Individuals using the Internet (% of population)

RecordSTO-SMSPDZS9WF-94DRGM23GY-2W492D

28.3%

estimate

Sri Lanka · 2018

Individuals using the Internet in Sri Lanka (% of population) was 28.3% in 2018 (ITU).

Original source

Publisher: ITU
Authority tier: T1 Official
Report: ITU individuals using the Internet, distributed through World Bank WDI
Locator: IT.NET.USER.ZS: {"countryiso3code":"LKA","date":"2018","indicator.id":"IT.NET.USER.ZS"}
Retrieved: 1 Oct 2026
Status: Verified

Dataset evidence (generated description)

Dataset evidence (generated): IT.NET.USER.ZS, LK, 2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31: 28.33620071 percent (scale 1).

Checked: the figure 28.3%matches the queried row in the pinned dataset response. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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APA

International Telecommunication Union. (2018). ITU individuals using the Internet, distributed through World Bank WDI. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?format=json&per_page=20000. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_SMSPDZS9WF94DRGM23GY2W492D

Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX

MLA: International Telecommunication Union. "ITU individuals using the Internet, distributed through World Bank WDI." 2018, https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?format=json&per_page=20000. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_SMSPDZS9WF94DRGM23GY2W492D.
Chicago: International Telecommunication Union. "ITU individuals using the Internet, distributed through World Bank WDI." 2018. https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?format=json&per_page=20000. Accessed October 1, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_SMSPDZS9WF94DRGM23GY2W492D.
BibTeX: @misc{itu2018internet2w492d, author = {{International Telecommunication Union}}, title = {ITU individuals using the Internet, distributed through World Bank WDI}, year = {2018}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_SMSPDZS9WF94DRGM23GY2W492D}, note = {Original source: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?format=json\&per\_page=20000. Accessed October 1, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher: International Telecommunication Union · homepage ↗
Authority tier: Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report: ITU individuals using the Internet, distributed through World Bank WDI
Type: Dataset
Evidence: Dataset response (generated description)
Dataset: IT.NET.USER.ZS
Version: WDI 2026-07-13
Methodology: Publisher methodology ↗
Response SHA-256: f7b4a426f3d0454a36f65104fdebb703bdaa3a60ce552a4107e7148d3a1cdb87
Response retrieved: 1 October 2026
Published: —
Locator: IT.NET.USER.ZS: {"countryiso3code":"LKA","date":"2018","indicator.id":"IT.NET.USER.ZS"}
Retrieved: 1 October 2026
Link status: Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence: CC by 4.0

Verification

Status: Verified
Review protocol: dataset:raw-row-check-v1
Checked on: 1 October 2026
Last revision: 1 October 2026
Permanent URL: /stat/stat_SMSPDZS9WF94DRGM23GY2W492D

Same indicator, other countries

2018 figures for the same indicator, ranked highest first.

Country or region	Value	Source	Details
Qatar	99.7%	ITU	Open record
Kuwait	99.6%	ITU	Open record
Iceland	99%	ITU	Open record
Bahrain	98.6%	ITU	Open record
United Arab Emirates	98.5%	ITU	Open record
Denmark	97.3%	ITU	Open record
Luxembourg	97.1%	ITU	Open record
Norway	96.5%	ITU	Open record
Korea, Republic of	96%	ITU	Open record
Brunei Darussalam	95%	ITU	Open record
Canada	94.6%	ITU	Open record
Andorra	93.5%	ITU	Open record
Saudi Arabia	93.3%	ITU	Open record
Netherlands	91.9%	ITU	Open record
Switzerland	91.8%	ITU	Open record

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Record last modified 1 October 2026. Value type: estimate. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_SMSPDZS9WF94DRGM23GY2W492D.