Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Portugal
Portugal: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 97.4% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
97.4%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
30th
of 182 countries
All-time high
97.4%
in 2023
All-time low
93.3%
in 2019
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Portugal, 2019–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 97.4% 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 4.4% over ten years.
That places Portugal 30th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Portugal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 93.3% | — |
| 2020 | 96.2% | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 96.8% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 97.1% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 97.4% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 97.4% | +0.0% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 97.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 97.0%, 1.0× the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 97.4% 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 | 93.3% | 93.3% | 93.3% | 1 |
| 2020s | 97.0% | 96.2% | 97.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More science & technology data for Portugal
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 124.13 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.21 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 12.94 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 140.06 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.9171 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 0.8644 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 18,225 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0017 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Portugal?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Portugal was 97.4% 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 97.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.3% in 2019.
- How does Portugal rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Portugal ranks 30th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Portugal 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 (%).