Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Togo
Togo: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 59.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
59.3%
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
169th
of 182 countries
All-time high
59.3%
in 2024
All-time low
43.9%
in 2017
Years of data
7
2017–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Togo, 2017–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Togo recorded 59.3% for share of the population that owns a mobile phone in 2024. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 35.1% over ten years.
Togo ranks 169th of 182 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Togo, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 43.9% | — |
| 2019 | 49.5% | +12.8% |
| 2020 | 53.8% | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 56.4% | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 57.2% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 58.2% | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 59.3% | +1.9% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 59.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 75.4%, 79% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Togo's 59.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 69.1%, 86% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 46.7% | 43.9% | 49.5% | 2 |
| 2020s | 57.0% | 53.8% | 59.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Togo
More science & technology data for Togo
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 80.8 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.9146 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 7.69 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 129.65 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 6.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 9.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 135.94 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Togo?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Togo was 59.3% 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 59.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.9% in 2017.
- How does Togo rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Togo ranks 169th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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 (%).