Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex (%) by country
Countries reporting
187
Highest
100.0%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
27.8%
Burundi
Median
87.5%
Years covered
13
2013–2025
Data points
1,598
What the numbers show
Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex (%) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 27.8% in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 87.5%, and the mean is 84.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 150 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 206.8%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 28.8%).
Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 4 | Kuwait | 99.9% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 5 | Singapore | 99.8% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 6 | Monaco | 99.5% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 7 | Spain | 99.1% | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 7 | Romania | 99.1% | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 9 | Austria | 98.8% | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 9 | Czechia | 98.8% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 9 | Russia | 98.8% | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 98.8% | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 13 | Iceland | 98.7% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 13 | Luxembourg | 98.7% | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 13 | Slovakia | 98.7% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 16 | Denmark | 98.6% | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 16 | Qatar | 98.6% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 18 | Switzerland | 98.5% | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 18 | Oman | 98.5% | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 20 | China | 98.4% | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 21 | Malaysia | 98.3% | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 22 | Norway | 98.2% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Slovenia | 98.0% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 24 | South Korea | 97.9% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 97.9% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 26 | Ireland | 97.8% | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 26 | Malta | 97.8% | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 28 | Belarus | 97.7% | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 28 | Liechtenstein | 97.7% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 30 | Australia | 97.5% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 31 | Egypt | 97.4% | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 31 | Portugal | 97.4% | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 31 | Serbia | 97.4% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 34 | Croatia | 97.3% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 34 | Australia and New Zealand | 97.3% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 36 | Finland | 97.1% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 36 | San Marino | 97.1% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 36 | United States | 97.1% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 39 | Cyprus | 97.0% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 39 | Israel | 97.0% | 2024 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 39 | Morocco | 97.0% | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 42 | Belgium | 96.9% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 43 | Andorra | 96.7% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 44 | Turkey | 96.6% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 44 | Türkiye | 96.6% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 46 | Italy | 96.0% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 46 | Holy See | 96.0% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 48 | Estonia | 95.9% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 48 | France | 95.9% | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 48 | United Kingdom | 95.9% | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 48 | New Zealand | 95.9% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 48 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 95.9% | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 53 | Hungary | 95.8% | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 54 | Canada | 95.7% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 54 | Greece | 95.7% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 95.6% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 57 | Uruguay | 95.5% | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 58 | Sweden | 95.1% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 59 | Latvia | 95.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 59 | Montenegro | 95.0% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 59 | Seychelles | 95.0% | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 62 | Georgia | 94.6% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 63 | Lithuania | 94.4% | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 64 | Bahamas | 94.0% | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 64 | Guyana | 94.0% | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 66 | Chile | 93.8% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 66 | Japan | 93.8% | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 93.8% | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 93.8% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 70 | Poland | 93.5% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 71 | Bhutan | 93.2% | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 72 | Algeria | 92.7% | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 72 | Maldives | 92.7% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 72 | Ukraine | 92.7% | 2024 | up 138.3% | rising |
| 75 | North Macedonia | 92.3% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 76 | Mongolia | 92.1% | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 77 | Brunei | 91.9% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 77 | Brunei Darussalam | 91.9% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 79 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 91.6% | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 80 | Germany | 91.3% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 81 | Tunisia | 90.9% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 82 | Moldova | 90.4% | 2024 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 82 | Republic of Moldova | 90.4% | 2024 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 84 | Argentina | 90.0% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 85 | Iraq | 89.5% | 2024 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 86 | Albania | 89.2% | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 86 | Suriname | 89.2% | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 88 | Mauritius | 89.0% | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 88 | Thailand | 89.0% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 88.9% | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 91 | Jordan | 88.4% | 2024 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 92 | Nauru | 88.0% | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 92 | Naoero | 88.0% | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 94 | Antigua and Barbuda | 87.5% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 94 | Jamaica | 87.5% | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 96 | Brazil | 87.4% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 96 | Dominica | 87.4% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 98 | Libya | 87.3% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | South Africa | 87.0% | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 100 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 86.8% | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 86.6% | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 102 | Lebanon | 86.5% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 102 | Peru | 86.5% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 104 | Saint Lucia | 86.3% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 105 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 85.9% | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 106 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 85.8% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 107 | United Republic of Tanzania | 85.3% | 2024 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 85.2% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 109 | Gabon | 84.8% | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 84.8% | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 109 | Vietnam | 84.8% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 109 | Viet Nam | 84.8% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 113 | Trinidad and Tobago | 84.1% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 114 | Barbados | 83.7% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 115 | Eswatini | 83.6% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 116 | Mauritania | 83.2% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 83.0% | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 118 | Fiji | 82.7% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 118 | State of Palestine | 82.7% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 120 | Guinea | 82.2% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 121 | Paraguay | 81.8% | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 122 | Zimbabwe | 81.6% | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 122 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 81.6% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 124 | Cabo Verde | 81.4% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 125 | Mexico | 81.2% | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 126 | Cambodia | 80.7% | 2024 | up 206.8% | rising |
| 127 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 80.5% | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 128 | Grenada | 80.1% | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 129 | Mozambique | 79.9% | 2024 | up 154.5% | rising |
| 129 | Panama | 79.9% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 131 | Armenia | 79.8% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 131 | El Salvador | 79.8% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 133 | Namibia | 79.7% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 133 | Philippines | 79.7% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 135 | Senegal | 79.4% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 136 | Dominican Republic | 78.6% | 2024 | down 14.5% | flat |
| 137 | Nepal | 78.4% | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 138 | Colombia | 78.1% | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 139 | Marshall Islands | 77.1% | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 140 | Laos | 76.9% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 140 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 76.9% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 142 | Honduras | 75.6% | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 143 | Caribbean | 75.3% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 144 | Lesotho | 75.2% | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 145 | Guatemala | 74.0% | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 146 | Ghana | 73.1% | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 147 | Djibouti | 73.0% | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 147 | Tonga | 73.0% | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 71.8% | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 150 | Sao Tome and Principe | 70.9% | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 151 | Belize | 70.7% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 151 | Tajikistan | 70.7% | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 153 | India | 70.2% | 2025 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 154 | Cuba | 69.8% | 2024 | up 189.6% | rising |
| 155 | Nigeria | 69.5% | 2024 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 156 | Mali | 69.2% | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 157 | Congo | 69.1% | 2024 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 158 | Indonesia | 68.6% | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 159 | Cameroon | 67.4% | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 160 | Sri Lanka | 65.9% | 2024 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 161 | Cote d'Ivoire | 65.3% | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 161 | Gambia | 65.3% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 161 | Côte d'Ivoire | 65.3% | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 164 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 65.2% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 165 | Benin | 65.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 166 | Bangladesh | 64.4% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 167 | Burkina Faso | 63.9% | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 167 | Niger | 63.9% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 169 | Guinea-Bissau | 61.9% | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 170 | Ecuador | 61.3% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 171 | Haiti | 60.3% | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 172 | Angola | 59.7% | 2024 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 173 | Kiribati | 59.4% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 174 | Togo | 59.3% | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 175 | Solomon Islands | 58.6% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 176 | Malawi | 57.2% | 2024 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 177 | Liberia | 54.8% | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 178 | Ethiopia | 52.7% | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 179 | Rwanda | 51.5% | 2024 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 180 | Sierra Leone | 50.3% | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 181 | Afghanistan | 48.4% | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 182 | Papua New Guinea | 48.1% | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 183 | Zambia | 47.4% | 2024 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 184 | Madagascar | 44.4% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 185 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 44.3% | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 186 | Uganda | 43.3% | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 187 | Burundi | 27.8% | 2024 | up 143.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 98.1%
- United States of America 97.1%
- Eastern Europe 97.0%
- Northern America 96.9%
- Southern Europe 96.9%
- Other non-specified areas in Eastern Asia 96.8%
- Europe and Northern America 96.6%
- Northern Europe 96.2%
- Europe 96.0%
- Western Europe 93.9%
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 93.4%
- Eastern Asia 93.1%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 90.8%
- Americas 89.1%
- Northern Africa 87.7%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 87.2%
- South America 86.7%
- Western Asia 86.7%
- Central Asia 86.3%
- Southern Africa 86.3%
- Oceania 85.3%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 84.5%
- World 82.3%
- South-Eastern Asia 82.3%
- Asia 81.2%
- Central America 80.3%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 74.3%
- Central and Southern Asia 70.8%
- Western Africa 70.3%
- Africa 69.4%
- Southern Asia 69.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 65.5%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 64.3%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 63.1%
- Eastern Africa 61.9%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 52.7%
- Middle Africa 51.9%