Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Tajikistan
Tajikistan: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 70.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
70.7%
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
144th
of 182 countries
All-time high
70.7%
in 2024
All-time low
57.2%
in 2019
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Tajikistan, 2019–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tajikistan recorded 70.7% for share of the population that owns a mobile phone in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 23.6% over ten years.
That places Tajikistan 144th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Tajikistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 57.2% | — |
| 2020 | 63.2% | +10.5% |
| 2021 | 65.7% | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 66.3% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 69.8% | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 70.7% | +1.3% |
Tajikistan compared with similar countries
- Tajikistan's 70.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 75.4%, 94% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Tajikistan's 70.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 96.0%, 74% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 57.2% | 57.2% | 57.2% | 1 |
| 2020s | 67.1% | 63.2% | 70.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tajikistan
- 142 Equatorial Guinea 71.8% compare
- 143 Sao Tome and Principe 70.9% compare
- 144 Belize 70.7% compare
- 146 India 70.2% compare
- 147 Cuba 69.8% compare
More science & technology data for Tajikistan
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 76.22 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.7622 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 7.92 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 57.06 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 19.38 % change on previous year (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 21.81 % change on previous year (2023)
- Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled 3 (2022)
- Patent applications, nonresidents 3 (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Tajikistan?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Tajikistan was 70.7% 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 Tajikistan?
- The highest recorded value was 70.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Tajikistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.2% in 2019.
- How does Tajikistan rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Tajikistan ranks 144th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Tajikistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tajikistan 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 6 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex (%).