Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Bhutan
Bhutan: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 93.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
93.2%
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
68th
of 182 countries
All-time high
93.2%
in 2024
All-time low
76.6%
in 2019
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Bhutan, 2019–2024
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 Bhutan is 93.2%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 21.7% over ten years.
Bhutan ranks 68th of 182 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 76.6% | — |
| 2020 | 79.3% | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 87.2% | +10.0% |
| 2022 | 91.4% | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 92.4% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 93.2% | +0.9% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 93.2% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 75.4%, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 93.2% is above the median for South Asia, which is 74.3%, 1.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 76.6% | 76.6% | 76.6% | 1 |
| 2020s | 88.7% | 79.3% | 93.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More science & technology data for Bhutan
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 99.76 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.9976 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 789,606 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 19.72 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 4.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 102.52 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0001 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Bhutan?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Bhutan was 93.2% 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 93.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.6% in 2019.
- How does Bhutan rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Bhutan ranks 68th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 6 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex (%).