimate | 1.78% |
| 2001 | Estimate | 2.64% |
| 2002 | Estimate | 4.6% |
| 2003 | Estimate | 6.2% |
| 2004 | Estimate | 7.3% |
| 2005 | Estimate | 8.52% |
| 2006 | Estimate | 10.5% |
| 2007 | Estimate | 16% |
| 2008 | Estimate | 22.6% |
| 2009 | Estimate | 28.9% |
| 2010 | Estimate | 34.3% |
| 2011 | Estimate | 38.3% |
| 2012 | Estimate | 42.3% |
| 2013 | Estimate | 45.8% |
| 2014 | Estimate | 47.9% |
| 2015 | Estimate | 50.3% |
| 2016 | Estimate | 53.2% |
| 2017 | Estimate | 54.3% |
| 2018 | Estimate | 65.4% |
| 2019 | Estimate | 64.1% |
| 2020 | Estimate | 70.1% |
| 2021 | Estimate | 73.1% |
| 2022 | Estimate | 75.6% |
| 2023 | Estimate | 90.6% |
| 2024 | Estimate | 92% |
| 2025 | Estimate | 91.6% |
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No period lines up: rural internet penetration rate in China is point-in-time and individuals using the Internet (% of population) is annual. A month and a year are not the same measurement window, so no row pairs them.
Provenance
Where these numbers come from
Rural internet penetration rate in China
Internet users as a share of the rural population. CNNIC《中国互联网络发展状况统计报告》(Statistical Report on China’s Internet Development), half-yearly; mainland China only (excludes Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan). 网民 = residents aged 6+ who used the internet in the past six months.
2 observations charted in China · source organisations: CNNIC
Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
Individuals who used the Internet from any location in the last three months, as a percentage of the population. Annual national observations from ITU, distributed through World Bank World Development Indicators.
26 observations charted in China · source organisations: ITU
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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