List of countries by 4G LTE penetration

The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by SpeedChecker in 2021.^[3]

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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%

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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.^[4][5]

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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%

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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.^[6]

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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%

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The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in 2017 Q1.^[7]

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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%

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The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in 2016 November.^[8]

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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%

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The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in 2015 Q4.^[9]

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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%

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The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in 2015 Q3.^[10]

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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%

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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.^[11][12]

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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%

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While detailed country-level rankings have become less frequent since 2021, the overall global trend continues to show growth. In 2015, 4G networks covered only 47% of the world’s population. By 2023, this had doubled to over 90%.^[13] As of 2024, the gap in 4G availability between urban and rural areas in low-income countries remained significant, whereas it had largely closed in developed nations.^[2]

The transition to 5G is the primary reason for the shift in data reporting. Many countries have stopped tracking 4G penetration as a standalone metric, instead focusing on next-generation networks. The last comprehensive country-level data sets were published in 2021.

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