Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Iceland
Iceland: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 98.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
98.7%
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
12th
of 182 countries
All-time high
98.7%
in 2024
All-time low
97.2%
in 2020
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Iceland, 2019–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 98.7% for share of the population that owns a mobile phone in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Iceland ranks 12th of 182 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Iceland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 97.8% | — |
| 2020 | 97.2% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 97.8% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 98.3% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 98.5% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 98.7% | +0.2% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 98.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 97.0%, 1.0× the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 98.7% 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 | 97.8% | 97.8% | 97.8% | 1 |
| 2020s | 98.1% | 97.2% | 98.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More science & technology data for Iceland
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 120.93 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.23 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 475,724 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 4.67 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate -0.4503 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 715.97 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0019 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Iceland?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Iceland was 98.7% 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 98.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.2% in 2020.
- How does Iceland rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Iceland ranks 12th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iceland 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 (%).