Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Egypt
Egypt: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 97.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Egypt, 2014–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Egypt stood at 97.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Egypt peaked at 99.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 81.0%, in 2014.
That places Egypt 30th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 81.0% | — |
| 2015 | 84.8% | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 87.5% | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 97.8% | +11.8% |
| 2018 | 98.3% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 99.1% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 99.4% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 98.4% | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 97.4% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 97.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 97.4% | +0.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 97.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 75.4%, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 97.4% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 92.7%, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 91.4% | 81.0% | 99.1% | 6 |
| 2020s | 98.0% | 97.4% | 99.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More science & technology data for Egypt
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 97.13 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.9713 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 113.19 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 106.81 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 4.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 6.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled 1,272 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents 1,272 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Egypt?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Egypt was 97.4% 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.0% in 2014.
- How does Egypt rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Egypt ranks 30th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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 (%).