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Female phone ownership (%)

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data93 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
81.0%
Median: 86.2%
Countries Covered
93
with available data
Highest
Saudi Arabia
100.0%
Lowest
Burundi
11.9%
Top 5 Countries
1Saudi Arabia100.0%
2United Arab Emirates100.0%
3Bahrain100.0%
4Qatar99.6%
5Czech Republic98.8%
By Region
Europe91.9%(17 countries)
Asia84.0%(19 countries)
South America83.7%(7 countries)
Africa81.4%(6 countries)
Other75.4%(42 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (11.9%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 81.0%)

Europe (17)
Asia (19)
South America (7)
Africa (6)
Other (42)
North America (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Saudi Arabia100.0%
2United Arab Emirates100.0%
3Bahrain100.0%
4Qatar99.6%
5Czech Republic98.8%
6Russian Federation98.7%
7Brunei Darussalam98.7%
8Romania98.5%
9Slovenia98.4%
10Belarus98.2%
11Cyprus98.2%
12Finland98.0%
13Hong Kong98.0%
14Malaysia98.0%
15Singapore97.8%
16Kuwait97.7%
17Portugal97.5%
18Chile97.2%
19Jamaica97.2%
20South Korea96.7%
21Morocco96.5%
22Egypt96.2%
23Lithuania95.9%
24Oman95.6%
25France95.4%
26Serbia95.4%
27Grenada95.0%
28Mongolia94.7%
29Türkiye94.4%
30Israel93.6%
31Georgia93.4%
32Japan93.2%
33Macao93.0%
34Maldives92.6%
35Kazakhstan92.2%
36Ukraine91.0%
37Brazil90.6%
38Italy90.4%
39Malawi89.7%
40Argentina89.2%
41Norway88.5%
42Ireland88.3%
43Thailand88.2%
44Curaçao87.9%
45Belgium87.8%
46Bhutan87.8%
47Costa Rica86.2%
48Jordan85.2%
49Peru84.8%
50Uruguay84.2%
51Azerbaijan83.4%
52Denmark83.2%
53Algeria83.1%
54Lesotho82.8%
55Netherlands82.4%
56Dominican Republic81.4%
57Armenia81.0%
58Mauritius80.7%
59Angola79.8%
60South Africa79.7%
61Uzbekistan79.1%
62Vietnam78.7%
63Colombia78.4%
64El Salvador78.4%
65United Republic of Tanzania78.2%
66State of Palestine77.4%
67Virgin Islands, British77.4%
68Tunisia76.7%
69Slovakia74.4%
70Cambodia70.9%
71Cape Verde70.8%
72Mexico69.9%
73Guinea68.9%
74Islamic Republic of Iran68.3%
75Iraq66.0%
76Cote d'Ivoire64.1%
77Indonesia62.6%
78Ecuador61.6%
79Guatemala60.3%
80Mozambique58.8%
81Myanmar57.4%
82Bangladesh55.3%
83Sudan54.2%
84Kenya52.9%
85Djibouti51.6%
86Kiribati50.2%
87Niger49.9%
88Zimbabwe47.8%
89Zambia45.2%
90Burkina Faso44.9%
91Togo39.5%
92Pakistan25.2%
93Burundi11.9%
Showing 93 of 93 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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