Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Estonia
Estonia: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 95.9% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
95.9%
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
45th
of 182 countries
All-time high
96.7%
in 2022
All-time low
94.4%
in 2019
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Estonia, 2019–2024
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 Estonia stood at 95.9%.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Estonia ranks 45th of 182 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Estonia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 94.4% | — |
| 2020 | 94.7% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 95.1% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 96.7% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 96.4% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 95.9% | -0.5% |
Estonia compared with similar countries
- Estonia's 95.9% is below the median for high income countries, which is 97.0%, 99% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Estonia's 95.9% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 96.0%, 100% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 94.4% | 94.4% | 94.4% | 1 |
| 2020s | 95.8% | 94.7% | 96.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More science & technology data for Estonia
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 151.13 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.5 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 2.06 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 48.06 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.6232 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 0.1339 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 1,754 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0013 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Estonia?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Estonia was 95.9% 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 Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.4% in 2019.
- How does Estonia rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Estonia ranks 45th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Estonia 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 (%).