Share of people in range of 4G mobile network by country
Proportion of population covered by at least a 4G mobile network (%)
Countries reporting
206
Highest
100.0%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0.0%
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
96.3%
Years covered
12
2012–2023
Data points
2,042
What the numbers show
Share of people in range of 4G mobile network is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0.0% in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 96.3%, and the mean is 84.1%.
Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 19,766.0%), and the largest decrease in Japan (down 2.1%).
Share of people in range of 4G mobile network: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 1 | Armenia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 127.3% | rising |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 2023 | up 598.8% | volatile |
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2023 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 1 | China | 100.0% | 2023 | up 900.0% | rising |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2022 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 1 | Dominica | 100.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 100.0% | 2022 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greenland | 100.0% | 2022 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 1 | Italy | 100.0% | 2023 | up 104.1% | rising |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2023 | up 313.2% | rising |
| 1 | Maldives | 100.0% | 2023 | up 777.2% | rising |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2023 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 1 | British Virgin Islands | 100.0% | 2022 | up 108.3% | rising |
| 28 | Finland | 100.0% | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 28 | Lithuania | 100.0% | 2023 | up 104.5% | rising |
| 30 | Germany | 100.0% | 2023 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 99.9% | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 31 | South Korea | 99.9% | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 31 | Norway | 99.9% | 2022 | up 81.9% | rising |
| 31 | Qatar | 99.9% | 2023 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 99.9% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 36 | North Macedonia | 99.8% | 2023 | up 299.4% | rising |
| 36 | Vietnam | 99.8% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Colombia | 99.8% | 2023 | up 898.0% | rising |
| 38 | Czechia | 99.8% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 38 | Greece | 99.8% | 2023 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 38 | Macao | 99.8% | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 38 | Slovenia | 99.8% | 2023 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 44 | Georgia | 99.7% | 2023 | up 1,025.5% | rising |
| 44 | Croatia | 99.7% | 2023 | up 333.6% | rising |
| 44 | Turkey | 99.7% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Bermuda | 99.7% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 47 | Spain | 99.7% | 2023 | up 94.5% | rising |
| 47 | Morocco | 99.7% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 47 | Togo | 99.7% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Australia | 99.6% | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 51 | United States | 99.6% | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 53 | Canada | 99.5% | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 53 | Jordan | 99.5% | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 55 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.3% | 2023 | up 19,766.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Ghana | 99.3% | 2023 | up 893.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Moldova | 99.3% | 2023 | up 246.4% | rising |
| 58 | Hungary | 99.2% | 2023 | up 161.1% | rising |
| 58 | Lebanon | 99.2% | 2022 | up 238.8% | rising |
| 60 | Brunei | 99.0% | 2023 | up 1,880.8% | rising |
| 61 | Antigua and Barbuda | 99.0% | 2022 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Barbados | 99.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Curacao | 99.0% | 2023 | up 576.2% | rising |
| 61 | Estonia | 99.0% | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 61 | France | 99.0% | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 61 | Hong Kong | 99.0% | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 61 | Iceland | 99.0% | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 61 | Jamaica | 99.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Mongolia | 99.0% | 2023 | up 1,334.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Mauritius | 99.0% | 2023 | up 190.4% | rising |
| 61 | Netherlands | 99.0% | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 61 | Oman | 99.0% | 2023 | up 90.4% | rising |
| 61 | San Marino | 99.0% | 2022 | up 890.0% | rising |
| 61 | Slovakia | 99.0% | 2023 | up 312.5% | rising |
| 61 | Seychelles | 99.0% | 2023 | up 890.0% | rising |
| 61 | Thailand | 99.0% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 61 | Samoa | 99.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Indonesia | 99.0% | 2023 | up 1,879.2% | volatile |
| 80 | South Africa | 99.0% | 2023 | up 595.4% | rising |
| 81 | Bangladesh | 98.9% | 2023 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 81 | Romania | 98.9% | 2023 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 83 | India | 98.8% | 2023 | up 4,840.0% | rising |
| 84 | Serbia | 98.8% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 85 | Rwanda | 98.8% | 2023 | up 1,134.5% | rising |
| 86 | Andorra | 98.5% | 2023 | up 97.0% | rising |
| 86 | Grenada | 98.5% | 2022 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 88 | Belarus | 98.4% | 2023 | up 1,540.0% | rising |
| 90 | Iraq | 98.2% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Austria | 98.0% | 2023 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 91 | Egypt | 98.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Gabon | 98.0% | 2023 | up 880.0% | rising |
| 94 | Montenegro | 98.0% | 2023 | up 157.8% | rising |
| 95 | New Zealand | 97.7% | 2023 | up 95.4% | rising |
| 96 | Argentina | 97.7% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 97.6% | 2023 | up 2,340.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Senegal | 97.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Malaysia | 97.1% | 2023 | up 547.3% | rising |
| 100 | Bhutan | 97.0% | 2023 | up 1,840.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Israel | 97.0% | 2023 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 100 | Kenya | 97.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 97.0% | 2023 | up 804.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Saint Helena | 97.0% | 2022 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 105 | Mexico | 96.9% | 2023 | up 426.0% | rising |
| 106 | Paraguay | 96.9% | 2023 | up 367.2% | rising |
| 107 | Japan | 96.6% | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 108 | Chile | 96.0% | 2023 | up 178.1% | rising |
| 108 | Saint Lucia | 96.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Tonga | 96.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Tunisia | 96.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Philippines | 95.5% | 2023 | up 253.9% | rising |
| 113 | Ecuador | 95.0% | 2023 | up 850.5% | rising |
| 114 | Bahamas | 95.0% | 2023 | up 171.4% | rising |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 95.0% | 2023 | up 850.0% | rising |
| 114 | Latvia | 95.0% | 2023 | up 145.9% | rising |
| 114 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 95.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Myanmar | 94.4% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Comoros | 94.0% | 2023 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 119 | Trinidad and Tobago | 94.0% | 2023 | up 840.0% | rising |
| 121 | Uruguay | 93.9% | 2023 | up 121.0% | rising |
| 122 | Brazil | 93.2% | 2023 | up 210.6% | rising |
| 123 | Cambodia | 93.1% | 2023 | up 934.4% | rising |
| 123 | Russia | 93.1% | 2023 | up 159.3% | rising |
| 125 | Fiji | 92.9% | 2022 | up 519.3% | rising |
| 126 | Guatemala | 92.0% | 2023 | up 820.0% | rising |
| 126 | Iran | 92.0% | 2023 | up 2,024.7% | rising |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | 92.0% | 2023 | up 9,100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Cote d'Ivoire | 91.5% | 2023 | up 235.5% | rising |
| 130 | Zambia | 91.2% | 2023 | up 19,726.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Botswana | 91.0% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 131 | Honduras | 91.0% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 131 | Ukraine | 91.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Algeria | 90.4% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Libya | 90.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Nauru | 90.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Puerto Rico | 90.0% | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 135 | French Polynesia | 90.0% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 135 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 90.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Vanuatu | 90.0% | 2023 | up 400.0% | rising |
| 135 | Niue | 90.0% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 142 | Kazakhstan | 89.2% | 2023 | up 244.9% | rising |
| 143 | Eswatini | 87.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Lesotho | 85.1% | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 145 | Namibia | 85.0% | 2023 | up 129.7% | rising |
| 145 | Panama | 85.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Cape Verde | 84.7% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Nigeria | 84.2% | 2023 | up 874.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Guam | 82.8% | 2022 | up 584.2% | rising |
| 150 | Suriname | 82.6% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Peru | 81.1% | 2023 | up 131.8% | rising |
| 152 | Mali | 81.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Pakistan | 81.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Benin | 80.0% | 2023 | up 594.4% | rising |
| 154 | Liberia | 80.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Tajikistan | 80.0% | 2022 | up 854.7% | rising |
| 157 | New Caledonia | 79.5% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 158 | Tanzania | 79.0% | 2023 | up 519.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Nicaragua | 78.5% | 2023 | up 1,862.5% | rising |
| 160 | Congo | 77.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Guinea | 77.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Angola | 76.8% | 2023 | up 996.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Syria | 76.3% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Djibouti | 76.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Laos | 76.0% | 2023 | up 3,700.0% | volatile |
| 164 | El Salvador | 76.0% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 167 | Cameroon | 75.0% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 167 | Sierra Leone | 75.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Malawi | 74.9% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Bolivia | 74.5% | 2022 | up 4,555.0% | volatile |
| 171 | United States Virgin Islands | 71.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Belize | 70.0% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 172 | Papua New Guinea | 70.0% | 2023 | up 900.0% | rising |
| 172 | Venezuela | 70.0% | 2023 | up 483.3% | rising |
| 175 | Turkmenistan | 67.0% | 2022 | up 1,016.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Equatorial Guinea | 65.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Kiribati | 65.0% | 2023 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Aruba | 64.1% | 2022 | up 541.0% | rising |
| 179 | Gambia | 60.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Mozambique | 60.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Yemen | 56.7% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Cook Islands | 55.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Nepal | 53.3% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Cuba | 50.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Guyana | 50.0% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 185 | Somalia | 50.0% | 2023 | up 127.3% | volatile |
| 187 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 45.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 187 | East Timor | 45.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Zimbabwe | 44.7% | 2023 | up 2,135.0% | rising |
| 190 | Chad | 44.3% | 2023 | up 415.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Uganda | 40.0% | 2023 | up 420.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Burkina Faso | 39.4% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 193 | Haiti | 35.5% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 194 | Ethiopia | 35.0% | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Sudan | 35.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 196 | Mauritania | 34.7% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 197 | Afghanistan | 34.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 198 | Madagascar | 33.6% | 2023 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 199 | Burundi | 32.2% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 200 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 201 | Micronesia (country) | 30.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 202 | Solomon Islands | 29.5% | 2022 | up 156.9% | rising |
| 203 | Tuvalu | 27.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Niger | 17.5% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 205 | South Sudan | 15.0% | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 206 | Central African Republic | 0.3% | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 207 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 207 | North Korea | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 207 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 207 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
About this data
Proportion of population covered by at least a 4G mobile network (%)