List of countries by 4G LTE penetration
This is a list of countries by 4G penetration.
2021 rankings
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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
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
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
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
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
- 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
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