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.

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

2013 rankings

The following list of countries by smartphone penetration was measured by Google's Our Mobile Planet in 2013.

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