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5G population coverage2022

Percentage of the population covered by a 5G mobile network, rather than the percentage subscribing to the service.

International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data
Comparable ranking year2023Latest published year: 2024
Economies with data136 / 217No observation: 81
First-ranked country or territoryBahrain100 %

Top 10

% · 2022
01Bahrain
100
01Cyprus
100
01Denmark
100
01Kuwait
100
01Monaco
100
01Malta
100
10Qatar
98.3

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5G population coverage · 2022 · %
RankCountry / territoryValue (%)Year
01Bahrain1002022
01Switzerland1002022
01Cyprus1002022
01Denmark1002022
01Gibraltar1002022
01Kuwait1002022
01Monaco1002022
01Malta1002022
09Netherlands992022
10Qatar98.32022
11Finland982022
11Luxembourg982022
13United Arab Emirates97.032022
14United States972022
15Japan96.62022
16Singapore962022
17Iceland952022
18Germany94.82022
19Macao SAR China932022
20Andorra922022
20Austria922022
22Canada91.42022
23Lithuania90.92022
24Hong Kong SAR China902022
24Portugal902022
26Greece89.42022
27Oman882022
28Spain86.32022
29Bulgaria85.72022
30Czechia85.42022
30Thailand85.42022
32Norway81.52022
33Australia802022
33China802022
35Chile792022
35Ireland792022
37Croatia76.962022
38Montenegro75.82022
39United Kingdom672022
40Philippines64.142022
41Slovenia63.92022
42Poland632022
43Hungary582022
44Sweden56.752022
45Slovakia552022
46Maldives532022
46Saudi Arabia532022
48Dominican Republic52.72022
49Malaysia47.12022
50Latvia422022
51Bhutan372022
52Brazil33.552022
53Mauritius332022
54Estonia302022
54Italy302022
56Belgium29.62022
57South Africa23.692022
58Botswana232022
58Guatemala232022
60Mexico18.872022
61Suriname152022
62New Zealand13.912022
63Uzbekistan122022
64Romania11.72022
65Laos112022
66Madagascar62022
67Peru5.272022
68Kazakhstan52022
68Mozambique52022
70Zimbabwe2.652022
71Iran12022
72Kenya0.62022
73Albania02022
73Armenia02022
73Azerbaijan02022
73Burundi02022
73Benin02022
73Burkina Faso02022
73Bangladesh02022
73Bahamas02022
73Belarus02022
73Côte d’Ivoire02022
73Congo - Brazzaville02022
73Colombia02022
73Costa Rica02022
73Cuba02022
73Curaçao02022
73Djibouti02022
73Dominica02022
73Algeria02022
73Ecuador02022
73Egypt02022
73Ethiopia02022
73Fiji02022
73Georgia02022
73Ghana02022
73Guinea-Bissau02022
73Equatorial Guinea02022
73Grenada02022
73Honduras02022
73Indonesia02022
73Iraq02022
73Jamaica02022
73Jordan02022
73Kyrgyzstan02022
73Kiribati02022
73St. Kitts & Nevis02022
73Libya02022
73St. Lucia02022
73Liechtenstein02022
73Sri Lanka02022
73Lesotho02022
73Morocco02022
73Mali02022
73Myanmar (Burma)02022
73Malawi02022
73Namibia02022
73Nicaragua02022
73Pakistan02022
73Panama02022
73Papua New Guinea02022
73Palestinian Territories02022
73Rwanda02022
73Serbia02022
73South Sudan02022
73São Tomé & Príncipe02022
73Eswatini02022
73Chad02022
73Tunisia02022
73Tanzania02022
73Uganda02022
73St. Vincent & Grenadines02022
73Venezuela02022
73Vietnam02022
73Vanuatu02022
73Yemen02022

How this ranking works

For annual statistics, the default is the newest year covering at least 70% of the maximum available country coverage, and at least 20 economies where possible. A ranking uses one year or report edition; missing observations are not replaced with another year. Newer years with lower coverage can be selected.

Intentional homicide rates and peace scores rank from lowest to highest; other indicators rank from highest to lowest. Ranks use original values and competition ranking for ties, for example 1, 2, 2, 4. Filtering or changing display order does not recalculate global ranks. Higher values are not necessarily better.

Statistics reflect the public source snapshot, not live measurements. Some series are modeled estimates or multi-year averages. See original metadata.

No observation (81)

Afghanistan · American Samoa · Angola · Antigua & Barbuda · Argentina · Aruba · Barbados · Belize · Bermuda · Bolivia · Bosnia & Herzegovina · British Virgin Islands · Brunei · Cambodia · Cameroon · Cape Verde · Cayman Islands · Central African Republic · Channel Islands · Comoros · Congo - Kinshasa · El Salvador · Eritrea · Faroe Islands · France · French Polynesia · Gabon · Gambia · Greenland · Guam · Guinea · Guyana · Haiti · India · Isle of Man · Israel · Kosovo · Lebanon · Liberia · Marshall Islands · Mauritania · Micronesia · Moldova · Mongolia · Nauru · Nepal · New Caledonia · Niger · Nigeria · North Korea · North Macedonia · Northern Mariana Islands · Palau · Paraguay · Puerto Rico · Russia · Samoa · San Marino · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Sint Maarten · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Korea · St. Martin · Sudan · Syria · Tajikistan · Timor-Leste · Togo · Tonga · Trinidad & Tobago · Turkmenistan · Turks & Caicos Islands · Tuvalu · Türkiye · U.S. Virgin Islands · Ukraine · Uruguay · Zambia

Source & definition

Indicator definition
Percentage of the population covered by a 5G mobile network, rather than the percentage subscribing to the service.
Unit
%
Source & definition
International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data · owid-grapher:population-covered-by-mobile-network-by-network-capability
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Original metadata
Share of the population living within range of at least each generation of mobile network, regardless of whether they actually subscribe to or use a mobile phone. Because coverage is cumulative, anyone within range of a newer generation is also counted in the older ones.

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