Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Nauru
Nauru: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 88.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
88.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
88th
of 182 countries
All-time high
91.4%
in 2021
All-time low
88.0%
in 2023
Years of data
5
2019–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Nauru, 2019–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Nauru recorded 88.0% for share of the population that owns a mobile phone in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.0% over ten years.
Nauru ranks 88th of 182 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Nauru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 90.7% | — |
| 2021 | 91.4% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 88.1% | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 88.0% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 88.0% | +0.0% |
Nauru compared with similar countries
- Nauru's 88.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 97.0%, 91% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Nauru's 88.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 84.8%, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 90.7% | 90.7% | 90.7% | 1 |
| 2020s | 88.9% | 88.0% | 91.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nauru
More science & technology data for Nauru
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 87.17 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.8717 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 10,287 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 514.35 units per square kilometre (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 2.07 % change on previous year (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2022)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 0.13 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Nauru?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Nauru was 88.0% 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 Nauru?
- The highest recorded value was 91.4% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Nauru?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.0% in 2023.
- How does Nauru rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Nauru ranks 88th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Nauru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nauru 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 (%).