Mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population rose 16.9% to 97.7% in Sierra Leone in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 97.7% in 2021 and an all time low of 0.260% in 2000.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 111th within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population, 50 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Mobile Phone Penetration (As % of Population) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | % | 109% | 117% | 111% | 112% | 106% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 77.2% | 79.9% | 90.5% | 94.8% | 97.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 121% | 130% | 122% | 133% | 130% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 92.6% | 93.1% | 95.6% | 95.7% | 100.0% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 108% | 113% | 128% | 133% | 143% | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | 79.2% | 66.2% | 55.5% | 56.6% | 38.9% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 125% | 108% | 114% | 110% | 111% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 92.4% | 89.2% | 97.9% | 107% | 107% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 44.5% | 35.7% | 40.4% | 40.6% | 51.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 104% | 103% | 104% | 106% | 112% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | 77.3% | 83.8% | 86.3% | 80.8% | 83.6% |
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