Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 88.5% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Latest (2023)
88.5%
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
86th
of 182 countries
All-time high
88.5%
in 2023
All-time low
87.4%
in 2020
Years of data
5
2019–2023
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Tuvalu, 2019–2023
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Tuvalu stood at 88.5%. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.8% over five years.
Tuvalu ranks 86th of 182 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Tuvalu, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 87.8% | — |
| 2020 | 87.4% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 87.8% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 88.0% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 88.5% | +0.6% |
Tuvalu compared with similar countries
- Tuvalu's 88.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.9%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Tuvalu's 88.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 84.8%, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 87.8% | 87.8% | 87.8% | 1 |
| 2020s | 87.9% | 87.4% | 88.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tuvalu
More science & technology data for Tuvalu
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 98.86 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.9886 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 9,878 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 329.27 units per square kilometre (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 11.97 % change on previous year (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 9.76 % change on previous year (2022)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 0.42 (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 Tuvalu?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Tuvalu was 88.5% in 2023, 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 Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 88.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.4% in 2020.
- How does Tuvalu rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Tuvalu ranks 86th out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Tuvalu 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 (%).