List of countries by smartphone penetration

This is a list of countries by smartphone penetration, showing the percentage of the population owning a smartphone.

2015 rankings

The following list of countries by smartphone penetration was measured by the Pew Research Center survey conducted in 40 nations among 45,435 respondents from March 25 to May 27, 2015.^[1]

Rank	Country	% of population owning a smartphone	Relative size
1	South Korea	88
2	Australia	77
3	Israel	74
4	United States	72
5	Spain	71
6	United Kingdom	68
7	Canada	67
8	Chile	65
8	Malaysia	65
10	Germany	60
10	Italy	60
12	Turkey	59
13	China	58
14	Palestine	57
15	Lebanon	52
16	Jordan	51
17	France	49
18	Argentina	48
19	Russia	45
19	Venezuela	45
21	Brazil	41
21	Poland	41
23	Japan	39
24	South Africa	37
25	Mexico	35
25	Vietnam	35
27	Nigeria	28
28	Ukraine	27
29	Kenya	26
30	Peru	25
31	Philippines	22
32	Ghana	21
32	Indonesia	21
34	Senegal	19
35	India	17
36	Burkina Faso	14
37	Pakistan	11
37	Tanzania	11
39	Ethiopia	4
39	Uganda	4

2013 rankings

The following list of countries by smartphone penetration was measured by Google's Our Mobile Planet in 2013.^[2][3]

Rank	Country/Territory	Penetration
1	United Arab Emirates	73.8%
2	South Korea	73.0%
3	Saudi Arabia	72.8%
4	Singapore	71.7%
5	Norway	67.5%
6	Australia	64.6%
7	Sweden	62.9%
8	Hong Kong	62.8%
9	United Kingdom	62.2%
10	Denmark	59.0%
11	Ireland	57.0%
12	Israel	56.6%
13	Canada	56.4%
13	United States	56.4%
15	Spain	55.4%
16	Switzerland	54.0%
17	New Zealand	53.6%
18	Netherlands	52.0%
19	Taiwan	50.8%
20	Austria	48.0%
21	China	46.9%
22	Slovakia	45.9%
23	Finland	45.5%
24	France	42.3%
25	Czech Republic	41.6%
26	Italy	41.3%
27	Germany	39.8%
27	South Africa	39.8%
29	Philippines	38.7%
30	Mexico	36.8%
31	Russia	36.2%
32	Poland	35.0%
33	Malaysia	34.5%
34	Hungary	34.4%
35	Belgium	33.5%
36	Greece	32.5%
37	Portugal	32.1%
38	Thailand	31.0%
39	Argentina	30.7%
40	Turkey	29.6%
41	Romania	27.9%
42	Brazil	26.3%
43	Japan	24.7%
44	Vietnam	19.7%
45	Indonesia	14.0%
45	Ukraine	14.4%
48	India	12.8%

See also

• List of countries by Internet access from smartphones
• List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions
• List of countries by number of Internet users
• List of countries by number of telephone lines in use
• List of mobile network operators
• List of multiple-system operators
• List of telephone operating companies

References

1. Poushter, Jacob. "Smartphone Ownership and Internet Usage Continues to Climb in Emerging Economies | Pew Research Center". Pewglobal.org. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
2. "Think with Google". Think with Google. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
3. By Zoe Fox2013-08-27 14:52:34 UTC (2013-08-27). "The 15 Countries With the Highest Smartphone Pentration". Mashable.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20.