Data for 2024

Mobile Phone Ownership, 2024

Name: Mobile Phone Ownership, 2024
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data360files.worldbank.org/data360-data/metadata/WB_FINDEX/WB_FINDEX_CON1.json

Figures for 2024, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Mobile Phone Ownership, 2024 covers 140 countries on 3 measures. Libya is highest, at 100.0000; Madagascar is lowest, at 45.8336. The middle country reads 91.6827.

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Mobile Phone Ownership · Data for 2024

HighestLibya

100.0000

LowestMadagascar

45.8336

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

140countries
3measures per country
2024the year it describes
140distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Mobile Phone Ownership, 2024, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Mobile Phone Ownership, 2024: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	100.0000	100.000	100.0000
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.7616	99.729	99.7930
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.3508	99.537	99.1652
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.2217	99.061	99.3864
5	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.2090	99.153	99.2719
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.1253	98.276	99.9528
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	99.0659	99.372	98.7704
8	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	98.9889	98.584	99.4193
9	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	98.7373	98.527	98.9681
10	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.4684	99.379	97.5790
11	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	98.3708	97.829	99.0387
12	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.3435	98.314	98.3720
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	98.1800	97.486	98.5118
14	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	98.1246	98.868	97.3016
15	United States`USA`Northern America	98.0131	98.615	97.4103
16	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	97.9335	95.577	99.2354
17	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	97.8893	98.555	97.0680
18	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	97.7785	98.349	97.1808
19	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	97.7107	96.177	98.5124
20	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	97.4830	97.443	97.5251
21	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	97.4333	96.392	98.4925
22	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	97.1630	96.696	97.6132
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	97.0627	95.486	98.7994
24	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	97.0378	95.953	98.1931
25	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	96.9873	95.884	98.0148
26	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	96.8274	96.540	97.1335
27	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	96.7785	97.426	96.0614
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	96.7599	95.588	97.9776
29	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	96.6465	96.846	96.4571
30	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	96.0470	94.992	97.1155
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	95.9842	95.601	96.3796
32	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	95.9796	95.405	96.6010
33	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	95.7576	94.161	97.4236
34	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	95.5733	94.768	96.4063
35	Chile`CHL`South America	95.5730	96.316	94.7826
36	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	95.4859	95.038	95.9432
37	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	95.4145	94.336	96.7507
38	Venezuela`VEN`South America	95.3546	94.790	95.9246
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	95.2492	91.738	98.9620
40	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	95.2340	95.005	95.4817
41	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	95.2039	94.313	96.1083
42	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	94.9636	96.030	93.7121
43	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	94.8615	93.544	96.1434
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	94.7442	93.217	96.3322
45	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	94.6984	95.882	93.4391
46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	94.6790	92.532	96.7527
47	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	94.6699	94.407	94.8117
48	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	94.6462	94.509	94.7974
49	Uruguay`URY`South America	94.6350	95.634	93.5455
50	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	94.3796	93.735	95.0540
51	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	94.2903	93.303	95.3879
52	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	94.2515	94.104	94.4061
53	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	93.9781	91.672	96.3675
54	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	93.8493	91.875	95.9306
55	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	93.6457	94.496	92.7458
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	93.5529	89.382	97.7800
57	Paraguay`PRY`South America	93.5026	93.906	93.0769
58	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	93.3577	92.521	94.2732
59	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	93.1641	92.250	94.1656
60	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	92.7456	91.293	94.2358
61	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	92.7323	91.808	93.6989
62	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	92.7078	90.964	94.4447
63	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	92.4384	93.028	91.7815
64	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	92.1675	91.477	92.9348
65	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	92.0802	91.768	92.4033
66	Brazil`BRA`South America	92.0533	91.929	92.1886
67	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	91.9605	89.852	94.2354
68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	91.8943	94.307	89.4043
69	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	91.8208	91.510	92.1263
70	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	91.7809	93.231	90.2428
71	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	91.5844	90.235	93.1367
72	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	91.4853	89.243	93.7861
73	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	91.4664	84.813	97.6899
74	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	91.1464	91.075	91.2213
75	France`FRA`Western Europe	90.9917	93.616	88.1974
76	Argentina`ARG`South America	90.4667	91.474	89.3393
77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	90.4624	89.684	91.2747
78	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	90.3681	85.873	95.1149
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	90.3260	87.909	92.8735
80	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	90.2222	87.497	93.0999
81	Canada`CAN`Northern America	89.4378	86.962	91.9227
82	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	89.1916	84.536	93.7046
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	89.1744	89.786	88.5401
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	88.3818	87.189	89.4843
85	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	88.2642	88.329	88.1856
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	88.1800	86.739	89.7678
87	Colombia`COL`South America	88.0742	88.256	87.8769
88	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	87.8188	84.722	91.2977
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	87.7080	87.160	88.3018
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	87.4183	85.714	89.5635
91	Bolivia`BOL`South America	87.3848	86.453	88.3433
92	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	87.3129	85.614	89.1803
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	87.2227	87.381	87.0728
94	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	87.0066	86.999	87.0141
95	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	86.9733	88.178	85.5953
96	Belize`BLZ`Central America	86.3587	84.197	88.7616
97	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	86.1918	84.779	88.0354
98	Peru`PER`South America	85.7406	85.380	86.1051
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	85.3022	83.782	86.9907
100	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	85.2992	81.937	89.0671
101	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	84.5551	77.285	91.6707
102	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	84.3737	85.186	83.5607
103	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	84.2396	76.756	91.9677
104	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	83.7681	81.697	85.8388
105	Panama`PAN`Central America	83.6106	84.303	82.8807
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	83.2626	81.886	84.7551
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	82.5484	78.765	86.4834
108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	82.3877	73.700	91.3286
109	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	82.3085	76.737	88.2696
110	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	82.2390	78.119	86.3612
111	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	81.6322	82.271	80.9040
112	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	81.3248	78.284	84.7967
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	80.9670	78.542	83.6384
114	Honduras`HND`Central America	80.7264	82.577	78.4352
115	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	80.3407	78.996	81.6743
116	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	80.1285	78.754	81.5935
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	79.8273	78.783	80.9563
118	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	78.9785	80.064	77.7047
119	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	78.8073	77.905	79.7913
120	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	78.6368	71.791	86.5218
121	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	78.4129	75.750	81.3596
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	78.0017	81.229	74.6719
123	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	77.8320	73.912	82.0010
124	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	77.7877	73.957	82.1007
125	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	77.5134	67.839	87.7182
126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	77.0303	71.954	82.8092
127	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	76.6286	72.319	81.5199
128	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	73.2309	69.829	76.6314
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	71.8859	65.441	79.2618
130	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	69.9967	68.567	71.4225
131	India`IND`Southern Asia	66.4736	54.299	78.4388
132	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	62.9353	30.130	94.9166
133	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	62.1685	54.188	70.2146
134	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	59.1332	59.724	58.5043
135	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	58.9907	55.568	62.7285
136	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	57.9966	43.958	72.9734
137	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	54.3593	50.450	58.0127
138	Niger`NER`Western Africa	53.7114	46.874	60.9741
139	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	53.4068	42.972	64.3540
140	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	45.8336	42.381	49.5751

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Libya100.0000
2Norway99.7616
3Denmark99.3508
4Finland99.2217
5Estonia99.2090

Lowest

140Madagascar45.8336
139Chad53.4068
138Niger53.7114
137DR Congo54.3593
136Ethiopia57.9966

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 91.6827. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestLibya100.000
LowestPakistan30.130
Middle country: 91.020
Male
HighestLibya100.0000
LowestMadagascar49.5751
Middle country: 92.9042

03Caveats

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