Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Norway
Norway: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 98.2% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
98.2%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
21st
of 182 countries
All-time high
98.2%
in 2022
All-time low
88.8%
in 2019
Years of data
7
2017–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Norway, 2017–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Norway recorded 98.2% for share of the population that owns a mobile phone in 2024. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% over ten years.
That places Norway 21st out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Norway, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 98.0% | — |
| 2019 | 88.8% | -9.4% |
| 2020 | 92.3% | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 96.0% | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 98.2% | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 98.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 98.2% | +0.0% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 98.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 97.0%, 1.0× the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Norway's 98.2% 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 | 93.4% | 88.8% | 98.0% | 2 |
| 2020s | 96.6% | 92.3% | 98.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More science & technology data for Norway
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 109.35 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.09 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 6.10 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 16.61 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate -0.2781 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 0.7601 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 13,756 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0025 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Norway?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Norway was 98.2% 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 98.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.8% in 2019.
- How does Norway rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Norway ranks 21st out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Norway 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 (%).