Mashable recently reported that smartphone penetration in developing countries has increased by 37%. The statistics were from a recent numbers from the Pew Research Center.

Pew reported that smartphone penetration in emerging economies was 68%, up from 21% in 2013. The report suggests that there is a close correlation between Internet penetration, smartphone penetration and GDP per capita.

China’s smartphone penetration rate is 58%, which is 45% higher than the rate in Russia and 17% higher than India. In South Korea, the smartphone penetration rate is the highest in the world at 88%. Due to its aging population, Japan’s smartphone penetration rate is only 39%.

The global median smartphone penetration rate is 43%. In many countries in Africa the smartphone penetration rate is as low as 2%.

The popularity of Chinese-made Android phone are on the rise in India, Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America. Countries with lower smartphone penetration mean huge business opportunities for Chinese smartphone companies.

The Pew report shows that the smartphone penetration rate is higher in developed countries. In the US, the smartphone penetration rate is 72%. Rates are also high in Canada (67%), the United Kingdom (68%), Germany (60%), Italy (60%) and Australia (77%).

Source: inews.qq.com

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