Share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex in Kuwait
Kuwait: Share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex was 99.9% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex in Kuwait, 2017–2025
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex in Kuwait is 99.9%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex in Kuwait peaked at 99.9% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 97.7%, in 2023.
Kuwait ranks 4th of 37 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 99.9% | — |
| 2018 | 99.4% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 99.2% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 99.8% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 97.7% | -2.1% |
| 2025 | 99.9% | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 99.5% | 99.2% | 99.9% | 3 |
| 2020s | 99.3% | 97.7% | 99.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 1 Bahrain 100.0% compare
- 1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% compare
- 1 United Arab Emirates 100.0% compare
- 5 Russian Federation 98.9% compare
- 6 Czechia 98.8% compare
- 7 Romania 98.5% compare
More science & technology data for Kuwait
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 167.68 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.67 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 8.11 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 455.32 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate -0.3956 % change on previous year (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 1,395 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0003 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex in Kuwait?
- Share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex in Kuwait was 99.9% in 2025, according to International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.7% in 2023.
- How does Kuwait rank for share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex?
- Kuwait ranks 4th out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex (%).