Mobile data: average usage per capita between Europe and selected countries 2018

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The average mobile data usage per capita in 2018 was significantly less for the ETNO perimeter of Europe than for Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Europeans on average used

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gigabytes per month of mobile data compared to that of

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, and

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gigabytes per month in Japan, South Korea, and the United States, respectively. It is important to note that there is a huge variation between European countries in terms of average usage, as Europe* is a regional representation compared to the selected countries included in this study.

Average mobile data usage per capita in Europe and selected countries in 2018 (in gigabytes per month)

Characteristic	Usage in gigabytes per month
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Release date

January 2020

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Region

Europe, Japan, South Korea, United States

Survey time period

2018

Special properties

Europe based on ETNO perimeter*

Supplementary notes

*The source adds the following information: "this includes both ETNO & non-ETNO companies in the countries in which ETNO members operate.
ETNO perimeter: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Fyrom, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK"

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