List of countries by 4G LTE penetration

This is a list of countries by 4G penetration.

2021 rankings

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Speedchecker's mobile coverage datasets". speedchecker.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ "The State of Mobile Network Experience- Benchmarking 5G". opensignal.com. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. ^ "The State of Mobile Network Experience (PDF)" (PDF). opensignal.com. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  4. ^ "The State of LTE (February 2018)". opensignal.com. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  5. ^ "The State of LTE (June 2017)". opensignal.com. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  6. ^ "The State of LTE (November 2016)". opensignal.com. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  7. ^ "The State of LTE - OpenSignal". opensignal.com. 25 January 2019.
  8. ^ "The State of LTE - OpenSignal". opensignal.com. 25 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Countries With the Most 4G Mobile Users: Top 10 Nations - Bloomberg". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  10. ^ "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.