Proportion of population covered by at least a 5G mobile network (%) by country
Countries reporting
24
Highest
100.0%
Bahrain
Lowest
18.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
96.5%
Years covered
8
2018–2025
Data points
393
What the numbers show
Proportion of population covered by at least a 5G mobile network (%) is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bahrain; the lowest is 18.0% in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 96.5%, and the mean is 84.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Proportion of population covered by at least a 5G mobile network: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 1 | Malta | 100.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 6 | Lithuania | 99.7% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 6 | Norway | 99.7% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 99.5% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 9 | Qatar | 99.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 10 | Czechia | 98.6% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Sweden | 98.2% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Austria | 98.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 13 | Iceland | 95.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 14 | Montenegro | 91.2% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Poland | 91.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Liechtenstein | 90.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Australia | 89.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 18 | Australia and New Zealand | 87.8% | 2025 | up 102.2% | rising |
| 19 | Slovakia | 83.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Maldives | 69.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 21 | South Africa | 50.5% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Mexico | 45.8% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Peru | 27.5% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 18.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 99.1%
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 99.0%
- Other non-specified areas in Eastern Asia 98.2%
- Eastern Asia 96.1%
- Northern America 95.9%
- Northern Europe 90.5%
- Southern Europe 86.3%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 79.3%
- Europe and Northern America 77.2%
- Europe 67.4%
- Oceania 60.7%
- Southern Asia 60.7%