Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Lebanon
Lebanon: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 86.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
86.5%
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
97th
of 182 countries
All-time high
90.5%
in 2021
All-time low
86.5%
in 2024
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Lebanon, 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 Lebanon is 86.5%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
That places Lebanon 97th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 87.1% | — |
| 2020 | 88.3% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 90.5% | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 87.0% | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 87.2% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 86.5% | -0.8% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 86.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 75.4%, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 86.5% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 92.7%, 93% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 87.1% | 87.1% | 87.1% | 1 |
| 2020s | 87.9% | 86.5% | 90.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 94 South Africa 87.0% compare
- 95 Iran 86.8% compare
- 96 Azerbaijan 86.6% compare
- 97 Peru 86.5% compare
- 99 Saint Lucia 86.3% compare
- 100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 85.9% compare
More science & technology data for Lebanon
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 74.01 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.7401 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 4.25 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 415.62 units per square kilometre (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate -1.31 % change on previous year (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate -0.85 % change on previous year (2022)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 2,079 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0004 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Lebanon?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Lebanon was 86.5% 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 Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 90.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.5% in 2024.
- How does Lebanon rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Lebanon ranks 97th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Lebanon 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 (%).