South Korea smartphone penetration (share of population) 2015-2025

The statistic depicts the smartphone penetration in South Korea as a share of the population from 2015 to 2025. In 2019, around 93.6 percent of the population in South Korea used a smartphone.

Smartphone penetration rate as share of the population in South Korea from 2015 to 2025

Characteristic	Share of population with a smartphone
2025*	97.4%
2024*	97.4%
2023*	97.4%
2022*	97.4%
2021*	97.13%
2020*	95.42%
2019	93.63%
2018	91.75%
2017	89.8%
2016	87.77%
2015	85.67%

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Release date

July 2020

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Region

South Korea

Survey time period

2015 to 2019

Special properties

Individuals of any age who own at least one smartphone and use the smartphone(s) at least once per month.

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* Forecast

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