Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 86.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Azerbaijan, 2013–2025
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Azerbaijan is 86.6%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Azerbaijan peaked at 86.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 72.4%, in 2013.
Azerbaijan ranks 96th of 182 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Azerbaijan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 72.4% | — |
| 2014 | 73.9% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 74.1% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 73.4% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 84.0% | +14.4% |
| 2018 | 83.5% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 84.0% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 84.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 83.8% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 84.3% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 84.5% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 86.6% | +2.5% |
Azerbaijan compared with similar countries
- Azerbaijan's 86.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.9%, 100% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Azerbaijan's 86.6% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 96.0%, 90% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 77.8% | 72.4% | 84.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 84.5% | 83.8% | 86.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Azerbaijan
More science & technology data for Azerbaijan
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 109.54 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.11 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 11.32 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 134.44 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 1.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 1,544 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0002 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Azerbaijan?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Azerbaijan was 86.6% in 2025, according to International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The highest recorded value was 86.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.4% in 2013.
- How does Azerbaijan rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Azerbaijan ranks 96th out of 182 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Azerbaijan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Azerbaijan data come from?
- The figures come from International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population that owns a mobile phone. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex (%).