List of countries by 4G LTE penetration
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This is a list of countries by 4G penetration.
2021 rankings
[edit]The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by SpeedChecker in 2021.[1]
Rank | Country/Territory | Penetration |
---|---|---|
1 | Japan | 100.0% |
2 | South Korea | 99.2% |
3 | United States | 97.1% |
4 | Netherlands | 96.6% |
5 | Denmark | 94.8% |
6 | Switzerland | 94.6% |
7 | Taiwan | 94.5% |
8 | Belgium | 94.4% |
9 | Norway | 94.1% |
10 | Singapore | 94.1% |
11 | Hong Kong | 93.8% |
12 | Lithuania | 93.1% |
13 | Estonia | 92.9% |
14 | Germany | 92.5% |
15 | Finland | 92.5% |
16 | Cyprus | 92.1% |
17 | Qatar | 91.9% |
18 | Czech Republic | 91.9% |
19 | Canada | 91.9% |
20 | United Arab Emirates | 91.5% |
21 | United Kingdom | 91.3% |
22 | Sweden | 90.1% |
23 | Italy | 90.1% |
24 | Hungary | 90.0% |
25 | Puerto Rico | 89.8% |
26 | Bahrain | 89.5% |
27 | France | 89.1% |
28 | Poland | 89.1% |
29 | Slovakia | 88.9% |
30 | Austria | 88.8% |
31 | Australia | 88.5% |
32 | Latvia | 88.4% |
33 | Slovenia | 88.0% |
34 | Kyrgyzstan | 87.2% |
35 | Portugal | 87.2% |
36 | Greece | 86.9% |
37 | Romania | 86.6% |
38 | North Macedonia | 86.0% |
39 | Iceland | 86.0% |
40 | Bulgaria | 86.0% |
41 | Croatia | 85.4% |
42 | Spain | 84.6% |
43 | Serbia | 84.3% |
44 | Georgia | 83.4% |
45 | Thailand | 83.3% |
46 | South Africa | 83.1% |
47 | Luxembourg | 82.7% |
48 | China | 82.5% |
49 | Israel | 81.8% |
50 | Cambodia | 81.8% |
51 | Malaysia | 81.7% |
52 | New Zealand | 81.0% |
53 | Vietnam | 80.7% |
54 | India | 80.6% |
55 | Philippines | 80.5% |
56 | Morocco | 79.7% |
57 | Albania | 79.4% |
58 | Turkey | 79.3% |
59 | Lebanon | 79.3% |
60 | Saudi Arabia | 79.2% |
61 | Russia | 79.1% |
62 | Dominican Republic | 78.4% |
63 | Sri Lanka | 77.8% |
64 | Indonesia | 77.6% |
65 | Ireland | 76.9% |
66 | Oman | 76.9% |
67 | Myanmar | 76.9% |
68 | Guatemala | 76.7% |
69 | Pakistan | 75.9% |
70 | Azerbaijan | 75.7% |
71 | Argentina | 74.9% |
72 | Egypt | 74.1% |
73 | Panama | 73.0% |
74 | Mexico | 73.0% |
75 | Peru | 72.5% |
76 | Kuwait | 71.8% |
77 | El Salvador | 71.3% |
78 | Jordan | 71.0% |
79 | Kazakhstan | 71.0% |
80 | Chile | 70.5% |
81 | Uruguay | 70.4% |
82 | Tunisia | 70.4% |
83 | Uzbekistan | 69.8% |
84 | Costa Rica | 69.5% |
85 | Honduras | 69.5% |
86 | Moldova | 68.4% |
87 | Paraguay | 67.9% |
88 | Brazil | 67.5% |
89 | Jamaica | 67.5% |
90 | Ukraine | 67.3% |
91 | Mongolia | 67.1% |
92 | Bangladesh | 66.7% |
93 | Kenya | 65.9% |
94 | Zambia | 64.7% |
95 | Nicaragua | 64.2% |
96 | Iraq | 63.3% |
97 | Colombia | 63.1% |
98 | Nigeria | 62.6% |
99 | Nepal | 61.0% |
100 | Bolivia | 58.4% |
101 | Algeria | 58.4% |
102 | Ecuador | 57.7% |
103 | Ghana | 56.8% |
104 | Ivory Coast | 55.0% |
105 | Senegal | 54.4% |
106 | Belarus | 48.0% |
2019 Q1 rankings
[edit]The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in January, February and March 2019.[2][3]
Rank | Country/Territory | Penetration |
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1 | South Korea | 97.5% |
2 | Japan | 96.3% |
3 | Norway | 95.5% |
4 | Hong Kong | 94.1% |
5 | United States | 93.0% |
6 | Taiwan | 92.8% |
7 | Netherlands | 92.8% |
8 | Hungary | 91.4% |
9 | Sweden | 91.1% |
10 | India | 90.9% |
11 | Czech Republic | 90.6% |
12 | Belgium | 90.4% |
13 | Australia | 90.3% |
14 | Singapore | 90.2% |
15 | Kuwait | 90.0% |
16 | Switzerland | 89.6% |
17 | Finland | 89.5% |
18 | Canada | 88.8% |
19 | Denmark | 88.6% |
20 | Thailand | 88.0% |
21 | Spain | 87.4% |
22 | United Arab Emirates | 87.3% |
23 | Austria | 86.6% |
24 | Qatar | 86.2% |
25 | United Kingdom | 84.7% |
26 | Slovakia | 84.5% |
27 | Serbia | 83.8% |
28 | Indonesia | 83.5% |
29 | Croatia | 83.4% |
30 | Peru | 83.3% |
31 | Greece | 83.2% |
32 | Myanmar | 83.2% |
33 | Poland | 82.9% |
34 | Portugal | 82.6% |
35 | Oman | 82.6% |
36 | Panama | 81.5% |
37 | Bahrain | 81.2% |
38 | Cambodia | 81.1% |
39 | Kazakhstan | 81.0% |
40 | Mexico | 79.8% |
41 | France | 79.7% |
42 | Malaysia | 79.6% |
43 | Bulgaria | 79.5% |
44 | Paraguay | 79.1% |
45 | Turkey | 79.0% |
46 | Italy | 79.0% |
47 | Argentina | 79.0% |
48 | Saudi Arabia | 78.9% |
49 | Romania | 78.8% |
50 | Bolivia | 78.7% |
51 | Lebanon | 78.6% |
52 | Vietnam | 78.4% |
53 | Senegal | 77.2% |
54 | Germany | 76.9% |
55 | Morocco | 76.8% |
56 | Chile | 76.7% |
57 | New Zealand | 76.5% |
58 | South Africa | 75.9% |
59 | Pakistan | 74.9% |
60 | Kenya | 74.2% |
61 | Russia | 73.9% |
62 | Dominican Republic | 73.6% |
63 | Colombia | 73.3% |
64 | Jordan | 73.3% |
65 | Guatemala | 73.1% |
66 | Azerbaijan | 72.9% |
67 | Philippines | 72.4% |
68 | Albania | 72.2% |
69 | Brazil | 72.0% |
70 | Ivory Coast | 71.8% |
71 | Tunisia | 71.8% |
72 | Israel | 69.5% |
73 | Sri Lanka | 68.9% |
74 | Belarus | 68.6% |
75 | Ukraine | 66.4% |
76 | Costa Rica | 65.8% |
77 | Bangladesh | 65.8% |
78 | Egypt | 65.4% |
79 | Ireland | 63.7% |
80 | Nigeria | 63.0% |
81 | El Salvador | 62.8% |
82 | Ghana | 61.2% |
83 | Iraq | 59.7% |
84 | Nepal | 57.6% |
85 | Ecuador | 57.1% |
86 | Algeria | 56.5% |
87 | Uzbekistan | 49.9% |
2017 Q4 rankings
[edit]The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in October, November and December 2017.[4]
Rank | Country/Territory | Penetration |
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1 | South Korea | 97.49% |
2 | Japan | 94.70% |
3 | Norway | 92.16% |
4 | Hong Kong | 90.34% |
5 | United States | 90.32% |
6 | Netherlands | 89.64% |
7 | Hungary | 89.26% |
8 | Kuwait | 88.40% |
9 | Lithuania | 88.40% |
10 | Czech Republic | 87.37% |
11 | Sweden | 87.31% |
12 | Taiwan | 87.08% |
13 | Australia | 86.48% |
14 | India | 86.26% |
15 | Thailand | 85.58% |
16 | Switzerland | 85.39% |
17 | Belgium | 85.11% |
18 | Qatar | 84.47% |
19 | Singapore | 84.43% |
20 | Estonia | 84.21% |
21 | Latvia | 84.17% |
22 | United Arab Emirates | 83.78% |
23 | Spain | 83.73% |
24 | Finland | 82.79% |
25 | Macedonia | 82.62% |
26 | Canada | 82.38% |
27 | Uruguay | 81.59% |
28 | Denmark | 80.50% |
29 | Croatia | 80.44% |
30 | Luxembourg | 79.95% |
31 | Slovenia | 79.22% |
32 | Bahrain | 79.02% |
33 | Slovakia | 78.96% |
34 | Peru | 78.67% |
35 | Oman | 78.41% |
36 | United Kingdom | 77.28% |
37 | Mexico | 76.95% |
38 | Greece | 76.04% |
39 | Austria | 75.60% |
40 | Portugal | 75.57% |
41 | Serbia | 75.19% |
42 | Malaysia | 74.88% |
43 | Georgia | 74.54% |
44 | Lebanon | 74.48% |
45 | Bulgaria | 73.96% |
46 | Brunei | 73.66% |
47 | Bolivia | 73.52% |
48 | Argentina | 73.17% |
49 | Romania | 72.88% |
50 | Poland | 72.84% |
51 | Saudi Arabia | 72.61% |
52 | Indonesia | 72.39% |
53 | Panama | 72.11% |
54 | Vietnam | 71.26% |
55 | Kazakhstan | 71.18% |
56 | Jordan | 70.63% |
57 | Cambodia | 70.51% |
58 | Paraguay | 69.93% |
59 | Italy | 69.66% |
60 | Morocco | 69.34% |
61 | Ivory Coast | 69.30% |
62 | Iran | 69.27% |
63 | Chile | 69.26% |
64 | Pakistan | 69.99% |
65 | New Zealand | 69.07% |
66 | France | 68.31% |
67 | South Africa | 68.30% |
68 | Turkey | 67.95% |
69 | Albania | 67.94% |
70 | Germany | 65.67% |
71 | Colombia | 65.51% |
72 | Guatemala | 65.13% |
73 | Russia | 65.08% |
74 | Israel | 64.66% |
75 | Philippines | 63.73% |
76 | Myanmar | 62.52% |
77 | Tunisia | 61.38% |
78 | Brazil | 61.26% |
79 | Dominican Republic | 60.60% |
80 | Armenia | 59.99% |
81 | Costa Rica | 58.45% |
82 | Belarus | 56.99% |
83 | Ireland | 56.67% |
84 | Ecuador | 46.69% |
85 | Egypt | 45.43% |
86 | Sri Lanka | 45.30% |
87 | El Salvador | 44.70% |
88 | Algeria | 40.94% |
89 | Bangladesh | 40.50% |
2017 Q1 rankings
[edit]The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in 2017 Q1.[5]
Rank | Country/Territory | Penetration |
---|---|---|
1 | South Korea | 96% |
2 | Japan | 93% |
3 | Norway | 87% |
4 | United States | 87% |
5 | Hong Kong | 86% |
6 | Netherlands | 86% |
7 | Lithuania | 85% |
8 | Sweden | 84% |
9 | Hungary | 84% |
10 | Taiwan | 83% |
11 | Finland | 83% |
12 | Kuwait | 83% |
13 | Singapore | 82% |
14 | Estonia | 82% |
15 | India | 82% |
16 | Qatar | 81% |
17 | Canada | 81% |
18 | Czech Republic | 80% |
19 | Australia | 79% |
20 | Latvia | 79% |
21 | Denmark | 78% |
22 | Thailand | 76% |
23 | Bahrain | 76% |
24 | United Arab Emirates | 75% |
25 | Slovenia | 75% |
26 | Switzerland | 74% |
27 | Belgium | 74% |
28 | Austria | 73% |
29 | Spain | 72% |
30 | Croatia | 72% |
31 | Georgia | 72% |
32 | Slovakia | 71% |
33 | Brunei | 70% |
34 | Bulgaria | 70% |
35 | Mexico | 69% |
36 | Portugal | 68% |
37 | Peru | 67% |
38 | Oman | 67% |
39 | Luxembourg | 67% |
40 | Panama | 67% |
41 | Saudi Arabia | 66% |
42 | Greece | 66% |
43 | United Kingdom | 66% |
44 | Lebanon | 65% |
45 | Malaysia | 65% |
46 | Romania | 64% |
47 | Serbia | 64% |
48 | Cambodia | 64% |
49 | Poland | 63% |
50 | Indonesia | 63% |
51 | Israel | 63% |
52 | South Africa | 63% |
53 | Argentina | 62% |
54 | Jordan | 62% |
55 | Kazakhstan | 61% |
56 | Italy | 61% |
57 | Morocco | 61% |
58 | Colombia | 59% |
59 | Russia | 59% |
60 | Germany | 59% |
61 | France | 58% |
62 | Costa Rica | 58% |
63 | New Zealand | 58% |
64 | Turkey | 58% |
65 | Iran | 57% |
66 | Chile | 57% |
67 | Tunisia | 56% |
68 | Guatemala | 56% |
69 | Dominican Republic | 56% |
70 | Brazil | 55% |
71 | Pakistan | 53% |
72 | Philippines | 53% |
73 | Ireland | 49% |
74 | Ecuador | 42% |
75 | Sri Lanka | 40% |
76 | Nepal | 40% |
2016 November rankings
[edit]The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in 2016 November.[6]
Rank | Country/Territory | Penetration |
---|---|---|
1 | South Korea | 96% |
2 | Japan | 92% |
3 | Lithuania | 85% |
4 | Hong Kong | 84% |
5 | Netherlands | 84% |
6 | Singapore | 83% |
7 | Norway | 82% |
8 | Kuwait | 82% |
9 | Sweden | 81% |
10 | United States | 81% |
11 | Qatar | 81% |
12 | Hungary | 80% |
13 | Australia | 79% |
14 | Taiwan | 78% |
15 | Finland | 76% |
16 | United Arab Emirates | 76% |
17 | Canada | 75% |
18 | Estonia | 75% |
19 | China | 74% |
20 | Bahrain | 74% |
21 | Slovenia | 74% |
22 | Czech Republic | 73% |
23 | Latvia | 73% |
24 | India | 72% |
25 | Switzerland | 71% |
26 | Denmark | 71% |
27 | Belgium | 70% |
28 | Thailand | 70% |
29 | Spain | 67% |
30 | Peru | 67% |
31 | Austria | 66% |
32 | Portugal | 66% |
33 | Georgia | 65% |
34 | Luxembourg | 65% |
35 | Brunei | 64% |
36 | Mexico | 64% |
37 | Slovakia | 64% |
38 | Saudi Arabia | 63% |
39 | Argentina | 63% |
40 | South Africa | 63% |
41 | Bulgaria | 63% |
42 | Malaysia | 63% |
43 | Croatia | 62% |
44 | Oman | 62% |
45 | Panama | 62% |
46 | Albania | 61% |
47 | Iceland | 61% |
48 | Morocco | 60% |
49 | Colombia | 60% |
50 | Greece | 60% |
51 | Indonesia | 59% |
52 | Jordan | 58% |
53 | Romania | 58% |
54 | United Kingdom | 58% |
55 | New Zealand | 58% |
56 | Chile | 58% |
57 | Israel | 58% |
58 | Germany | 57% |
59 | Poland | 57% |
60 | Guatemala | 57% |
61 | Cambodia | 55% |
62 | Italy | 54% |
63 | Brazil | 54% |
64 | Tunisia | 54% |
65 | Venezuela | 53% |
66 | Costa Rica | 53% |
67 | Turkey | 53% |
68 | Pakistan | 53% |
69 | Dominican Republic | 52% |
70 | Kazakhstan | 52% |
71 | France | 49% |
72 | Russia | 49% |
73 | Iran | 48% |
74 | Philippines | 45% |
75 | Ireland | 43% |
76 | Ecuador | 42% |
77 | Lebanon | 41% |
78 | Sri Lanka | 40% |
2015 Q4 rankings
[edit]The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in 2015 Q4.[7]
Rank | Country/Territory | Penetration |
---|---|---|
1 | South Korea | 97% |
2 | Japan | 90% |
3 | Hong Kong | 86% |
4 | Kuwait | 85% |
5 | Netherlands | 84% |
6 | Singapore | 83% |
7 | United States | 81% |
8 | Uruguay | 81% |
9 | Hungary | 79% |
10 | Taiwan | 79% |
11 | Norway | 79% |
12 | Qatar | 79% |
13 | Sweden | 79% |
14 | Estonia | 78% |
15 | United Arab Emirates | 76% |
16 | China | 76% |
17 | Canada | 76% |
18 | Kazakhstan | 75% |
19 | Finland | 75% |
20 | Australia | 75% |
21 | Slovenia | 73% |
22 | Latvia | 71% |
23 | Denmark | 70% |
24 | Switzerland | 69% |
25 | Portugal | 67% |
26 | Peru | 66% |
27 | Austria | 66% |
28 | Belgium | 66% |
29 | Jordan | 65% |
30 | Czech Republic | 65% |
31 | Saudi Arabia | 65% |
32 | Georgia | 64% |
33 | Slovakia | 64% |
34 | Bolivia | 61% |
35 | Mexico | 61% |
36 | Romania | 61% |
37 | Poland | 61% |
38 | Morocco | 60% |
39 | South Africa | 60% |
40 | Spain | 59% |
41 | Colombia | 59% |
42 | Pakistan | 58% |
43 | Greece | 57% |
44 | Puerto Rico | 57% |
45 | Venezuela | 57% |
46 | Guatemala | 57% |
47 | Italy | 57% |
48 | Thailand | 56% |
49 | Germany | 56% |
50 | Malaysia | 55% |
51 | Russia | 55% |
52 | Oman | 54% |
53 | New Zealand | 54% |
54 | Dominican Republic | 53% |
55 | United Kingdom | 53% |
56 | Brazil | 53% |
57 | Iran | 52% |
58 | Israel | 52% |
59 | Argentina | 51% |
60 | France | 51% |
61 | Bulgaria | 50% |
62 | India | 49% |
63 | Chile | 47% |
64 | Ireland | 44% |
65 | Philippines | 43% |
66 | Ecuador | 41% |
67 | Costa Rica | 41% |
68 | Sri Lanka | 39% |
2015 Q3 rankings
[edit]The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in 2015 Q3.[8]
Rank | Country/Territory | Penetration |
---|---|---|
1 | South Korea | 97% |
2 | Japan | 90% |
3 | Hong Kong | 86% |
4 | Kuwait | 86% |
5 | Singapore | 84% |
6 | Uruguay | 84% |
7 | Kazakhstan | 81% |
8 | Netherlands | 80% |
9 | Bahrain | 79% |
10 | United States | 78% |
11 | Sweden | 78% |
12 | China | 76% |
13 | Qatar | 75% |
14 | Australia | 74% |
15 | Estonia | 74% |
2013 rankings
[edit]The following is a list of countries by 4G LTE coverage as measured by Juniper Networks in 2013 and published by Bloomberg.[9][10]
Rank | Country/Territory | Penetration |
---|---|---|
1 | South Korea | 86.0% |
2 | Japan | 21.3% |
3 | Australia | 21.1% |
4 | United States | 19.0% |
5 | Sweden | 14.0% |
6 | Canada | 8.0% |
7 | United Kingdom | 5.0% |
8 | Germany | 3.0% |
9 | Russia | 2.0% |
10 | Philippines | 1.0% |
11 | Colombia | 1.0% |
See also
[edit]- List of countries by Internet connection speeds
- List of countries by smartphone penetration
- List of countries by number of mobile phones in use
- List of mobile network operators
- List of countries by number of Internet users
References
[edit]- ^ "Speedchecker's mobile coverage datasets". speedchecker.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "The State of Mobile Network Experience- Benchmarking 5G". opensignal.com. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "The State of Mobile Network Experience (PDF)" (PDF). opensignal.com. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "The State of LTE (February 2018)". opensignal.com. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "The State of LTE (June 2017)". opensignal.com. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ "The State of LTE (November 2016)". opensignal.com. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "The State of LTE - OpenSignal". opensignal.com. 25 January 2019.
- ^ "The State of LTE - OpenSignal". opensignal.com. 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Countries With the Most 4G Mobile Users: Top 10 Nations - Bloomberg". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^ "Mapping out the world's LTE coverage (It's in fewer places than you think) — Tech News and Analysis". gigaom.com. Retrieved 2014-04-29.