List of countries by 4G LTE penetration explained

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		100.0%
2		99.2%
3		97.1%
4		96.6%
5		94.8%
6		94.6%
7		94.5%
8		94.4%
9		94.1%
10		94.1%
11		93.8%
12		93.1%
13		92.9%
14		92.5%
15		92.5%
16		92.1%
17		91.9%
18		91.9%
19		91.9%
20		91.5%
21		91.3%
22		90.1%
23		90.1%
24		90.0%
25		89.8%
26		89.5%
27		89.1%
28		89.1%
29		88.9%
30		88.8%
31		88.5%
32		88.4%
33		88.0%
34		87.2%
35		87.2%
36		86.9%
37		86.6%
38		86.0%
39		86.0%
40		86.0%
41		85.4%
42		84.6%
43		84.3%
44		83.4%
45		83.3%
46		83.1%
47		82.7%
48		82.5%
49		81.8%
50		81.8%
51		81.7%
52		81.0%
53		80.7%
54		80.6%
55		80.5%
56		79.7%
57		79.4%
58		79.3%
59		79.3%
60		79.2%
61		79.1%
62		78.4%
63		77.8%
64		77.6%
65		76.9%
66		76.9%
67		76.9%
68		76.7%
69		75.9%
70		75.7%
71		74.9%
72		74.1%
73		73.0%
74		73.0%
75		72.5%
76		71.8%
77		71.3%
78		71.0%
79		71.0%
80		70.5%
81		70.4%
82		70.4%
83		69.8%
84		69.5%
85		69.5%
86		68.4%
87		67.9%
88		67.5%
89		67.5%
90		67.3%
91		67.1%
92		66.7%
93		65.9%
94		64.7%
95		64.2%
96		63.3%
97		63.1%
98		62.6%
99		61.0%
100		58.4%
101		58.4%
102		57.7%
103		56.8%
104		55.0%
105		54.4%
106		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		97.5%
2		96.3%
3		95.5%
4		94.1%
5		93.0%
6		92.8%
7		92.8%
8		91.4%
9		91.1%
10		90.9%
11		90.6%
12		90.4%
13		90.3%
14		90.2%
15		90.0%
16		89.6%
17		89.5%
18		88.8%
19		88.6%
20		88.0%
21		87.4%
22		87.3%
23		86.6%
24		86.2%
25		84.7%
26		84.5%
27		83.8%
28		83.5%
29		83.4%
30		83.3%
31		83.2%
32		83.2%
33		82.9%
34		82.6%
35		82.6%
36		81.5%
37		81.2%
38		81.1%
39		81.0%
40		79.8%
41		79.7%
42		79.6%
43		79.5%
44		79.1%
45		79.0%
46		79.0%
47		79.0%
48		78.9%
49		78.8%
50		78.7%
51		78.6%
52		78.4%
53		77.2%
54		76.9%
55		76.8%
56		76.7%
57		76.5%
58		75.9%
59		74.9%
60		74.2%
61		73.9%
62		73.6%
63		73.3%
64		73.3%
65		73.1%
66		72.9%
67		72.4%
68		72.2%
69		72.0%
70		71.8%
71		71.8%
72		69.5%
73		68.9%
74		68.6%
75		66.4%
76		65.8%
77		65.8%
78		65.4%
79		63.7%
80		63.0%
81		62.8%
82		61.2%
83		59.7%
84		57.6%
85		57.1%
86		56.5%
87		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		97.49%
2		94.70%
3		92.16%
4		90.34%
5		90.32%
6		89.64%
7		89.26%
8		88.40%
9		88.40%
10		87.37%
11		87.31%
12		87.08%
13		86.48%
14		86.26%
15		85.58%
16		85.39%
17		85.11%
18		84.47%
19		84.43%
20		84.21%
21		84.17%
22		83.78%
23		83.73%
24		82.79%
25		82.62%
26		82.38%
27		81.59%
28		80.50%
29		80.44%
30		79.95%
31		79.22%
32		79.02%
33		78.96%
34		78.67%
35		78.41%
36		77.28%
37		76.95%
38		76.04%
39		75.60%
40		75.57%
41		75.19%
42		74.88%
43		74.54%
44		74.48%
45		73.96%
46		73.66%
47		73.52%
48		73.17%
49		72.88%
50		72.84%
51		72.61%
52		72.39%
53		72.11%
54		71.26%
55		71.18%
56		70.63%
57		70.51%
58		69.93%
59		69.66%
60		69.34%
61		69.30%
62		69.27%
63		69.26%
64		69.99%
65		69.07%
66		68.31%
67		68.30%
68		67.95%
69		67.94%
70		65.67%
71		65.51%
72		65.13%
73		65.08%
74		64.66%
75		63.73%
76		62.52%
77		61.38%
78		61.26%
79		60.60%
80		59.99%
81		58.45%
82		56.99%
83		56.67%
84		46.69%
85		45.43%
86		45.30%
87		44.70%
88		40.94%
89		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		96%
2		93%
3		87%
4		87%
5		86%
6		86%
7		85%
8		84%
9		84%
10		83%
11		83%
12		83%
13		82%
14		82%
15		82%
16		81%
17		81%
18		80%
19		79%
20		79%
21		78%
22		76%
23		76%
24		75%
25		75%
26		74%
27		74%
28		73%
29		72%
30		72%
31		72%
32		71%
33		70%
34		70%
35		69%
36		68%
37		67%
38		67%
39		67%
40		67%
41		66%
42		66%
43		66%
44		65%
45		65%
46		64%
47		64%
48		64%
49		63%
50		63%
51		63%
52		63%
53		62%
54		62%
55		61%
56		61%
57		61%
58		59%
59		59%
60		59%
61		58%
62		58%
63		58%
64		58%
65		57%
66		57%
67		56%
68		56%
69		56%
70		55%
71		53%
72		53%
73		49%
74		42%
75		40%
76		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		96%
2		92%
3		85%
4		84%
5		84%
6		83%
7		82%
8		82%
9		81%
10		81%
11		81%
12		80%
13		79%
14		78%
15		76%
16		76%
17		75%
18		75%
19		74%
20		74%
21		74%
22		73%
23		73%
24		72%
25		71%
26		71%
27		70%
28		70%
29		67%
30		67%
31		66%
32		66%
33		65%
34		65%
35		64%
36		64%
37		64%
38		63%
39		63%
40		63%
41		63%
42		63%
43		62%
44		62%
45		62%
46		61%
47		61%
48		60%
49		60%
50		60%
51		59%
52		58%
53		58%
54		58%
55		58%
56		58%
57		58%
58		57%
59		57%
60		57%
61		55%
62		54%
63		54%
64		54%
65		53%
66		53%
67		53%
68		53%
69		52%
70		52%
71		49%
72		49%
73		48%
74		45%
75		43%
76		42%
77		41%
78		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		97%
2		90%
3		86%
4		85%
5		84%
6		83%
7		81%
8		81%
9		79%
10		79%
11		79%
12		79%
13		79%
14		78%
15		76%
16		76%
17		76%
18		75%
19		75%
20		75%
21		73%
22		71%
23		70%
24		69%
25		67%
26		66%
27		66%
28		66%
29		65%
30		65%
31		65%
32		64%
33		64%
34		61%
35		61%
36		61%
37		61%
38		60%
39		60%
40		59%
41		59%
42		58%
43		57%
44		57%
45		57%
46		57%
47		57%
48		56%
49		56%
50		55%
51		55%
52		54%
53		54%
54		53%
55		53%
56		53%
57		52%
58		52%
59		51%
60		51%
61		50%
62		49%
63		47%
64		44%
65		43%
66		41%
67		41%
68		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		97%
2		90%
3		86%
4		86%
5		84%
6		84%
7		81%
8		80%
9		79%
10		78%
11		78%
12		76%
13		75%
14		74%
15		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		86.0%
2		21.3%
3		21.1%
4		19.0%
5		14.0%
6		8.0%
7		5.0%
8		3.0%
9		2.0%
10		1.0%
11		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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Speedchecker's mobile coverage datasets. speedchecker.com. 31 December 2021.
2. Web site: The State of Mobile Network Experience- Benchmarking 5G. opensignal.com. 29 May 2019 . 6 September 2019.
3. Web site: The State of Mobile Network Experience (PDF). opensignal.com. 29 May 2019 . 6 September 2019.
4. Web site: The State of LTE (February 2018). opensignal.com. 26 February 2018 . 7 May 2018.
5. Web site: The State of LTE (June 2017). opensignal.com. 28 June 2017 . 11 September 2017.
6. Web site: The State of LTE (November 2016). opensignal.com. 28 November 2016 . 25 February 2017.
7. Web site: The State of LTE - OpenSignal. opensignal.com. 25 January 2019 .
8. Web site: The State of LTE - OpenSignal. opensignal.com. 25 January 2019 .
9. Web site: Countries With the Most 4G Mobile Users: Top 10 Nations - Bloomberg. bloomberg.com. 2014-04-29.
10. Web site: Mapping out the world's LTE coverage (It's in fewer places than you think) - Tech News and Analysis. gigaom.com. 2014-04-29.