Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone by country
Countries reporting
35
Highest
100
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
60
Ecuador
Median
94
Years covered
11
2013–2023
Data points
249
What the numbers show
Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 100 in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 60 in Ecuador.
The median across all reporting countries is 94, and the mean is 88.51.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Cuba (up 231.6%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 19.6%).
Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100 | 2022 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 4 | Singapore | 99 | 2022 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 4 | Russia | 99 | 2022 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 4 | Cyprus | 99 | 2018 | — | flat |
| 4 | Czechia | 99 | 2022 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 8 | Malaysia | 98 | 2022 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 8 | Finland | 98 | 2018 | — | flat |
| 8 | Kuwait | 98 | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 11 | Belarus | 97 | 2022 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 11 | Egypt | 97 | 2022 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 97 | 2020 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 11 | South Korea | 97 | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 15 | Serbia | 96 | 2022 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 15 | Morocco | 96 | 2021 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 15 | Lithuania | 96 | 2019 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 18 | Japan | 94 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 93 | 2022 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 20 | Georgia | 92 | 2022 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 21 | Macao | 90 | 2019 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 22 | Brazil | 88 | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 22 | Thailand | 88 | 2022 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 24 | Peru | 85 | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 25 | Azerbaijan | 84 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 26 | Uruguay | 83 | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 27 | Tunisia | 80 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 79 | 2022 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 29 | Colombia | 76 | 2022 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 74 | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 31 | Iran | 72 | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 32 | Indonesia | 68 | 2022 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 63 | 2022 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 33 | Cuba | 63 | 2021 | up 231.6% | rising |
| 35 | Ecuador | 60 | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
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