Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Switzerland
Switzerland: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 98.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
98.5%
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
17th
of 182 countries
All-time high
98.5%
in 2024
All-time low
95.2%
in 2020
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Switzerland, 2019–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Switzerland stood at 98.5%. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Switzerland ranks 17th of 182 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 95.5% | — |
| 2020 | 95.2% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 97.8% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 97.8% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 98.3% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 98.5% | +0.2% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 98.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 97.0%, 1.0× the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 98.5% 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 | 95.5% | 95.5% | 95.5% | 1 |
| 2020s | 97.5% | 95.2% | 98.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More science & technology data for Switzerland
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 129.47 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.28 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 11.55 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 292.37 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate -0.5767 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 22,804 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0026 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Switzerland?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Switzerland was 98.5% 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 98.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.2% in 2020.
- How does Switzerland rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Switzerland ranks 17th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Switzerland 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 (%).