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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

Indicator
Share of people in range of 4G mobile network
Unit
%
Source
International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
210 places, 2,042 data points, 2012–2023
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Proportion of population covered by at least a 4G mobile network (%)