Mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population rose 2.54% to 65.0% in Laos in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population in Laos reached an all time high of 85.4% in 2011 and an all time low of 0.006% in 1992. When compared to Laos's main peers, mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population in Cambodia amounted to 120%, 122% in China, 169% in Thailand and 139% in Vietnam in 2021.
Laos has been ranked 134th within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population, 27 places below 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 |
Cambodia | % | 135% | 127% | 117% | 121% | 132% | ||||||||||||||||
China | % | 92.7% | 97.4% | 104% | 116% | 123% | ||||||||||||||||
India | % | 75.7% | 84.3% | 86.3% | 85.9% | 83.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | % | 126% | 131% | 136% | 142% | 148% | ||||||||||||||||
Laos | % | 54.9% | 57.4% | 53.0% | 51.5% | 64.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Malaysia | % | 142% | 138% | 132% | 131% | 136% | ||||||||||||||||
Myanmar | % | 79.6% | 97.5% | 91.7% | 116% | 154% | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | % | 157% | 158% | 156% | 157% | 164% | ||||||||||||||||
Thailand | % | 146% | 169% | 171% | 176% | 182% | ||||||||||||||||
USA | % | 102% | 103% | 103% | 105% | 106% | ||||||||||||||||
Vietnam | % | 131% | 130% | 128% | 148% | 142% |