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Economy

Individuals Smartphone Ownership By Age Group, Annual

Data from Jan 2017 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 15 Mar 2026, 22:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: INFO-COMMUNCATIONS MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Data Last Updated: 30/05/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M920321

Data explorer

IndividualsSmartphoneOwnershipByAgeGroupAnnual.csv (4 rows, 478 B)

Data Series Text	2024 Numeric	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Overall (Singapore Residents Aged 18 And Over)	96.47	96.17	96.84	96.03	96.29	94.95	94.49	92.57
Singapore Residents Aged 18 - 39	99.79	99.79	99.91	99.91	100	100	99.65	99.84
Singapore Residents Aged 40 - 59	99.54	99.57	99.62	99.37	99.44	99.17	97.74	96.91
Singapore Residents Aged 60 And Over	88.93	87.15	89.46	86.64	86.57	81.11	81.42	73.58

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Percentage	-
2024	2024	Numeric	Percentage	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Percentage	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Percentage	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Percentage	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Percentage	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Percentage	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Percentage	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Percentage	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_65567444c3df02aceb795897bbd183c9"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Individuals Smartphone Ownership By Age Group, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 4, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_65567444c3df02aceb795897bbd183c9/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)