Proportion of population covered by at least a 4G mobile network (%) by country
Countries reporting
225
Highest
100.0%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0.2%
Central African Republic
Median
97.0%
Years covered
14
2012–2025
Data points
2,796
What the numbers show
Proportion of population covered by at least a 4G mobile network (%) is currently reported for 225 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0.2% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.0%, and the mean is 88.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 444.
Over the past decade 141 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 19,780.0%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 6.3%).
Proportion of population covered by at least a 4G mobile network (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 1 | Armenia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 117.4% | rising |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 2024 | up 104.1% | volatile |
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 1 | China | 100.0% | 2024 | up 129.4% | rising |
| 1 | Colombia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greenland | 100.0% | 2024 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 1 | Italy | 100.0% | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100.0% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2024 | up 122.2% | rising |
| 1 | Maldives | 100.0% | 2024 | up 127.3% | rising |
| 1 | Malta | 100.0% | 2024 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2024 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | British Virgin Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | up 108.3% | rising |
| 1 | Ascension | 100.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 31 | Finland | 100.0% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 31 | Lithuania | 100.0% | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 33 | Germany | 100.0% | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 99.9% | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 34 | Greece | 99.9% | 2024 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 34 | Jordan | 99.9% | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 34 | South Korea | 99.9% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 34 | Slovenia | 99.9% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 34 | Republic of Korea | 99.9% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 34 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 99.9% | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 41 | Bermuda | 99.8% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 41 | Vietnam | 99.8% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Viet Nam | 99.8% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Czechia | 99.8% | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 44 | Ireland | 99.8% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 44 | Morocco | 99.8% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 99.8% | 2024 | up 189.1% | rising |
| 48 | Croatia | 99.7% | 2024 | up 121.6% | rising |
| 48 | North Macedonia | 99.7% | 2024 | up 121.6% | rising |
| 50 | Georgia | 99.7% | 2024 | up 398.6% | rising |
| 51 | Spain | 99.7% | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 51 | Togo | 99.7% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Turkey | 99.7% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 51 | Türkiye | 99.7% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 99.6% | 2024 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 56 | Albania | 99.6% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 57 | Canada | 99.5% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 58 | South Africa | 99.4% | 2024 | up 192.4% | rising |
| 59 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.4% | 2024 | up 19,780.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Moldova | 99.4% | 2024 | up 201.2% | rising |
| 59 | Republic of Moldova | 99.4% | 2024 | up 201.2% | rising |
| 62 | Ghana | 99.3% | 2024 | up 893.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Hungary | 99.2% | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 63 | Iceland | 99.2% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 63 | Lebanon | 99.2% | 2024 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 66 | Indonesia | 99.2% | 2024 | up 891.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Algeria | 99.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 67 | India | 99.1% | 2024 | up 4,853.0% | rising |
| 67 | Romania | 99.1% | 2024 | up 77.5% | rising |
| 70 | Brunei | 99.0% | 2024 | up 800.4% | rising |
| 70 | Brunei Darussalam | 99.0% | 2024 | up 800.4% | rising |
| 72 | Antigua and Barbuda | 99.0% | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 72 | Belarus | 99.0% | 2024 | up 1,550.0% | rising |
| 72 | Barbados | 99.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Curacao | 99.0% | 2023 | up 576.2% | rising |
| 72 | Estonia | 99.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 72 | France | 99.0% | 2024 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 72 | Israel | 99.0% | 2024 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 72 | Jamaica | 99.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Mongolia | 99.0% | 2024 | up 1,334.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Mauritius | 99.0% | 2024 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 72 | Oman | 99.0% | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 72 | San Marino | 99.0% | 2024 | up 890.0% | rising |
| 72 | Slovakia | 99.0% | 2024 | up 90.4% | rising |
| 72 | Seychelles | 99.0% | 2024 | up 890.0% | rising |
| 72 | Thailand | 99.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 72 | United States | 99.0% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 72 | Samoa | 99.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Curaçao | 99.0% | 2023 | up 576.2% | rising |
| 72 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 91 | Serbia | 98.8% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 92 | Rwanda | 98.8% | 2024 | up 1,134.5% | rising |
| 93 | Dominica | 98.8% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Philippines | 98.7% | 2024 | up 105.6% | rising |
| 95 | Malaysia | 98.6% | 2024 | up 198.8% | rising |
| 96 | Andorra | 98.5% | 2024 | up 97.0% | rising |
| 96 | Grenada | 98.5% | 2024 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 96 | New Zealand | 98.5% | 2024 | up 97.0% | rising |
| 99 | Iraq | 98.5% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Liechtenstein | 98.3% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 101 | Japan | 98.1% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 101 | Montenegro | 98.1% | 2024 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 103 | Austria | 98.0% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Egypt | 98.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Gabon | 98.0% | 2024 | up 880.0% | rising |
| 107 | Argentina | 97.7% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 97.6% | 2024 | up 876.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Senegal | 97.5% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | 97.4% | 2024 | up 289.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Mexico | 97.4% | 2024 | up 224.7% | rising |
| 112 | Kenya | 97.3% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Bhutan | 97.0% | 2024 | up 804.9% | rising |
| 113 | Uzbekistan | 97.0% | 2024 | up 9,600.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Saint Helena | 97.0% | 2024 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 116 | Paraguay | 96.9% | 2024 | up 142.2% | rising |
| 117 | Chile | 96.0% | 2024 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 96.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Sao Tome and Principe | 96.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Tonga | 96.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Tunisia | 96.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 122 | Ecuador | 95.9% | 2024 | up 240.3% | rising |
| 123 | Bahamas | 95.0% | 2024 | up 171.4% | rising |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 95.0% | 2024 | up 352.4% | rising |
| 123 | Latvia | 95.0% | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 123 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 95.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 123 | Ukraine | 95.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Myanmar | 94.5% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 94.2% | 2024 | up 2,074.8% | rising |
| 130 | Jersey | 94.2% | 2024 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 131 | Comoros | 94.0% | 2024 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 131 | Trinidad and Tobago | 94.0% | 2024 | up 840.0% | rising |
| 133 | Australia and New Zealand | 94.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 134 | Cote d'Ivoire | 93.7% | 2024 | up 243.6% | rising |
| 134 | Côte d'Ivoire | 93.7% | 2024 | up 243.6% | rising |
| 136 | Peru | 93.3% | 2024 | up 166.5% | rising |
| 137 | Cambodia | 93.2% | 2024 | up 935.6% | rising |
| 138 | Botswana | 93.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 138 | Russia | 93.0% | 2024 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 138 | Russian Federation | 93.0% | 2024 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 141 | Uruguay | 92.7% | 2024 | up 106.0% | rising |
| 142 | Guatemala | 92.0% | 2024 | up 820.0% | rising |
| 143 | Kazakhstan | 91.6% | 2024 | up 111.5% | rising |
| 144 | Zambia | 91.2% | 2024 | up 19,726.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Brazil | 91.2% | 2024 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 146 | Honduras | 91.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 147 | Libya | 90.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Puerto Rico | 90.0% | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 147 | French Polynesia | 90.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 147 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 90.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 147 | United States Virgin Islands | 90.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Vanuatu | 90.0% | 2024 | up 400.0% | rising |
| 153 | Australia | 89.0% | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 154 | Malawi | 88.9% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Cabo Verde | 88.5% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Namibia | 88.0% | 2024 | up 137.8% | rising |
| 156 | United Republic of Tanzania | 88.0% | 2024 | up 252.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Belize | 87.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 158 | Eswatini | 87.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Nepal | 86.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 86.0% | 2024 | up 5,275.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Lesotho | 85.1% | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 163 | Benin | 85.0% | 2024 | up 637.8% | rising |
| 163 | Fiji | 85.0% | 2024 | up 466.7% | rising |
| 163 | Panama | 85.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 85.0% | 2024 | up 750.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 85.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Tajikistan | 84.7% | 2024 | up 142.0% | rising |
| 169 | Nigeria | 84.6% | 2024 | up 879.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Mozambique | 84.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Guam | 82.8% | 2024 | up 84.0% | rising |
| 172 | Suriname | 82.6% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Uganda | 82.0% | 2024 | up 446.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Sierra Leone | 81.6% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Mali | 81.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Pakistan | 81.0% | 2024 | up 1,057.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Liberia | 80.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 177 | El Salvador | 80.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 177 | Turkmenistan | 80.0% | 2024 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 180 | New Caledonia | 79.5% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 181 | Nicaragua | 79.0% | 2024 | up 1,875.0% | rising |
| 182 | Nauru | 79.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Naoero | 79.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Congo | 77.5% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Angola | 77.4% | 2024 | up 1,005.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Guinea | 77.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Djibouti | 76.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Laos | 76.0% | 2024 | up 3,700.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Papua New Guinea | 76.0% | 2024 | up 985.7% | rising |
| 187 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 76.0% | 2024 | up 3,700.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Cameroon | 75.4% | 2024 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 192 | Syria | 75.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 192 | Syrian Arab Republic | 75.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Guernsey | 74.2% | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 195 | Mauritania | 73.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 196 | Niue | 70.0% | 2024 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 196 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 70.0% | 2024 | up 180.0% | rising |
| 198 | Gambia | 69.9% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 199 | Caribbean | 68.4% | 2025 | up 122.9% | rising |
| 200 | Equatorial Guinea | 65.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 201 | Aruba | 64.1% | 2024 | up 199.0% | rising |
| 202 | Burkina Faso | 63.7% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 203 | Kiribati | 62.0% | 2024 | up 210.0% | rising |
| 204 | Somalia | 61.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Chad | 60.0% | 2024 | up 597.7% | volatile |
| 206 | Yemen | 56.7% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Cook Islands | 55.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Sudan | 54.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 209 | Zimbabwe | 51.6% | 2024 | up 2,480.0% | rising |
| 210 | Cuba | 50.2% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 211 | Guyana | 50.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 212 | East Timor | 45.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 212 | Timor-Leste | 45.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 212 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 215 | Ethiopia | 44.0% | 2024 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 216 | Niger | 40.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 217 | Afghanistan | 37.3% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 218 | Guinea-Bissau | 35.8% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 219 | Haiti | 35.7% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 220 | Solomon Islands | 35.2% | 2024 | up 206.0% | rising |
| 221 | Madagascar | 34.6% | 2024 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 222 | Burundi | 32.2% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 223 | Tuvalu | 31.3% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 224 | South Sudan | 15.0% | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 225 | Central African Republic | 0.2% | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Other non-specified areas in Eastern Asia 100.0%
- Southern Europe 99.9%
- Northern Europe 99.9%
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 99.7%
- Western Europe 99.5%
- Northern America 99.1%
- United States of America 99.0%
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 99.0%
- Southern Africa 98.7%
- Europe and Northern America 98.5%
- South-eastern Asia 98.4%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 98.3%
- Eastern Asia 98.2%
- Europe 98.2%
- Asia 96.4%
- Eastern Europe 95.8%
- Central America 95.4%
- Southern Asia 95.4%
- Central and Southern Asia 95.2%
- Americas 94.3%
- World 92.7%
- Central Asia 92.3%
- South America 92.1%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 91.5%
- Western Asia 90.2%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 90.0%
- Oceania 89.7%
- Northern Africa 89.7%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 80.0%
- Western Africa 78.3%
- Africa 77.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 75.0%
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 73.3%
- Eastern Africa 72.7%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 71.2%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 66.1%
- Middle Africa 65.5%