Middle East - Tabulation of Internet users as a percentage of population, with the richest nations in the Middle East, such as Kuwait (100%), Qatar (97.39%), Bahrain (97.39%), UAE (94.82%) and Saudi Arabia (82.12%), having the highest Internet penetration rates. The countries with the lowest Internet penetration rates are also countries that are currently deep in civil strife - namely, Afghanistan (13.5%), Yemen (26.72%) and Syria (34.25%).