Share of the population within range of a 2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G mobile network by country

Proportion of population covered by at least a 2G mobile network (%).

Countries reporting
212
Highest
100.0%
Albania
Lowest
59.3%
Tuvalu
Median
99.1%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
3,813

What the numbers show

Share of the population within range of a 2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G mobile network is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Albania; the lowest is 59.3% in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 99.1%, and the mean is 96.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Tuvalu (up 212.0%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 11.3%).

Share of the population within range of a 2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G mobile network: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Albania 100.0% 2024 up 0.2% rising
1 United Arab Emirates 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Armenia 100.0% 2024 unchanged rising
1 Azerbaijan 100.0% 2024 unchanged rising
1 Belgium 100.0% 2024 up 0.1% flat
1 Bahrain 100.0% 2024 up 1.0% flat
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100.0% 2024 up 0.2% rising
1 Barbados 100.0% 2022 unchanged rising
1 Switzerland 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 China 100.0% 2024 up 0.5% rising
1 Colombia 100.0% 2024 unchanged rising
1 Curacao 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Cayman Islands 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Cyprus 100.0% 2024 up 0.0% flat
1 Dominica 100.0% 2022 up 11.1% rising
1 Denmark 100.0% 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Estonia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Faroe Islands 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Gibraltar 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Guinea-Bissau 100.0% 2023 up 53.8% rising
1 Grenada 100.0% 2022 unchanged rising
1 Greenland 100.0% 2022 up 0.1% rising
1 Guatemala 100.0% 2023 unchanged rising
1 Hong Kong 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Croatia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Iraq 100.0% 2024 up 2.0% rising
1 Italy 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Jamaica 100.0% 2024 unchanged rising
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Kuwait 100.0% 2023 up 0.9% flat
1 Saint Lucia 100.0% 2022 unchanged rising
1 Liechtenstein 100.0% 2024 unchanged rising
1 Lithuania 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Luxembourg 100.0% 2023 up 1.0% flat
1 Monaco 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Maldives 100.0% 2024 unchanged rising
1 Mali 100.0% 2023 up 17.6% rising
1 Malta 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Mongolia 100.0% 2024 up 1.0% rising
1 Namibia 100.0% 2024 unchanged rising
1 Norway 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Nepal 100.0% 2024 up 25.0% rising
1 Oman 100.0% 2024 up 1.0% rising
1 Poland 100.0% 2024 up 0.1% flat
1 Puerto Rico 100.0% 2024 up 1.0% rising
1 Portugal 100.0% 2024 up 1.0% flat
1 Qatar 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% 2024 up 0.6% rising
1 Singapore 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Suriname 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Slovakia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 100.0% 2024 up 0.0% flat
1 Syria 100.0% 2024 up 28.2% rising
1 Trinidad and Tobago 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% 2024 unchanged rising
1 British Virgin Islands 100.0% 2022 up 11.1% rising
1 Cook Islands 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
58 Bulgaria 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
58 Finland 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
58 Moldova 100.0% 2024 up 1.0% rising
61 Germany 100.0% 2024 up 1.0% flat
62 North Macedonia 99.9% 2024 up 0.2% flat
63 Belarus 99.9% 2024 up 0.1% rising
63 Czechia 99.9% 2024 up 0.1% flat
63 United Kingdom 99.9% 2024 up 0.2% flat
63 Georgia 99.9% 2024 up 0.9% rising
63 Greece 99.9% 2024 unchanged flat
63 Ireland 99.9% 2024 up 0.9% flat
63 Jordan 99.9% 2024 up 0.9% flat
63 Japan 99.9% 2023 unchanged flat
63 South Korea 99.9% 2024 unchanged rising
63 Macao 99.9% 2024 unchanged flat
63 Slovenia 99.9% 2024 up 0.2% flat
63 Turkey 99.9% 2024 up 1.9% rising
63 Ukraine 99.9% 2022 unchanged rising
63 Vietnam 99.9% 2024 up 6.3% rising
63 South Africa 99.9% 2024 unchanged rising
78 Egypt 99.9% 2024 up 0.1% flat
79 Bermuda 99.8% 2024 up 0.9% flat
80 Rwanda 99.8% 2024 down 0.1% rising
81 Paraguay 99.8% 2023 up 0.1% flat
82 Spain 99.8% 2023 unchanged flat
83 Serbia 99.8% 2024 up 0.0% flat
84 Romania 99.8% 2024 down 0.1% flat
85 Bangladesh 99.7% 2024 up 0.7% rising
86 Australia 99.7% 2024 up 0.7% flat
86 Canada 99.7% 2024 up 0.7% rising
86 Togo 99.7% 2024 up 9.6% rising
89 Lebanon 99.7% 2022 up 0.6% flat
90 Kyrgyzstan 99.6% 2024 up 1.9% rising
91 Indonesia 99.6% 2024 up 13.3% rising
92 Ghana 99.5% 2024 up 2.9% rising
93 Sri Lanka 99.5% 2024 up 1.6% rising
94 Andorra 99.5% 2024 up 0.4% rising
94 Dominican Republic 99.5% 2024 up 1.0% rising
94 Iceland 99.5% 2024 up 0.5% flat
94 Cambodia 99.5% 2024 up 0.5% rising
94 Morocco 99.5% 2024 up 0.3% rising
94 Senegal 99.5% 2023 up 8.6% rising
94 Uzbekistan 99.5% 2024 up 1.7% rising
101 Russia 99.4% 2024 up 11.7% rising
102 Cape Verde 99.3% 2024 up 0.9% rising
103 India 99.3% 2024 up 6.2% rising
104 Ethiopia 99.2% 2024 up 10.3% rising
105 Hungary 99.2% 2023 up 0.2% flat
106 Eswatini 99.1% 2024 up 2.4% rising
107 Brunei 99.1% 2024 up 2.1% flat
108 Aruba 99.0% 2022 unchanged flat
108 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0% 2022 down 1.0% flat
108 Austria 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
108 Bahamas 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
108 Bolivia 99.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
108 Botswana 99.0% 2024 up 1.0% flat
108 Chile 99.0% 2024 up 3.1% flat
108 France 99.0% 2023 unchanged flat
108 Gabon 99.0% 2024 up 6.5% rising
108 Israel 99.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
108 Latvia 99.0% 2024 up 0.2% flat
108 Mauritius 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
108 Netherlands 99.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
108 Philippines 99.0% 2024 unchanged rising
108 San Marino 99.0% 2022 up 1.0% flat
108 Seychelles 99.0% 2024 up 1.0% flat
108 Thailand 99.0% 2024 up 2.1% rising
108 Tonga 99.0% 2022 up 7.6% rising
108 Tunisia 99.0% 2024 unchanged rising
108 United States 99.0% 2024 down 0.9% flat
108 Samoa 99.0% 2022 up 2.1% flat
108 Anguilla 99.0% 2022 unchanged flat
130 Iran 99.0% 2024 up 5.1% rising
131 Cote d'Ivoire 98.9% 2024 up 1.0% rising
132 Argentina 98.9% 2024 up 0.9% rising
133 New Zealand 98.6% 2024 up 1.7% flat
134 Malaysia 98.6% 2024 up 3.4% rising
135 Montenegro 98.6% 2024 down 0.9% flat
136 Algeria 98.5% 2023 up 0.5% rising
137 Gambia 98.5% 2024 up 4.8% rising
138 Mexico 98.4% 2024 down 1.5% flat
139 Kazakhstan 98.2% 2024 up 13.4% rising
139 Tanzania 98.2% 2024 up 3.4% rising
141 Belize 98.0% 2022 up 10.3% rising
142 Benin 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
142 Bhutan 98.0% 2024 unchanged rising
142 Kenya 98.0% 2024 up 10.0% rising
142 Libya 98.0% 2022 unchanged flat
142 Nauru 98.0% 2022 unchanged flat
142 Palau 98.0% 2022 unchanged rising
142 Palestine 98.0% 2023 down 1.0% flat
142 French Polynesia 98.0% 2023 unchanged rising
142 El Salvador 98.0% 2024 up 11.8% rising
142 Turks and Caicos Islands 98.0% 2022 unchanged flat
142 Turkmenistan 98.0% 2022 up 4.4% volatile
142 Uganda 98.0% 2024 up 7.7% rising
142 Saint Helena 98.0% 2022 unchanged volatile
155 Guyana 97.7% 2022 up 0.7% flat
156 New Caledonia 97.4% 2022 up 9.4% rising
157 Zambia 97.1% 2024 up 24.5% rising
158 Ecuador 97.0% 2024 up 0.2% rising
159 Laos 97.0% 2023 up 1.0% rising
159 Mauritania 97.0% 2023 up 7.8% rising
159 Sao Tome and Principe 97.0% 2024 up 22.8% rising
162 Burundi 96.8% 2023 up 84.4% rising
163 East Timor 96.5% 2024 up 0.5% rising
164 Myanmar 96.4% 2023 up 32.0% rising
165 Panama 96.0% 2023 unchanged rising
165 Sierra Leone 96.0% 2023 up 6.7% rising
165 Falkland Islands 96.0% 2022 unchanged volatile
168 Lesotho 95.8% 2024 up 3.4% rising
168 Peru 95.8% 2024 down 4.2% flat
170 Uruguay 95.4% 2024 down 4.6% falling
171 Nigeria 95.3% 2024 down 4.1% rising
172 North Korea 95.1% 2022 up 0.1% volatile
173 Costa Rica 95.0% 2024 up 1.7% rising
173 Solomon Islands 95.0% 2022 up 4.4% rising
175 Tajikistan 94.3% 2022 up 57.1% rising
176 Comoros 94.0% 2023 up 3.5% rising
176 Fiji 94.0% 2024 up 6.8% rising
176 Venezuela 94.0% 2024 down 2.1% rising
179 Zimbabwe 93.8% 2024 up 6.6% rising
180 Burkina Faso 93.0% 2024 unchanged rising
180 Honduras 93.0% 2024 down 6.9% rising
182 Brazil 92.7% 2024 down 0.9% flat
183 Afghanistan 92.3% 2023 up 4.2% rising
184 Pakistan 92.0% 2024 up 12.9% rising
185 Sudan 91.6% 2022 up 3.7% rising
186 Djibouti 90.0% 2023 down 5.3% rising
186 Malawi 90.0% 2024 down 5.3% rising
186 Somalia 90.0% 2023 up 12.5% rising
186 Vanuatu 90.0% 2024 down 3.2% rising
190 Angola 89.6% 2024 down 2.6% rising
191 Congo 89.3% 2023 down 6.0% rising
192 Madagascar 88.5% 2023 down 3.9% volatile
193 Mozambique 88.0% 2024 up 22.2% rising
194 Guinea 87.9% 2022 down 11.3% rising
195 Cameroon 87.8% 2023 up 10.2% rising
196 Nicaragua 87.7% 2024 up 32.1% rising
197 Cuba 87.5% 2024 up 2.6% rising
198 Yemen 87.5% 2023 up 4.1% rising
199 Niger 87.0% 2024 up 8.8% volatile
200 Chad 86.9% 2024 up 1.0% rising
201 Eritrea 86.0% 2022 up 1.2% volatile
202 Liberia 85.4% 2023 up 42.3% rising
203 Papua New Guinea 84.0% 2024 down 5.6% flat
204 Micronesia (country) 80.0% 2022 unchanged rising
204 Equatorial Guinea 80.0% 2022 up 14.3% rising
206 Kiribati 77.0% 2024 up 10.0% rising
207 Democratic Republic of Congo 75.0% 2024 up 50.0% rising
208 Haiti 70.0% 2022 up 10.5% rising
209 South Sudan 65.2% 2023 up 56.9% rising
210 Marshall Islands 65.0% 2022 unchanged flat
211 Central African Republic 59.6% 2023 down 5.4% rising
212 Tuvalu 59.3% 2022 up 212.0% volatile

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Indicator
Share of the population within range of a 2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G mobile network
Unit
%
Source
International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
212 places, 3,813 data points, 2000–2024
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Proportion of population covered by at least a 2G mobile network (%).