Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Peru
Peru: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 86.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
86.5%
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
97th
of 182 countries
All-time high
86.5%
in 2024
All-time low
79.2%
in 2017
Years of data
8
2017–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Peru, 2017–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Peru recorded 86.5% for share of the population that owns a mobile phone in 2024. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
That places Peru 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 79.2% | — |
| 2018 | 80.8% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 81.7% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 81.8% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 83.2% | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 84.9% | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 86.0% | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 86.5% | +0.6% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 86.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.9%, 100% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Peru's 86.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 83.7%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 80.6% | 79.2% | 81.7% | 3 |
| 2020s | 84.5% | 81.8% | 86.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 94 South Africa 87.0% compare
- 95 Iran 86.8% compare
- 96 Azerbaijan 86.6% compare
- 97 Lebanon 86.5% compare
- 99 Saint Lucia 86.3% compare
- 100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 85.9% compare
More science & technology data for Peru
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 124.62 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.25 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 42.64 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 32.25 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 3.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 5,242 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0002 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Peru?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Peru 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 86.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.2% in 2017.
- How does Peru rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Peru ranks 97th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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 (%).