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

Countries reporting
227
Highest
100.0%
Albania
Lowest
59.3%
Tuvalu
Median
99.1%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
4,457

What the numbers show

Proportion of population covered by at least a 2G mobile network (%) is currently reported for 227 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 96.7%.

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

Over the past decade 137 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Tuvalu (up 212.0%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 11.3%).

Proportion of population covered by at least a 2G 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 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
1 Syrian Arab Republic 100.0% 2024 up 28.2% rising
1 Curaçao 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Ascension 100.0% 2022 — volatile
60 Bulgaria 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
60 Finland 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
60 Moldova 100.0% 2024 up 1.0% rising
60 Republic of Moldova 100.0% 2024 up 1.0% rising
64 Germany 100.0% 2024 up 1.0% flat
65 North Macedonia 99.9% 2024 up 0.2% flat
66 Belarus 99.9% 2024 up 0.1% rising
66 Czechia 99.9% 2024 up 0.1% flat
66 United Kingdom 99.9% 2024 up 0.2% flat
66 Georgia 99.9% 2024 up 0.9% rising
66 Greece 99.9% 2024 unchanged flat
66 Ireland 99.9% 2024 up 0.9% flat
66 Jordan 99.9% 2024 up 0.9% flat
66 Japan 99.9% 2023 unchanged flat
66 South Korea 99.9% 2024 unchanged rising
66 Slovenia 99.9% 2024 up 0.2% flat
66 Turkey 99.9% 2024 up 1.9% rising
66 Ukraine 99.9% 2022 unchanged rising
66 Vietnam 99.9% 2024 up 6.3% rising
66 South Africa 99.9% 2024 unchanged rising
66 Republic of Korea 99.9% 2024 unchanged rising
66 Viet Nam 99.9% 2024 up 6.3% rising
66 Türkiye 99.9% 2024 up 1.9% rising
66 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 99.9% 2024 up 0.2% flat
84 Egypt 99.9% 2024 up 0.1% flat
85 Bermuda 99.8% 2024 up 0.9% flat
86 Rwanda 99.8% 2024 down 0.1% rising
86 Australia and New Zealand 99.8% 2025 up 1.0% flat
88 Paraguay 99.8% 2023 up 0.1% flat
89 Spain 99.8% 2023 unchanged flat
90 Serbia 99.8% 2024 up 0.0% flat
91 Romania 99.8% 2024 down 0.1% flat
92 Bangladesh 99.7% 2024 up 0.7% rising
93 Australia 99.7% 2024 up 0.7% flat
93 Canada 99.7% 2024 up 0.7% rising
93 Togo 99.7% 2024 up 9.6% rising
96 Lebanon 99.7% 2022 up 0.6% flat
97 Kyrgyzstan 99.6% 2024 up 1.9% rising
98 Indonesia 99.6% 2024 up 13.3% rising
99 Ghana 99.5% 2024 up 2.9% rising
100 Sri Lanka 99.5% 2024 up 1.6% rising
101 Andorra 99.5% 2024 up 0.4% rising
101 Dominican Republic 99.5% 2024 up 1.0% rising
101 Iceland 99.5% 2024 up 0.5% flat
101 Cambodia 99.5% 2024 up 0.5% rising
101 Morocco 99.5% 2024 up 0.3% rising
101 Senegal 99.5% 2023 up 8.6% rising
101 Uzbekistan 99.5% 2024 up 1.7% rising
108 Russia 99.4% 2024 up 11.7% rising
108 Russian Federation 99.4% 2024 up 11.7% rising
110 Cabo Verde 99.3% 2024 up 0.9% rising
111 India 99.3% 2024 up 6.2% rising
112 Ethiopia 99.2% 2024 up 10.3% rising
113 Hungary 99.2% 2023 up 0.2% flat
114 Eswatini 99.1% 2024 up 2.4% rising
115 Brunei 99.1% 2024 up 2.1% flat
115 Brunei Darussalam 99.1% 2024 up 2.1% flat
117 Aruba 99.0% 2022 unchanged flat
117 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0% 2022 down 1.0% flat
117 Austria 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
117 Bahamas 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
117 Botswana 99.0% 2024 up 1.0% flat
117 Chile 99.0% 2024 up 3.1% flat
117 France 99.0% 2023 unchanged flat
117 Gabon 99.0% 2024 up 6.5% rising
117 Israel 99.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
117 Latvia 99.0% 2024 up 0.2% flat
117 Mauritius 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
117 Philippines 99.0% 2024 unchanged rising
117 San Marino 99.0% 2022 up 1.0% flat
117 Seychelles 99.0% 2024 up 1.0% flat
117 Thailand 99.0% 2024 up 2.1% rising
117 Tonga 99.0% 2022 up 7.6% rising
117 Tunisia 99.0% 2024 unchanged rising
117 United States 99.0% 2024 down 0.9% flat
117 Samoa 99.0% 2022 up 2.1% flat
117 Anguilla 99.0% 2022 unchanged flat
117 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 99.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
117 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 99.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
117 Yugoslavia [former] 99.0% 2005 up 28.6% rising
140 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 99.0% 2024 up 5.1% rising
141 Cote d'Ivoire 98.9% 2024 up 1.0% rising
141 Côte d'Ivoire 98.9% 2024 up 1.0% rising
143 Argentina 98.9% 2024 up 0.9% rising
144 New Zealand 98.6% 2024 up 1.7% flat
145 Malaysia 98.6% 2024 up 3.4% rising
146 Montenegro 98.6% 2024 down 0.9% flat
147 Algeria 98.5% 2023 up 0.5% rising
148 Gambia 98.5% 2024 up 4.8% rising
149 Mexico 98.4% 2024 down 1.5% flat
150 Kazakhstan 98.2% 2024 up 13.4% rising
150 United Republic of Tanzania 98.2% 2024 up 3.4% rising
152 Belize 98.0% 2022 up 10.3% rising
153 Benin 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
153 Bhutan 98.0% 2024 unchanged rising
153 Kenya 98.0% 2024 up 10.0% rising
153 Libya 98.0% 2022 unchanged flat
153 Nauru 98.0% 2022 unchanged flat
153 Palau 98.0% 2022 unchanged rising
153 French Polynesia 98.0% 2023 unchanged rising
153 El Salvador 98.0% 2024 up 11.8% rising
153 Turks and Caicos Islands 98.0% 2022 unchanged flat
153 Turkmenistan 98.0% 2022 up 4.4% volatile
153 Uganda 98.0% 2024 up 7.7% rising
153 Saint Helena 98.0% 2022 unchanged volatile
153 State of Palestine 98.0% 2023 down 1.0% flat
153 Naoero 98.0% 2022 unchanged flat
167 Guyana 97.7% 2022 up 0.7% flat
168 New Caledonia 97.4% 2022 up 9.4% rising
169 Zambia 97.1% 2024 up 24.5% rising
170 Ecuador 97.0% 2024 up 0.2% rising
171 Laos 97.0% 2023 up 1.0% rising
171 Mauritania 97.0% 2023 up 7.8% rising
171 Sao Tome and Principe 97.0% 2024 up 22.8% rising
171 Lao People's Democratic Republic 97.0% 2023 up 1.0% rising
175 Burundi 96.8% 2023 up 84.4% rising
176 East Timor 96.5% 2024 up 0.5% rising
176 Timor-Leste 96.5% 2024 up 0.5% rising
178 Myanmar 96.4% 2023 up 32.0% rising
179 Panama 96.0% 2023 unchanged rising
179 Sierra Leone 96.0% 2023 up 6.7% rising
179 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 96.0% 2022 unchanged volatile
182 Lesotho 95.8% 2024 up 3.4% rising
182 Peru 95.8% 2024 down 4.2% flat
184 Uruguay 95.4% 2024 down 4.6% falling
185 Nigeria 95.3% 2024 down 4.1% rising
186 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 95.1% 2022 up 0.1% volatile
187 Costa Rica 95.0% 2024 up 1.7% rising
187 Solomon Islands 95.0% 2022 up 4.4% rising
189 Tajikistan 94.3% 2022 up 57.1% rising
190 Comoros 94.0% 2023 up 3.5% rising
190 Fiji 94.0% 2024 up 6.8% rising
190 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 94.0% 2024 down 2.1% rising
193 Zimbabwe 93.8% 2024 up 6.6% rising
194 Burkina Faso 93.0% 2024 unchanged rising
194 Honduras 93.0% 2024 down 6.9% rising
196 Brazil 92.7% 2024 down 0.9% flat
197 Afghanistan 92.3% 2023 up 4.2% rising
198 Pakistan 92.0% 2024 up 12.9% rising
199 Sudan 91.6% 2022 up 3.7% rising
200 Djibouti 90.0% 2023 down 5.3% rising
200 Malawi 90.0% 2024 down 5.3% rising
200 Somalia 90.0% 2023 up 12.5% rising
200 Vanuatu 90.0% 2024 down 3.2% rising
204 Angola 89.6% 2024 down 2.6% rising
205 Congo 89.3% 2023 down 6.0% rising
206 Caribbean 88.8% 2025 up 1.0% flat
207 Madagascar 88.5% 2023 down 3.9% volatile
208 Mozambique 88.0% 2024 up 22.2% rising
209 Guinea 87.9% 2022 down 11.3% rising
210 Cameroon 87.8% 2023 up 10.2% rising
211 Nicaragua 87.7% 2024 up 32.1% rising
212 Cuba 87.5% 2024 up 2.6% rising
213 Yemen 87.5% 2023 up 4.1% rising
214 Niger 87.0% 2024 up 8.8% volatile
215 Chad 86.9% 2024 up 1.0% rising
216 Eritrea 86.0% 2022 up 1.2% volatile
217 Liberia 85.4% 2023 up 42.3% rising
218 Papua New Guinea 84.0% 2024 down 5.6% flat
219 Equatorial Guinea 80.0% 2022 up 14.3% rising
219 Micronesia (Federated States of) 80.0% 2022 unchanged rising
221 Kiribati 77.0% 2024 up 10.0% rising
222 Democratic Republic of the Congo 75.0% 2024 up 50.0% rising
223 Haiti 70.0% 2022 up 10.5% rising
224 South Sudan 65.2% 2023 up 56.9% rising
225 Marshall Islands 65.0% 2022 unchanged flat
226 Central African Republic 59.6% 2023 down 5.4% rising
227 Tuvalu 59.3% 2022 up 212.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Proportion of population covered by at least a 2G mobile network (%)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
264 places, 4,457 data points, 2000–2025
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