THE GLOBAL INDEX #077
4G population coverage2019
Percentage of the population covered by a 4G mobile network, rather than the percentage subscribing to the service.
Comparable ranking year2024Latest published year: 2024
Economies with data197 / 217No observation: 20
First-ranked country or territory
Belgium100 %
Belgium100 %Top 10
% · 2019Complete ranking
Download CSV ↓| Rank | Country / territory | Value (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Belgium | 100 | 2019 |
| 01 |  Bahrain | 100 | 2019 |
| 01 |  Cayman Islands | 100 | 2019 |
| 01 |  Denmark | 100 | 2019 |
| 01 |  Gibraltar | 100 | 2019 |
| 01 |  Greenland | 100 | 2019 |
| 01 |  Italy | 100 | 2019 |
| 01 |  Kuwait | 100 | 2019 |
| 01 |  Monaco | 100 | 2019 |
| 01 |  Maldives | 100 | 2019 |
| 01 |  Malta | 100 | 2019 |
| 01 |  Poland | 100 | 2019 |
| 01 |  Singapore | 100 | 2019 |
| 01 |  Sweden | 100 | 2019 |
| 01 |  British Virgin Islands | 100 | 2019 |
| 16 |  Faroe Islands | 99.99 | 2019 |
| 16 |  Lithuania | 99.99 | 2019 |
| 18 |  Bulgaria | 99.94 | 2019 |
| 18 |  Switzerland | 99.94 | 2019 |
| 20 |  China | 99.9 | 2019 |
| 20 |  Finland | 99.9 | 2019 |
| 20 |  Japan | 99.9 | 2019 |
| 20 |  South Korea | 99.9 | 2019 |
| 20 |  Norway | 99.9 | 2019 |
| 20 |  United States | 99.9 | 2019 |
| 26 |  United Arab Emirates | 99.82 | 2019 |
| 27 |  Czechia | 99.8 | 2019 |
| 28 |  Georgia | 99.72 | 2019 |
| 29 |  Bermuda | 99.7 | 2019 |
| 29 |  United Kingdom | 99.7 | 2019 |
| 29 |  Portugal | 99.7 | 2019 |
| 29 |  Slovenia | 99.7 | 2019 |
| 33 |  Barbados | 99.6 | 2019 |
| 33 |  Cyprus | 99.6 | 2019 |
| 35 |  North Macedonia | 99.53 | 2019 |
| 36 |  Canada | 99.5 | 2019 |
| 36 |  Qatar | 99.5 | 2019 |
| 38 |  Croatia | 99.44 | 2019 |
| 39 |  Australia | 99.4 | 2019 |
| 39 |  Spain | 99.4 | 2019 |
| 41 |  Armenia | 99.3 | 2019 |
| 42 |  Hungary | 99.2 | 2019 |
| 43 |  Antigua & Barbuda | 99 | 2019 |
| 43 |  Germany | 99 | 2019 |
| 43 |  Estonia | 99 | 2019 |
| 43 |  France | 99 | 2019 |
| 43 |  Hong Kong SAR China | 99 | 2019 |
| 43 |  Jordan | 99 | 2019 |
| 43 |  Lebanon | 99 | 2019 |
| 43 |  Macao SAR China | 99 | 2019 |
| 43 |  Mauritius | 99 | 2019 |
| 43 |  Netherlands | 99 | 2019 |
| 43 |  San Marino | 99 | 2019 |
| 54 |  Iceland | 98.9 | 2019 |
| 54 |  Rwanda | 98.9 | 2019 |
| 56 |  Greece | 98.8 | 2019 |
| 57 |  Morocco | 98.75 | 2019 |
| 58 |  Seychelles | 98.5 | 2019 |
| 59 |  Romania | 98.13 | 2019 |
| 60 |  Austria | 98 | 2019 |
| 60 |  Colombia | 98 | 2019 |
| 60 |  Liechtenstein | 98 | 2019 |
| 60 |  Luxembourg | 98 | 2019 |
| 60 |  Moldova | 98 | 2019 |
| 60 |  Thailand | 98 | 2019 |
| 66 |  India | 97.92 | 2019 |
| 67 |  Montenegro | 97.65 | 2019 |
| 68 |  Indonesia | 97.59 | 2019 |
| 69 |  New Zealand | 97.33 | 2019 |
| 70 |  Gabon | 97 | 2019 |
| 70 |  Slovakia | 97 | 2019 |
| 70 |  Vietnam | 97 | 2019 |
| 73 |  Serbia | 96.86 | 2019 |
| 74 |  Türkiye | 96.71 | 2019 |
| 75 |  Paraguay | 96.6 | 2019 |
| 76 |  Oman | 96.3 | 2019 |
| 77 |  Tonga | 96 | 2019 |
| 78 |  Dominican Republic | 95.35 | 2019 |
| 79 |  Brunei | 95.25 | 2019 |
| 80 |  Egypt | 95.1 | 2019 |
| 81 |  Albania | 95 | 2019 |
| 81 |  Bahamas | 95 | 2019 |
| 81 |  Dominica | 95 | 2019 |
| 81 |  Latvia | 95 | 2019 |
| 81 |  Turks & Caicos Islands | 95 | 2019 |
| 86 |  South Africa | 94.41 | 2019 |
| 87 |  Saudi Arabia | 94.2 | 2019 |
| 88 |  Israel | 94 | 2019 |
| 88 |  Jamaica | 94 | 2019 |
| 88 |  Tunisia | 94 | 2019 |
| 91 |  Costa Rica | 93.8 | 2019 |
| 92 |  Azerbaijan | 93 | 2019 |
| 93 |  Argentina | 91.18 | 2019 |
| 94 |  Mexico | 90.04 | 2019 |
| 95 |  Curaçao | 90 | 2019 |
| 95 |  Ireland | 90 | 2019 |
| 95 |  St. Vincent & Grenadines | 90 | 2019 |
| 98 |  Myanmar (Burma) | 88.89 | 2019 |
| 99 |  Brazil | 88.75 | 2019 |
| 100 |  French Polynesia | 88.5 | 2019 |
| 101 |  Chile | 88 | 2019 |
| 102 |  Russia | 87.7 | 2019 |
| 103 |  Guatemala | 86.3 | 2019 |
| 104 |  Andorra | 85 | 2019 |
| 104 |  Kyrgyzstan | 85 | 2019 |
| 104 |  Suriname | 85 | 2019 |
| 107 |  Ecuador | 83.07 | 2019 |
| 108 |  Guam | 82.79 | 2019 |
| 109 |  Uruguay | 82.6 | 2019 |
| 110 |  Malaysia | 82.2 | 2019 |
| 111 |  Bangladesh | 82 | 2019 |
| 111 |  Bosnia & Herzegovina | 82 | 2019 |
| 113 |  Grenada | 81.85 | 2019 |
| 114 |  Iran | 81 | 2019 |
| 115 |  Cambodia | 80.3 | 2019 |
| 116 |  Sri Lanka | 80 | 2019 |
| 116 |  Philippines | 80 | 2019 |
| 116 |  Tajikistan | 80 | 2019 |
| 119 |  Comoros | 79.87 | 2019 |
| 120 |  New Caledonia | 79.5 | 2019 |
| 121 |  Cape Verde | 79.42 | 2019 |
| 122 |  Peru | 79.01 | 2019 |
| 123 |  Ukraine | 78.1 | 2019 |
| 124 |  Bhutan | 78 | 2019 |
| 125 |  Fiji | 76 | 2019 |
| 126 |  Belarus | 75.7 | 2019 |
| 126 |  Kazakhstan | 75.7 | 2019 |
| 128 |  Trinidad & Tobago | 75 | 2019 |
| 129 |  Bolivia | 74.48 | 2019 |
| 130 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 71.01 | 2019 |
| 131 |  Belize | 70 | 2019 |
| 132 |  Pakistan | 68.73 | 2019 |
| 133 |  Botswana | 68 | 2019 |
| 133 |  El Salvador | 68 | 2019 |
| 135 |  Honduras | 67.85 | 2019 |
| 136 |  Ghana | 67.65 | 2019 |
| 137 |  Lesotho | 67 | 2019 |
| 137 |  Togo | 67 | 2019 |
| 137 |  Turkmenistan | 67 | 2019 |
| 140 |  Senegal | 66.8 | 2019 |
| 141 |  Venezuela | 65 | 2019 |
| 142 |  Aruba | 64.1 | 2019 |
| 143 |  Mongolia | 59 | 2019 |
| 143 |  Panama | 59 | 2019 |
| 145 |  Côte d’Ivoire | 58.51 | 2019 |
| 146 |  Kenya | 57 | 2019 |
| 147 |  Algeria | 53.63 | 2019 |
| 148 |  Kiribati | 53 | 2019 |
| 149 |  Cameroon | 50 | 2019 |
| 149 |  Djibouti | 50 | 2019 |
| 149 |  Guyana | 50 | 2019 |
| 149 |  Malawi | 50 | 2019 |
| 149 |  Papua New Guinea | 50 | 2019 |
| 149 |  Vanuatu | 50 | 2019 |
| 155 |  Zambia | 49.1 | 2019 |
| 156 |  Samoa | 49 | 2019 |
| 157 |  Uzbekistan | 47.7 | 2019 |
| 158 |  Benin | 45 | 2019 |
| 158 |  Timor-Leste | 45 | 2019 |
| 160 |  Laos | 43 | 2019 |
| 161 |  Nicaragua | 42 | 2019 |
| 162 |  Libya | 40 | 2019 |
| 162 |  Mozambique | 40 | 2019 |
| 162 |  Uganda | 40 | 2019 |
| 165 |  Namibia | 39 | 2019 |
| 165 |  Eswatini | 39 | 2019 |
| 167 |  Nigeria | 37.8 | 2019 |
| 168 |  Sudan | 35 | 2019 |
| 168 |  Sierra Leone | 35 | 2019 |
| 168 |  Syria | 35 | 2019 |
| 168 |  Zimbabwe | 35 | 2019 |
| 172 |  Mali | 34 | 2019 |
| 173 |  Gambia | 30 | 2019 |
| 173 |  Haiti | 30 | 2019 |
| 173 |  Liberia | 30 | 2019 |
| 173 |  Nepal | 30 | 2019 |
| 173 |  Nauru | 30 | 2019 |
| 178 |  Guinea | 29 | 2019 |
| 179 |  Burkina Faso | 26.92 | 2019 |
| 180 |  Burundi | 25 | 2019 |
| 180 |  Madagascar | 25 | 2019 |
| 180 |  Solomon Islands | 25 | 2019 |
| 180 |  Somalia | 25 | 2019 |
| 184 |  Cuba | 22.38 | 2019 |
| 185 |  Afghanistan | 22 | 2019 |
| 186 |  St. Lucia | 20 | 2019 |
| 187 |  Chad | 19.3 | 2019 |
| 188 |  Angola | 18 | 2019 |
| 189 |  South Sudan | 15 | 2019 |
| 190 |  Tanzania | 13 | 2019 |
| 191 |  Niger | 10 | 2019 |
| 192 |  Ethiopia | 7 | 2019 |
| 193 |  Central African Republic | 0 | 2019 |
| 193 |  Iraq | 0 | 2019 |
| 193 |  Mauritania | 0 | 2019 |
| 193 |  Palestinian Territories | 0 | 2019 |
| 193 |  São Tomé & Príncipe | 0 | 2019 |
No matching countries.
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 (20)
American Samoa · Channel Islands · Congo - Brazzaville · Congo - Kinshasa · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Guinea-Bissau · Isle of Man · Kosovo · Marshall Islands · Micronesia · North Korea · Northern Mariana Islands · Palau · Puerto Rico · Sint Maarten · St. Kitts & Nevis · St. Martin · Tuvalu · Yemen
Source & definition
- Indicator definition
- Percentage of the population covered by a 4G 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
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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"description": "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.",
"column": {
"titleShort": "4G",
"titleLong": "4G",
"descriptionShort": "Proportion of population covered by at least a 4G mobile network (%).",
"shortUnit": "%",
"unit": "%",
"timespan": "2012-2025",
"type": "Numeric",
"owidVariableId": 1305551,
"shortName": "_9_c_1__it_mob_4gntwk",
"lastUpdated": "2026-07-31",
"nextUpdate": "2027-07-31",
"citationShort": "International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data",
"citationLong": "International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. “4G” [dataset]. International Telecommunication Union, “Data from multiple sources” [original data].",
"fullMetadata": "https://api.ourworldindata.org/v1/indicators/1305551.metadata.json"
},
"sourceNote": "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."
}