Mobile subscriptions by country, 2023, OECD (38 countries)
Subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service, including prepaid accounts active in the last three months, per 100 people. People can hold several subscriptions, so values above 100 are common.
38 places ranked for 2023. Highest: Japan (178 per 100 people). Lowest: Canada (94 per 100 people). The median is 126 per 100 people.
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Highest 10
- 1. Japan 178 per 100 people
- 2. Colombia 167 per 100 people
- 3. South Korea 162 per 100 people
- 4. Israel 153 per 100 people
- 5. Estonia 150 per 100 people
- 6. Luxembourg 144 per 100 people
- 7. Sweden 140 per 100 people
- 8. Slovakia 138 per 100 people
- 9. Lithuania 137 per 100 people
- 10. Chile 136 per 100 people
Lowest 10
- 38. Canada 94 per 100 people
- 37. Belgium 103 per 100 people
- 36. Hungary 105 per 100 people
- 35. Türkiye 106 per 100 people
- 34. Norway 110 per 100 people
- 33. Greece 111 per 100 people
- 32. Ireland 111 per 100 people
- 31. Mexico 112 per 100 people
- 30. United States 112 per 100 people
- 29. Australia 113 per 100 people
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 178 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 2 | Colombia | 167 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 3 | South Korea | 162 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 4 | Israel | 153 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 5 | Estonia | 150 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 144 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 7 | Sweden | 140 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 8 | Slovakia | 138 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 9 | Lithuania | 137 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 10 | Chile | 136 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 11 | Poland | 135 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 134 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 13 | Italy | 132 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 14 | Switzerland | 130 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 15 | Slovenia | 129 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 16 | Spain | 128 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 17 | Finland | 127 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 18 | New Zealand | 127 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 19 | Denmark | 127 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 20 | Czechia | 126 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 21 | Netherlands | 125 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 22 | Germany | 125 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 23 | Portugal | 123 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 123 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 25 | Austria | 122 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 26 | Iceland | 121 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 27 | Latvia | 120 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 28 | France | 117 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 29 | Australia | 113 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 30 | United States | 112 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 31 | Mexico | 112 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 32 | Ireland | 111 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 33 | Greece | 111 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 34 | Norway | 110 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 35 | Türkiye | 106 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 36 | Hungary | 105 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 37 | Belgium | 103 per 100 people | 2023 | |
| 38 | Canada | 94 per 100 people | 2023 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2023, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2023 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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