visualizations_0_title: Growth in percentage of people online worldwide
visualizations_0_description: The graph shows the percentage of people using the Internet in different regions of the world and the change in internet penetration between 2005 and 2017. Europe has the highest internet penetration with 80% of people using the Internet in 2017. Africa has the lowest internet penetration with 22% in 2017.
visualizations_1_title: Percentage of people online worldwide, by gender
visualizations_1_description: The graph shows the breakdown of internet users by gender for major regions in the world. All figures are for 2017 and show that globally 45% of women use the Internet, compared to 51% of men.