Share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex in Turkey
Turkey: Share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex was 95.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
95.0%
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
20th
of 37 countries
All-time high
95.0%
in 2025
All-time low
89.4%
in 2020
Years of data
6
2020–2025
Share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex in Turkey, 2020–2025
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 Turkey is 95.0%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Turkey ranks 20th of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex in Turkey, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 89.4% | — |
| 2021 | 89.7% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 91.6% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 94.1% | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 94.4% | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 95.0% | +0.6% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 95.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 87.6%, 1.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 95.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 96.7%, 98% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Turkey
More science & technology data for Turkey
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 107.83 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.1 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 94.32 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 119.84 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 2.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled 347 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents 347 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex in Turkey?
- Share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex in Turkey was 95.0% 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 Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 95.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.4% in 2020.
- How does Turkey rank for share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex?
- Turkey ranks 20th out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey 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 (%).