Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Belarus
Belarus: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 97.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
97.7%
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
27th
of 182 countries
All-time high
97.7%
in 2024
All-time low
93.5%
in 2017
Years of data
8
2017–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Belarus, 2017–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 97.7% for share of the population that owns a mobile phone in 2024. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
That places Belarus 27th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 93.5% | — |
| 2018 | 94.8% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 95.3% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 95.9% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 97.1% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 97.0% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 97.6% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 97.7% | +0.1% |
Belarus compared with similar countries
- Belarus's 97.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.9%, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Belarus's 97.7% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 96.0%, 1.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 94.5% | 93.5% | 95.3% | 3 |
| 2020s | 97.1% | 95.9% | 97.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
More science & technology data for Belarus
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 131.12 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.3 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 11.88 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 57.92 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 1,429 (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 Belarus?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Belarus was 97.7% in 2024, 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 Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 97.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.5% in 2017.
- How does Belarus rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Belarus ranks 27th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belarus 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 (%).