Mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population rose 3.16% to 137% in Uruguay in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population in Uruguay reached an all time high of 162% in 2014 and an all time low of 0.054% in 1992. When compared to Uruguay's main peers, mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population in Argentina amounted to 130%, 102% in Brazil, 136% in Chile and 119% in Paraguay in 2021.
Uruguay has been ranked 33rd within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population, 12 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 |
| Argentina | % | 143% | 146% | 141% | 132% | 126% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bolivia | % | 91.6% | 89.7% | 95.9% | 98.6% | 99.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | % | 126% | 118% | 106% | 99.6% | 95.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | % | 130% | 129% | 125% | 135% | 132% | ||||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | % | 120% | 120% | 118% | 115% | 119% | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | % | 111% | 119% | 123% | 131% | 121% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | % | 152% | 150% | 149% | 130% | 132% | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | % | 95.3% | 89.8% | 80.1% | 69.5% | 63.8% |
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