Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Tonga
Tonga: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 73.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
73.0%
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
140th
of 182 countries
All-time high
73.0%
in 2024
All-time low
62.4%
in 2021
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Tonga, 2019–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 73.0% 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 2.1% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Tonga ranks 140th of 182 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 71.2% | — |
| 2020 | 70.6% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 62.4% | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 70.3% | +12.7% |
| 2023 | 71.5% | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 73.0% | +2.1% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 73.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.9%, 84% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 73.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 84.8%, 86% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 71.2% | 71.2% | 71.2% | 1 |
| 2020s | 69.6% | 62.4% | 73.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More science & technology data for Tonga
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 61.73 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.6173 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 64,838 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 90.05 units per square kilometre (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 0.7928 % change on previous year (2022)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 4.85 (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 Tonga?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Tonga was 73.0% 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 Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 73.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.4% in 2021.
- How does Tonga rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Tonga ranks 140th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Tonga 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 (%).